Over the past two decades, the international long-distance industry has experienced wrenching changes.
Service providers have weathered market liberalization, the enormous telecom market bubble and its aftermath, intense competition, rapid technological innovation, and non-stop price declines.
Throughout these years of market turbulence, double-digit traffic growth helped the industry to eke out modest revenue gains in most years. However, even greater challenges lie ahead: traffic growth is slowing, just as international telcos must come to grips with competition from software-based computer and smartphone applications, such as Skype, WhatsApp, and WeChat.
International Call Volumes and Growth Rates, 1995-2015
Inside the TeleGeography Report, you'll find data-rich insights, including:
- The impact of mobile telephony in emerging markets on wholesale markets
- How much international wholesale traffic grew in 2014 and its impact on revenues
- Which carriers have shifted focus to margins and are deliberately allowing volumes and gross revenues to decline
- Traffic and price projections over the next five years
