Study examines carrier profitability around the world. (News).

RCR Wireless News, September, 2002 by Wendelken, Sandra

Several analyst firms have highlighted Asian carriers--and not the highly watched Japanese operators--as being in the best positions to capitalize on the current mobile industry dynamics. While Europe, Japan and to some degree the United States have been market leaders until recently, the current economic downturn has placed operators in several Southeast Asian markets in a better financial position than carriers in other markets, according to industry watchers.

The first key to the success of Southeast Asian operators is fairly straightforward-they are making money on data. In fact, one-third of the revenues of Globe Telecom in the Philippines come from data services. "Operators in poor markets have discovered how to deliver data services cheaply,"...

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