Summary

As the need to deploy super-fast access networks (FTTx, 5G…) becomes more pressing, telcos need to sustain massive investments.

Based on an analysis of the global market and its players (24 countries and more than 30 telcos covered), this report provides details on fixed and mobile CapEx from 2015 to 2020 and compares the different regional trends.

  • What has been the CapEx dynamics of telcos over the last 5 years?
  • Which regions have seen the highest increase in telecom infrastructure CapEx? And the lowest?
  • What is the telcos’ revenue to CapEx ratio?
  • What are the CapEx trends of the largest telcos?

Table of contents

1. Telecom services revenue
1.1. Worldwide revenue trend by segment
1.2. Global revenue by region

2. CapEx
2.1. Global CapEx
2.2. Downward trend in CapEx around the world
2.3. Regional trends
2.4. World’s largest telcos
2.5. Wide range of CapEx to sales ratios
2.6. EBITDA margins
2.7. CapEx

3. Telco selection
3.1. AT&T
3.2. China Mobile
3.3. Deutsche Telekom
3.4. NTT Docomo

List of tables and figures

List of tables and figures

1. Telecom services revenue
• Global telecom services revenue by segment, 2015-2025 (EUR billion)
• Regional distribution of telecom services revenues, 2015-2020-2025 (%)

2. CapEx
• Telcos CapEx worldwide, 2015-2020 (billion EUR)
• Telcos’ CapEx CAGR 2015-2020 by region
• Regional distribution of telco CapEx in 2020
• Regional breakdown of revenues from telecom services in 2020
• Top 30 telecoms operators by revenue in 2020 (EUR billion)
• Highest expense ratios among the world’s top 30 telcos
• Lowest expense ratios among the world’s top 30 telcos
• EBITDA margin for the world’s top telcos, 2015-2020
• CapEx to revenue ratio for the world’s top telcos, 2015-2020

3. Telco selection
• AT&T’s total customers
• AT&T’s mobile and broadband ARPUs
• AT&T CapEx 2015-2020
• AT&T CapEx to sales ratio 2015-2020
• Total customers of China Mobile
• China Mobile mobile and residential broadband ARPUs
• China Mobile CapEx 2015-2020
• Structure of China Mobile’s CapEx (2020)
• Total customers of Deutsche Telekom
• Deutsche Telekom’s mobile and broadband ARPUs, Germany
• Deutsche Telekom CapEx 2015-2020
• Deutsche Telekom CapEx to sales ratio 2015-2020
• Total customers of NTT Docomo
• NTT Docomo’s mobile and residential broadband ARPUs
• NTT Docomo CapEx 2015-2020
• NTT Docomo CapEx to sales ratio 2015-2020

Geographic area
World

Players
  • America Móvil
  • AT&T
  • BCE
  • Bharti Airtel
  • BT
  • Century Link
  • Charter (Time Warner Cable until 2015)
  • China Mobile
  • China Telecom
  • China Unicom
  • Comcast
  • Deutsche Telecom
  • Etisalat
  • KDDI
  • KT
  • Liberty Global
  • MTN
  • NTT
  • Orange
  • SFR/Altice
  • SK Telecom
  • Softbank
  • Swisscom
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telefónica
  • Telenor
  • TeliaSonera
  • Telstra
  • Verizon

Other details
  • Reference: M00040MRA
  • Delivery: on the DigiWorld Interactive platform
  • Languages available: English
  • Tags: telecom CapEx, telecom capital expenditure, telecom services revenue

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