2007 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market Overview

• Market and industry analyses and developments
• Infrastructure, fixed voice and data, mobile, wireless, broadband and Internet
• Facts, figures and statistics
• Industry and regulatory issues
• Major Players, Network Operators, Subscribers, Prepaid

1. TELECOMS, MOBILE & BROADBAND OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS

1.1 Key developments

1.1.1 General

1.1.2 Regulatory

1.1.3 Infrastructure

1.1.4 Internet

1.1.5 Broadband

1.1.6 Mobile

1.2 Telecommunications infrastructure

1.3 Regulatory

1.4 Fixed-line services

1.5 Internet services

1.6 Broadband Internet

1.7 Mobile market

1.7.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile services

2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

2.1 Submarine cable networks

2.1.1 Overview

2.1.2 Taiwan earthquake - December 2006

2.1.3 Major submarine cable systems

2.2 IP networks & VoIP services

2.2.1 Asia market overview

2.2.2 Japan

2.2.3 South Korea

2.2.4 China

2.2.5 Singapore

2.2.6 Taiwan

2.2.7 India

2.2.8 Hong Kong

2.2.9 Other markets in Asia

2.3 NGN, IP and VoIP

2.3.1 Asia market overview

2.3.2 Japan

2.3.3 South Korea

2.3.4 China

2.3.5 Singapore

2.3.6 Taiwan

2.3.7 Hong Kong

2.3.8 India

3. INTERNET MARKET

3.1 Market overview

3.1.1 Statistical overview

3.2 Cultural and regulatory issues

3.2.1 Public Internet access

3.3 Internet advertising

3.4 Asian Domain Name Dispute-Resolution Centre

3.5 Internet access and infrastructure

3.5.1 Internet bandwidth

3.5.2 Internet data centres

3.6 ISP market

3.7 ASP market

3.8 Intranets and extranets

3.9 e-Government

4. BROADBAND MARKET

4.1 Market overview

4.1.1 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

4.1.2 Cable Modem

4.1.3 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

4.2 Wireless broadband

4.2.1 Overview

4.2.2 WiFi

4.2.3 WiMAX

4.2.4 Interview: How WiMAX Forum views WiMAX - December 2006

4.2.5 Asia market overview

4.2.6 Satellite Internet

4.2.7 Broadband over Powerline (BPL) services / Powerline Communications (PLC)

4.2.8 Major broadband markets in Asia

4.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Services

4.3.1 Overview

4.3.2 Japan

4.3.3 South Korea

4.3.4 China

4.3.5 Hong Kong

4.3.6 Singapore

4.3.7 Taiwan

4.3.8 India

4.3.9 Malaysia

4.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

4.4.1 Overview

4.4.2 Japan

4.4.3 South Korea

4.4.4 China

4.4.5 Other Asian markets

4.5 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)

4.5.1 Overview

4.5.2 Japan

4.5.3 South Korea

4.5.4 China

4.5.5 Hong Kong

4.5.6 Singapore

4.5.7 Taiwan

4.5.8 Malaysia

5. DIGITAL MEDIA AND CONVERGENCE

5.1 Market Overview

5.2 Japan

5.2.1 Overview

5.2.2 Broadband TV / IPTV

5.2.3 VoD

5.3 South Korea

5.3.1 Broadband convergence Network (BcN)

5.3.2 IPTV

5.3.3 VoD

5.3.4 Digital cable TV

5.4 China

5.4.1 Overview

5.4.2 Convergence and regulatory issues

5.4.3 IPTV

5.4.4 VoD

5.5 Hong Kong

5.5.1 Overview

5.5.2 Interactive TV (iTV)

5.5.3 Convergent service operators

5.6 Singapore

5.6.1 Convergence

5.6.2 IPTV

5.6.3 VoD

5.7 Taiwan

5.7.1 Convergence

5.7.2 GigaMedia

5.7.3 IPTV

5.7.4 Interactive TV

5.8 Malaysia

5.8.1 iTV

5.8.2 IPTV

6. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

6.1 Market overview

6.1.1 Regional characteristics

6.1.2 Growth drivers

6.1.3 Market structure

6.2 Mobile technologies

6.2.1 Overview

6.2.2 GSM

6.2.3 CDMA

6.2.4 Personal Communication Services (PCN/PCS)

6.2.5 Third Generation (3G) mobile

6.3 Mobile services

6.3.1 Prepaid services

6.3.2 In-building coverage

6.3.3 Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC)

6.3.4 Mobile gaming

6.4 Mobile satellite services

6.5 Mobile data services

6.5.1 Overview

6.5.2 Short Messaging Service (SMS)

6.5.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

6.5.4 Wireless Internet

6.5.5 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

6.5.6 Push-to talk over Cellular (PoC)

6.6 Mobile applications

6.6.1 M-Commerce

6.6.2 Asia Mobile Electronic Services Alliance

7. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Asia region anticipated additional 3G licensing

Exhibit 2 - Major submarine cables in the Asia-Pacific region - 2007

Exhibit 3 - Definition of Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU)

Exhibit 4 - Japan’s Next-Generation Broadband Strategy 2010 - summary of goals

Exhibit 5 - The ‘One Laptop per Child’ project

Exhibit 6 - Asia’s broadband markets ranked by household penetration - 2006

Exhibit 7 - Mobile technologies (2G) in use in selected Asian countries - 2007

Exhibit 8 - Selected CDMA operators in the Asia region - cellular services - June 2007

Exhibit 9 - Asia region 2.75G and 3G mobile service roll-outs - 2007

List of Tables

Table 1 - Fixed-line subscribers in selected Asian markets - 2006

Table 2 - Top 8 Asian Internet markets ranked by penetration - 2006

Table 3 - Top 8 Asian broadband markets ranked by household penetration - 2006

Table 4 - Top 5 Asia mobile markets and annual change (ranked by subscribers) - March 2007

Table 5 - Top 5 Asia mobile markets (ranked by penetration) - March 2007

Table 6 - Top 10 Asia mobile operators (by subscribers) - March 2007

Table 7 - Asia’s 3G subscribers by country and technology platform - March 2007

Table 8 - Japan - VoIP subscribers and market share by operator - 2006

Table 9 - Japan - Standard and IP phones - subscribers and annual change- March 2007

Table 10 - Internet user growth in Asia - 1999 - 2007

Table 11 - Top 10 Asian countries by Internet user penetration - 2006

Table 12 - Internet and broadband subscribers for selected Asian markets - 2006

Table 13 - Broadband in Asia - major markets by subscribers and penetration - 2006

Table 14 - Asia - major broadband access types by subscribers and share of world market - March 2007

Table 15 - Asia’s leading DSL markets - subscribers and market share - March 2007

Table 16 - FttH broadband subscribers in Japan - 2002 - 2006

Table 17 - WiFi hotspots in selected Asian markets - July 2007

Table 18 - South Korea’s broadband subscriber growth and penetration - 1998 - 2007

Table 19 - Taiwan’s broadband subscriber growth and penetration - 2000 - 2007

Table 20 - Singapore’s broadband subscriber growth - 1999 - 2007

Table 21 - Singapore’s broadband subscribers by access type - March 2007

Table 22 - Hong Kong’s broadband subscriber growth - 2000 - 2007

Table 23 - China’s broadband subscriber growth - 2000 - 2007

Table 24 - DSL market in Asia - December 2006

Table 25 - DSL subscribers and annual change in leading Asian markets - 2005 - 2006

Table 26 - DSL subscribers in Japan - 2000 - 2007

Table 27 - DSL subscribers in South Korea - 1999 - 2007

Table 28 - DSL subscribers in China - 2000 - 2007

Table 29 - DSL subscribers in Hong Kong - 1999 - 2007

Table 30 - DSL subscribers in Singapore - 2000 - 2007

Table 31 - DSL subscribers in Taiwan - 2001 - 2007

Table 32 - DSL subscribers in India - 2001 - 2006

Table 33 - DSL subscribers in Malaysia - 2001 - 2007

Table 34 - FttH broadband subscribers in Japan - 2002 - 2007

Table 35 - Japan’s FttH operators - subscribers and market share - 2006

Table 36 - South Korea’s Broadband subscribers by access type - March 2007

Table 37 - South Korea’s FttH subscribers by service provider - March 2007

Table 38 - Taiwan’s Broadband subscribers and annual change by access type - 2006

Table 39 - Pay TV subscribers by platform - 2001 - 2006

Table 40 - Mobile subscriber growth in Asia - 1990 - 2007

Table 41 - Mobile versus fixed-line - subscribers and penetration in selected markets - March 2007

Table 42 - Top 10 Asia mobile markets and annual change (ranked by subscribers) - March 2007

Table 43 - Top 10 Asia mobile markets (ranked by penetration) - 2006 - 2007

Table 44 - Top 12 Asia mobile operators by subscribers - March 2006

Table 45 - Top 12 Asia mobile operators by subscribers - March 2007

Table 46 - Asia’s mobile markets: under 10% penetration - March 2007

Table 47 - Asia’s mobile markets: penetration between 10% and 50% - March 2007

Table 48 - Hong Kong’s MVNO subscriber growth - 2005 - 2007

Table 49 - GSM subscriber growth in Asia - 1997 - 2007

Table 50 - CDMA subscriber growth in Asia - 1997 - 2007

Table 51 - China’s PAS (Little Smart) subscriber growth - 2002 - 2007

Table 52 - 3G WCDMA subscriber growth in Asia - 2004 - 2007

Table 53 - 3G WCDMA subscribers in Asia by market - March 2007

Table 54 - WCDMA, 1xRTT, and 1x EV-DO subscribers - March 2007

Table 55 - Prepaid mobile subscriber growth in Asia - 1999 - 2007

Table 56 - Prepaid subscribers - selected operators - 2006

Table 57 - SMS traffic in selected Asian markets - 2005

Table 58 - Mobile wireless Internet subscribers by providers - May 2007