Although 98 % of Australia ’s population has access to 4 G , only 10 % use the mobile internet service . Expected to reach 85 % of the population within four years , Telsyte believes that the main driver for growth in the Australian telecommunications industry will be machine - to - machine applications as the mobile phone industry is saturated . With lower average revenue per user ( 2016 ) , telecommunications providers including Telstra and Vodafone will see declines in revenue towards 2020 .
Although 98% of Australia’s population has access to 4G, only 52% use the mobile internet service. Expected to reach 85% of the population within four years, Telsyte reported that the main drivers for growth in the Australian telecommunications industry will be machine-to-machine applications as the mobile phone industry is saturated. With lower average revenue per user (ARPU), telecommunications providers including Telstra and Vodafone could see declines in revenue towards 2020.