One might quibble with the precise Yankee Group numbers indicated here for voice and data average revenue per user. What remains incontestable is that there is a revenue gap between voice and data services, on either the wired or wireless business segments. So as broadband starts to become the foundation service upon which other applications and revenue streams are built, there is immense work to be done. I suppose everybody knows this, by now.
Friday, January 4, 2008
The ARPU Gap is the Issue
One might quibble with the precise Yankee Group numbers indicated here for voice and data average revenue per user. What remains incontestable is that there is a revenue gap between voice and data services, on either the wired or wireless business segments. So as broadband starts to become the foundation service upon which other applications and revenue streams are built, there is immense work to be done. I suppose everybody knows this, by now.
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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