Thursday, October 17, 2019

5G Will Not Boost Mobile Data ARPU. Since 3G, No Mobile Generation Has Done So

Whatever else 5G might represent, it probably will not increase mobile operator consumer account data revenues. Since 2005, nothing has done that. In the U.S. market, the availability of unlimited usage plans has not helped, in that regard. 



source: Nokia


source: Strategy Analytics

It might also be fair to say that other mobile generations, from 2G to 4G, have boosted data revenues, but net revenue gains have been muted as voice and text messaging prices have plummeted.





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