This IDC study gives readers a general map of China's mobile subscriber activity and mobile handset market. It also provides an insight into the market and guidance in the acknowledgement of development trends in the mobile market, and helps vendors and investment banks to locate market opportunities, including a five-year market forecast.

"The mobile handset market has experienced an initial period of large expansion in terms of subscription base and mobile handsets, and still has large potential for growth," says Jane Wang, senior market analyst, Telecommunications Group, IDC China.