Strategy research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM today released Strategic Services Take the Stage: U.S. Telecom Wired and Wireless Sizing and Share 2013-2018, the latest edition of the telecom industry’s principal sizing and share study. This year’s study finds that postpaid wireless data services, which have driven the majority of industry growth and investment for the past several years, will represent more than a third of total telecom industry revenues (wireless and wireline) by 2018.
“Postpaid data revenues – those we associate with contract-based plans – are growing faster than all other growth products in the telecom industry,” said Douglas J. Barnett, senior analyst at ATLANTIC-ACM. “While there are many other growth products in the industry – M2M, FTTX, etc. – postpaid data represents the dominant force in the telecom landscape with both size and growth rate factored in. In fact, while postpaid revenues represented less than a fifth of the industry in 2012, they’ll grow at 11.5 percent annually to represent more than a third of total industry revenues by the end of the forecast period.”
About the Study
Strategic Services Take the Stage: U.S. Telecom Wired and Wireless Sizing and Share 2013-2018 is ATLANTIC-ACM’s 19th annual version of the telecom industry’s chief market sizing and opportunity study. The 280+ page report provides a detailed segmentation of revenues of 32 major industry products across 31 of the largest telecommunications carriers. Forecasts include revenue through 2018 for each of the products and companies, and subscriber forecasts through 2018 for wireless providers.
About ATLANTIC-ACM
Boston-based ATLANTIC-ACM is a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services to the communications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry’s principal benchmarking, sizing and opportunity studies, the company assists clients in evaluating business development opportunities for successful investment, market entry and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM’s website at http://www.atlantic-acm.com.