By Editor on January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: More than US$1 trillion will be recorded in total mobile service revenues in 2013. Rise in the data revenues will leverage the growth in service revenues as the former will rise to over US$330 billion that year, up from an estimated US$208 billion in 2008.
The voice revenues and ARPU will be surpassed by data revenues and data ARPU in Japan in 2014. The LTE in Japan including other markets might help to support this boom in data revenues.
A loss of 70% will be recorded by the end of 2012, in the second-generation mobile technologies, accounting for 90% of the world’s subscriptions. 3G and 3.5G+ technologies will cover 6.7 billion mobile subscriptions while by 2014, 3.5G+ technologies will represent over a third of the total number of subscriptions.
By Editor on August 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Indonesian operator Indosat reported a sharp rise in its mobile subscriber base in the first half, but profits were down on rising costs. Total revenues fell 0.2 percent from a year ago to IDR 5.767 trillion. Mobile revenues were down 0.5 percent to IDR 4.291 trillion, despite the number of subscribers rising 7.7 percent year-on-year to 13.86 million. Data revenues improved 13.1 percent to IDR 927 billion, while fixed telephony sales dropped 15.3 percent to IDR 549 billion. The group’s operating costs rose 8.7 percent to IDR 4.199 trillion. EBITDA fell 2.6 percent to IDR 3.306 trillion, and net profit dropped 30.2 percent to IDR 549 billion. Indosat said marketing efforts started in April to return to growth were starting to have an effect, with 904,000 mobile users added in the second quarter alone. It also announced the launch of a loyalty points programme for mobile users. The group expects an EBITDA margin for the full year of 57-59 percent, versus 57.3 percent in the first half.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : Indonesia, Indosat, Mobile
Ice Rocket : Indonesia, Indosat, Mobile
