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. The report also noted a shift from fixed-line and fixed wireless services towards cloud-based services, with more than half (52%) of Australians using cloud services.
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.