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Telecommunication Services Global Industry Guide - Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2025

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  • June 2021
  • Region: Global
  • MarketLine
  • ID: 5354118
Global Telecommunication Services industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The Telecommunication Services market is defined as the total volume and value of both the Fixed Line Telecommunications market and the Wireless Telecommunications market. The market volume here is defined as number of fixed-line and wireless subscriptions.The fixed-line telecommunications market is valued as the revenues obtained by operators for voice telephony and internet fixed lines (wirelines), rather than wireless systems. Only revenues from end-users are included, with revenues from other operators, as in wholesale transactions, excluded. This market consists of voice telephony segments Circuit-Switched and VoIP (packet-switched voice subscriptions); and internet segments Narrowband (transmission speed < 128 Kbps) and Broadband (transmission speed > 128 Kbps). Volume figures are defined as fixed-line subscriptions to each of these services.The wireless telecommunications services market is defined here as including cellular (mobile) phones, pagers, and any other wireless or cellular telecommunication service.
  • Market values are in terms of revenues, based on payments to operators of all of these services for subscriptions and usage.
  • Market volumes are in terms of total numbers of subscribers for each of this services.
  • All market data and forecasts are represented in nominal terms (i.e. without adjustment for inflation) and all currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2020 annual average exchange rates. Forecast figures presented in this report are calculated using crisis scenarios for the market. The length of the pandemic and restrictions introduced by various countries are still difficult to predict, though many governments had introduced national lockdowns and temporarily banned the sale of products that are deemed "non-essential". The length of the pandemic and restrictions imposed by governments around the world is not certain, therefore the impact on this market is difficult to predict. The data used in this report has been modelled on the assumption of a crisis scenario and has taken into consideration forecast impacts on national economies.
  • The global telecommunication services market had total revenues of $1,120.7bn in 2020, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1.2% between 2016 and 2020.
  • Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 3.1% between 2016 and 2020, to reach a total of 17,304.8 million total subscriptions in 2020.
  • Asia-Pacific currently accounts for 40.6% of the global market, remaining one of the biggest contributors to global subscriber growth in recent years.

Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the global telecommunication services market
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global telecommunication services market
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key telecommunication services market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the global telecommunication services market with five year forecasts by both value and volume

Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the global telecommunication services market by value in 2020?
  • What will be the size of the global telecommunication services market in 2025?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the global telecommunication services market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the global telecommunication services market?

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Competitive Landscape
2 Introduction
2.1. What is this report about?
2.2. Who is the target reader?
2.3. How to use this report
2.4. Definitions
3 Global Telecommunication Services
3.1. Market Overview
3.2. Market Data
3.3. Market Segmentation
3.4. Market outlook
3.5. Five forces analysis
3.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
4 Telecommunication Services in Asia-Pacific
4.1. Market Overview
4.2. Market Data
4.3. Market Segmentation
4.4. Market outlook
4.5. Five forces analysis
5 Telecommunication Services in Europe
5.1. Market Overview
5.2. Market Data
5.3. Market Segmentation
5.4. Market outlook
5.5. Five forces analysis
5.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
6 Telecommunication Services in France
6.1. Market Overview
6.2. Market Data
6.3. Market Segmentation
6.4. Market outlook
6.5. Five forces analysis
6.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
7 Telecommunication Services in Germany
7.1. Market Overview
7.2. Market Data
7.3. Market Segmentation
7.4. Market outlook
7.5. Five forces analysis
7.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
8 Telecommunication Services in Italy
8.1. Market Overview
8.2. Market Data
8.3. Market Segmentation
8.4. Market outlook
8.5. Five forces analysis
8.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
9 Telecommunication Services in Japan
9.1. Market Overview
9.2. Market Data
9.3. Market Segmentation
9.4. Market outlook
9.5. Five forces analysis
9.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
10 Telecommunication Services in Australia
10.1. Market Overview
10.2. Market Data
10.3. Market Segmentation
10.4. Market outlook
10.5. Five forces analysis
10.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
11 Telecommunication Services in Canada
11.1. Market Overview
11.2. Market Data
11.3. Market Segmentation
11.4. Market outlook
11.5. Five forces analysis
11.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
12 Telecommunication Services in China
12.1. Market Overview
12.2. Market Data
12.3. Market Segmentation
12.4. Market outlook
12.5. Five forces analysis
12.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
13 Telecommunication Services in The Netherlands
13.1. Market Overview
13.2. Market Data
13.3. Market Segmentation
13.4. Market outlook
13.5. Five forces analysis
13.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
14 Telecommunication Services in Spain
14.1. Market Overview
14.2. Market Data
14.3. Market Segmentation
14.4. Market outlook
14.5. Five forces analysis
14.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
15 Telecommunication Services in The United Kingdom
15.1. Market Overview
15.2. Market Data
15.3. Market Segmentation
15.4. Market outlook
15.5. Five forces analysis
15.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
16 Telecommunication Services in The United States
16.1. Market Overview
16.2. Market Data
16.3. Market Segmentation
16.4. Market outlook
16.5. Five forces analysis
16.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
17 Company Profiles
17.1. China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd
17.2. Vodafone Group Plc
17.3. Bharti Airtel Limited
17.4. Verizon Communications Inc.
17.5. AT&T Inc
17.6. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
17.7. SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
17.8. Vodafone Idea Ltd
17.9. Mobile Telesystems
17.10. Public Joint-Stock Company MegaFon
17.11. Telefonica Europe plc
17.12. Bouygues Telecom SA
17.13. Orange SA
17.14. Prixtel
17.15. SFR SA
17.16. Deutsche Telekom AG
17.17. freenet AG
17.18. Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co OHG
17.19. United Internet AG
17.20. Vodafone GmbH
17.21. Iliad SA
17.22. Poste Italiane Group
17.23. Telecom Italia S.p.A.
17.24. Internet Initiative Japan Inc
17.25. KDDI Corporation
17.26. NTT DOCOMO Inc
17.27. Sakura Information Systems Co Ltd
17.28. SoftBank Group Corp
17.29. amaysim Australia Ltd
17.30. Boost Mobile LLC
17.31. Singtel Optus Pty Ltd
17.32. Telstra Corporation Limited
17.33. Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd
17.34. Shaw Communications Inc
17.35. Telus Quebec
17.36. Videotron Ltd
17.37. BCE Inc.
17.38. Rogers Communications, Inc.
17.39. China Telecom Corporation Limited
17.40. CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd.
17.41. Lebara Group
17.42. Royal KPN NV
17.43. Tele2 Nederland BV
17.44. T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V.
17.45. VodafoneZiggo Group BV
17.46. Masmovil Ibercom SA
17.47. Telefonica, S.A.
17.48. Vodacom Group Limited
17.49. BT Group plc
17.50. Hutchison 3G UK Limited
17.51. Lebara Mobile Ltd
17.52. Telefonica UK Ltd
17.53. Tesco Mobile Limited
17.54. Charter Communications, Inc.
17.55. Sprint Corporation (Inactive)
17.56. T-Mobile US, Inc.
17.57. Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
Appendix
Methodology
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List of Tables
Table 1: Global telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 2: Global telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 3: Global telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 4: Global telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 5: Global telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 6: Global telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 7: Global size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 8: Global gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 9: Global gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 10: Global inflation, 2016-20
Table 11: Global consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 12: Global exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 13: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 14: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 15: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 16: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 17: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 18: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 19: Europe telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 20: Europe telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 21: Europe telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 22: Europe telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 23: Europe telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 24: Europe telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 25: Europe size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 26: Europe gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 27: Europe gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 28: Europe inflation, 2016-20
Table 29: Europe consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 30: Europe exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 31: France telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 32: France telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 33: France telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 34: France telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 35: France telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 36: France telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 37: France size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 38: France gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 39: France gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 40: France inflation, 2016-20
Table 41: France consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 42: France exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 43: Germany telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 44: Germany telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 45: Germany telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 46: Germany telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 47: Germany telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 48: Germany telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 49: Germany size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 50: Germany gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 51: Germany gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 52: Germany inflation, 2016-20
Table 53: Germany consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 54: Germany exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 55: Italy telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 56: Italy telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 57: Italy telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 58: Italy telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 59: Italy telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 60: Italy telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 61: Italy size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 62: Italy gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 63: Italy gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 64: Italy inflation, 2016-20
Table 65: Italy consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 66: Italy exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 67: Japan telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 68: Japan telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 69: Japan telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 70: Japan telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 2: Global telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 3: Global telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 4: Global telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 5: Global telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 6: Global telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global telecommunication services market, 2020
Figure 13: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 14: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 15: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 16: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 17: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 18: Asia-Pacific telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 19: Forces driving competition in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 20: Drivers of buyer power in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 21: Drivers of supplier power in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 22: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 23: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 24: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the telecommunication services market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 25: Europe telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 26: Europe telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 27: Europe telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 28: Europe telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 29: Europe telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 30: Europe telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 31: Forces driving competition in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 32: Drivers of buyer power in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 33: Drivers of supplier power in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 34: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 35: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 36: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the telecommunication services market in Europe, 2020
Figure 37: France telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 38: France telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 39: France telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 40: France telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 41: France telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 42: France telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 43: Forces driving competition in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 44: Drivers of buyer power in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 45: Drivers of supplier power in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 46: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 47: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 48: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the telecommunication services market in France, 2020
Figure 49: Germany telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 50: Germany telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 51: Germany telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 52: Germany telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 53: Germany telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 54: Germany telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 55: Forces driving competition in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020
Figure 56: Drivers of buyer power in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020
Figure 57: Drivers of supplier power in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020
Figure 58: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020
Figure 59: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020
Figure 60: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the telecommunication services market in Germany, 2020

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd
  • Vodafone Group Plc
  • Bharti Airtel Limited
  • Verizon Communications Inc.
  • AT&T Inc
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
  • SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
  • Vodafone Idea Ltd
  • Mobile Telesystems
  • Public Joint-Stock Company MegaFon
  • Telefonica Europe plc
  • Bouygues Telecom SA
  • Orange SA
  • Prixtel
  • SFR SA
  • Deutsche Telekom AG
  • freenet AG
  • Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co OHG
  • United Internet AG
  • Vodafone GmbH
  • Iliad SA
  • Poste Italiane Group
  • Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • Internet Initiative Japan Inc
  • KDDI Corporation
  • NTT DOCOMO Inc
  • Sakura Information Systems Co Ltd
  • SoftBank Group Corp
  • amaysim Australia Ltd
  • Boost Mobile LLC
  • Singtel Optus Pty Ltd
  • Telstra Corporation Limited
  • Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd
  • Shaw Communications Inc
  • Telus Quebec
  • Videotron Ltd
  • BCE Inc.
  • Rogers Communications, Inc.
  • China Telecom Corporation Limited
  • CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd.
  • Lebara Group
  • Royal KPN NV
  • Tele2 Nederland BV
  • T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V.
  • VodafoneZiggo Group BV
  • Masmovil Ibercom SA
  • Telefonica, S.A.
  • Vodacom Group Limited
  • BT Group plc
  • Hutchison 3G UK Limited
  • Lebara Mobile Ltd
  • Telefonica UK Ltd
  • Tesco Mobile Limited
  • Charter Communications, Inc.
  • Sprint Corporation (Inactive)
  • T-Mobile US, Inc.
  • Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.