Asia Pacific Markets for Wireless Products & Services: Forecasts 2006 – 2009, Analysis, Dynamics & Key Opportunities

Asia Pacific Markets for Wireless Products & Services: Forecasts 2006 – 2009, Analysis, Dynamics & Key Opportunities

This research report provides broad overview of the emerging wireless markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Over the last decade, APAC has been one of the fastest growing wireless markets in the world. There are mature markets, like Japan and South Korea, who are the world leaders in wireless technology deployment and service & application development; as well as emerging markets with enormous potential like China and India, which have become the center of the world attention.

KAZAM selected top five emerging markets to study in this report based on a set of criteria we believe is the key success factor to new market entry, including overall economic condition, wireless infrastructure, foreign direct investment (FDI) performance, industry health, market size & trends, and most importantly, growth potential. Top five markets being studied in this report are (in no order):

• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh

In this report, we studied each market in the following key aspects to provide an overall perspective of the current market and identify the opportunities for foreign corporations (wireless equipment vendors, mobile operators, service enablers, content developers, etc) interested in these emerging markets.

• Market overview
• Operators & Dynamics
• Technology and evolution
• Network coverage
• Subscriber and penetration rate
• Revenues (ARPU)
• Services
• Handsets
• Opportunities

Key technologies, applications & services covered

Technologies & Networks

GSM, GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, W-CDMA, HSPDA, TDMA
WAP

Mobile applications & services
SMS
IM – Instant messaging
MMS – picture & video messaging


Vendors mentioned
Alcatel
Ericsson
Huawei
Motorola
Nokia
Nortel
LG
Samsung
Siemens
ZTE

Operators mentioned

Global:
Vodafone

India:
BSNL
Bharti
HFCL infotel
MTNL
Reliance infocomm
Shyam Telelink
Teta Teleservices
AirCell Cellular
Hutch + BPL
Airtel
Idea
Reliance Telecom
Spice

China:
China Telecom
China Unicom
China Mobile

Indonesia:
Mandara Selular Indonesia
Bakrie Telecom
Indosat
Komselindo
Mobile8-Telecom
TELKOM Indonesia
Wireless Indonesia
Excelcom
Lippo Telecom
Telkomsel

Pakistan:
Great Bear international Service
PTCL
TeleCard Limited
Mobilink
Ufone
Paktel Ltd
Telenor Pakistan
Warid Telecom
Instaphone

Bangladesh:
PBTL
RanksTel
GrameenPhone
Banglalink
Teletalk Bangladesh
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