Quarterly wireless ARPU down worldwide
Although global wireless subscribers and revenues continue to grow, mobile operators are seeing less and less revenue per user. TeleGeography's latest Global-Comms update shows wireless average revenue per user is declining worldwide, with only North American and Western European companies near their Q204 levels. Eastern Europe was the biggest loser, down more than 27%, followed by Asia-Pacific and Africa, down 18% and 12% respectively. Global ARPU was down 13%.
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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | CAGR 2004-2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New fixed broadband WiMAX subscribers | 302,000 | 515,000 | 765,000 | 1.16M | 1.87M | 3.02M | 4.6M | 6.34M | 51.96% |
| Cumulative fixed broadband WiMAX subscribers | 302,000 | 817,000 | 1.28M | 1.92M | 3.03M | 4.89M | 7.63M | 10.94M | 54.13% |
| Percentage of total broadband subscribers | 0.35% | 0.63% | 0.76% | 0.93% | 1.26% | 1.8% | 2.52% | 3.28% | |
| Source: iSuppli Corp. | |||||||||
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