Operator KPI Forecast, examining: Revenue, Operating Expenditure, Capital Expenditure, Operating Income, Net Income, Video Revenue, Video Subscribers, Broadband Revenue, Broadband Subscribers, Mobile Revenue, Mobile  Subscribers

The cost of doing business is trending upwards, for the operators captured here. Crucially, this includes both capex and opex, despite what some industry positions state.

Thanks to mergers and product portfolio expansions, all bar DirecTV have feet in multiple camps. Triple-play is essentially a de facto position for the operator, with quad-play a reality for many. As such, drawing lines between different operators based on technologies deployed or heritage becomes a dicey affair.

What can be seen is the impact of changing capex and opex burdens on the operating and net income of this group. Pay TV subscriber counts continue to plummet, but the growth seen in mobile is not solely due to new consumer users.

This resource provides context for our other Rethink TV technology forecasts, as well as guidance for vendors and decision makers inside operator companies.

Historical data presented in the accompanying spreadsheet, for context:

USA: AT&T, Charter, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, T-Mobile, Verizon

Canada: Bell, Rogers, Telus

France: Bouygues Telecom, Free (Iliad), Orange, SFR (Altice)

Germany: Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica Deutschland, Vodafone, Tele Columbus

Italy: Fastweb (Swisscom), TIM, Vodafone, WindTre

Spain: Telefonica, Vodafone, MasOrange, Digi Communications

United Kingdom: BT, Sky (Comcast), VMO2 (Liberty Global & Telefonica), Vodafone