Comments on: Meet the world’s top 20 mobile carriers: Asia on the rise

By: Stefano Leva

Stefano Leva — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:59:02 +0000

What about TeliaSonera? As long as i know they can count in total about 150milions subscribers..

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:28:20 +0000

Hi Andre,

I think that’s part of it, but I also think consumers are just as responsible (or have different priorities). There are plenty of cheaper alternatives out there, but consumers still gravitate to toward VZ and AT&T. In particular Verizon is known for having good service and coverage, and apparently a lot of people think its worth paying a steep premium for.

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:25:26 +0000

Hi Steven, yep. But I think the connections are actually being counted to the network operator which in this case would be AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint and if I’m not mistaken.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:22:40 +0000

I imagine the difference in ARPU is america’s love of subscription services. The world over seems to have embraced pay-as-you-go, which lowers revenues but gains subscribers. Oddly, I noticed that America Movil on one of the biggest pay-as-you-go providers in the US, operating under Net10, Tracphone, and others.

By: Andre Prudhomme

Andre Prudhomme — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:22:19 +0000

A knack indeed. Based on these numbers their APRU is ~2X the nearest competitor (Deutsche Telecom), and ~3X the next closest one (France Telecom).

Unfortunately I think this has more to do with the ability of American telecoms to manipulate regulators rather than any superior business model or strategy for achieving higher revenues.