Summary

This report delivers a snapshot of the major global telecom market trends.
It includes historical data (2017-2022) and forecasts up to 2027 for the main market indicators (see list below)

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, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), UK, USA, Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea

Table of contents

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 2022
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

List of tables and figures

1. Market trends

  • Telecom service revenue worldwide, by segment, 2017-2027
  • Regional distribution of telecom service revenue, in 2017-2022-2027
  • Fixed broadband subscribers worldwide, 2017-2027
  • Regional distribution of mobile subscribers, in 2017 & 2027
  • Telecom service revenue in Europe, by segment, 2017-2027
  • Telecom service revenue share in Europe, by country, in 2017-2022-2027
  • Telecom service revenue share in EU27, by country, in 2022 and 2027
  • Telecom service revenue in North America, by segment, 2017-2027
  • Telecom service revenue in Asia-Pacific, by segment, 2017-2027
  • Telecom service revenue share by country in Asia-Pacific, in 2017-2022-2027
  • Telecom service revenue in Latin America, by segment, 2017-2027
  • Telecom service revenue in MEA, by segment, 2017-2027

2. Telcos performance

  • Top 30 telecom operators based on revenue in 2022
  • EBITDA margin (EBITDA as a % of revenue) for the world’s top telcos, 2016-2022
  • CapEx-to-sales ratio (CAPEX as a % of revenues) for the world’s top telcos, 2016-2022

DataSet Scope

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Markets:

  • Equipment:
    ▪ Fixed telephone lines
    ▪Broadband subscribers (o/w FTTxand FTTH/B subscribers)
    ▪ Mobile subscribers (o/w postpaidand 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

Geographic area

Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • India
  • Japan
  • South Korea
Europe
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
Latin America
  • Brazil
North America World

Players

  • 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

Other details

  • Reference: M00097MRA
  • Delivery: on the DigiWorld Interactive platform
  • 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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