Financial Insights on International Roaming for Handheld Devices

It seems that international roaming is becoming more important for consumers. A new research report shows that telecommunication service providers who have focused their attention on providing international roaming services for the handheld device market, including for handheld computers particularly in the emerging markets, have fared better than their competition which have continued to focus on wire line and other saturated markets. The market environment has proven difficult even for these providers, however. While mobile revenue levels differ widely between countries and regions, on the whole all regions have experienced revenue declines over the past few years as the global economy experienced a series of financial shocks. While business has yet to fully recover, there are some positive signs emerging. Mobile termination rates have finally begun to drop worldwide as roaming charges have declined, both due to increased competition and the introduction in some markets of regulations and price capping.
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