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Research and Markets: China Telecommunications Report Q1 2011

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Posted March 26, 2011

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/411967/china_telecommunic) has announced the addition of the "China Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering.

The China Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Croatia's telecommunications industry.

BMI's latest update of the quarterly China Telecommunications Report has extended our forecasts for the fixed-line, internet and mobile sectors, as well as for ARPU to 2015. In addition, BMI have also provided latest data for regional mobile and fixed-line markets, and on a provincial level, as published by the Ministry of Industry and Information (MIIT).

BMI have revised our expectations for the China mobile market. There were a total of 804.519mn mobile subscribers in August, revealing 78.559mn net additions since the end of 2009, when there were a total of 725,960mn subscribers. BMI have reduced our forecast for the end of 2010, and believe that there could be a total of 846.658mn to represent a penetration rate of 63.3%. This would indicate that the remaining four months of 2010 will see net additions of 42.139mn. By the end of our forecast in 2015, BMI expect there will be close to 1.9bn subscribers and a penetration rate of 136.4%.

While much of this growth is arriving from the prepaid market, the fall in ARPUs is also a prime reason for operators to invest in value-added services - which account for around 25% of total mobile revenues - while there is a significant drive toward providing smartphone handsets. China Telecom announced in October 2010, that it would start to offer the Apple iPhone handset in 2011, competing with China Unicom, which until then had a monopoly in offering the handset. While the iPhone is sure to be popular, a number of similar handsets are on the market, which could prove to be more attractive in terms of pricing. One example is the LePhone, which was introduced at the end of September 2010, with a retail price of CNY2899 (US$433).

Key Topics Covered:

  • Executive Summary
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Business Environment Ratings
  • Asia
  • Company Monitor
  • Operator Profiles
  • Country Snapshot: China Demographic Data
  • Glossary Of Terms
  • BMI Methodology
  • How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
  • Sources

Companies Mentioned:

  • ZTE
  • China Telecom
  • China Mobile (Hong Kong)
  • China Unicom

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/411967/china_telecommunic



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KEYWORDS:   Asia Pacific  China

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications

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