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Q: What is the breakdown of cellular users spendings per month? ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: What is the breakdown of cellular users spendings per month?
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: ronmelo-ga
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Posted: 31 Jan 2006 20:56 PST
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Question ID: 439937
Can someone tell the breakdown of the wireless subscriber base by
types of users on averages of what they spending a month and their
average number of minutes spoken. This could for any varrier in the
US.

Ex:
Cingular has  52.3 million:
User type 1: average type- 50% of total subs talks about 500 day time
minute and has a average bill of $50 per month.

User type 2: average type- 20% of total subs talks about 800 day time
minute and has a average bill of $75 per month.

User type 3: average type- 15% of total subs talks about 1200 day time
minute and has a average bill of $125 per month.

User type 4: average type- 10% of total subs talks about 2000 day time
minute and has a average bill of $150 per month.

User type 5: average type- 5% of total subs talks about 2500 day time
minute and has a average bill of $200 per month.

etc... what I really need is to come up with how many users are
spending more then $130 per month in voice minutes per month.

CAN ANYONE HELP ME
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Subject: Re: What is the breakdown of cellular users spendings per month?
From: antontodorov-ga on 01 Feb 2006 06:48 PST
 
does not answer your question. It might be helpful anyway...
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The latest data from Telephia?s Customer Value Metrics report (from
January 17, 2006) shows that the African-American demographic group
used more than 1,200 voice minutes on average per month during the
last quarter of 2005.

Hispanic cell phone users followed closely with 979 total voice
minutes used on average per month in Q3. Historical trending
illustrates maximum mobile usage growth for African-Americans and
Hispanics as compared to other demographic groups, increasing 10 and
13 percent, respectively, between Q1 and Q3 2005.


Consumers who fell under the mixed racial background category used 888
voice minutes, while Asian or Pacific Islander consumers used 845
minutes. Both White/Caucasian and Native American/Alaskan mobile phone
consumers logged 632 and 623 total voice minutes used, respectively,
the least among all groups. Quarter-by-quarter trending shows an
upward trajectory for voice minute usage among all groups, increasing
by at least five percent.


Consumers age 18-24 use their cell phones the most, spending more than
1300 total voice minutes on average per month

According to Telephia, mobile phone usage by the younger demographic
is 71 percent more than the total average minutes used by all age
groups. The number of calls they send and receive also outpaced other
demographic age groups, claiming an average of 340 calls per month in
Q3 2005

Cell phone users age 25-36 posted an average of 970 voice minutes used
and 246 calls sent and received per month, while 37-55 year old
consumers used an average of 726 minutes and made 197 calls. Older
consumers used the least cell phone voice minutes and completed just
119 calls per month during the quarter.


In terms of data usage, young adults sent and received a total of 126
SMS data messages on average per month, more than double the amount
for 25-36 year old cell phone users, who had the second highest
average for SMS messages sent and received with 56



Age	Total Voice Minutes Used	Number of Calls Sent/Received
18-24	1304			340
25-36 	970			246
37-55 	726			197
56+ 	441			119
Average Total for All Age Groups 761	201


Source: http://www.telephia.com/news.htm
Subject: Re: What is the breakdown of cellular users spendings per month?
From: omnivorous-ga on 02 Feb 2006 04:39 PST
 
Ron --

The wireless industry uses an acronym, "ARPU" (for 'average revenue
per user' or 'average revenue per unit'), in analyzing cellphone
useage.

I'd suggest some Google search strategies using the term, such as:
ARPU cellular U.S. market study
ARPU cellular "market segments"

If you pick one or two wireless carriers, I might suggest listening to
recent quarterly earnings conference calls.  They'll be littered with
discussions of trends in ARPU by business segment.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA
Subject: Re: What is the breakdown of cellular users spendings per month?
From: politicalguru-ga on 02 Feb 2006 05:02 PST
 
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