Subscriber and revenue data for 450+ telecom service providers surveyed

Date: 01/11/2013
Infonetics Research has released demographics, capex, opex, revenue and subscriber data on more than 450 global telecom service providers from its 3rd edition 2013 Service Provider Capex, Opex, Revenue, and Subscribers Database.

SERVICE PROVIDER DATABASE HIGHLIGHTS
Of the top 10 service providers by 2012 revenue, China Mobile had the highest capital intensity (capex-to-revenue ratio), at 23%, followed by NTT and AT&T
The #1 service provider by mobile subscribers in 2Q13 is China Mobile, with 740 million subscribers; China Unicom and America Movil round out the top 3
Comcast is the leading cable broadband provider in terms of subscribers
The operators with the most VoIP subscribers are NTT, Comcast, and Orange
China Telecom lays claim to the most IPTV subscribers

Infonetics’ latest research brief:
China mobilizing for huge LTE rollout; Mobile infrastructure growth braking in Japan
DAS a big and bumpy — and still growing — $2-billion dollar business
Telecom equipment vendors manage 45% of the world’s subscribers as outsourcing grows
Infonetics forecasts M2M services to hit $31 billion, M2M connections to top 4 billion by 2017
Outdoor small cell backhaul market kicking into high gear in 2014
Small cell ramp won’t happen this year
Service providers and enterprises to spend $1 trillion on telecom and datacom over 5 years