World Telecom CapEx Dynamics - Telcos’ & OTT Players’ Investment Challenges

As the need to deploy superfast access networks (FTTx, 5G…) becomes more and more pressing, telcos are having to sustain massive investments.

Based on an analysis of the global marketplace and its players (24 countries and more than 30 telcos covered), this report provides details on fixed and mobile CapEx from 2012 to 2017, and compares the different regional trends.

• What has telcos’ CapEx dynamic been over the past 5 years?
• What is the spending gap between fixed and mobile networks?
• Which regions have seen the highest increase in telecoms infrastructure CapEx? And the lowest?
• What is telcos’ revenue to CapEx ratio?
• How does OTTs’ CapEx compare with telcos’?

Dataset Scope

Indicators per country for 24 countries

• Total amount of investment or CapEx (capital expenditure)
• Amount of CapEx per market segment (fixed, mobile)
• CapEx/sales (gross revenues of operators analysed), if applicable

Indicators per region for five regions

• Total amount of investment or CapEx
• Amount of CapEx per market segment (fixed, mobile)

Data

• Historical data 2012-2017

Data conversion

• Country data was converted into euros (EUR)
• Exchange rates (average 2017 exchange rate according to the International Monetary Fund, or IMF) are specified in the tab entitled ‘exchange rates’ and were applied throughout the period.

Geographical coverage

• Five main regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa-Middle East
• Countries within each region are listed below.

Geographic Area

Asia Pacific

• Australia
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Singapore
• South Korea

Europe

• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• United Kingdom

Latin America

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Mexico

Middle East & Africa

North America

• Canada
• United States