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In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking at roaming, forecasting that operator revenues from mobile roaming will surpass $80 billion by 2017, compared to over $46 billion this year. According to the research company, the growth will largely be driven by increasing data usage and a reduction in roaming charges.
Roaming regulations and legislation have been introduced in a number of markets, including the EU. These have been invoked in an attempt to protect customers against escalating charges and to preserve competition amongst operators.
Juniper’s report notes that while regulations and unilateral moves by operators have had the effect of slowing down revenue growth in specific areas of the world, roaming revenue as a whole is still growing with the global airline travel recovering from the poor economic climate.
Other key findings include:
- Roaming data revenue will grow at a CAGR of 21% and will account for an increasing proportion of roaming revenue over the forecast period.
- The proportion of SMS roaming revenue to the global roaming revenue will decline over the forecast period.
And you can get additional information about the report from Juniper’s website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
