The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Director of Civil Works, Alvin Lee, signed the director’s report that recommends improvements to the Lowell Creek flood diversion project on May 19 in Washington, D.C.
Telsyte: COVID-19 ends decade-long mobile services growth streak Tuesday, 11 May 2021 11:42 Telsyte: COVID-19 ends decade-long mobile services growth streak Featured
With TPG Telecom, Optus and prepaid the most impacted, the total number of services has dropped 1.7% from 2019 levels thanks to the pandemic.
The Australian mobile services market was hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, with the total number of Services in Operation (SIOs) declining by 606,000 (or 1.7%) from 2019, compared to a typical net increase of 800,000 to 1.1 million SIOs annually since 2016, according to new research from Australian emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte.
So, why was there decline?
We’re told it was primarily due to the reduction in prepaid handset SIOs which was impacted heavily by the disappearance of “temporary visitors” and new migrants. This was compounded by lower demand for connecting additional devices to mobile networks, in line with spending more time at home
Aussie MVNO services on the rise amid overall market decline
Aussie MVNO services on the rise amid overall market decline
MVNO services grew by 13 per cent during the last year. Credit: Dreamstime
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Australia saw a burst of popularity amid COVID-19, recording growth in services in operation (SIO) of 13 per cent during the last year, while SIO with mobile network operators (MNOs) telco carriers dipped during the same period.
This is according to technology analyst firm Telsyte’s
Australian Mobile Services Market Study 2021, which claimed MVNO SIO growth came down to consumers looking for better deals, resulting in the operator type making up 16 per cent of all SIO during the year up 2 per cent from 2019.
All 141 George Harrison Solo Songs Ranked Worst to Best
George Harrison s music, much like the former Beatles star himself, tended toward both the uplifting and the downbeat. Often in one song.
He relished taking the fight to liars, thieves, the unprincipled, politicians, record-label execs and other such scoundrels. But he also celebrated the light that surrounds it all and never stopped searching for the most personal kind of inner peace.
That s why he was initially attracted to Phil Spector – a producer who couldn t fathom a record without a cast of thousands – but also a Beatles-loving imitator in Jeff Lynne. They represented both of Harrison s musical impulses, as his essential dichotomies played out on vinyl.