LTE in China – Ready for take off?

LTE is gaining momentum in numerous countries worldwide and China will soon launch its first commercial LTE services.

Within our ongoing-monitoring of LTE related topics and key indicators, this insight dedicated to the Chinese LTE market provides its readers with the current market status – technologies deployed and spectrum used – and detailed case studies on the main Chinese MNOs.

• How is the current status of LTE network deployment in China? What technologies are deployed by which operator? What is the spectrum used?
• Why TD-LTE has been chosen for the Chinese LTE deployments? Is this choice a national or a global trend?
• What are the critical issues for spectrum, licensing, handsets, baseband chipsets, BTS sites, demand, service rate and balance?

1 Industry moves in October 2012
1.1. SoftBank and Sprint
1.2. DT expects to close TMobile/MetroPCS deal in Q2
1.3. Verizon postponing VoLTE service until 2014
1.4. AT&T 2.3 GHz band
1.5. EE will launch first UK 4G service on 30 October
1.6. Spanish operator to launch 2.6 GHz TD-LTE in Murcia
1.7. Apple adds ‘global’ LTE bands to the iPad
1.8. IDATE’s take on LTE in October
2 LTE in China
2.1. Market Status
2.1.1. Field Testing
2.1.2. LTE Spectrum
2.1.3. Demonstrations
2.1.4. LTE in Hong Kong
2.1.5. GTI
2.2. Why TD-LTE?
2.2.1. Slow 3G Growth
2.2.2. The Plight of China Mobile
2.2.3. Technical Considerations
2.2.4. Financial Incentives
2.3. Acceleration
2.4. China Unicom and China Telecom
2.4.1. China Unicom
2.4.2. China Telecom
2.5. Critical Issues

Figures & tables
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Tables
Table 1: LTE frequency bands for the two new versions of the iPad
Table 2: LTE frequency bands for the various versions of the iPhone5
Table 3: First-phase testing sites and assignments
Table 4: Spectrum Assignment for LTE Testing

Figures
Figure 1: TD-LTE Testing Sites
Figure 2: 3G Subscribers -China Mobile vs. rivals
Figure 3: 3G Market share, by operator
Figure 4: Growth of revenue, profit and customers

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Global Mobile Games, Apps & Social Networking

The telecom operators are increasing dependent upon their Value Added Services (VAS) to offset the decline in revenue from their legacy voice services. The VAS services can be classified into basically 2 categories namely, Traditional Voice services which includes Ringtones, SMSs and the Modern Day voice services which is mainly dependent on the data connectivity service modes like WAP, GPRS, MMS etc. The current popular services which are attracting maximum mobile user base include Mobile Gaming, Social Network Sites and Mobile Applications. Nascent stage services like m-commerce, m-health, Mobile TV and Mobile Video etc yet to gain popularity.

This research reports basically summarizes the various aspects of “Mobile“ Gaming, Social Networking Sites and Mobile Applications like Current Scenario, Drivers and Hurdles for these services and the potential revenues, with the implications on Telecom Operators, Content Aggregators, Content Providers, Device Manufacturers etc.

The report is generated through secondary findings available on the internet and the relevant sources of data have been mentioned wherever applicable.

Key Findings
– The mobile subscriber base is expected to reach around 6.5 billion by 2012 and 7.5 billion by 2015, with Asia-Pacific and Africa region combined expected to contributed around 65% of the total in 2015
– The global mobile revenue is expected to cross $1.5 trillion by 2012, with mobile data expected to contribute around 28% of it
– Smartphones accounted for around 26% of the total mobile handset sales in 2011 and is expected to reach 1,021.8 million units in 2016
– There will be more than 300 billion apps downloaded annually by 2016, approximately more than 10 times the amount that were downloaded in 2011
– The mobile operators are bound to leverage increased mobile data and smart phone penetration and with more and more consumers using the mobile phones for playing games, social networking and apps download etc, there lies huge opportunity for mobile players, device manufacturers, content/application providers to increase their revenue pipeline
– Android OS has steadily gained momentum in the past 2 years, and as in June 2012 was the most popular Mobile OS and had a market share of 56.1%, ahead of Apple iOS (22.9%) and by 2016 would register a marginal decline in market share owing to the Windows mobile OS

Target Audience
– Mobile Network Operators
– Mobile Software Developers
– Handset and Tablet Manufacturers
– Content and Applications Aggregators
– Wireless Privacy and Security Specialists
– Mobile Marketing and Advertising Providers

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Gambia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Gambia’s telecommunications market. Subjects covered include:

-One of the most penetrated mobile markets in the region;
-The impact of the global economic crisis;
-Key statistics;
-Market and industry overviews;
-Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
-Market liberalisation and regulatory issues;
-Telecoms operators – privatisation, acquisitions, new licences;
-Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband);
-Infrastructure development;
-Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G;
-Internet and broadband development and growth;
-Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile).
-Broadband and mobile data services and pricing trends.

Gambias telecoms sector is characterised by four mobile networks with a fifth one (Globacom) preparing to launch. Mobile market penetration is well above the African average. The national telco, Gamtel competes in the mobile sector through its subsidiary Gamcel against Africell and Comium, both with Lebanese backing, and QCell which is affiliated with one of the country’s leading ISPs.

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Mobile Broadband in Asia-Pacific

Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Asia-Pacific mobile broadband market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information. http://www.bharatbook.com/market-research-reports/mobile-and-telecoms-market-research-report/mobile-broadband-in-asia-pacific.html

Summary
Mobile broadband consists of services where users can connect their mobile telephones or computer devices (such as laptops) to the internet through cellular networks (3G or higher), either through a USB modem or an embedded SIM card in their device, or via satellite technology. Access to the internet via fixed wireless technology is not included in this report. Volume is measured in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions. Business Report

Highlights

The types of subscription which are considered in this report are: standard mobile (where mobile broadband services have been accessed via a mobile device, but no dedicated data subscription has been purchased separately from other services), dedicated data (where dedicated mobile data services are accessed through a subscription purchased separately from other mobile services, such as voice or messaging) and satellite (where broadband services have been accessed through satellite technology). Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

*The Asia-Pacific mobile broadband industry had total revenues of $119.8 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.2% between 2007 and 2011.

*Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 34.9% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 430.3 million subscribers in 2011.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 28.6% for the five-year period 2011 – 2016, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $422.1 billion by the end of 2016.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Asia-Pacific economy

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Threat of substitutes 18
Degree of rivalry 19
Leading Companies 20
China Telecom Corporation Limited 20
KDDI Corporation 24
NTT DOCOMO, Inc. 27
SOFTBANK Corp. 31
Appendix 35
Methodology 35
Industry associations 36
Related MarketLine research 36

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Mobile Broadband in France

Bharat Book introduces a report ” Mobile Broadband in France ”  in France industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2007-11, and forecast to 2016).The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the France mobile broadband market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information. http://www.bharatbook.com/market-research-reports/mobile-and-telecoms-market-research-report/mobile-broadband-in-france.html

Summary
Mobile broadband consists of services where users can connect their mobile telephones or computer devices (such as laptops) to the internet through cellular networks (3G or higher), either through a USB modem or an embedded SIM card in their device, or via satellite technology. Access to the internet via fixed wireless technology is not included in this report. Volume is measured in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions. Business Report

Highlights

The types of subscription which are considered in this report are: standard mobile (where mobile broadband services have been accessed via a mobile device, but no dedicated data subscription has been purchased separately from other services), dedicated data (where dedicated mobile data services are accessed through a subscription purchased separately from other mobile services, such as voice or messaging) and satellite (where broadband services have been accessed through satellite technology). Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

*The French mobile broadband industry had total revenues of $3.4 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.6% between 2007 and 2011.

*Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 32.5% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 26.2 million subscribers in 2011.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 18.8% for the five-year period 2011 – 2016, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $8 billion by the end of 2016.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the France economy

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Threat of substitutes 19
Degree of rivalry 20
Leading Companies 21
Bouygues Group 21
France Telecom 25
Iliad SA 30
Vivendi S.A. 33
Macroeconomic Indicators 37
Country Data 37
Appendix 39
Methodology 39

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Mobile Broadband in Europe

Bharat Book introduces a report ” Mobile Broadband in Europe ” industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2007-11, and forecast to 2016).

The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
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Summary
Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Europe mobile broadband market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information. Business Report

Highlights

*Mobile broadband consists of services where users can connect their mobile telephones or computer devices (such as laptops) to the internet through cellular networks (3G or higher), either through a USB modem or an embedded SIM card in their device, or via satellite technology. Access to the internet via fixed wireless technology is not included in this report. Volume is measured in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions. The types of subscription which are considered in this report are: standard mobile (where mobile broadband services have been accessed via a mobile device, but no dedicated data subscription has been purchased separately from other services), dedicated data (where dedicated mobile data services are accessed through a subscription purchased separately from other mobile services, such as voice or messaging) and satellite (where broadband services have been accessed through satellite technology). Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

*The European mobile broadband industry had total revenues of $34.8 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1% between 2007 and 2011.

*Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 30.5% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 234.4 million subscribers in 2011.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 15.7% for the five-year period 2011 – 2016, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $72.1 billion by the end of 2016.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Europe economy

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Threat of substitutes 19
Degree of rivalry 20
Leading Companies 21
Deutsche Telekom AG 21
France Telecom 25
Telefonica, S.A. 30
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company 34
Appendix 38
Methodology 38
Industry associations 39
Related MarketLine research 39

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Europe mobile broadband industry value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Table 2: Europe mobile broadband industry volume: million subscribers, 2007–11 9
Table 3: Europe mobile broadband industry category segmentation: million subscribers, 2011 10
Table 4: Europe mobile broadband industry geography segmentation: $ billion, 2011 11
Table 5: Europe mobile broadband industry value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 12
Table 6: Europe mobile broadband industry volume forecast: million subscribers, 2011–16 13

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Global Session Border Controller Market 2011-2015

TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Session Border Controller (SBC) market in the Telecommunication industry to grow at a CAGR of 23.7 percent over the period 2011-2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the growing adoption of IP-based services. The Global SBC market in the Telecommunication industry has also been witnessing the increasing use of SIP technology. However, lack of interoperability in SBC could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

The Global Session Border Controller Market 2011-2015, has been prepared based on an in-depth analysis of the market with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global SBC market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Key vendors dominating this market space include Acme Packet Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sonus Networks Inc.
Other vendors mentioned in the report: AudioCodes Ltd., Avaya Inc., Ericsson Lm-B Shs., Genband Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and Metaswitch Networks Ltd.

Key questions answered in this report:
What will the market size be in 2015 and at what rate will it grow?
What key trends is this market subject to?
What is driving this market?
What are the challenges to market growth?
Who are the key vendors in this market space?
What are the opportunities and threats faced by each of these key vendors?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of each of these key vendors?

Introduction
03. Market Coverage
Overview
Key Offerings
04. Market Landscape
Market Forecast
SBC Market by Segment
Service Provider SBC Market
Enterprise SBC Market
Five Forces Analysis
05. Geographical Segmentation
06. Vendor Landscape
07. Buying Criteria
08. Market Growth Drivers
09. Drivers and their Impact
10. Market Challenges
11. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
12. Market Trends
13. Key Vendor Analysis
13.1 Acme Packet Inc.
Business Overview
SWOT Analysis
13.2 Cisco Systems Inc.
Business Overview
SWOT Analysis.

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Samsung Company – Smartphone Analysis

What is Samsung strategy in smartphone worldwide and India. Samsung company smartphone have been analyzed from five view point in this report.

1) Samsung Strategies for Smartphone selling in India
2) Samsung Smartphone sales unit in India
3) Samsung Mobile Market Share in India
4) Samsung Strengths in Smartphone
5) Samsung Weakness in Smartphone

Data Sources
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research and in-house analysis by Renub Research team of industry experts.

Secondary sources information and data has been collected from various printable and non-printable sources like search engines, News websites, Government Websites, Trade Journals, White papers, Government Agencies, Magazines, Newspapers, Trade associations, Books, Industry Portals, Industry Associations and access to more than 100 paid databases.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
1.1 Samsung Strategy for Smartphone in India
1.1.1 Smartphone for Everyone
1.1.2 Provide an Open Operating System (OS)
1.1.3 Marketing Strategy
1.1.4 Open Invitation to Symbian Developers to Join Bada
1.2 Samsung Smartphone Sales in India (2010 – 2011)
1.3 Samsung Smartphone Strengths
1.3.1 Strong Technology
1.3.2 Supports Multiplatform
1.3.3 Focus on Innovation and Consistent R&D
1.3.4 Smartphone for Everyone
1.3.5 Samsung Increasing Mobile Phone Market Share
1.4 Samsung Smartphone Weakness
1.4.1 Patent War between Apple Inc. and Samsung
1.4.2 Software Is a Fatal Weakness of Samsung

List of Figures:
Figure 9 6: India – Samsung Smartphone Sales Unit (Million), 2010 & 2011
Figure 9 7: Samsung – Smartphone Product Split (Percent %), 2011
Figure 9 8: Worldwide – Forecast for Samsung Investment on R&D (Billion US$), 2010 – 2012
Figure 9 9: India – Samsung Mobile Market Share (Percent %), 2007 – 2011
Figure 9 4: India – Mobile Market Share (Percent %), 2008 – 2009
Figure 9 5: India – Mobile Market Share (Percent %), 2009 – 2010.

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Nokia Company – Smartphone Analysis

This report talks about the Nokia Smartphone performance worldwide. What is Nokia strategy in smartphone worldwide and India. Nokia company smartphone have been analyzed from five view point in this report.

1) Nokia Strategies for Smartphone selling in India
2) Nokia Smartphone sales unit in India
3) Nokia Mobile Market Share in India
4) Nokia Strengths in Smartphone
5) Nokia Weakness in Smartphone

Data Sources
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 Nokia Corporation
1.1 Business Overview (Nokia Performance Globally)
1.2 Nokia Strategy for Smartphone (Worldwide & India)
1.2.1 Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership with Microsoft on Windows Phone
1.2.2 Connecting the Next Billion
1.2.3 Future Disruptive Technologies
1.2.4 New Company Structure
1.2.5 Nokia Smartphone Sales in India (2009 – 2011)
1.3 Nokia Smartphone Strengths
1.3.1 Brand Awareness
1.3.2 Largest Selling & Distribution Networks
1.3.3 Most Sustainable Technology
1.3.4 Market Leader
1.3.5 Innovation
1.4 Nokia Smartphone Weakness
1.4.1 Performance of Symbian Operating System (OS) is Lackluster
1.4.2 Increasing Dissatisfaction Level with Smartphone
1.4.3 Losing Ground in Indian Mobile Market
1.4.4 Inability to Produce high end Smartphone.

List of Figures:
Figure 9 1: Symbian Operating System – Smartphone Share (Percent %), 2010
Figure 9 2: India – Nokia Smartphone Sales Units (Million), 2009 – 2011
Figure 9 3: Nokia’s Composition of R&D Spending at Devices and Services (Percent %), 2010
Figure 9 4: India – Mobile Market Share (Percent %), 2008 – 2009
Figure 9 5: India – Mobile Market Share (Percent %), 2009 – 2010

List of Tables:
Table 9 1: Top Ten Advertisers (Percent), January 2011 – June 2011
Table 9 2: Brand – Wise Scores on Total Awareness (Percent) – India Mobile Handset Users
Table 9 3: Top Ten Brands, January – June 2011
Table 9 4: Nokia’s R&D Spend and Headcount, 2010.

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