Initial take-up of mobile broadband in Europe was extremely rapid, but the number of new subscribers has recently waned considerably. However, mobile operators are gradually introducing LTE, making mobile broadband more attractive as an alternative to fixed broadband, and tablet PCs are providing a potential new source of growth in subscriptions.
This Report provides:
- a forecast of mobile broadband connections, for large-screen devices (laptops) and mid-screen devices (tablet PCs), in 30 European countries, split by business/residential and prepaid/contract subscriptions
- a forecast of ARPU and revenue, also split by device and user type
- a breakdown of forecasts by use case, separating subscriptions as a complement and alternative service to fixed broadband
- an analysis of the key factors that will drive growth in the market.
The data annex was updated on 23 April 2012 to take into account historical data up to the third quarter of 2011.