Canada to have 28 million subscribers by 2012
A new research report has revealed that Canada will have 28 million mobile subscribers in 2012 with Bell Mobility’s market share decreasing over the next two years. Given the latest quarter numbers, their model forecasts that Telus Mobility will be replacing Bell Mobility (excluding Virgin Mobile) as the second largest mobile operator in Canada after Rogers Wireless in 2012.
Researchers also forecast that market shares of Telus Mobility and Bell Mobility will be 27.3% and 27% respectively by the end of 2012. They expect the entry of new mobile operators such as Videotron and Wind Mobile to take greater market share away from Bell relative to Telus, given Bell’s stronger presence in Central Canada and the new entrants’ focus in that part of the country.
As per the researchers, the wireless penetration rate in Canada is still relatively low compared to other developed countrie and they expect that the Canadian wireless market will continue to grow. According to the forecasting model, the number of mobile subscriber connections in Canada will increase from 25.3 million in 2010 to approximately 28 million by the end of 2012. The competitive dynamics in the Canadian mobile operator space are changing rapidly as new entrants increase their market shares. They forecast that the subscriber market share of the largest operator, Rogers Wireless, will be about 35.6% in the end of 2012.
Finally, the report predicts that Rogers Wireless will be enjoying the highest level of profitability in the Canadian wireless market during the forecast period. Their model is predicting that Rogers Wireless’s EBITDA margins will remain above 50% over the next eight quarters.
Telstra Mobile Broadband Launch is More Evidence HSDPA is Mainstream, says GSA
The launch by Telstra of its high-speed mobile broadband service across Australia is a major success not only because this massive undertaking was completed in record time of just 10 months, and ahead of schedule, but also underlines the position of WCDMA-HSDPA as the world’s leading 3G mobile system.
GSA the Global mobile Suppliers Association, congratulates Telstra in meeting the challenge of covering Australia’s vast expanse in record time, showing leadership while at the same time joining the true global mobile community.
According to GSA research, 121 networks across 55 countries have committed to deploying HSDPA. The launch of NEXT G, Telstra’s name for the new service, brings Australia into an international community of 39 countries where HSDPA-enabled services are commercially available, and raises the number of commercial networks to 65. GSA expects the number of commercial HSDPA networks to reach 85 by the end of this year.
Alan Hadden, President, GSA said: More than half of 123 commercial 3G/WCDMA networks in service today have also launched HSDPA, which is rapidly becoming mainstream. HSDPA is the industry baseline for delivering the full mobile broadband experience. For the customer it means delivering broadband services to the screen of your choice, any service, any screen, anywhere???.
HSDPA is the first evolution of WCDMA, delivering advanced mobile multimedia services with typical data throughputs for the user of 1.0 3.6 Mbps, according to individual network capabilities and the device being used by the customer. HSDPA delivers fast data access for such as music and video downloads, file sharing, large email attachments, web surfing, streaming services, more efficient mobile working, and more. HSDPA means a similar customer experience to fixed line with the added value of mobility. For mobile network operators, HSDPA delivers improved network efficiencies, lower cost of delivery, increased revenues, and more competitiveness.
The Telstra WCDMA-HSDPA network operates at 850 MHz band and enables mobile broadband services over a wide geographic area covering 98% of the population. Customers benefit from automatic global roaming capabilities with other GSM operators throughout the world.
The latest GSA survey confirms that 66 HSDPA-enabled devices have been launched. Twenty of these devices operate in the 850 MHz frequency band, in support of network deployments including those by Telstra, Cingular Wireless (USA) and Rogers Wireless (Canada), as well as potentially many more markets throughout the Americas, Asia and elsewhere.
Source- http://www.the3gportal.com
