The Largest Mobile Carriers Worldwide

Across the globe, intense, competitive pressures are keeping prices affordable in most markets. At the same time, operators are searching for new revenue sources and are upgrading their infrastructure to support additional applications, including multiplayer games, audio downloads, and mobile enterprise services. In addition, operators have expanded into developing and newly developed areas such as India, China, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe where there are more opportunities for growth. Implementing expensive upgrades and expansions, the need for capital, and competitive pressures have fueled the strategy by carriers to grow by acquisition. The acquiring carriers are typically large conglomerates. The top 10 mobile carriers pr....Table 8-1