So, are mobile carriers meeting capacity? Do they need to begin looking for new growth opportunity to prevent their businesses from becoming stale?

Vodafone’s chief executive, Arun Sarin, will admit to investors today that just offering mobile phone services is not enough for the world’s biggest operator. The company will become the latest in a line of operators to become concerned about exactly where they will make any money in the new world of mobile data.
In the search for growth, mobile operators are increasingly looking to offer a wider range of services, including fixed-line calls.

The core market for mobile phone companies - voice calls - is under threat. The 20-year-old facility to make a call while away from a fixed-line phone, which has helped them become some of the largest companies in Europe, still accounts for about 80% of network operator revenues. But competition in the voice market is fierce, stoked by internet telephony and an ever growing list of virtual mobile operators - most recently Disney - and regulators at home and in Brussels are clamouring for further price cuts…. Source: Guardian Unlimited

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