50 wireless markets and 168 mobile network operators. A comprehensive analysis and database of mobile network operator and wireless market competitiveness metrics. The database includes mobile subscribers, 5G Standalone, 5G-4G radio sites, radio site density, spectrum holdings, network data traffic load, data usage, spectrum usage, radio network capacity utilization, capacity limit, capacity potential, network performance, prices for 5G-4G voice plans, 5G voice plans, 5G fixed wireless broadband plans and many more wireless competitiveness metrics.

When will mobile network operators run out of 4G capacity and how many more gigabytes per subscriber per month can they carry with 5G? A study of 170 mobile network operators from 50 European, American, Asian Pacific, Middle East and African countries. Zain Kuwait had the highest mobile data usage per subscriber in 2021 – 86 gigabytes per subscriber per month. Elisa Finland has the highest 4G & 5G untapped capacity potential – as much as a terabyte per subscriber per month.

1&1 Drillisch’s MVNO business in Germany would become unprofitable when 5G goes mainstream, so investing in spectrum was 1&1 Drillisch’s only choice to keep its business afloat. 1&1 Drillisch’s 4th MNO business case will be positive if BNetzA intervenes and mandates competitive national data roaming rates.

Mobile data prices in Latin American 4-MNO markets are competitive and broadly on par with European and other OECD 4-MNO market prices. Mobile data prices in Latin American 3-MNO markets are sub- or non-competitive (i.e. significantly higher than 4-MNO market prices).

Monthly prices of plans with unlimited data volume and as well gigabyte prices of plans with data caps continue to be significantly higher in the 3-MNO German versus the 4-MNO Italian, French, Spanish and UK markets.

The share of smartphone and mobile/wireless broadband plans with unlimited data volume continues to grow, gigabyte allowances of finite data volume plans continue to grow – but overall monthly prices continue to fall.

The introduction of 5G has supercharged the transition to a basically unlimited everything model. But despite all the more-for-more buzz gigabyte allowances continue to grow while monthly prices continue to fall.

What is wrong with competition in the Canadian, Japanese and US markets? Gigabyte prices in 4-MNO markets continue to fall faster than in 3-MNO markets.
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The state of 4G pricing – 2H2018 – Digital Fuel Monitor 10th release

2018

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UnitedStates

The state of 4G pricing – 1H2018 – Digital Fuel Monitor 9^th release

2018

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Gigabyte price development in 4 to 3 consolidated versus 4-MNO European markets – September 2013 to March 2018

2018

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DeutscheTelekom

Tele2

Telefonica

Hutchison

KPN

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Iliad

Sweden

Italy

Denmark

Austria

The state of 4G pricing – 2H2017 – Digital Fuel Monitor 8^th release

2017

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Digital Fuel Monitor 7^th release, 1H2017

2017

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pricing

mobile-first

zero-rating

roaming

networkeconomics

Hutchison Austria quadrupled data allowances after national regulatory authority’s intervention on zero-rating video

2016

Austria

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The regulator intervened along the EU net neutrality rules and BEREC guidelines that prohibit differential throttling when the internet-access data cap is exhausted.

Unlimited mobile data is back — The state of 4G pricing and spectrum usage, 2nd half 2016 Digital Fuel Monitor 6th release

2016

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spectrum

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mobile-first

zero-rating

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