SFN report: North America marked £147.2 billion telecom market revenues in 2007

Posted by Erina Lin on October 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM

Telecom market revenues in most countries were on the rise from 2004 to 2007, according to data from Ofcom.

In Europe, Germany leads with the highest telecom market revenues among the four countries surveyed. However, its revenues dropped a little from £31.5 billion in 2004 to £30.4 billion in 2007, as both fixed line and mobile were down, SFN's World Digital Media Trends 2009 reported.

The United Kingdom was second, with telecom market revenues up from £23.8 billion in 2004 to £26.9 billion in 2007.

France and Italy also marked increases in revenue, from £21.7 billion and £19.3 billion in 2004 to £24.3 billion and £20.5 billion in 2007, respectively.

In North America, U.S. telecom market revenues grew from £116.3 billion to £133 billion, while in Canada the market rose from £11.9 billion to £14.2 billion, according to Ofcom.

In Japan, one of the world's most pioneering telecom markets, revenues were up a little from £49.5 billion in 2004 to £50.4 billion in 2007, according to the report, World Digital Media Trends 2009, released by SFN and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.