Asia Pacific Mobile Operator Services Profitability 2010

• Publication date: October 2010

The study documents and examines mobile services profitability margins, drivers and restraints over the years 2005-2009, using data from 32 operators from 10 countries including the US, and in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Australia, Bangladesh and Taiwan. Benchmarks and trends are provided for service revenues and operating expenses and the derived profitability metrics operating income, operating i...

The study documents and examines mobile services profitability margins, drivers and restraints over the years 2005-2009, using data from 32 operators from 10 countries including the US, and in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Australia, Bangladesh and Taiwan. Benchmarks and trends are provided for service revenues and operating expenses and the derived profitability metrics operating income, operating income before depreciation and amortisation, operating income before depreciation and amortisation less Capex. Cross-country data is analysed at a market level to facilitate international comparison. Operator data is compared at lead operator versus average country level.

Mobile Telephony Industry in Oceania

Table Of Contents

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Methodology



2. Mobile Service Profitability by Country

2.1 OIBDA Margin Overview

2.2 Service Revenues Overview

2.3 Voice Revenues

2.4 Data Revenues

2.5 Expenses

2.6 OIBDA Margin Analysis

2.7 Capex

2.8 OIBDA less Capex

2.9 Operating Income



3. Lead Operators Mobile Service Profitability

3.1 Margin Overview

3.2 Service Revenues Overview

3.3 Voice Revenues

3.4 Data Revenues

3.5 Expenses

3.6 OIBDA Margin Analysis

3.7 Capex

3.8 OIBDA less Capex

3.9 Operating Income



4. Data Service Profitability

4.1 Data Profitability

4.2 Data Costs

4.3 Data Revenues



5. About Frost & Sullivan