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Australia - Mobile InfrastructureLONDON, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's MNOs prepare for migration to 5G Telstra remains the market leader with about 17.2 million subscribers reported as of June 2016 (including mobile broadband), while Optus had around 8.41 million subscribers as of September 2016. Vodafone has arrested the long decline in its subscriber base, reporting a 2.6% year-on-year growth in its subscriber base in the year to June 2016, discounting MVNO customers. The gains indicate that the company's significant investment in recent years, and strategy for growth under new leadership, is paying dividends. Pressure on pricing will continue to place a strain on operator revenue into fiscal 2017, with revenue from mobile data services failing to offset the sharpening decline in revenue from voice services. This is being exacerbated by the popularity of OTT services which has led to a fall in SMS traffic and revenue. In addition OTT services are helping to reduce voice traffic volume, while with VoLTE technologies voice traffic is rendered as data. The three LTE networks operated by Optus, Telstra and Vodafone have developed rapidly during the past two years as these players strive to provide an infrastructure capable of meetings customer demand for mobile broadband services. Telstra continues to be a global leader in mobile services, being a partner with Ericsson in developing 5G. The two companies have demonstrated 1Gb/s capabilities over a commercial LTE network using carrier aggregation technology, and will use the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland to trial a range of technologies including a prototype 5G. Key developments: Details of Round 2 Black Spot Program; Vodafone switches LTE data traffic to new core network, reports growth in revenue and subscribers into 2016; MNOS launch VoLTE services; Telstra commits to $5 billion mobile spend over three years; Smartphone sales drop in response to market saturation; Telstra closes down its 2G network; Lycamobile providing LTE services through Telstra Wholesale; Australia rated with the highest mobile broadband speed globally; Kogan Mobile providing LTE on Vodafone's network; Telstra and Ericsson to use Commonwealth Games to trial 5G capabilities; Telstra launches five-band carrier aggregation; Mobile data traffic expected to grow six-fold to 2018; Report update includes telcos' operating data to Q3 2016, ACMA market report 2015, TIO's 2016 annual report; market surveys into 2016, ABS data to June 2016, Akamai broadband survey data to Q2 2016, recent market developments. Companies mentioned in this report: Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/3161520/ About Reportbuyer Reportbuyer is a leading industry intelligence solution that provides all market research reports from top publishers http://www.reportbuyer.com For more information: Sarah Smith Research Advisor at Reportbuyer.com Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 208 816 85 48 Website: www.reportbuyer.com To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/australia---mobile-infrastructure-300443048.html SOURCE ReportBuyer |