Apparently, at&t wants to buy a stake in the mobile arm of state-controlled phone firm Telekom Malaysia , a Malaysian newspaper has reported.
Telekom Malaysia is spinning off its mobile business into a separately listed firm, TM International, which will include its domestic Celcom unit and operations in nine other countries, including India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Separately, there is talk of Vodafone or Best Buy buying Carphone Warehouse. There also are rumors that KPN is being eyed by Telefonica (KPN denies talks are underway).
Given the success Western European mobile providers are having in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, we might make one observation: though wireless has underpinned carrier revenue growth over the past several years, internal growth now is slowing sharply, meaning growth will have to be sought "out of territory."
Typically, when that sort of situation develops, it is a clear sign that internal growth prospects are limited.
Monday, January 7, 2008
at&t, Telefonica Eyeing Targets?
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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