The gig economy: 58% more gigabytes generated 0.4% more revenue

5G monetisation lessons from China and Korea

Tefficient’s 26th public analysis on the development and drivers of mobile data ranks 105 operators based on average data usage per SIM, total data traffic and revenue per gigabyte in 2019.

The data usage per SIM grew for each and every operator. 44% could turn that data usage growth into ARPU growth. Identify the skilled minority that delivered on “more for more” in our 33 page deep dive into mobile data monetisation.

In this particular analysis, we take 5G monetisation lessons from China and Korea. Surely 5G could increase data usage – but what happens to ARPU?


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