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Articles tagged with: Arpu and Tim
Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability
Mobile broadband services are more expensive to support than any other wireless service and are endangering subscriber profitability for many mobile network operators concludes a new study from WDSGlobal. The study found that the cost to support mobile broadband products and services is up to 200% greater than the cost to support traditional wireless products such as mobile phones. This means that despite revenue uplift from increased data usage, actual subscriber profitability often remains unchanged and sometimes even worsens. more
Related Tags: wdsglobal, 3g, usb-modem, customer-care, hspa, ovi, ict, sim, mobile-broadband, laptop, modem, ev-do, security, usb
DoCoMo Full-Year Profits Down 3.9%
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has reported a dip of 3.9% in its full fiscal year profits to reach ¥471.9 billion (US$4.93 billion), compared to ¥491.2 billion in the previous year. The average expected by analysts had been a rise in profits to around ¥499.5 billion, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report. Operating income saw a slight rise to ¥831 billion due to a decrease in cost of equipments resulting from decreased number of handsets sold. more
Related Tags: docomo, mvno, itu, 3g, churn, ntt-docomo, Japan
Telecom Italia Mobile Lost 1.5 Million Customers in 2008
The Italian market lost a total of 135k customers over the year, with net losses in Q2 and Q4 trumping the smaller net gains in the other two periods. The year closed with a total base of 88.58m, compared to 88.72m, while penetration dropped from 152.6% to 152.4%. more
Related Tags: telecom-italia-mobile, wind, vodafone, h3g, eu, 3g, , ovi, termination, Italy
Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in Europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several MVNOs, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, mvno, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, eu, 3g, , h3g, lte, 3m, virgin, UK
Fitch Downgrades Deutsche Telekom on Guidance Revision, Weak Operating Results
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Deutsche Telekom's (DT) Long-term Issuer Default rating (IDR) to 'BBB+' from 'A-' (A minus) and assigned a Stable Outlook. This follows DT's downward guidance revision for 2009 as operating pressures continue apace in key markets. more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, deutsche-telekom, eu, sim, 3g, , ovi, sharp, fitch, churn, pace, 3g-coverage
AT&T First-Quarter Profit Down 9.7% - Landline Revenues Decline
AT&T has reported that it's first quarter revenues has dipped slightly to US$30.57 billion from US$30.74 billion a year ago, while profits declined by 9.7% to US$3.13 billion. The drop in revenues is largely down to the landline division, while wireless continued to show growth. more
Related Tags: at&t, iphone, 3g, , landline, churn, qwerty,
Deutsche Telekom Issues Profits Warning - May Write Down T-Mobile Value
Deutsche Telekom has issued a profits warning, and now expects adjusted EBITDA in 2009 to be 2 to 4 percent below last year. The company is now expecting to post EBITDA in the range of EUR18.7 billion - EUR19.1 billionn (US$24.7 billionn) after an initial forecast of EUR19.5 billion. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, ptc, 3g, pops, , prepay, eu, roaming, t-mobile-usa, ict, itu, lte, ovi, t-mobile-uk, sharp, ote, telekom, churn, 3g-network, Germany
China Mobile Profits Up; But ARPU Down
The Hong-Kong listed arm of China Mobile has reported that its first quarter profits rose by 5.2% compared to the year before, to reach RMB 25.21 billion (US$3.69 billion). Operating revenues reached RMB 101.3 billion, representing an increase of 9.2% compared to the same period of last year. EBITDA reached RMB 53.4 billion, representing an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period of last year. more
Related Tags: android, , iphone, china-unicom, apple, china-mobile, compete, apple-iphone, ophone, unicom, China
AT&T Seeking to Extend iPhone Exclusivity Deal
US operator, AT&T is reported to be pushing Apple to extend its exclusive rights to the iPhone range of handsets within the USA for an additional two years. The company secured the exclusivity when the handset was launched, and the contract is widely presumed to expire sometime next year. more
Related Tags: , iphone, apple, lte, wall-street-journal,
Study Finds Large Cost Savings for Migrating Heavy Data Users to Femtocells
Signals Research Group has completed a whitepaper on the business case for femtocells as part of its ongoing femtocell business modeling initiative with the trade group, the Femto Forum. The study found, across a wide variety of scenarios considering different regions of the world, the business case for femtocells is strong---often doubling the customer lifetime value---and does not depend on any one critical factor or assumption in order to generate a favorable outcome. Further to this, the research demonstrated that femtocells can dramatically reduce the growing financial costs made by heavy mobile broadband data users on the mobile network. more
Related Tags: , sim, eu, ict, mts, hspa, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, femtocell, 3, fmc, femtocells, ev-do, indoor, churn
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