Cellular ARPUs set to fall

[rpm]

Mobile ARPUs set to fall

African mobile ARPUs set to fall up to 2013 in most countries except in those with mobile data potential

 

[Sting]

Telkom learnt this the hard way with its adventures into Nigeria...

 

[LancelotSA]

For those like me who are not aware of what the abbreviation means :

ARPU = Average revenue per user (sometimes average revenue per unit)

To the author of the article, it is always useful to use the full term the first time in an article with the abbreviation in brackets. Thereafter the reader will know what it means.

EDIT : I note that the full meaning is given about 1/2 way through the article, but by then someone who does not know the meaning has probably given up reading as it makes no sense

 

[noswal]

+1

 

[psichron]

LancelotSA is correct, keep in mind that the quality of reporting on here is not always top notch...

 

[rph72]

For those like me who are not aware of what the abbreviation means :

ARPU = Average revenue per user (sometimes average revenue per unit)

To the author of the article, it is always useful to use the full term the first time in an article with the abbreviation in brackets. Thereafter the reader will know what it means.

EDIT : I note that the full meaning is given about 1/2 way through the article, but by then someone who does not know the meaning has probably given up reading as it makes no sense

+10000

 

[phiber]

For those like me who are not aware of what the abbreviation means :

ARPU = Average revenue per user (sometimes average revenue per unit)

To the author of the article, it is always useful to use the full term the first time in an article with the abbreviation in brackets. Thereafter the reader will know what it means.

EDIT : I note that the full meaning is given about 1/2 way through the article, but by then someone who does not know the meaning has probably given up reading as it makes no sense

Thanks, i also read the comments about a paragraph, author should really define what an ARPU is when he starts...

 

[kwaggawerner]

Thanks LancelotSA for clearing that up, I didnt even see the abbreviation in the article, speed reading. For a second there I though wtf is ARPU? - Some network access point or POP?

 

[tco21]

A decline in ARPU doesn't necessarily mean a decline in net profit if the fluctuation of total users is a direct inverse to the change in ARPU though. Obviously that is decided on numerous factors, but it all boils down to operator QOS.

If your ARPU is dropping, use economies of scale to equalise that effect. If that means actually doing some decent work, then that's what has to be done.

 

[-toady-]

For those like me who are not aware of what the abbreviation means :

ARPU = Average revenue per user (sometimes average revenue per unit)

To the author of the article, it is always useful to use the full term the first time in an article with the abbreviation in brackets. Thereafter the reader will know what it means.

EDIT : I note that the full meaning is given about 1/2 way through the article, but by then someone who does not know the meaning has probably given up reading as it makes no sense

You rather startled me there! For a second I thought you must have heard me muttering WTF is an ARPU... Thanks.

 

[Antonf]

LancelotSA is correct, keep in mind that the quality of reporting on here is not always top notch...

+1

 

[TheRoDent]

+1

The article was by Russel Southwood, and syndicated on MyBroadband. They cannot exactly go an edit the syndicated article.

 

[kilos]

Just those of profits are enough to show you how Africans are being taken to the cleaners

 

[Fantastic1]

We south africans are tired of being screwed with high prices on cell rates.

The networks are abusing us with high prices.

 

[Tns]

whatever happens up north does not mean much down south