Revenues from mobile communications fall almost 12% in the quarter – Economic

Katie Slater

Yesterday 14:36 ​​

Revenues for the quarter amounting to € 457 million. Meo continues to lead the market with 46.7% share. Number of SMS sent also falls 7.4% from the previous quarter.

The volume of revenue with mobile communications fell 11.7% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period of 2013 to 457 million euros, according to data released today by ANACOM in your internet page.

“According to data from the Telecommunications Barometer Marktest, the average monthly price of mobile service in the late first quarter of 2014 was 14.10 euros, “the regulator added.

At the end of the first quarter there were 16.3 million active cards, 2% less than in the previous quarter. “Of these, 12.7 million (78% of total) were actually used in the quarter,” according to ANACOM. “Excluding cards / modems and machine-to-machine communications associated with cards, that number drops to 11.6 million, 3.6% less than in the previous quarter.”

Meo keeps be the market leader with 46.7% market share, Vodafone has 38.8% and the U.S. 12.7%.

The volume of conversation minutes originating on mobile networks increased by 1.3% in first quarter and 11.6% year on year, which is due to increased adherence to offers with unlimited calls. The recorded increase was above forecasts resulting from the historical trend and estimated seasonal effect, “according to the regulatory concerns.

Postpaid plans grew by 11.3% over the previous quarter and the combined / hybrids an increase of 4.7%. Such developments may be due to the increased penetration of tariff ‘multiple play’, comprising the mobile service on a package of services.

In the period 10 3% of residential mobile customers had an offer on package, against 0.6% a year earlier, ie, 20% of households with service packages had an offer that integrates mobile service, according to the barometer telecommunications Marktest cited by ANACOM.

The penetration of smartphones also continues to grow, reaching 41.8% at the end of March

Users messaging service sent about 6 1 billion text messages, less 7.4% from the previous quarter.