Competition makes telcos find new income streams


Moving forward, Alfie expected 2017 to see a battle among

KUALA LUMPUR: A year of price war for mobile telecommunication companies or telcos best sums up the sector in 2016, as stiff competition in a saturated market prompted them to source new streams of income to sustain their businesses moving forward.

Current Analysis Group’s senior analyst for Asia Pacific Alfie Amir said mobile telcos saw a declining trend in their revenues and average revenue per user (ARPU), as well as total subscribers.

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