Mobile Roaming Revenues to
exceed $80bn by 2017, Driven by Data Roaming Usage
Hampshire, UK – 3rd
September: A new report from
Juniper Research has valued Operator revenues generated from mobile roaming at
more than $80 billion by 2017, compared to over $46 billion this year. These
revenues will largely be driven by increasing data usage and a reduction in
roaming charges. This equates to almost 8% of operator billed revenues by
2017.
Roaming revenue is
increasing despite price reductions
Roaming regulations and
legislation have been introduced in a number of markets, most notably the EU.
These have been invoked in an attempt to protect customers against escalating
charges and to preserve competition amongst operators. In the main, these
changes have had a significant effect in bringing down charges and reducing the
chances of ‘bill shock’ from roaming costs.
The report
notes that while regulations and unilateral moves by operators have had the
effect of slowing down revenue growth in specific areas of the world, roaming
revenue as a whole is still growing. With global airline travel recovering from
the poor economic climate, particularly in the Asian region, roaming
opportunities for operators is looking very positive. The report found that the
number of active mobile roamers is set to significantly increase over the
period, as a result of retail price reductions.
The opportunity from WiFi
& M2M Roaming
The new report, Mobile Roaming:
Challenges, Opportunities & Market Forecasts 2012-2017, observed
that there is a need to acknowledge the increasing opportunities presented by
WiFi and M2M roaming, and the potential to integrate these into existing
operational strategies. Report author Nitin Bhas noted that operators have the
opportunity to enhance their roaming revenues and profit margins via Wi-Fi and
M2M.
“There is an increasing number of
SIMs used not just within handsets but within an M2M capacity. Operators need to
encourage M2M roaming, especially within the telematics segment, via
partnerships with global operators”, Bhas added.
Other key findings
include:
- Data revenue will grow at a CAGR of 21% and will account for an increasing proportion of roaming revenue over the forecast period
- The proportion of SMS roaming revenue to the global roaming revenue will decline over the forecast period
The ‘The
Rise of the Roaming Empire’ whitepaper is available to download from the
Juniper website together with further details of the full report.
Juniper Research provides
research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector,
providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary.
For further details please
contact Rebecca Holman, Press Relations
T: +44(0)1256 830001
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