Worldwide Communication Services Trends and Forecasts 2017-2022 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Communication Services: Worldwide Trends and Forecasts 2017-2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report provides an outlook on the mobile communication services worldwide market. It provides forecasts for voice and messaging services provided by both mobile network operators and over-the-top (OTT) providers.

"Over-the-top communication apps are, by far, the most-used communication platform worldwide; the volume of IP messaging traffic was more than eight times the size of SMS traffic in 2016.""Over-the-top communication apps are, by far, the most-used communication platform worldwide; the volume of IP messaging traffic was more than eight times the size of SMS traffic in 2016."

This report provides:

• forecasts for operator services including VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling and IP messaging, as well as traditional voice and SMS services
• quantification of the level of substitution from traditional services to OTT alternatives
• user and traffic forecasts for communication services, including OTT voice and messaging
• an outlook for multi-device usage across smartphones, tablets and PCs/laptops
• detailed forecasts for 62 individual countries and eight regions.

Key metrics

Non-operator/OTT services

• Voice and messaging
• Active user by device type
• Outgoing traffic by device type

Operator traditional services

• Handsets
• Circuit-switched (CS) voice and SMS
• Outgoing traffic

Operator IP-based services

Active users by service type:

• VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling, IP messaging

Outgoing traffic by service type

• VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling, IP messaging

Retail revenue

• voice and messaging
• average spend per user

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