Informa: Femtocells could exceed 40M by 2013

Lynnette Luna — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:29 -0400

Informa Telecoms & Media says the number of femtocells deployed by the end of 2013 could exceed 40 million, with 22 million units coming online in 2013 alone. This trend could assist operators in offloading up to 8 percent of their total mobile traffic to fixed networks via the end user subscriber line, resulting in significant savings. Informa believes the capital expenditure to implement femtocells capable of supporting 22 million new net additions would run to about $3.7 billion, of which 85 percent would be invested in femtocell access points. Article

Report: Revenue from mobile data to exceed $200B this year

Lynnette Luna — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:13:02 -0400

Informa Telecoms & Media is predicting that revenue from global mobile data services will exceed $200 billion this year for the first time. Total mobile data revenues reached approximately $157 billion in 2007. Research from the first quarter reveals that mobile data service revenues exceeded $49 billion, accounting for a 42.7 percent year-over-year increase. This figure means that mobile operators now generate approximately one fifth of their revenue from data services. Release