Comments on: Global Cell Phone Growth Slowed During Q1 http://gigaom.com/2009/06/12/global-cell-phone-growth-slowed-during-q1/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Downturn Slows Telecoms (Except in India & China) http://gigaom.com/2009/06/12/global-cell-phone-growth-slowed-during-q1/#comment-213799 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:02:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53962#comment-213799 [...] the fast growing wireless business slowed down: 153 million net new wireless subscribers were added during the quarter, about 10 million fewer [...]

]]> By: Share of Countries in Wireless Subscribers Growth — TechCrunchies - Internet Statistics, Figures and Numbers http://gigaom.com/2009/06/12/global-cell-phone-growth-slowed-during-q1/#comment-213798 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:48:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53962#comment-213798 [...] contribute close to half the number of new wireless subscribers added in the first quarter of 2009. Here are the complete [...]

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2009/06/12/global-cell-phone-growth-slowed-during-q1/#comment-213797 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:33:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53962#comment-213797 Africa & Latin America are doing well with 13% and 6% respectively.

Of the wireless operators I’ve been speaking to lately (outside the USA). Below are the biggest issues they all phase. Amazing whether it’s a small operator with 1.5 million subscribers of a larger one with 40 million.

Order of importance
1) Declining ARPU (minutes are completely commoditized. Need new revenue streams FAST)
2) Churn – Currently in the 3% to 4% per month range (36% to 48% of their customer base)
3) Higher customer acquisition costs (continues to climb). Prepaid is approx $50 & post paid is $125

]]> By: Petabro http://gigaom.com/2009/06/12/global-cell-phone-growth-slowed-during-q1/#comment-213796 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:45:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53962#comment-213796 Headline should say Global Subscriber growth

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