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Telecommunications Lost in Australia: 10,000 jobs thanks to mobile phone services
Telecommunications Lost in Australia: 10,000 jobs thanks to mobile phone services | Lost in Australia: 10,000 jobs thanks to mobile phone services |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 30 June 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 But that no doubt is a small price to pay for all the benefits: it is a number far smaller than the estimated 22,000 employed in the mobile industry and pales into insignificance compared the estimated figure of $675 per head of population contribution to annual GDP; that is, according to Access "total GDP in Australia would have been $14.2 billion lower if the mobile telecommunications industry was not in operation."By 2010, it is estimated that the increased uptake of 3G and the consequent increase in mobile data traffic will contribute $2.1 billion towards this figure, in additional GDP (over and above the gains from mobile voice)." What is more, the industry "punches above its weight." According to Access Economics, the economic benefits created by the [mobile] industry are far greater than the resources it draws from the economy. This contrasts with many other industries, for which the major component of the economic contribution derives from the industry's own usage of economic resources."
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