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Campbell, CALIFORNIA, September 9, 2009—Communications market research firm Infonetics Research today released a new market size and forecast report, Mobile Services and Subscribers Market Outlook: Voice, SMS/MMS, and Broadband.
ANALYST NOTE
“There is no question that mobile broadband services represent the next big wave of revenue for mobile operators. But make no mistake: voice service is not going away and will keep its lion’s share of operator revenue for the foreseeable future, even as mobile operators diversify revenue streams,” observes Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
MOBILE SERVICES MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Revenue service providers collect from cellular services hit $624 billion in 2008 (up 13% from 2007), and is expected to top $877 billion by 2013
- Between 2009 and 2013, worldwide mobile broadband service revenue will more than double
- While service provider revenue from mobile broadband and SMS/MMS (text messaging/multimedia messaging) services is growing rapidly, voice service continues to make up the large majority of service provider revenue
- Voice service revenue will grow slowly through 2013, driven by continuing mobile subscriber growth in developing countries and the gradual move from fixed to mobile voice in developed countries
- LTE service revenue is forecast to grow fast, reaching $41.7 billion in 2013, with the majority coming from North America by 2012, due to Verizon's then AT&T’s LTE deployments
- Asia Pacific leads the mobile broadband race, led by early 3G adopters in Australia, Japan, and South Korea
- By 2013, W-CDMA/HSPA service revenue will be almost 5 times that of CDMA 1xEV-DO, as the majority of worldwide mobile subscribers are on GSM networks
- The number of mobile broadband subscribers is forecast by Infonetics to hit 1 billion by 2013
REPORT SYNOPSIS
Infonetics' mobile services report provides worldwide and regional market size, analysis, and forecasts through 2013 for mobile operator voice, SMS/MMS, and broadband service revenue. Mobile subscribers are tracked by type, endpoint, and technology (pre-paid, post-paid, phone-based, PC-based, GSM, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, cdmaOne, CDMA2000, LTE). Mobile broadband technologies tracked include W-CDMA/HSPA, CDMA2000/EV-DO, and LTE.
The report also tracks the average revenue per user (ARPU) mobile operators derive from subscribers by region (North America, EMEA, developing Asia Pacific, developed Asia Pacific, and Central and Latin America).
Analysis of overall market conditions for service providers, enterprises, subscribers, and the global economy is included, as well as customizable pivot tables for ad hoc data comparisons.
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