Bundling Broadband Connectivity with Laptops Will Continue According to Western Europe Mobile Broadband Modem Market 2008.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c93419) has announced the addition of Western Europe Mobile Broadband Modem Market 2008 to their offering.

This Western European Mobile broadband modem market report covers both embedded card modems in laptop computers, as well as external modem cards (PCMCIA, Express card and USB modems) typically used to provide wireless cellular internet connectivity to laptops and/or desktops. Data in the report includes market shares by card manufacturer, as well as forecasts through 2012 for modem cards (shipments) for all Western European Countries. The report also contains service pricing for most mobile operators in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Austria and UK. The information in this study is the result of continued research on the European telecommunications market. For this report we interviewed the major modem manufacturers, operators and laptop vendors.

Contents:

A Summary

B Market overview

B1 Drivers

National pricing tariffs drastically reduced in Western Europe

Mobile operators more focused to stimulate data revenue growth

Mobility becoming a clear trend

HSDPA upgrades a reality with HSUPA expected to follow soon

USB modem becoming standard, new features include GPS and TV capabilities

Bundling broadband connectivity with laptops will continue

B2 Inhibitors

International Roaming cost remain high priced

High take up of data services could raise network capacity problems

Embedded modem segment faces several issues, collaboration of vendors and operators is needed

Mobile WiMAX seen as a complementary technology

C Manufacturers

Mobile broadband modem market is dominated by Option, Huawei, Novatel and Sierra Wireless 

Top 4 manufacturers showed strong increase in sales in 2007

D Country Specifics

Mobile operator competition in Western Europe is quite high

Around 58 million mobile data modem users with 70% in just 4 countries

HSDPA already a reality while HSUPA deployments are beginning

Promotion and lower price tariffs of mobile broadband increasing

E Market Shares and Forecast

E1 Market share manufactures

Huawei took the leading position in 2007, surpassing the top three from 2006

Manufacturer competition is expected to intensify

E2 Market share form factors

Tremendous growth of the USB form factor in 2007

USB modem main external form factor

Embedded market is expected to take off after 2009

E3 Forecast Western Europe

Mobile broadband modems will increase to almost 17 million by 2012

The expected decline of mobile broadband pricing, and investments by mobile operator to upgrade their 3G and backhaul networks, will fuel growth

Growth could be accelerated when USB modems are used as fixed-line broadband access modems

Countries with a low installed based will see considerable growth

Table of Tables

Table 1: Examples of European roaming packages Source: Operators' web sites, based on offers May 2008, excluding VAT)

Table 2: Financials of leading manufacturers (Source: Annual statements and official announcements)

Table 3: Strengths, weaknesses and current customers of the four main manufacturers (Source: Telecompaper)

Table 4: Main mobile customers in Western Europe and for embedded market (Source: Telecompaper)

Table 5: Current portfolio for the European market (Source: Manufacturer information) All products are backwards compatible to lower technologies, meaning HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Table 6: Main mobile network operators (Source: Telecompaper, operators' annual statements)

Table 7: Mobile Subscribers (Source: Telecompaper estimates based on operators' annual statements and information from regulators)

Table 8: Mobile broadband packages including promotions (Source: Operators' sites, end-user prices exclude VAT) Please be aware this information is based on prices offered by operators in March/ April 2007 This market is quite dynamic and changes frequently List is not exhaustive Prices vary depending on the length of the contract; most packages below are based on 12 month contract except in Germany and Austria where almost all contracts offered are for 24 months

Table 9: Western European mobile broadband modem shipments, 2007-2012 (Source: Telecompaper estimates, figures in thousands)

Table of Figures

Figure 1: Manufacturers market share 2006 for Western Europe based on total shipments (Source: Telecompaper, total shipments in 2006 around 2 million)

Figure 2: Manufacturers market share 2007 for Western Europe based on total shipments (Source: Telecompaper, total shipments in 2006 around 43 million)

Figure 3: Form factor market share 2006 for Western Europe based on total shipments (Source: Telecompaper, total shipments in 2006 around 2 million)

Figure 4: Form factor market share 2007 for Western Europe based on total shipments (Source: Telecompaper, total shipments in 2006 around 43 million)

Figure 5: Forecast split by form factor in Western Europe (Source: Telecompaper)

Figure 6: Western European mobile broadband modem shipments, 2007-2012 (Source: Telecompaper, figures in thousands)

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