Top 10 Asia Pacific countries based on telecom voice revenues in 2011

China has
recorded around $35 billion revenue from non-voice segments.

Japan is
in the second position with $43.59 billion in 2011. Japan is the leading
country in the non-voice mobile revenues list in 2011. Japan non-voice revenues
touched $41.55 billion in 2011 and it will forecast to reach $44.54 billion in
2012.

Voice revenues
in Asia Pacific will increase 3.5 percent to $204 billion in 2012 from $197
billion in 2011. Non-voice revenue in Asia Pacific will grow 9.3 percent to
$116.98 billion in 2012 from $107.16 billion in 2011, according to Ovum.

Thanks to
traditional voice business from more than 800 million mobile subscribers, India
is in the third place. India generated $17.46 billion voice revenue in 2011.
That will grow to around $20 billion in 2012.

(Please
see the chart at the end of the article)

South Kore
and Australia are in fourth and fifth positions.

Recently
Ovum said that revenue growth, margins and return on investment will be far
more important metrics than connections growth in 2012 as connections and
average revenue per user (ARPU) are becoming increasingly irrelevant due to the
growing prevalence of multiple SIM ownership in most markets.

Global
mobile connections will grow at a CAGR of 6 percent between 2011 and 2016. This
is slightly higher than the previous forecast due to stronger market growth in
Brazil and the US.

Global
revenues will grow at a CAGR of 2 percent, which is slightly higher than
previously forecast due to stronger US growth.

But the
global trend of growing market maturity remains. ARPU erosion will continue due
to faster emerging market connections growth and the lower data ARPU that will
come from multiple mobile broadband connections in developed markets.

The
primary risk factors considered across the forecast period are macroeconomic
conditions, regulatory intervention, market maturity, and the migration to
next-generation technologies.

editor@telecomlead.com