Abstract
“Roaming is a global business and this report gives high-level views and analysis of opportunities on a worldwide scale. ”
This edition evaluates the key issues surrounding the current roaming market and its likely future development, providing a unique combination of high-level market analysis, detailed case studies PLUS exclusive market forecasts to 2013.
Key Coverage
Global roaming market forecasts to 2013 - including roaming subscribers and roaming traffic.
Exclusive industry survey covering topics as diverse as roaming revenue growth, wholesale discounting and CAMEL implementation.
Analysis of current and potential impact of EU regulations on operator strategy and the wider market.
Timely industry information - implementation of EU voice roaming regulations and potential EU data roaming regulations.
Analysis of what Open Connectivity and NRTRDE mean and how they will affect CAPEX and ongoing roaming revenues and traffic.
Key Issues Addressed
- What impact have the EU voice roaming regulations had on roaming inside and outside the EU?
- What is the size of the roaming market?
- How will voice, SMS and data roaming traffic and revenues grow?
- What would be the impact of potential data regulations?
- What role do Alliances have in roaming?
- What effect are new technologies such as IP and WiFi having on roaming?
- Are alternative roaming solutions having an effect on overall roaming traffic and revenues?
- How can operators ensure quality of service in roaming?
- How can operators ensure revenue and prevent fraud?
Who should read this report
Operators
Assess the future size of the roaming market by subscribers revenues and traffic in your region and globally Evaluate the benefits of joining an alliance and discover how it can differentiate your service offering
WiFi Operators
Evaluate the role you can play as an alternative provider of roaming services Assess the potential demand for alternative roaming solutions from consumers Discover how you can work with operators to complement their roaming offering
Consultants, analysts and venture capitalists
Provides unbiased, reasoned hard facts free from industry hype Provide clients with clear business intelligence to support recommendations and investment
Countries / Sectors / Companies Covered
Analysis of retail tariffs and pricing strategy for voice, SMS and data in the following countries/regions:
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Rest of Eastern Europe
- Rest of Western Europe
- Spain
- Sweden
- UK
- Africa
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- India
- Japan
- Korea
- Middle East
- Rest of Asia-Pacific Developed
- Rest of Asia-Pacific Developing
- Rest of Latin America
- Russia
- USA
Table of Contents
1. Executive summary
2. Market overview
- Defining mobile roaming
- Roaming market value chain
- Global roaming base
- Global mobile subscribers: by region 2008-2013
- Subscriber penetration levels: by region 2008-2013
- Global mobile subscribers: by region, by technology 2008-2013
- Global mobile roamers: by region 2008-2013
- Global mobile roamers as % of total subscriber base 2008-2013
- Roaming traffic patterns
- Global outbound roamers: by region 2008-2013
- Global outbound roamers; by user segment, by region 2008-2013
- Global roaming footprint
- Top 10 global mobile investors and operators March 2008
- Average voice roaming footprint: by region May 2008
- Average data roaming footprint: by region May 2008
- Contribution of roaming to overall revenues
- Survey response: contribution of roaming to overall mobile revenue: 2007 vs. 2013
- Survey response: contribution of IOTs to overall mobile revenue 2007 vs. 2013
- Survey response: contribution of retail roaming revenues overall mobile revenues2007 vs. 2013
3. Regulation
- EU Roaming Regulations
- Overview of EU regulations
- Competitive impact of EU roaming regulations within the EU Member States
- Summary of retail price changes for EU subscribers roaming inside the EU
and outside the EU, 2006 and 2008: voice, SMS and data
- Key findings
- Voice
- SMS
- Non-messaging data
- Impact of roaming regulations on retail tariffs: data analysis: EU to EU
- Making a call to the home market from within the EU for EU subscribers
- Making an outbound local call within the EU for EU subscribers
- Receiving a call within the EU for EU subscribers
- Impact of roaming regulations on retail tariffs: data analysis: EU to
non-EU
- Retail pricing trends: making a call to the home market from outside the EU for EU subscribers
- Retail pricing trends: making a local call outside of the EU for EU subscribers
- Retail pricing trends: receiving a call outside the EU for EU subscribers
- SMS pricing trends, 2006 to 2008
- Retail pricing trends: sending an SMS from inside the EU for EU subscribers
- Retail pricing trends: sending an SMS from outside the EU for EU subscribers
- Data price changes 2006 and 2008
- Retail tariffs: Using data services within the EU for EU subscribers
- Retail tariffs: Using data services outside the EU for EU subscribers
- Potential EU regulation for data and SMS
- Potential challenges for SMS and data regulations
- Operator movements towards EU data roaming benchmarks
- Vodafone Group
- Mobilkom Austria
- Telefonica O2
- Orange
- Others
- Roaming regulations outside the EU
- Middle East and North Africa
- Background
- Current status
- Potential impact
- Americas
- Background
- Current status
- Potential impact
- Middle East and North Africa
4. Pricing
- Retail pricing
- Why retail roaming seems expensive
- Retail pricing evolution and pricing models
- Zoning
- Operator examples
- Per country
- Operator examples
- Preferred network
- Operator examples
- Per operator
- Operator examples
- Paid-for discounts
- Operator examples
- Domestic tariffs whilst roaming
- Operator examples
- Data bundles and per-day rates
- Operator examples
- Data charging by application
- Operator examples
- Wholesale pricing and IOTs
- Introduction to the wholesale roaming market
- History of the Inter-Operator Tariff
- The different price elements of IOTs
- SMS routing and cost elements
- IOT trends
- IOT discounting
- Evolution of discounting relationships
- Discount models
- Example IOT discounting strategies
- Trends in IOT discounting and steering
- Global roaming retail price study
- Global retail price overview
- Americas
- Calling home
- SMS
- Non-messaging data
- Asia Pacific
- Calling home
- SMS
- Non-messaging data
- Europe
- Calling home
- SMS
- Non-messaging data
- Africa and Middle East
- Calling home
- SMS
- Non-messaging data
5. Industry initiatives
- Open connectivity and roaming Hubs
- What is open connectivity?
- What are roaming hubs?
- Background to roaming hubs
- Roaming hubs project timeline
- Business case for roaming hubs
- Operators
- Hub providers
- Roaming hub providers
- Future of roaming hubs
- NRTRDE
- What is NRTRDE?
- Background to NRTRDE
- Business case for NRTRDE
- Implementing NRTRDE
- NRTRDE implementation levels
- NRTRDE methods
- NRTRDE solutions providers
- Selected NRTRDE vendor and product overviews
- The future of NRTRDE
6. Alliances and operator groups
- Establishing an alliance
- Reasons to establish an alliance
- Alliance membership
- Worldwide alliance and group membership
- Joining an alliance
- Alliance structures
- Future of alliances
- Positive factors supporting the success of alliances
- Negative influences undermining the success of alliances
- Alliance trends and future movements
- Key trends by alliance or operator group
- Asia Mobility Initiative
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- Bridge Mobile Alliance
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- Conexus Mobile Alliance
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- FreeMove
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- Vodafone Group
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- Zain One Network
- Background
- Current membership and structure
- Brand and service offering
- Performance and strategy
- Other groups and roaming alliances
- Telefonica
- Starmap
- Roaming Alianza
- Middle East Telecom Alliance
7. Forecasts
8. Global Mobile Roaming Industry Survey 2008
*Contents correct at time of printing
