- Telecoms Capex investment to
touch $346 bn in 2015 with flat growth
Telecom service providers
are expected to invest $346 billion towards capital spending (Capex) in 2015,
indicating a flat growth. In 2014, Capex in fixed line telecom
operations was 41 percent of $346 billion, while 59 percent was in wireless
business of operators.
- Telecoms to invest $1.7
trillion as Capex in networks during 2014-2020
Telecom service providers globally will invest $1.7
trillion in mobile network infrastructure during 2014-2020 and main focus will
be 4G LTE networks, said GSMA.
4G accounts for 5 percent of
mobile connections at present. 4G penetration as a percentage of connections is
69 percent in South Korea, 46 percent in Japan and 40 percent in the US, but 4G
penetration in the developing world stands at 2 percent.
- Mobile industry Capex to
touch $1.1 trillion during 2013-17: GSMA
In the next 5 years, mobile industry
will contribute $2.6 trillion to public funding. In 2017, companies across the
ecosystem will employ nearly 10 million people globally, according to a study
by the GSMA. With the number of mobile subscribers standing at 3.2
billion people, nearly half of the world’s population now uses mobile
communications.
It is expected that a further 700
million subscribers will be added by 2017 and the 4 billion-subscriber
milestone will be reached in 2018.
