Mobile Operators in China will lose $8.4 Billion due to Youth Churn

by Freddie on July 12, 2010

Data Summary

125 million mobile youth in China switch accounts in 2010 leading to operator loss of $8.4 billion.  The number of mobile youth switching accounts increases to 182 million in 2012.

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Background Article

Key Facts

  1. 125 million mobile youth in China switch accounts in 2010.
  2. Operator loss amounts to $8.4 billion in 2010.
  3. In 2012, the number of mobile youth switching accounts in China increases to 182 million.

Article

125 million mobile youth in China will switch accounts in 2010 leading to operator loss of $8.4 billion.  Market saturation in metro areas and a long lasting price war among mobile operators has contributed to the ever increasing number of churned youth accounts in China. The number of mobile youth switching accounts increases to 182 million in 2012.

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