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Dutch mobile service revenues fall 6.4% in Q3
2013-11-21 10:56:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Dutch mobile service revenues fell 6.4 percent annually and declined 1.9 percent quarterly to a total EUR 1.36 billion in the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest research from Telecompaper. The market contraction was driven by a continued decline in voice revenue and slowdown in data services growth. Non-voice services (data and SMS) were estimated at 42.1 percent of total mobile service revenue in the quarter, but these are not growing fast enough to offset fully the erosion in voice revenues, the market researcher said. Telecompaper now expects the Dutch market to shrink 6 percent over the full year 2013 to around EUR 5.5 billion in service revenue. Over the five years to 2017, it estimates a compound annual growth rate of minus 2.5 percent, as the economic recession, regulation and the shift to OTT and Wi-Fi services continue to weigh on the sector. The Dutch market saw a slight decrease of 1.3 percent year-on-year in the number of mobile SIMs (including MVNOs), to a total 20.3 million at the end of September 2013. KPN's market lead increased to just under 48 percent of subscribers (mainly due to the migration of MVNO Lycamobile from Vodafone to KPN), while Vodafone saw its market share decrease to less than 27 percent, and T-Mobile was relatively stable at almost 26 percent.
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