World telecom markets & players

This study delivers a snapshot of the major global telecom market trends.
It includes historical data (2016-2021) and forecasts up to 2026 for the main market indicators:

Regions and countries covered
• World
• Regions: Europe, EU27, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, MEA
• Countries: EU27 (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), UK, USA, Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea

List of indicators
Markets
• Subscribers
– Fixed telephone lines
– Broadband subscribers (o/w FTTx and FTTH/B subscribers)
– Mobile subscribers (o/w postpaid and 5G subscribers)
• Competition
– Market shares of 3-4 major broadband access providers
– Market shares of 3-4 major MNOs
• Revenue
– Fixed service revenue (o/w data and broadband access revenue)
– Mobile service revenue

Players
• Revenues
• EBITDA
• CAPEX

1. Market trends
1.1. Revenue growth triggered by mobile services
1.2. Growth still coming from emerging markets
1.3. Fixed broadband subscriber base still growing
1.4. Mobile subscriber base (exc. M2M) still expanding
1.5. European markets: accelerating growth from 2023
1.6. North American markets: showing a small return to growth from 2021
1.7. Asia-Pacific markets continue to grow
1.8. Latin American markets to grow slightly
1.9. MEA to continue growing though at a lower rate

2. Telco performances
2.1. World Leaders
2.2. EBITDA margins
2.3. CapEx

List of tables and figures

1. Market trends
• Telecom service revenue worldwide, by segment, 2016-2026
• Regional distribution of telecom service revenue, in 2016-2021-2026
• Fixed broadband subscribers worldwide, 2016-2026
• Regional distribution of mobile subscribers, in 2016 & 2026
• Telecom service revenue in Europe, by segment, 2016-2026
• Telecom service revenue share in Europe, by country, in 2016-2021-2026
• Telecom service revenue share in EU27, by country, in 2021 and 2026
• Telecom service revenue in North America, by segment, 2016-2026
• Telecom service revenue in Asia-Pacific, by segment, 2016-2026
• Telecom service revenue share by country in Asia-Pacific, in 2016-2021-2026
• Telecom service revenue in Latin America, by segment, 2016-2026
• Telecom service revenue in MEA, by segment, 2016-2026

2. Telcos performance
• Top 30 telecom operators based on revenue in 2021
• EBITDA margin (EBITDA as a % of revenue) for the world’s top telcos, 2016-2021
• CapEx-to-sales ratio (CAPEX as a % of revenues) for the world’s top telcos, 2016-2021

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Regions and countries covered
• World
• Regions: Europe, EU27, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, MEA
• Countries: EU27 (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), UK, USA, Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea

List of indicators
Markets
• Subscribers
– Fixed telephone lines
– Broadband subscribers (o/w FTTx and FTTH/B subscribers)
– Mobile subscribers (o/w postpaid and 5G subscribers)
• Competition
– Market shares of 3-4 major broadband access providers
– Market shares of 3-4 major MNOs
• Revenue
– Fixed service revenue (o/w data and broadband access revenue)
– Mobile service revenue

Players
• Revenues
• EBITDA
• CAPEX

Asia-Pacific

China
India
Japan
South Korea

Europe

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

Latin America

Brazil

Middle East & Africa North America

United States

World

Altice Europe (SFR until 2016)
America Móvil
AT&T
BCE
Bharti Airtel
BT
CenturyLink (part of Lumen Technology)
Charter (TWC until 2015)
China Mobile
China Telecom
China Unicom
Comcast
Deutsche Telekom
Etisalat
KDDI
KT
Liberty Global
MTN
NTT
Orange
SingTel
SK Telecom
Softbank
Swisscom
Telefónica
Telenor
Telstra
TIM
Verizon
Vodafone

Reference: M00073MRA
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Languages available: English
Tags: Broadband subscribers, CapEx, EBITDA, Fixed Internet, fixed service revenue, Fixed telephony, FTTx, M2M, mobile service revenue, Mobile services, Mobile subscribers, revenue, telecom markets, telecom players, telecom service, VoIP

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World telecom markets & players – Markets at December 2022 & Forecasts to 2026

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