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    Government initiatives to drive broadband in telecom and pay-TV market

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    Strong government’s broadband initiatives aided by the fast growing mobile data and fixed broadband subscriptions, have been seen as a panacea that will grow the telecom and Pay TV market globally.

    This was the prediction of GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, which puts the Chinese telecom and pay-TV  market revenues at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.3 percent over the forecast period 2018–2023.

    According to GlobalData, the mobile data segment will go on to account for nearly 66 percent of total mobile service revenue by the end of 2023, primarily due to growing mobile internet subscriptions, particularly over smartphones, and rising adoption of 4G services with higher data ARPU.

    The company’s ‘China Country Intelligence Report’ reveals that smartphone penetration will reach 93 percent by 2023, supported by increasing availability of a range of low-cost (under $100) 4G-compatible smartphones from domestic manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Huawei and Oppo.

    “4G will be the most adopted wireless network technology through the forecast period with its share of total mobile subscriptions set to reach 86.1% by 2023, as China gears up to achieve nationwide LTE network coverage by 2018 in line with the objectives of the government’s three-year ‘Internet Plus’ action plan. Given the ongoing 5G network trials with operators like China Mobile and China Unicom, and the planned auction of 5G-suitable spectrum in 2019, commercial 5G services will be available by 2020,” said Deepa Dhingra, Telecom Analyst at GlobalData.

    Fixed broadband revenue will also register significant growth over the forecast period, led by rising demand for high-speed fiber broadband services, and the ongoing FTTH/B deployments by operators like China Telecom. The government’s $174bn Information Infrastructure Construction project (2016-2018) to strengthen fiber-optic infrastructure in the country and the expansion of fiber-optic coverage to rural areas as part of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Internet Plus initiative, will also drive fixed broadband penetration and support revenue growth in the segment.

    While mobile voice revenue will decline over the forecast period due to falling mobile voice ARPU and growing substitution of mobile voice services with OTT- based communication solutions, fixed voice revenue will grow driven by increasing VoIP subscriptions.

    In the pay-TV market, GlobalData expects that the steady rise in IPTV subscriptions amid the expansion of FTTH broadband networks will drive pay-TV revenues.

    Dhingra concludes: “The proliferation of multi-play plans promoted by operators such as China Telecom’s 4G+fiber+IPTV package will be a key driver for pay-TV penetration in the country.”

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