This IDC study presents an analysis and market overview of China's fixed-line terminals, including IP telephones, integrated access devices (IADs), set-top boxes (STBs), and Personal Handyphone System (PHS) handsets, and forecasts the development direction of future fixed-line terminals via a demand-side survey - IDC's China Consumer Fixed-Line Terminals and VAS End-User Demand Survey, 2006. Meanwhile, IDC analyzes and forecasts the Chinese fixed-line services and value-added services (VAS) market, especially the new fixed-line VASs of transformation under the background of China's telecom transformation.

"The future fixed terminals will enhance telecom and mobility functionality. This is consistent with the development trend of future fixed networks - both voice and data transmitted by one IP network and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). Meanwhile, as an important demonstration of carrier durability in innovation, the share of VASs in the revenue of carriers has been considered an important index for its value evaluation. Both China Telecom and China Netcom will pay greater attention to improve VASs, especially as fixed voice services continue to decline, and carriers are determined to implement the strategy of transformation," says Elain Yi, market analyst, Telecommunications Group, IDC China.