Paging: notable decrease in subscriber traffic / Trunking: slight decrease in number of subscribers
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Author: ANACOMTitle: "Paging: notable decrease in subscriber traffic / Trunking: slight decrease in number of subscribers"
Published: 14.03.2000
URL: http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=13625
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At the end of the fourth quarter of 1999 the paging service registered a decrease of 100,000 subscribers in base clients, corresponding to a drop of 45%. As a result of this trend there was a significant decrease in the total number of calls, the average number of calls per subscriber and in the impulses generated by these services. The expansion of the volume of mobile telephone clients and the ever-increasing use of the written message services by mobile telephone users are the reasons for the occurrence of this situation.
Paging operators had a total of 120,000 subscribers to this service at the end of last year. In comparison with the previous year these figures represent a 55% decrease, which is equal to the loss of 144,000 subscribers.
There was also a very marked decrease in paging service traffic, both in terms of the number of calls and the number of impulses. The decrease in the number of impulses between the third and fourth quarters of 1999 is situated at 32%. This percentage reflects the fact that these services generated 4.2 million impulses between October and December. In comparison with the figures recorded for the previous year these represent a decrease of 71%. The number of impulses generated throughout the whole of 1999 was around 30 million.
Approximately 520 thousand calls were registered for paging services during the last quarter of 1999 - 25% less than the previous quarter. The number of calls made throughout 1999 was around 3.3 million, resulting in a 72% decrease when compared with the figures verified for the previous year.
It should be emphasised that the average number of calls during this quarter was four per subscriber, whilst the same period last year provided an average of 7 per subscriber.
Paging Service
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
4.2 |
17.9 |
31.2 |
58.6 |
88.2 |
134.7 |
177.3 |
302.8 |
264.3 |
|
1st Quarter 1999 |
2nd Quarter 1999 |
3rd Quarter 1999 |
4th Quarter 1999 |
|
253.8 |
249.8 |
219.7 |
120.2 |
|
91/90 |
92/91 |
93/92 |
94/93 |
95/94 |
96/95 |
97/96 |
98/97 |
|
321% |
75% |
88% |
51% |
53% |
32% |
71% |
-13% |
|
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
99/98 |
annual |
|
-4% |
-2% |
-12% |
-45% |
-55% |
45% |
|
|
1997 |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
|
Impulses Invoiced |
145,294 |
34,289 |
29,637 |
21,487 |
15,092 |
|
Calls Made |
22,828 |
4,274 |
3,359 |
2,460 |
1,747 |
|
|
Total |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
Total |
|
Impulses Invoiced |
100,505 |
10,118 |
8,393 |
6,168 |
4,205 |
28,884 |
|
Calls Made |
11,839 |
1,204 |
927 |
689 |
520 |
3,340 |
|
|
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
98/97 |
|
Impulses Invoiced |
-24% |
-14% |
-28% |
-30% |
-31% |
|
Calls Made |
-34% |
-21% |
-27% |
-29% |
-48% |
|
|
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
99/98 |
|
Impulses Invoiced |
-33% |
-17% |
-27% |
-32% |
-71% |
|
Calls Made |
-31% |
-23% |
-26% |
-25% |
-72% |
Trunking Service
In the fourth quarter of this year the Mobile Service with Shared Resources (trunking) registered a decrease of 2% in subscribers in comparison with the previous quarter and which corresponds to a loss of approximately 300 subscribers. In annual terms, the figures for this year show a decrease of around 6% when compared to last year, which in absolute terms means a loss of around 1,000 subscribers.
|
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
|
1.3 |
4.5 |
7.8 |
12.0 |
14.8 |
14.8 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
13.8 |
|
95/94 |
96/95 |
97/96 |
98/97 |
1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
99/98 |
Average Annual |
| 242% | 75% | 53% |
23% |
0.3% |
-4.9% |
0.4% |
-2% |
-6% |
60% |
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