Mobile phone revenues per user to decline
Revenues per user in Cambodia’s mobile phone sector will drop sharply over the next five years, according to global research and consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan. The company said the average revenue per user – ARPU, a key metric for the industry – would fall to US$3.68 in 2016 from $5.14 last year, as more and more lower-income Cambodians adopted the technology and increased competit-ion drove down revenues. Mobitel chief executive David Spriggs said ARPUs tended to decline as a company’s customer base grew, although this was usually offset by the overall growth of the market.
