Worldwide Wireless Data Trends - Mid Year Update 2006 August 31, 2006
Posted by chetan in : AORTA, Carriers, Enterprise Mobility, 3G, Devices, Mobile Advertising, US Wireless Market, Mobile Content, Mobile Entertainment, International Trade, MVNO, Indian Wireless market, India, BRIC, WiMax, ARPU, Japan wireless market, European wireless market, Mobile TV, Mobile Applications, Worldwide Wireless Market, Mobile Ecosystem, Microsoft Mobile, Mobile Search , 1 comment so farDownload white paper - Worldwide Wireless Data Trends (doc, 320 kb)
This research note summarizes the wireless data trends in over 40 countries and the analysis of over 30 prominent operators.
- Wireless industry crossed several milestones this past 6 months - 2 billion GSM subscribers and is on its way to the quickest billion subscribers within the next 2 years. 100M 3G subscribers with 66% coming from WCDMA (40% of these from Japan) and rest from EV-DO.
- Japan led the way with approximately $10B in wireless data service revenues for the first half of 2006. US and China followed with approximately $7B and $5.5B respectively.
- The #1 carrier worldwide in terms of total wireless data revenues for the first six months of 2006 is NTT DoCoMo with over $5.1B in data revenues. It was followed by China Mobile ($3.9B), KDDI ($3.3B), Verizon Wireless ($1.9B), and Cingular Wireless ($1.9B). Sprint Nextel, O2 UK, Vodafone Japan, SK Telecom, and China Unicom filled the rest of the top 10 slots respectively.
- China crossed the 400M subscriber mark and is on its way to cross the half billion subscriber mark in 2007. As first discussed in our “India’s Wireless Market” report, India is rivaling China’s monthly net adds of 5M/month and crossed the 100M subscriber mark making it the fourth largest subscriber base after China, US, and Russia. India will cross Russia later this year and the US by 2008 to become the second largest wireless market.
- Western Europe officially crossed the 100% wireless subscriber penetration mark (due to multiple SIMs) with several nations reporting up to 115-120% subscriber penetration. In spite of crossing 70% penetration mark, US wireless market shows no sign of slowing down and is strongly progressing towards another record year with over 25M net adds in 2006.
- In terms of total subscribers, China Mobile with 274M subscribers is way ahead of the second ranked Vodafone, which has 187M subscribers. China Unicom, América Móvil, Telefonica, SingTel, Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), and Orange (France Telecom) are the next six largest telecom groups in the world. In terms of individual carriers, Cingular and Verizon now occupy the #3 and #4 spot respectively ahead of NTT DoCoMo, which is at #5. The two Chinese carriers round up the top two positions and are likely to stay perched at their lookout vistas for some years to come. Telecom groups in mature markets are under enormous pressure to either come up with a global expansion strategy or accelerate their existing plans. Carriers in Japan and Korea are the most under duress.
- Japan became the first nation to have more than 50% of its subscribers using 3G. Korea is close second. 3G is starting to pick-up steam in both western Europe and North America as discussed in our cover story article “3G: Hitting the Mass Market” published in Moconews.net and Wireless World Magazine. Since then, we have presented our research at IEEE, CINA, EMC, Carriers in US; in Japan, Korea, and Russia; and later this year in India.
- China and India represent the biggest opportunities for Infrastructure providers. China has postponed its 3G decision for the umpteenth time and is having technical and political problems to get something in place before the 2008 Olympics. India is going through its 3G spectrum policy but unlike China is likely to resolve the issues in short order. Ericsson just scored a $1B contract with Bharti. BSNL’s tender is worth 2-3 times more.
- In terms of data ARPU, Japan continues to lead the pack with 28% of its revenues coming from data services amounting to almost $17 data ARPU. Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, UK and South Korea also registered significant data ARPU. US crossed the ($5, 10%) block, where $5 is the data ARPU and 10% represents the % share of overall ARPU. As of June 2006, US stood at ($6.3, 12%). For detailed US Wireless Market update, please see “US Wireless Data Market - Mid Year Update 2006” ( For more details, please refer to the 9-box diagram in the ppt or the 2006 paper – “Worldwide Wireless Data Trends”; for 2005 comparative numbers, please refer to our paper from last year titled “Perspectives: Wireless Data ARPU”)
- NTT DoCoMo’s position at the top of the wireless data world has been challenged recently by several carriers esp. by its archrival KDDI which surged past DoCoMo for two straight quarters. Their data coordinates respectively stand at ($17.3, 28.9%) and ($16.5, 28%). However, it is 3 UK that is inching towards ($20, 30%) mark with $19.3 data ARPU contributing over 25% to its overall ARPU. 3 Italy with ($15.6, 34%) is also amongst the leaders.
- The biggest % contribution by data ARPU has been consistently registered (since mid 2002) by the two Philippines carriers – Smart Communications and Globe Telecom with almost 50% (or $3) contribution coming from data services.
- Even though China reported approximately $5.5B in data revenues, and the % contribution is over 20%, data ARPU is around $2, confirming what we already know – it’s a volume game. For India data ARPU is just over $1.2. Approximately same for Brazil and Russia. Actually, in 2005 the overall wireless service revenues in US were two times the overall revenues of the four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries combined. So, lessons are pretty clear as to which markets to approach for what products and services.
- We will have to look at the EOY 2006 numbers but there are some indications of cooling down of data ARPU growth in mature markets of Japan, Korea, and UK. So, while % contribution will increase due to declining voice revenues, data ARPU will not make up for the loss. Most of the mature markets face the same dilemma. In fact, comparing EOY 2005 to 2004 numbers, only a handful nations registered positive increase in overall ARPU with Canada ($3), Korea ($3), Mexico ($1), Taiwan ($1), Brazil ($1), and Chile ($1) showing an increase. For majority of the other nations, the ARPU declined, for example by $2 for US, Thailand, India, Australia, and Argentina. Nigeria recorded a massive $23 decline.
- All the carriers in the top 10 wireless carriers by wireless data revenues list exceeded $1B in data revenues for the first six months of 2006. China Mobile and China Unicom benefited from their huge subscriber base of 274M and 135M respectively while DoCoMo and KDDI did well because they are generating over $17 (or 28%) in wireless data ARPU.
- Carriers with nationwide 3G networks and good distribution of handsets are seeing up tick in data ARPU. The Japanese and Korean carriers along with operator 3, Verizon, Sprint Nextel are all seeing benefits of rolling out their 3G service. Deployment of 3.5G technologies such as HSDPA and EV-DO Rev A (and B) are also gaining momentum. Networks are getting deployed and market is being seeded with some of the early handsets.
- In terms of applications, messaging accounts for lion-share of data revenues. However, other services such as Mobile Music, Mobile TV and video streaming, Mobile Games, IMS, LBS, Mobile advertising, and others have captured industry’s imagination. Though not much talked about, enterprise applications are also being adopted widely esp. in North America as more workers become mobile and corporations seek efficiencies in their operations and supply-chain.
- In Japan and Korea, consumer messaging revenue only accounts for 30% of the data revenues, rest is from multimedia applications, browser traffic, and other infotainment applications. It is almost the reverse in Europe with 70-80% (on average) of the data revenue is coming from messaging. There are some exceptions like Vodafone Spain, Telefonica Moviles Espana, and Eurotel, who have over 40% of their data revenues coming from non-messaging applications. For North America, the data revenue from non-messaging applications (excluding transport) is around 20%.
- China Mobile is challenging Vodafone’s supremacy as most valued telecom operator. For a brief period in August, it was valued higher than Vodafone and is likely to overtake the crown as China continues to add significant number of subscribers while Vodafone struggles.
- WiMax is gaining some traction both in the developed and developing world. However, the case for mobile WiMax is still quite questionable. By the time the embedded devices come to fruition, 3G devices will be quite pervasive and the WiMax services will not be able to compete on price alone. And, a sub $30 WiMax handset for the developing world is nothing short of a pipe dream at this point. WiMax for backhaul makes sense, and some niche scenarios for fixed wireless services will also be successful, but clearly, we will not be witnessing replacement of cellular anytime soon. Free Wi-Fi movement scored more deployments around the world though the business model to support them long-term stays unproven.
Your comments are always welcome.
See you at CTIA.
3G Growth August 25, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Carriers, 3G, US Wireless Market, Indian Wireless market, Japan wireless market , add a commentOvum concludes that 2006 is the year that 3G is gaining momentum with market migration to 3G looks to be far higher than anyone expected. Western Europe’s net additions to WCDMA, for instance, accounted for 95 percent of total regional net additions in the first quarter. Many of the underlying trends are pointing for a rapid migration to 3G this year: 3G-based packages are a greater percentage of the overall mix, 3G handsets continue to improve in quality and performance and certain services such as music downloads and mobile TV are gaining interest, Ovum says.
We predicted this last year. It also was published here.
Power of Good Patents - Apple pays $100M to Creative August 23, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized , add a commentInventors should take note, specially in small companies. Patents provide protection for your ideas and businesses.
Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday that it is paying $100 million to settle a dispute with rival Creative Technology Ltd. over the design of its trendy and iconic iPod digital media player.
Creative, developer of the Zen digital media player, had sued the Cupertino technology company this year, charging that the iPod took its patent-protected technology to sort and organize thousands of songs. It sought, among other remedies, to halt iPod shipments to the United States from China, where they are manufactured.
Apple countersued, arguing that Creative, based in Singapore with U.S. operations in Milpitas, infringed on three of its patents.
The two companies said Wednesday that they had amicably settled their differences. Apple will pay $100 million to license Creative’s technology and use it in its iPods, with the opportunity to get back a portion of the fees if Creative is able to license that technology to other companies.
Try Farecast August 21, 2006
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I have already saved 100s of $$ using this fare predictor engine
Connexion Dis-connexion
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$1B down the drain for Connexion (Boeing). Fundamental problem was in the basics. The demand was there but it was too darn expensive to deploy and took too long. At $500K/installation, it took a while for investment to pay off. Idea is still great. We need both Internet and Power supply on long haul flights. An extra $50 is nothing for the time utilized. Hopefully, someone will pick-up from where Connexion leaves us.
Future of Handsets
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized, AORTA, Carriers, 3G, Devices, Worldwide Wireless Market , add a commentA beautiful piece on future handsets by Business Week
Chinese are coming (ZTE) August 19, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized , add a commentAs noted in a note couple of CTIAs ago, Chinese infrastructure providers are starting to operate on the world stage. In a first, ZTE will be shipping 3G terminals to Telus in Canada.
The first batch of CDMA EVDO data cards has been shipped and will be available in major Canadian cities this month. This marks another important breakthrough for ZTE in the European and American high-end markets, the most advanced 3G markets in the world, following its cooperation with top European operators such as France Telecom and Hutchison Whampoa. North America is regarded as the most difficult market to break into and the move is a significant milestone in ZTE’s overseas expansion.
China Mobile is now the most valued wireless carrier
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized , add a commentLast week, China Mobile with its massive subscriber base blew past Vodafone as the highest valued company. As of 8/17, China Mobile’s market cap was $136B vs. Vodafone which was around $133B
Mobile Search News August 16, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Infrastructure, General, US Wireless Market, Usability, Mobile Applications, Mobile Usability, Mobile Search , add a commentSome activity in the Mobile Search space
Branded vs. White label mobile search solutions. Carriers are struggling to define their long-term strategy in the space. Do they bring it in-house, go white-label, or just hand over the real-estate to the likes of Google. It is an interesting dilemma for them as they clearly see the opportunities but are also scared to execute on it.
Moconews reports the tussle going on at Vodafone - Vodafone looking for fast exit from Google mobile search partnership
As I have discussed before, various modalities come into play for providing input to the search engine. Google makes the move with the purchase of Neven Vision. With Image strategy behind, next acquisition might revolve around voice search or some forays into LBS.
US Wireless Data Market Stats Coverage August 15, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe research note from the weekend got coverage at Moconews, GigaOM, Unstrung, Seattle Times, FierceWireless
Mobile Phone Sales 1H06
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According to new research from The NPD Group, mobile phone sales to consumers in the U.S. reached 67 million units in the first half of 2006. This number represents a slight decrease (less than 2 percent) compared to sales during the second half of 2005. NPD estimates total first half 2006 consumer sales of nearly $4.4 billion, after rebate and promotions. There was no word on what share of the market included 3G wireless broadband-capable phones.
“The U.S. handset market remained strong during the first half of this year,” said Neil Strother, research director for mobile devices at The NPD Group in a prepared statement. “There was a small, seasonal drop during the first half of this year, compared to the second half of last year. But this is to be expected, since holiday purchasing accounts for higher mobile phones sales during the latter part of every year.”
According to NPD’s Mobile Phone Track, Motorola continued its leadership in the U.S. market during the first quarter, boosting its share sequentially from 29 percent to 32 percent as it continued to ride the success of its popular RAZR models. Nokia and LG followed with 16 percent with Samsung at 15 percent.
Following is the breakdown of top 10 manufacturers’ first half of 2006 market shares:
Motorola 32%
Nokia 16%
LG 16%
Samsung 15%
Sony Ericsson 4%
Kyocera 4%
Sanyo 2%
UTStarcom 2%
RIM <1%
Palm <1%
During the first half, Motorola continued to dominate the GSM (global system for mobile communication) space with a 42 percent share of the market, followed by Nokia with 23 percent and Samsung with 13 percent. During the time period, LG was the leader in CDMA handsets with a 36 percent market share, Samsung reached 18 percent and Motorola at 14 percent.
Sales of music-enabled devices have doubled significantly since last year, from five percent during the second quarter of 2005 to more than 10 percent during the second quarter of 2006. The percentage of mobile phones sold with Bluetooth capability has also increased significantly in the last year, from nine percent during Q2 2005 to 22 percent this past quarter.
http://www.broadband-today.com/article/CA6362643.h…
Top Mobile Sites June 2006
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Source: Telephia
China 3G
Posted by Chetan in : Carriers, 3G, Mobile Content, International Trade, BRIC, ARPU , add a commentBloomberg.com reports China may delay issuing licenses for high-speed mobile-phone services to the first half of 2007 because locally developed network technology isn’t ready for commercial use, researcher Norson Telecom Consulting said. Telecommunication cos in China, the world’s biggest wireless mkt by subscribers, are looking to 3G services, which offer users faster downloads of videos and music on their handsets, to spur spending.
US Wireless Data Market - Mid Year Update 2006 August 13, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Strategy, Carriers, Enterprise Mobility, 3G, Partnership, Devices, Mobile Advertising, US Wireless Market, Mobile Content, Mobile Entertainment, MVNO, WiMax, Mobile Gaming, Networks, ARPU, Japan wireless market, European wireless market, Mobile TV, Mobile Applications, Smart Phone, Worldwide Wireless Market, Mobile Usability, Mobile Ecosystem, Microsoft Mobile, Speech Recognition, Mobile Search , 2 commentsDownload PPT - http://www.chetansharma.com/midyearupdate06.htm
- US wireless data market is growing at an impressive rate. Top 4 US carriers (Cingular, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile) accounted for over $6.3B in wireless data revenues for the first half of 2006. Overall, wireless data service revenues exceeded $7B and the figures are likely to exceed $15B for the year 2006. This is almost a 75% jump from end-of-2005 number of $8.6B. The growth rate slowed down only slightly from 2004-2005 growth rate of 87%. SMS and data transport still drives bulk of data revenues but their percentage share is declining.
- Among the top 4 US carriers, Verizon has made the most impressive strides in the last 4 quarters, increasing their wireless data revenues by a whopping 114%. Next Sprint with 71%, T-Mobile with 65%, and Cingular with 54% also netted impressive gains.
- Verizon became the first US carrier to net over $1B in wireless data revenues in a quarter. Cingular was close second with $979M and Sprint with $935M are likely to cross the $1B mark next quarter.
- Sprint retains its leadership position of highest wireless data ARPU in terms of absolute dollar amount at $7.25 but lost its number one spot in the % data ARPU to Verizon which now leads the US carriers at almost 13%. Average data ARPU is now $6.3 or 12%.
- Overall ARPU (voice + data) increased slightly from Q106 but declined $0.27 from Q405. The general trend is towards slow decline. Data revenue is barely keeping up with the decline in voice ARPU. On an average voice ARPU has declined 8% from a year ago and data ARPU has increased 48%. Average Overall ARPU was $53.04. Sprint led with $62 followed by T-Mobile at $51, Verizon at $49.7, and Cingular with $48.4.
- If the current trends hold, Verizon Wireless is likely to surpass Cingular Wireless as number 1 US carrier by Q307.
- US had about 7M 3G subscribers by Q206, primarily from Verizon and Sprint Nextel. With Cingular joining the fray, the 3G growth is expected to accelerate with 2007 being the inflection year.
- US wireless subscriber penetration stands at approximately 74% and is likely to exceed 78% by the end of the year.
- Top 4 carriers added 12.7M subscribers from Jan-Jun 2006.
- The top 4 US carrier account for 79% of the subscribers, 86% of the service revenues, and approximately 95% of the wireless data revenues.
- US Off-net revenues for the year are likely to exceed $750M.
- Data ARPU of CDMA/EV-DO carriers was 20% higher than GSM/WCDMA carriers.
- Several high-profile MVNOs were also launched in the last few months and the overall results have been disappointing primarily due to poor execution, instant crowding effect, and competition from big 4.
- US wireless carriers are steadily climbing in their wireless data performance as compared to their peers worldwide. Verizon, Cingular, and Sprint ranked number 4, 5, and 6 respectively, amongst the top 10 operators worldwide in terms of total wireless data revenue generated for first half of 2006.
- The #1 carrier worldwide in terms of total wireless data revenue for the first six months of 2006 is NTT DoCoMo which has maintained its position for a number of years. It is now generating almost $900M/month from wireless data revenues.
- The top 10 carriers in terms of total wireless data revenues for 1H06 in order of rank are NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, KDDI, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, O2 UK, Vodafone Japan, SK Telecom, and China Unicom. (6 Asian, 3 US, 1 Europe. Who says US is behindJ). Vodafone Germany, TMO Germany, and TMO US are also closing in.
- All the top 10 carriers in the list exceeded $1B in data revenues for the first six months of 2006. China Mobile and China Unicom benefited from their huge subscriber base of 274M and 135M respectively while DoCoMo and KDDI did well because they are generating over $17 (or 28%) in wireless data ARPU.
- The top 10 carriers accounted for almost $24B in wireless data revenues for the first six months of 2006. The top 10 carriers account for approximately 700M (or approx 28%) subscribers worldwide.
- In terms of wireless investments, over $2.8B was invested in wireless related companies/startups from Jan-Jun 2006 (this figure jumped to $4.1B in July). Source: Rutberg. Mobile TV/Video, Mobile Personalization, Mobile Search and Advertising, Semiconductor, Carrier infrastructure, Device design and development are hot areas. M&A activity also picked up quite significantly.
- WiMax industry got a big boost with almost $1B investment in Clearwire and due to Sprint Nextel’s announcement of WiMax deployment. Sigh of relief for Intel and Samsung. Puts pressure on Qualcomm. Maybe Intel will renegotiate with Clearwire.
- Worldwide Handset market share: Nokia and Motorola dominated with 35% and 23% market share respectively. Samsung with 12% stands third. Source: iSuppli. Though Apple’s iPhone rumors have been clouding the market, it is Motorola which continues to lead in launching must-have handsets. Windows mobile is starting to make serious inroads in the handset market but performance issues and high price points deter mass market adoption.
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India wireless market growth continues August 11, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : Uncategorized, AORTA, 3G, Indian Wireless market, ARPU, Worldwide Wireless Market , add a commentAs predicted in our last two reports on the Indian wireless market, the market continues to grow. July numbers exceeded 5.28M subs rivaling the growth in China. More details here http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/357/PRNo75of10Aug2006.pdf. More info on reports here http://www.chetansharma.com/report2.htm
Click to call: New revenue models from Mobile Search August 10, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Strategy, General, 3G, US Wireless Market, ARPU, Smart Phone, Worldwide Wireless Market, Mobile Usability, Speech Recognition, Mobile Search , 1 comment so farFrom time to time, I will be contributing some posts to Ajit’s Open Garden Blog - http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com/. This post is first in the series.
“What we find changes who we become” – Ambient Findability, Peter Morville
As the discoverable content increases in depth and breadth, it is inevitable that mobile search will drive user navigation on devices. Whether it is by user keying in a few keywords or short cuts or search engine generating a personalized, to-the-minute “always-active” user interface that directs user navigation, mobile search strategies will start taking center-stage for most consumers.
There are several differences between Internet (aka Google) search and mobile search. While Google on desktop might return a useless list of 2M hits (the useful results are generally in the first dozen links), mobile search needs to take in more variables before it figures out the “answer” to the user input. These variables are driven by context, history, preferences, and social network. You weir off a bit and the experience starts to waffle. Understanding “user’s intent” is key.
The business models are also different. While Google might present the paid-search-results on top, on the side or even blended in the main body, search results needs to very optimized and customized to the query and context. In addition, several new models come into play like “click-to-call” or “push-to-call” where real money is to be made. Click-to-call has a simple revenue model which most businesses understand. It is conceptually same as ‘referral fees’. Some calls such as in real-estate or mortgage business can yield over $30-40 per call for referrals. Some of the emergency services like plumbers, dentists, locksmiths have up to 50-60% conversion rates. You can do the math. The provider who has the best and most updated inventory has a big leg up in the race for mobile search domination. Local inventory plays a huge role, the hard part is to keep the numbers refreshed and encourage the ecosystem to participate and update the information while also getting involved in the advertising side of the business. Click-to-call already exists on Google on the Web http://www.google.com/help/faq_clicktocall.html . But on mobile devices, it takes on a much more useful and immediate dimension due to the nature of the medium.
Advertising also takes a new dimension with mobile. The wealth of user information and the capability to have 1-to-1 relationship with the user makes it a very powerful platform for the multi-billion dollar advertising industry. Advertisers design their campaigns based on the hard and real user demographic information and also get the confirmation of a “view” which is gold for advertisers. Having said that, a few missteps can also alienate users for months. Advertisements and/or promotions will also have the “click-to-call” functionality. Several travel agencies and big brands have already experimented with clickable ad campaigns. Earlier this year, Google filed the patent application for the same. Similar functionality could be built for audio content and other pieces of content types. Click-to-call will also become a very social and viral feature.
Click-to-call in combination with automated attendant is also very disruptive to the multi-billion directory-assistance (DA) and yellow page industry. If a smart analytical engine backs up the voice recognition system (could be tied to mobile search), majority of the consumer queries can be taken care of without reaching a live person thus deceasing the $1-$2 per call charge to the consumer.
Click-to-call can also be offered as a customer service-enhancing tool by the carrier or as an instant survey or feedback tool for different industries.
The majority of the searches initially will happen via browser and by using keypad input from the user but will gradually be integrated tightly across applications and platforms and will accept voice, image, bar code, and others input mechanisms. Mobile search will also renew the “dumb-pipe” debate, disrupt the value chain, and force players to form new alliances that weren’t conceivable before. New business models such as “click-to-call” will bring new sources of revenue to the wireless industry. In the end, mobile search will help drive quality of content and better user experience.
I welcome your thoughts on this model and others in relation to Mobile Search.
Wireless Data Revenues on the rise
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Carriers, 3G, US Wireless Market, ARPU, Japan wireless market, European wireless market, Worldwide Wireless Market , 2 commentsAll top 10 operators registered over $1B in data revenues for the first half of 2006. The carriers in order are NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, KDDI, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, O2 UK, Vodafone Japan, SK Telecom, and China Unicom. Some did with execution (like KDDI and DoCoMo), while others by sheer size of their customer base (Chinese carriers). For the first half, the top 10 carriers accounted for almost $24B in data revenues.
T-Mobile Numbers August 9, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, Carriers, 3G, US Wireless Market, ARPU, European wireless market, Worldwide Wireless Market , add a commentLast of the major US operators announced their 2Q results. TMO US generated over $383M in data revenues with data ARPU at 5.72 or 11%. At the end of 2Q, they had approx 23M subs. TMO Germany and UK generated $417.96M and $227.88M in data revenues respectively.
Sony’s Mylo
Posted by Chetan in : AORTA, 3G, Wi-Fi , add a commentSony today announced a portable communicator device that connects to any open Wi-Fi hotspot and enable its users to stay in contact with friends via email, chat and voice chat. More details here http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/08/sony_mylo_announced/
Best Brands in the world August 8, 2006
Posted by Chetan in : General, Worldwide Wireless Market , add a commentInterbrand released its survey on best brands - http://www.interbrand.com/best_brands_2006.asp
Six Mobile guys are in top 100
Proud to say 6 of the top 100 are our clients.
