Operators will generate annual mobile roaming revenue of more than...
Operators will generate annual mobile roaming revenue of more than $80 billion by 2017, up from more than $46 billion this year, said a Juniper Research report. The increase will be largely from growing data usage, coupled with reduced roaming…
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charges, Juniper said Wednesday. Roaming charges have gone down because of roaming regulations in many markets, including the European Union. While those regulations have slowed revenue growth in some areas, revenue continues to grow overall, Juniper said. Operators may be able to enhance roaming revenue via Wi-Fi and M2M, said Nitin Bhas, the report’s author. “There is an increasing number of SIMs used not just within handsets but within an M2M capacity,” Bhas said in a news release. “Operators need to encourage M2M roaming, especially within the telematics segment, via partnerships with global operators” (http://xrl.us/bnsgrz).