Soon We'll Start Seeing 2013 Global Telecom Revenue Forecasts...

Though we should expect to continue to see higher growth rates in parts of the Asia-Pacific, Latin American and African regions, expectations might be more challenging elsewhere. 

Purchasing managers indexes (PMI)  gauge the activity of thousands of companies, and are considered a leading indicator of coming economic activity.

The latest eurozone PMI reading from survey compiler Markit indicates that the eurozone economy is shrinking at a quarterly rate of around 0.5 percent, according to the purchasing manager surveys. That should also translate into reduce or constricted communications and information technology spending by business customers, probably indicates lower spending by consumers, and therefore will lead to lower capital investment by service providers. 

U.S. enterprises also are cutting spending. And on top of all that are declining text messaging, voice and other legacy revenues. 

So if global industry revenue grows, it will likely be because of China, India, activity in other developing regions and results from operators in a few developed countries. You should expect trouble in European markets, for the most part.