By 2009 44.18% of the Chinese population, 595.46 Million People, will Be Mobile Subscribers.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35043) has announced the addition of Chinese Mobile Market Forecast and Carrier Strategy 2005-2009, Full Year 2005 to their offering.

This semiannual report describes mobile markets forecasts of major Asian countries including Korea, China, Japan and India. It also analyzes key mobile players' strategies, business activities and future prospects.

This report predicts the Chinese mobile communications market from 2005 to 2009 based on our country forecast methodology. Also, this report is written based on our Secondary & Primary survey of China's two key mobile players (China Mobile and China Unicom) and our internal reports and accumulated knowledge

Topics Covered

--Executive Summary

--Market Forecasts

--Review of 2005

--2005-2009 Market Forecasts

--1) Chinese Mobile Subscribers Growth (2005-2009)

--2) Chinese Mobile Prepaid Subscribers Growth (2005-2009)

--3) Chinese Mobile Subscribers by Technology (2005-2009)

--4) Chinese Mobile Market Churn Rate (2005-2009)

--5) Chinese Mobile Market ARPU & Data Subscribers (2005-2009)

--5-1) Chinese Mobile Market ARPU (2005-2009)

--5-2) Chinese Mobile Market Data Subscribers (2005-2009)

--6) Chinese Mobile Market Capex Distribution (2005-2009)

--Market Dynamics

--Review of 2005 & Future Forecast

--1) China Mobile Review

--Network

--Platform

--Contents

--Device

--Strategic Alliance & Overseas Expansion

--2) China Unicom Review

--Network

--Platform

--Contents

--Device

--Strategic Alliance & Overseas Expansion

--Conclusions and Recommendations

List of Tables

List of Figures

Summary

Market Forecast (2005-2009)

We estimate that the number of mobile subscribers in China reaches 374.45 million as of the end of December in 2005. Currently, the Chinese mobile market is growing in a rapid manner and mobile operators are being engaged in fierce competition to create new demand. As a result, the annual growth rate is projected to amount to about 9.7% after 2005. Backed by this growth trend, it is expected that 595.46 million Chinese people, 44.18% of the total population, will subscribe to mobile communications service in 2009.

Meanwhile, analysts predict that market shares of China Mobile and China Unicom would hover around 65% and 35% respectively, maintaining the similar level of several years before. In 2005, prepaid service is anticipated to be used by 234.96 million people. As operators are focusing on providing a variety of services to prepaid users, this figure is forecasted to exceed 400 million in 2009.

The number of GSM users will reach 341.72 million in 2005 and after peaking at 380 million in 2008, it is expected to decline gradually from 2009 with rapid evolution into 3G. As for CDMA, the figure of subscribers reached 32.72 million in 2005 and this will go up to 73.7 million in 2009.

In the case of 3G, the service launch is being postponed due to delays in application and issuance of license. Considering the fact that TD-SCDMA test has been completed and operators have established 3G plan and started building network in the end of 2005, 3G license issuance is expected in specific regions in June or July this year regardless of restructuring of the Chinese communications market. The service is projected to secure 33.67 million users in 2006 and 130 million in 2009.

Companies Mentioned

- China Mobile - China Unicom - Samsung - Lucent - Disney - Coolpno - Google - Hurray Solutions - Union Mobile Pay - China Resources Peoples Telephone - Tom Online - China Post - China Construction Bank - Microsoft - Alcatel - ZTE - Huawei - Motorola - Shanghai Media Group - Nokia - Sony Ericsson - NEC - Amoi - Nextel - T-Mobile - Verizon - Sprint - Nortel - LG - Siemens - Qualcomm - Kyocera - Hisence - Daxian - UT Starcom - Pantech - NTT DoCoMo

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