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Campbell, CALIFORNIA, July 15, 2010—Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) today released excerpts from its Mobile Services and Subscribers: Voice, SMS/MMS, and Broadband market size and forecast report, published in June.
ANALYST COMMENTARY
“Total mobile monthly ARPUs are still trending down across the board, despite fast rising mobile broadband revenue that partly offsets the decline of voice and SMS, which have been affected by new tariff regulation in the middle of a global recession, prompting many subscribers to shift to prepaid accounts. Moving forward, a two-race game is developing: how to keep up with the onslaught of low ARPU prepaid customers, and how fast can messaging and mobile app downloads replace phone calls as the major revenue drivers?” notes Stéphane Téral , Infonetics Research’s principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure.
MOBILE SERVICES MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Revenue collected by service providers for cellular services totaled $675 billion in 2009, and is expected to top $829 billion by 2014
- Mobile broadband service revenue jumped 36% in 2009
- Between 2010 and 2014, mobile broadband revenue will more than double
- The number of mobile broadband subscribers is expected to reach 1.8 billion worldwide by 2014, or 28% of total mobile subscribers
- The number of LTE subscribers is forecast to reach 153 million by 2014, mostly in Asia Pacific and EMEA
- Due in large part to the high concentration of mobile operators in developed markets in Western Europe with good HSPA coverage, the EMEA region leads the mobile broadband race, having outpaced early 3G adopters such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea
- In emerging Asian economies such as China and India, data revenue, including SMS and mobile broadband, is already having a positive impact on total ARPU, more than offsetting the rapid decline of voice ARPU that’s occurring despite double-digit percentage annual increases in voice traffic
- By 2014, W-CDMA/HSPA revenue will almost be 7 times that of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO revenue, as the majority of worldwide mobile subscribers are on GSM networks
REPORT SYNOPSIS
Infonetics’ biannual Mobile Services and Subscribers report provides in-depth analysis and worldwide and regional market size and forecasts through 2014 for mobile services (voice, SMS/MMS, and mobile broadband [W-CDMA/HSPA, CDMA2000/EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, LTE]) and subscribers (voice [prepaid and postpaid] and mobile broadband [W-CDMA/HSPA, CDMA2000/EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, LTE, Phone-based and PC-based]).
The report features a Mobile Broadband Service Deployment tracker following more than 28 service providers with live services or with planned services, as well as the number of mobile broadband and WiMAX subscribers, tracked by region, country, technology and subscribers.
RELATED RESEARCH
- Mobile broadband card sales up to $1.55 billion in 1Q10, driven by HSPA adoption
- 4G survey shows majority of operators will deploy HSPA+ before LTE
- WiMAX equipment/device market down in Q1; 2010 prospects solid despite Yota defection
- Brutal first quarter for the mobile infrastructure market
- LTE market accelerating, forecast to top $11 billion by 2014
- WiMAX carriers rate Alvarion, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola top, with Cisco, Huawei close behind
- 2G/3G Mobile, LTE, and WiFi Phones and Subscribers
- Total 2G/3G Mobile, LTE, and WiMAX Infrastructure Pivot
- Total 2G/3G Mobile, LTE, and WiMAX Devices and Phones Pivot
UPCOMING MOBILE AND WIRELESS RESEARCH
See MOBILE AND WIRELESS on Infonetics’ portal (http://www.infonetics.com/login) or follow the links for more information:
SALES
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.
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