IDC's proprietary database of revenue, financial, and operations indicators for fixed, mobile, and cable TV operators from January 2005 to present by quarter covers more than 460 fixed, mobile, and cable TV operating companies. Details provided include: revenue — fixed and mobile segmented by residential, small business, large business, and wholesale and by voice and data; operations — fixed access lines, fixed broadband connections, wireless connections, churn, ARPU, net adds, MOU for prepaid and contract; and financials — capex, EBITDA, operating income broken out by fixed and mobile. Revenue and financial data are provided in local currency, with conversion to U.S. dollars and euros for comparison purposes.
Markets Covered
This product covers the following segments of the global telecommunications market:
Fixed access lines
Fixed broadband connections
Mobile voice and data markets
Wholesale telecommunications markets
Residential, small business, and enterprise markets for voice and data services
Mobile churn, ARPU, net adds, and minute of use
GSM and CDMA technologies
Subjects Analyzed
Throughout the year, this product will address the following topics:
Quarterly updates for all data points tracked
Mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture activities
Growth trends by geography, product, market segments
Capital spending trends and capital intensity ratios
Analysis of most profitable carriers
Analysis of biggest carriers and fastest-growth carriers
Key Questions Answered
Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:
Who are the most successful operators based on revenue performance and growth?
What are the fastest-growing regions and countries by telecommunications connections and revenue?
What are the trends by country and region for wireless data services revenue size and growth?
What are the most successful country markets for fixed broadband adoption and growth?
What carriers spend the most on their networks, and what % of revenues is invested in the network?
IDC's Global Telecom Indicators product examines how fixed, mobile, and cable TV operators are positioning themselves to compete in the market. This product covers every region of the world. Companies analyzed include all multicountry and single-country operators.
This ranges from large- to single-country operators like AT&T, CenturyLink, CHINA MOBILE, China Telecom, Comcast, KDDI, NTT, Oi, SKTel, SoftBank, Sprint, Telkom Indonesia, and Verizon; to large, multicountry operators like America Movil, Bharti, DT, Etisalat, Liberty Cable, MTN, MTS, Orange, Qtel, Saudi Telecom, Telefonica, Telenor, Vimpelcom, and Vodafone; to smaller operators such as Bakrie, City Telecom, Cogeco, Du, Elisa, Fareastone, Freenet, Globe, Grupo Clarin, Jazztel, LGT, Iliad, Maxis, M1, NII, StarHub, TalkTalk, and TIGO.
Timely Delivery and Support
Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:
Global Telecom Indicators Dashboard
Quarterly deliverable of a excel-based dashboard showing all historical and latest quarter data with year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates. Intuitive user interface with drop-down menus to select periods, data, geography, carriers, and currency of most interest.
Global Telecom Indicators Presentation
Quarterly deliverable of Powerpoint-based presentation highlighting drivers of and barriers to growth, most successful carriers, and fastest-growing regions and countries. Analysis of causal factors such as pricing, exclusivity, mergers, investments, regulatory impacts, and user demand.
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