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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
GSM Association Reveals Economic Impact of Mobile Services Industry on EU15 Countries
3GSM World Congress 2005, Cannes, France. The GSM Association this week released its latest commissioned report on the impact of Europe’s burgeoning mobile services industry. The research, conducted by Ovum, focuses on the effect of mobile services on the GDP, employment and productivity of the 15 members of the EU before expansion.
The Economic Contribution of Mobile Services in the EU Before its 2004 Expansion report reveals the profound impact the mobile services industry has had on the EU15 countries. Generating a GDP contribution of €105.6 billion in 2004, the mobile industry is now approaching the same size as the EU15 agriculture, fishing and forestry industry. It is already larger than other ICT industries such as end user hardware and software and is continuing to grow rapidly.
Furthermore, 2.8 million jobs in the EU15 are dependent on the mobile services industry. Of these, over 423,000 jobs are in direct employment with mobile service companies; 738,000 jobs are in support services; while a staggering 1,638,000 jobs are generated indirectly or induced as a result of the expenditure in the economy created by the industry. Based on that level of employment, Ovum calculates that the mobile services industry generates €83.9 billion per annum in revenues for governments in the EU15 Group.
Ovum also shows that productivity in the mobile industry is far higher than in the EU15 as a whole, with the average mobile services worker generating 2.5 times more GDP than the average EU worker (€152,000 to €60,000 respectively).
“With mobile penetration in the EU15 countries close to 90% and a GDP contribution of €105.6 billion in 2004, it is clear that the mobile industry is critical to the EU economy and its citizens,” says David Lewin, Principal Analyst and one of the founders of Ovum.
“The economic impact of the EU15 mobile industry owes a great deal to the original regulatory environment that stimulated competition while focussing on the user benefits of mobile services that work across national borders,” comments Tom Phillips, Chief Government & Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSM Association. “If governments and regulators maintain a light touch, mobile’s economic contribution will only increase further.”
For more information and a copy of the report, please visit: www.gsmworld.com or GSM Europe on www.gsmworld.com/gsmeurope
* The fifteen member states of the European Union before the expansion in May 2004: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK.
About the GSM Association:
The GSM Association (GSMA) is the operator-led trade association representing the global mobile industry.
Encompassing technical, commercial and public policy initiatives, the GSMA focuses on ensuring wireless services work globally, thereby enhancing the value of mobile services to individual customers and national economies while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers.
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