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OTT voice, texting, will take $104B bite from mobile revenues: Juniper Research


HAMPSHIRE, UK - The consumer migration from operator voice and text services to OTT messaging services and social media will cost network operators nearly $104 billion this year, equivalent to 12% of their service revenues, according to new data from Juniper Research.Mobile Operator Business Models: Challenges, Opportunities & Strategies 2017-2021 analyzed the scale of operator traffic decline together with the uptake of OTT VoIP and message services. The report says that the success of several platforms has substantially impacted on operator margins, with WhatsApp alone now generating nearly three times as much traffic daily as SMS.It also says that operators will...