Dutch mobile market down 3.8% to EUR 6.1 bln in 2011
The Dutch mobile sector saw service revenues fall 3.8 percent year-on-year in 2011 to EUR 6.07 billion, due mainly to the strong decline in voice revenue on the back of regulatory price cuts, competitive pressure and the difficult economic climate, according to Telecompaper's quarterly report on the mobile market. The drop in revenues accelerated from an annual decline of 0.4 percent in 2010. SMS revenues fell for the first time, as consumers adopted new IM applications. While non-voice services (SMS and da