The New Year's Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Taxes, Beer, and Optimism
This week's voluminous offering includes insights published over the Festive period and is, as always, packed with an eclectic mix of insights,...
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2017 Results Still Modest but We See Improving KPIs as Smaller Players Expand Outside Java.
The most recent 3Q numbers from Independent Indonesian towercos were mixed in terms of revenue growth. Tower Bersama's (TBIG IJ)...
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Untethered Thoughts: Setting the Base (Bias) Line
Telco service providers continue to face the challenges of pressure on traditional sources of carriage revenue and from attempts to realize real...
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Emerging Market Telecoms: Returns Have Bottomed. Outlook Improves.
Returns in emerging market wireless telecoms have bottomed as the sector takes a capex holiday after the 4G roll-out. We continue to like...
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XL Axiata: Back to Growth in a Recovering Market. Network Synergies Will Be Signifcant.
Xl Axiata Tbk Pt (XL Axiata) returned to positive revenue growth in 4Q15 helped by voice pricing, rather than data pricing. We do expect data...
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