| NOTAS: | "Ovum's latest research provides you with the techniques to ensure that you fully understand your strategic options for minimising 3G network capital expenditure in the current climate. The rollout of 3G mobile networks has just started and infrastructure expenditure will be vast - we estimate more than $100 billion over the next five years in Europe alone. Many 3G operators entered this period of 'spend, spend, spend in poor financial shape. ARPU (average revenue per user) is falling and money has poured out of the coffers to pay for 3G licences and to fund ambitious growth and acquisition plans. At the same time, mobile operators; market capitalisation has plummeted as the overheated stock market of the 1990s finally collapsed. But 3G network build cannot be delayed, due to licence obligations in many countries." |
