Even in the robust mobility segment, growth is slowing. The decline in per minute pricing of voice calls is leading in turn to lower average revenue per unit, in North American and Europe, according to The Yankee Group. All of which makes the search for new services and revenues of all sorts mandatory, rather than optional, of course.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Declining ARPU Drives Thinking
Even in the robust mobility segment, growth is slowing. The decline in per minute pricing of voice calls is leading in turn to lower average revenue per unit, in North American and Europe, according to The Yankee Group. All of which makes the search for new services and revenues of all sorts mandatory, rather than optional, of course.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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