Centre for Telecoms Research Ltd.

Centre for Telecoms Research (CTR) provides insight into fixed, mobile and internet telecommunications markets around the world. It is our commitment to serve the international telecommunications community with accurate, informed and comprehensive market intelligence, to aid strategic and investment decisions.

Not only do we have deep sector knowledge and experience, but also an enthusiasm for compiling high integrity telecoms research. Headquartered in London, near Tower Bridge, we use associates with local geographical knowledge, experience and industry contacts of international markets to compile our base data historical research and forecast assumptions.

Our market reports are based on robust, tried and tested, research methodologies to compile historical and forecasts market data. Historical market data is sourced largely from regulatory and company sources, where available. In cases where historical information is unavailable, we compile market assumptions and test these with industry professionals and experts. In compiling our forecasts, we typically consider the following factors:

• Sophistication and geographical coverage of infrastructure within individual country markets
• State of market liberalization and government / regulator plans for future liberalization
• Operator strategies for service development (e.g. coverage of services, innovation of products, pricing and bundling)
• Consumer behavior and appetite for technology adoption
• Impact of disruptive technologies on existing services
• Socio-economic factors (trends in demographics, economic growth)
• Population growth rates

All our forecasts are sense checked both from a bottom-up and top-down perspective to produce robust and sensible projections.

In addition to our generic research reports, our team has considerable experience in delivering insightful and clear bespoke market studies for strategic planning due diligence and various investment purposes.