BOSTON, United States—Market research firm Yankee Group said although Mexican mobile subscriber numbers surpassed fixed-line subscribers in 2000, revenues from mobile services will not overtake switched access revenues until 2006. Mexican wireless voice and data service revenue will increase to US$11.7 billion by the end of 2006, from US$4.4 billion in 2001, while switched access revenues will top out at US$10.8 billion in 2006.
Prepaid services will continue to increase growth, the firm said, with 93 percent of all subscribers being prepaid customers by 2006.
“Contrary to what we have seen until now, in the near future, Mexican operators will more successfully provide mobile data services to meet their customers’ expectations, replicating products and strategies whose effectiveness has already been proven in other markets,” said Felipe Gonzalez, Yankee Group analyst.
