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The latest editions
of the Mobile
and Fixed updates
were published in March and May respectively. The latest annual
edition, including both fixed and mobile data over the five year
period 1996/97 to 2000/01, was published in December 2001.
Mobile summary
- At the end of
2001 there were just under 45 million mobile subscribers
- 69% of these
were using pre-pay packages
- Year-on-year
subscriber growth was 12%: a decrease on the previous period
- Call volumes
grew by 13% and 'calls and fixed charges' revenues by 12% on the year
- Overall retail
revenues grew by 19% on the year, reflecting increased usage of newer
services such as text information
- Average retail
revenue per subscriber increased during the period
- Year-on-year
growth of SMS volumes was over 55%
- SMS revenue growth
was greater than that of volumes, suggesting that there have been
increases in SMS pricing
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