Despite falling voice revenue, Informa Telecoms & Media is predicting that total annual mobile services revenue will exceed $1 trillion globally in 2013.

The latest Global Mobile Forecasts report also indicates that data revenue will account for more than $330 billion that year, up from $208 billion in 2008. Increase in consumer use of mobile broadband services can be credited for the predicted uptake in data revenue.

“These figures indicate that the quality and coverage of a mobile operator’s network remains an important differentiator,” said Nicholas Jotischky, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, London.

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