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	Press Releases March 21, 2011 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) announces the 2011 update of its 3G Licensing Around the World database, an indispensable tool for understanding the spectrum holdings, license fees paid and terms and conditions associated with third generation (3G) mobile licenses in the 1.9 GHz/2.1 GHz and 1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz spectrum bands. Read more... February 22, 2010 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc, (TMG) announces an update to its highly acclaimed A Primer on Mobile Termination Rates. The new report, Mobile Termination Rate Update 2010, features mobile termination rates for 140 economies worldwide. The new report finds that MTRs have declined 34% since 2005, with the average global MTR standing at 8.4 U.S. cents in 2009. TMG believes that MTRs will continue to drop due to ongoing regulatory intervention to align interconnection rates with costs, with the world average reaching around 4 U.S. cents in four years (2013). Read more... February 16, 2010 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) is pleased to announce the promotions of David Wye, Sofie Maddens-Toscano, and Daniel Leza to serve as Vice Presidents of the company. David Wye will be Vice President, Strategy and Policy. Sofie Maddens-Toscano will be Vice President, Regulatory Reform. Daniel Leza will be Vice President, Legal and Regulatory. Read more... October 30, 2009 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) is pleased to announce that Costa Rica’s telecommunications regulator, the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL), and the World Bank have selected a team led by TMG to assist and advise the regulator on the Public Tender Process for Awarding Mobile Telephony Services Concessions in Costa Rica. Read more... October 21, 2009 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) announced today that Janet Hernandez has taken the position of President of the company. Ms. Hernandez previously held the title of Senior Vice President. This change follows the departure of Mindel De La Torre, former President of TMG, who has been selected as Chief of the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission. Read more... July 21, 2009 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) is pleased to announce the launch of a new product, 3G Licensing Around the World: Country Data Sets, an important tool for understanding the operators, spectrum awarded and other conditions associated with third generation (3G) mobile licenses in the 1.9 GHz/2.1 GHz and 1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz spectrum bands. Read more... June 2, 2009 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) and decision/analysis partners were selected by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to host and conduct a 10-day training program for the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The comprehensive program will address current trends and international best practices in several areas of telecommunications regulation. Read more... February 27, 2009 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) is pleased to announce that David Wye has joined the group as Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor. Mr. Wye brings 20 years of experience in telecommunications policymaking and regulation, serving agencies of the federal government as well as several private sector companies. Read more... December 16, 2008 Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) is pleased to announce that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published its annual report *Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing. With a global theme of infrastructure sharing, the report includes eleven chapters that detail a set of regulatory strategies designed to lower costs of network rollout. Chapter 9 on IPTV and Mobile TV* was authored by Mindel De La Torre, President of TMG, and Janet Hernandez, Senior Vice President of TMG. Read more... October 28, 2008 According to a new report by Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG), 154 million mobile subscribers around the world have kept their mobile telephone number when changing operators, a concept known as mobile number portability (MNP). Read more... April 18, 2008 A new report from Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG), IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application, forecasts that there will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010. Read more... October 17, 2006 TMG, acting in the capacity of international advisor to the Government of Guinea Bissau, announced today the opening of an international tender calling for bids for the issuance of a third nationwide public mobile license for Guinea Bissau. The deadline for submission of bids is Friday, 8 December 2006. The license will be issued on December 28, 2006. Read more... June 12, 2006 TMG is pleased to announce that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and infoDev launched the Legal and Institutional Aspects of Regulation Online Module for the ICT Regulation Toolkit authored by TMG. Read more... January 27, 2006 A new report from Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG), A Primer on Mobile Termination Rates, notes that while mobile telephone subscribers surpassed fixed line subscribers globally in 2002, mobile usage significantly lags fixed line usage. Read more... December 9, 2005 TMG is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Ministry of Communications of Colombia and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to provide technical assistance for the Telecommunications Capacity Building Project in Colombia. Read more... November 30, 2004 In a new report, Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG) identifies the leading nations in mobile multimedia. Entitled Superstars of the Mobile Internet, the publication provides the statistical basis to show which countries lead in using mobile handsets to download entertainment, exchange picture messages and access the Internet. Read more...		TMG in the News October 3, 2011 La propiedad cruzada de medios en Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido (Política Digital) TMG Regulatory and Policy Advisor Kari Ballot-Lena discusses media cross-ownership in the United States and the United Kingdom, including regulation of media ownership, the impact of new media and future trends for regulation. Read more... September 2011 Mobile Banking (ITU News) TMG's research and analysis on the regulation of mobile banking provided the basis for this ITU News article on mobile banking. The article draws upon The Regulatory Landscape for Mobile Banking, a discussion paper presented at the ITU's 2011 Global Symposium for Regulators and written by Janet Hernandez, TMG's President, Jeffrey Bernstein, Senior Business and Policy Analyst and Amy Zirkle, Senior Economic and Regulatory Expert. Read more... September 2011 The HIPCAR Project: Harmonization of ICT policies and legislation across the Caribbean (ITU News) The “Enhancing Competitiveness in the Caribbean Through the Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures” (HIPCAR) project, for which TMG's Vice President, Regulatory Reform, Sofie Maddens-Toscano, served as Senior International Expert, is featured in the September 2011 issue of ITU News. The article describes the HIPCAR project, its priorities and implementation, and the transposition of model policy guidelines into national legislative frameworks. Read more... March 15, 2011 Ofcom Lowers Mobile Termination Rates (TMCnet) TMG's mobile termination rate research and forecast is cited in a discussion of U.K. regulator Ofcom's decision to reduce mobile termination rates. Read more... July 8, 2010 Licitación espectro promueve la competencia (El Semanario) Daniel Leza, TMG's Vice President, Legal and Regulatory, is interviewed regarding Mexico's 1.9 GHz and 1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz auctions and competition in the mobile sector. Read more... July 7, 2010 Anatel expected to slash MTRs 55% in 5 years (Business News Americas - subscription required) TMG's research on mobile termination rates (MTRs) is quoted in an article regarding projected MTRs in Brazil. Read more... March 24, 2010 M-banking – today's explosion and tomorrow's challenges (RCR Wireless News) TMG's Senior Economic and Regulatory Expert, Amy Zirkle, and Senior Business and Policy Analyst, Jeffrey Bernstein, discuss the current growth of mobile banking (m-banking) and highlight upcoming challenges facing the new service. Read more... March 12, 2010 Per-minute calling based on technology two decades old (Business News Americas) TMG's Senior Market Analyst, Michael Minges, is featured in a detailed interview with Business News Americas regarding mobile termination rates (MTRs) in Latin America and around the world. Read more... March 11, 2010 Per-minute charging for mobile is antiquated, says analyst (Business News Americas) Latin American operators' penchant towards per minute charging is outdated, based on switch telephony networks that were the norm 20 years ago, and the system is inadequate as operators switch to all-IP and the concept of "minute" no longer applies, according to consultancy Telecommunications Management Group (TMG) senior market analyst Michael Minges. Read more... February 24, 2010 The challenges of mobile termination rates (RCR Wireless News) TMG's Senior Market Analyst, Michael Minges, and Senior Business and Policy Analyst, Jeffrey Bernstein, highlight the challenges of mobile termination rates (MTRs) around the world and provide details of recent TMG research on the subject. Read more... January 27, 2010 Spectrum feast in Latin America (RCR Wireless News) TMG's Senior Business and Policy Analyst, Jeffrey Bernstein, addresses four upcoming spectrum auctions in Latin America and the level of interest from potential investors. Read more... December 30, 2009 The emerging role of wireless broadband (RCR Wireless News) TMG's Senior Business and Policy Analyst, Jeffrey Bernstein, comments on the evolution of mobile broadband, its role in the growing number of national broadband plans around the world, and the need for additional wireless broadband spectrum. Read more... November 30, 2009 Mobile telephone firms will bid for their spectrum share (A.M. Costa Rica) The new Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones plans a bidding process to allocate the radio spectrum, mainly the part dedicated to mobile transmissions. Telecommunications Management Group, Inc., a U.S. firm, has been picked to assist and advise the regulator for awarding mobile telephone services concessions Read more... June 2, 2009 What is the Future of Mobile Internet in Latin America? (Inter-American Dialogue) TMG's Senior Market Analyst, Michael Minges, comments on the future of mobile Internet access in Latin America, including recent growth as well as barriers to higher 3G penetration in the region. Read more... January 22, 2009 Saudi Telecommunications Company is the Successful Bidder for the 3rd Mobile Licence in Bahrain (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain) The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) today announced that Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) is the successful bidder for the third mobile Licence in Bahrain with a bid of Bahraini Dinars eighty six million six hundred eighty seven thousands (BD 86,687,000.000). Read more... September 16, 2008 3rd Mobile Licence will be Auctioned (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain) The Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain approved, at its 43rd Meeting, held on Sunday 14th September, the publication of the final Tender Documents for the auction of the third Mobile Licence. Read more... August 13, 2008 Bahrain set to offer third telecom contract (arabianbusiness.com) International consultant Telecommunications Management Group (TMG) is due to complete a study on the project in October, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) chairman Mohammed Al Amer said. Read more... August 13, 2008 Bahrain to get third mobile operator (Trade Arabia) Bahrain’s third mobile telephone operator will be in place by early next year, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said. Read more... July 24, 2008 *US consultant appointed for third mobile licence auction (TeleGeography)* Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has appointed US-based Telecommunications Management Group (TMG) to design and manage the process of awarding the country’s third mobile network operating licence. Read more... May 1, 2008 *Internet protocol television (The Economist)* Nearly a third of Hong Kong's households get their television service via the internet, according to a new report from Telecommunications Management Group, a consultancy. Read more... *October 13, 2006* TMG's Senior Vice President, Ms. Janet Hernandez and Legal Regulatory Advisor, Mr. Victor Mulas comments on Mexico's implementation of a convergence plan allowing companies to offer "triple-play" communications services -- voice, television, and high-speed Internet -- and its ability to spur greater competition in Mexico's telecom markets to the benefit of consumers. *August 28, 2006* TMG's Regulatory Advisor, Mr. Leza comments on President Hugo Chavez's threat to nationalize CANTV, Venezuela's largest telecommunications company, if it does not comply with a court order to make owed pension payments. *July 17, 2006* TMG has completed a U.S. TDA-funded project for Colombia's Ministry of Communications to enhance competition and promote the adoption of new technologies in the country's telecommunications sector. (Spanish only) July 6, 2006 TMG's Regulatory Advisor, Mr. Mulas writes about global regulatory reforms to address convergence and how regional harmonization plays an increased role for the successful implementation of these reforms. (Spanish only) El Sr. Mulas, Regulatory Advisor de TMG, escribe sobre las reformas regulatorias que dan respuesta a la convergencia en el entorno global y de como la armonización regulatoria juega un papel cada vez más importante en una implementación exitosa de estas reformas. June 28, 2006 Release of a paper on “Key Regulatory Issues in an Era of Convergence” presented by TMG at a seminar organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). June 12, 2006 ITU and infoDev Launch new Module of Online ICT Regulation Toolkit - Policy-makers and regulators get instant access to best enabling environment practices. June 6, 2006 TMG's Senior Vice President, Ms. Janet Hernandez and Legal Regulatory Advisor, Mr. Victor Mulas comments on Peru's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) announcement of the creation of a single concession license, allowing telecommunications service providers to offer multiple services under a single license.