Mobile Services Now Drive as Much as 82% of Total Global Connectivity Revenue

These days, global connectivity provider revenue growth is driven by mobile operator performance, as mobile services generate as much as 82 percent of total connectivity provider revenues globally. So mobile revenue growth rates are tantamount to global industry growth rates.

According to the GSMA, mobile revenue growth rates have slipped into a two-percent annual growth rate pattern overall since about 2007, with developing market growth rates about double those of developed markets since that time. 

Date	Global	Developed Market	Developing Market
2000	6.7%	3.8%	10.8%
2001	5.2%	3.0%	8.1%
2002	4.2%	2.6%	6.5%
2003	3.7%	2.4%	5.7%
2004	3.2%	2.1%	5.0%
2005	2.7%	1.8%	4.3%
2006	2.2%	1.5%	3.7%
2007	2.0%	1.4%	3.3%
2008	1.7%	1.2%	2.9%
2009	0.9%	0.6%	1.8%
2010	1.2%	0.8%	1.9%
2011	1.5%	1.0%	2.4%
2012	1.8%	1.2%	2.8%
2013	1.9%	1.3%	2.9%
2014	2.0%	1.3%	3.1%
2015	2.1%	1.4%	3.2%
2016	2.2%	1.5%	3.4%
2017	2.3%	1.6%	3.5%
2018	2.4%	1.6%	3.7%
2019	2.5%	1.7%	3.8%
2020	2.6%	1.7%	3.9%
2021	2.7%	1.8%	4.0%
2022	2.8%	1.9%	4.1%
2023	2.9%	2.0%	4.2%

Mobile segment growth rates far outstrip fixed network growth rates, as well, according to GSMA figures. Sure, there are many segments within the global business. But none of those can drive overall industry revenues.  For better or worse, industry revenues and profits now hinge on mobility services.

Date	Mobile Growth Rate	Fixed Network Growth Rate
2000	10.5%	5.5%
2005	12.5%	4.5%
2010	10.5%	3.5%
2015	8.5%	2.5%
2020	6.5%	1.5%
2025	4.5%	0.5%