Telecom Revenue Growth Stalls as Datacom Growth Accelerates – New Infonetics Global Market Trends Report

CAMPBELL, CA–(Marketwired – January 12, 2015) – Infonetics Research, a technology market research firm, today released excerpts from its latest Global Telecom and Datacom Market Trends and Drivers report. In the report, Infonetics, now part of IHS Inc. ( NYSE : IHS ), analyzes global and regional market trends and conditions.

“Overall, growth in telecom revenue continues to slow in every geographic region. Europe’s 5 largest service providers — Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, and Vodafone — continue to experience declining revenue, though less pronounced than in the past 3 years. And in North America, AT&T and Verizon have signaled that the mobile services price war started by T-Mobile US is taking a bite,” said Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for mobile infrastructure and carrier economics at Infonetics Research.

Co-author of the report Matthias Machowinski, Infonetics’ directing analyst for enterprise networks, added: “After a weak 2013, enterprise networking and communication revenue growth accelerated in 2014 thanks to a resurging North American market and stepped-up investments in security infrastructure. We expect similar results in 2015, when strong end-user demand in North America and Asia Pac is likely to be offset by a slowdown in Europe.”

TELECOM AND DATACOM MARKET TRENDS

• Macroeconomic indicators point to moderate global economic growth of 3 percent for the full-year 2014 due to persistent weaknesses in the Eurozone and a significant slowdown in Brazil and Russia
• Global mobile service revenue barely budged in the first half of 2014 (1H14), up just 0.5 percent from the same period a year ago, badly dragged by Europe again
• Mobile data services (text messaging and mobile broadband) rose again in every region in 1H14, driven by the increasing usage of smartphones

• Mobile broadband services grew 26 percent year-over-year, enough to offset the decline of SMS revenue

REPORT SYNOPSIS
Infonetics’ overall market trends and drivers report is published twice annually to provide analysis of global and regional market trends and conditions affecting service providers, enterprises, subscribers and the global economy. The report assess the state of the telecom industry, telling the story of what’s going on now and what’s expected in the near and long term, including spending trends, subscriber forecasts, macroeconomic drivers and key economic statistics (e.g., unemployment, OECD indicators, GDP growth). The 40-page report is illustrated with charts, graphs, tables, and written analysis. To purchase the report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

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