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— By Anand Ota
Telecom Market in a Glimpse
The share of prepaid in Telecom Market is gigantic and is forecasted to increase even further in the future . As of June 2016 , 73 odd Telecom groups across the globe had 971 prepaid deployments . There are 7.46 Bn telecom subscribers across the world . A staggering 76 % of these , 5.68 Bn are prepaid subscribers . Total subscriber base by June 2020 is projected to become 8.61 Bn and 6.47 Bn of them will be prepaid .
Prepaid Market which has a Brick & Mortar Retailer as a Channel
For making this article more relevant , the world market has been pruned to Africa , Asia ( excluding China , Japan , and Korea ) and America ( Excluding USA ) to arrive at a prepaid telecom market which is dependent on a distribution hierarchy business model . Oceania & Europe have not been considered as these follow aggregator model .
The addressable market has 3.92 Bn prepaid subscribers , spread across 53 Groups & 546 operators . This market is expected to have 4.64 Bn subscribers . During the same period this market will move to $ 46.1 Bn from $ 42.9 Bn , while the ARPU drops to $ 9.93 from $ 10.83 .