Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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Patchy progress continues in Eastern Europe's mobile markets
July 8, 2003
During 2002, Russia emerged as the largest and fastest growing mobile
market in Eastern Europe, helping to raise penetration in the region to
22 percent. While there is clearly room for further growth, average revenue
per user is now in decline and net additions will soon begin to slow.
Mobile data services are gaining traction in some markets and boosting
ARPU, but deployment and use vary tremendously by country and subregion.
High handset and infrastructure costs and other socioeconomic factors
dictate that Eastern Europe will remain secondary to the west for at least
the next few decades. Nevertheless, during the next 5 years as growth
slows in Western Europe, more attention will turn to a region that by
2007 will
- Grow to 125 million mobile users, with half residing in Poland and
Russia, pushing regional mobile penetration to 37 percent
- Generate US$29 billion in annual service revenue, with mobile data
contributing US$4.6 billion (16 percent)
- Have regional pockets of highly advanced mobile data infrastructure
and services, including 3G, but remain largely underdeveloped due to continuing
economic inequity
- See blended ARPU dip and then recover to almost US$20 per month, with
data ARPU approaching US$5 in the Czech Republic and Hungary
In this report, the Yankee Group examines recent developments in Eastern
European mobile markets and presents an updated forecasts for users, voice
and data ARPU, and carrier service revenue.
Eastern Europe: Mobile Users and Penetration by Country
Source: The Yankee Group, 2003
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