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Articles tagged with: Arpu and Personal
Economic Conditions Reducing Mobile End-User Spending Up to 15%
Mobile end-user arpus dropped between 5% and 15% year-over-year in 4Q-2008 compared to 4Q-2007. China, India, and a number of other Asian markets dropped more than 10%. In Europe the arpu contraction was in the range of -5 to -8%. In North America, YoY arpu did not nosedive, as arpus were buoyed by mobile data. In South America, markets were more mixed with some markets deflating inline and others, like Brazil, managing to hold up arpus. more
Mobile Banking is Emerging as a New Revenue Stream for Mobile Operators
Mobile banking is a budding service in Latin America and is expected to catch on in countries such as Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, where the economic and political condition is relatively stable. Success in the mobile banking market will help mobile operators shore up their average revenue per user (arpu) even when the mobile voice traffic slows down. more
Related Tags: sim, sms, mobile-data, itu, ovi, mobile-banking, wap, Chile
Azercell Expands LiveScreen Media Service
Azerbaijan based mobile network, Azercell Telekom is to expand its Celltick-operated idle screen broadcast channel to its entire customer base. The service, called "Simurq' which is powered by Celltick's LiveScreen Media platform was originally launched to a limited audience of 300,000. Based on the arpu figures, Azercell has nominated Celltick to manage the service for the entire user base in cooperation with Unimark, a content aggregator in Azerbaijan. more
Related Tags: sim, edge, celltick, telekom, Azerbaijan
The big challenge for the mobile industry in emerging markets
According to a new report by Ovum, reaching and profitably serving low-income users will be one of the biggest challenges for the mobile industry in emerging markets. The report outlines three critical areas operators must consider in serving this market and provides guidance on profitability strategies for operators, through an examination of best-practice strategies in operational and service areas. more
Related Tags: sim, base-station, rural, edge, driving, mtn, ovum, bharti, aircraft, backhaul
Telecom Argentina Q4 Profits Drop 52% on Higher Costs
Telecom Argentina has reported that its net income for 2008 rose by 9% to reach P$961 million (US$264 million), while revenues rose by 17% to P$10,608 million (US$2.9 billion). However, the Q4 net profit fell 52 percent from a year ago to P$130 million (US$36.7 million) - which the company put down to higher costs due to inflationary pressures. more
Related Tags: sms, gsm, Argentina
Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution
Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more
Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, sim, base-station, mobile-data, voip, ict, itu, driving, femtocell, landline, base-stations, fmc, femtocells
Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, mobile-messaging, sms, social-networking, roaming, twitter, ict, edge, driving, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop
Telecom Argentina - SMS Drives Growth as Cellular Continues to Outperform
In its third quarter results for 2008 Telecom ArgentinaÃ's Personal unit recorded its fourth successive year-on-year increase in quarterly average arpu - an impressive result in a market which now has a penetration rate of 104%. arpu did not increase sequentially, quarter-on-quarter, but did match the eight-year high of P$42 per month recorded in Q4 2007, up from P$39 in Q3 2007. So what has been behind the trend? It was not voice usage: the 16.8% increase in carried minutes to 2.99bn was almost excactly in line with the 17.5% increase in the size of the customer base over the year, leaving AMPU almost flat at 86 per month in Q3 2008 versus 85 a year earlier. Rather, it was data usage - specifically SMS usage - which has driven the increase in expenditure. Total outgoing message volumes on the Personal network in Q3 2008 increased 68% in the year and 41% in the quarter to 4.8bn - an extra 42 messages per customer per month compared to last year, and an extra 35 compared to the previous quarter. more
Related Tags: sms, vas, Argentina
Orascom Telecom Q3 Profit Drops 28% on Pakistan Woes
Orascom Telecom (OTH) has reported a 3rd quarter profit of US$90.5 million - down 28% on the same period a year ago thanks to lower revenues from its Pakistan subsidiary. The 3rd quarter figure was 12% up on the US$80.4 million in Q2 of this year. Revenues reached US$1.37 billion - barely up on the US$1.36 billion in Q2. more
Related Tags: banglalink, tax, tunisiana, mobilink, Pakistan
Business Customers’ Mobile IM Adoption More About Familiarity than Mobility
In a new White Paper, ABI Research reports that mobile IM adoption is negatively correlated to mobility. According to principal analyst Dan Shey, "The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a high percentage who only work in an office. As office work typically requires PC access, mobile IM adoption appears more related to familiarity with IM through the PC rather than mobility itself." more
Related Tags: t-mobile, mobile-messaging, smartphone, driving, abi-research, verizon, mobile-im, sprint, displays, USA