1.2. Overview of the global market for telecom services
1.3. United States, the first national market for telecom servicesAsia/Pacific, the first regional market
1.4. Germany: number one market in Europe, ahead of the UK - widening the gap with France, in third place
1.5. Average monthly per capita spending that ranges between ¢æ1 and ¢æ93
1.6. Where does the increase in revenues come from?
1.7. Generalised decline in fixed telephony
1.8. Growth engine for mobile services
1.9. Internet services and the pursuit of growth
2. Methodology
2.1. List of indicators by country
2.2. Definitions
2.3. Segmentation of certain services
2.4. Sources
3. Access
3.1. Mobile access around the world
3.2. Biggest national mobile bases
3.3. Comparison between penetration and growth by national mobile market
3.4. It is confirmed that prepayment is running out of steam of in Europe
3.5. The rise of LTE
3.6. Main LTE markets
3.7. The decline of traditional landline calling
3.8. Development of managed fixed VoIP, an underlying trend
3.9. Attraction of fixed broadband Internet continues unabated
3.10. Main national fixed broadband user bases
3.11. Rapid growth of ultra-fast fixed broadband
4. Telecom services markets
4.1. Global telecom services revenue growing at a moderate pace
4.3. Changes in fixed telephony revenues
4.4. Changes in mobile services revenues
4.5. Changes in retail ARPU per mobile user
4.6. Changes in fixed data transmission and Internet revenues
4.7. Changes in fixed Internet revenues
5. The world's top telcos
5.1. The world leaders
5.2. North American operators
5.3. European operators
5.4. Operators in Asian advanced markets
5.5. Operators from emerging countries
5.6. Telcos and globalisation
5.7. National mobile market structure
5.8. National fixed broadband market structure
Report's tables and figures
1. Executive Summary
Contribution of regions to turnover and number of mobile customers in 2015
Contribution of BRICS to turnover and number of mobile customers in 2015
Breakdown of turnover of telecom services in the world, by segment, by region , in 2015
Breakdown of telecom services turnover in the main European countries in 2015
Average per capita spending on telecom services in 2015
Annual growth in global telecom services market, 2011-2020
Contribution to the revenue growth of telecom services in the world, by segment, 2011-2020
Compared decrease in the number of traditional landlines and in the average revenue per customer, 2011-2020
Compared change in the number of mobile customers and in the average revenue per customer, 2011-2020
Compared changes in the total number of Internet subscribers and in the average revenue per subscriber, 2011-2020
3. Access
Changes in the number of mobile customers in the world, 2011-2020
Regional distribution of mobile customers in 2015
Ranking of countries by number of mobile customers, 2010, 2015 and 2020
Comparison between penetration and growth by national mobile market in 2015
Change in the prepaid ratio in Europe, 2011-2016
Changes in the mobile user base in Spain, 2011-2016
VoLTE rollouts around the globe
Ranking of countries by number of LTE mobile subscribers, end 2015
Breakdown of mobile customers by country and technology, end 2015
Changes in the number of traditional landlines, 2011-2020
Distribution of traditional landlines, end 2015
Changes in the number of VoIP subscribers in developed markets, 2011-2020
VoIP share in fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in developed markets, 2011-2020
Changes in the number of fixed HD subscribers, 2011-2020
Distribution of fixed HD subscribers by region, end 2015
Ranking of countries according to the number of fixed broadband internet subscribers, 2010, 2015 and 2020
Comparison between penetration of fixed broadband internet and growth by national market, in 2015
Ranking of European countries by the number of FTTH/B subscribers, end 2015
Ranking of European countries by the number of VDSL subscribers, end 2015
Breakdown of ultra-high speed broadband subscribers for some European countries, end 2015
4. Telecom services markets
Changes in the distribution of telecom services income by source of revenue, 2011-2020
Distribution of telecom services income in the world by geographic zone in 2015
Compared growth rates of telecom services revenues in the world and global GDP, 2011-2020
Compared growth rates of telecom services and PIB revenues, by region, 2011-2020
Changes in fixed telephony revenues by region, 2011-2020
Fixed line revenue by region, in 2015
Changes in revenue by fixed line in the world, 2011-2020
Changes in mobile services revenues by region, 2011-2020
Breakdown of mobile services revenues between voice and data, 2010 & 2015
Changes in regional mobile ARPU, 2010-2015
Some remarkable ARPU levels in 2015
Changes in fixed data transmission and Internet revenues by region, 2011-2020
Changes in revenues relating to fixed data transmission in North America and Europe, 2011-2020
Changes in fixed internet revenues in North America & Europe, 2011-2020
Some remarkable ARPU levels in 2015
5. The world's top telcos
Top 30 telecom operators based on turnover in 2015
Change in the top American telcos' EBITDA to revenue ratio, 2010-2015
Change in the top American telcos' investment (CAPEX to revenue) ratio, 2010-2015
Change in the top European telcos' EBITDA to revenue ratio, 2010-2015
Change in the top European telcos' investment (CAPEX to revenue) ratio, 2010-2015
Change in the top Asia advanced markets telcos' EBITDA to revenue ratio, 2010-2015
Change in the top Asia advanced markets telcos' investment (CAPEX to revenue) ratio, 2010-201
Change in the EBITDA to revenue ratio for the top telcos in emerging economies, 2010-2015
Change in the investment (CAPEX to revenue) ratio for the top telcos in emerging economies, 2010-2015
Share of 2015 revenues generated abroad for various operators
Evolution of a selection of HHI mobiles, 2010-2015
The top three ISPs combined market share, 2010-2015
Dataset description
Access indicators
Number of traditional landlines
Total number of mobile customers, number of mobile customers by 3G and LTE technology
Number of prepaid and postpaid mobile customers
Total number of fixed Internet subscribers by access technology and number of broadband subscribers
Number of VoIP subscribers
Market share of the leading mobile operators
Market share of the leading broadband Internet access providers
Revenue indicators
Revenues from fixed telephony
Mobile services turnover, mobile voice turnover, mobile data turnover
Revenues from fixed Internet services
Revenues from data transmission
Socio-economic data
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): annual 2010-2015
Population
Type of data
Historical data 2010-2015
Estimates at the end of 2016
Forecasts 2017-2020
Geographical coverage
The global market for telecom services has been divided into five main zones: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific and Africa/Middle East.
The European Union subdivision (at 28) (EU-28) also appears.
The countries below are detailed within each zone.
Regional consolidations take into account all the countries of the zone.