Infonetics Report Reveals Top Telecom Service Provider Spenders and Moneymakers

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research today released preliminary data on the world’s top 60 telecom service providers by revenue from its quarterly Service Provider Capex, Opex, Revenue, and Subscribers Database. The full edition of the database, which tracks more than 160 operators worldwide, will be published April 30.

“NTT, which passed AT&T as the top revenue-generating service provider in 2011, remains the number-one service provider in the world in terms of revenue and capital expenditures, and in 2012 it became the leader in terms of operating expenses as well,” notes Maria Zeppetella, market analyst manager at Infonetics Research and lead analyst on the report.

Zeppetella adds, “Telefónica Group leads among European operators in terms of capex, revenue and opex.”

SERVICE PROVIDER DATABASE HIGHLIGHTS

• The world’s top 3 service providers by 2012 revenue are NTT, AT&T and Verizon
  • Comcast is the only pure cable operator among the top 10 revenue generators
• When measuring capex, the top 3 service providers are NTT, China Mobile, and AT&T
  • Geographically, China dominates spending, with 3 providers in the top 6
• The #1 independent wireless provider by revenue is China Mobile, with sales of almost $89 billion in 2012
• LTE subscribers are the fastest-growing segment of subscribers compared to all other technologies

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ quarterly service provider database tracks more than 160 competitive, incumbent, wireless, independent wireless, satellite, and cable operators in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA). The database, which includes searchable and sortable pivot tables, data, and charts, provides service provider demographics; capex, opex, and revenue per provider in USD, including historical data going back to 2000 and a 2013 forecast; capex-to-revenue ratios and opex-to-revenue ratios; subscribers per operator per quarter from 2004 to now; mobile ARPU for prepaid and postpaid subscribers; and sub-region and country level data where available for subscribers and access lines. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

Infonetics’ related Service Provider Capex report is offered separately and published biannually.

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