Telecom Services

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1.Overview

Mobile communication industry

Table 1: Global Mobile Communication Market (2006): Percentage Breakdown of Mobile Data Revenues By Category - Messaging, Premium Messaging, Downloads, Browsing, Internet, Java, Music, Video Streaming and Mobile Payments

Global Telecommunication Services Market

Global Telecom Industry to Register Strong

Growth Through 2013

Table 2: Global Telecom Industry Revenue by Services Category in US$ Billions for 2006

Table 3: Global Telecom Market (2006): Revenues in US$ Billion for Select Regions -

North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East/Africa

Table 4: Major Indicators of Global Telecom Market (2005)

Wireless - The Fastest-Growing Segment

Table 5: Global Leading Markets for Wireless Communications by Number of New Subscribers in Millions for 2005 by Country - China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and United States

Table 6: World Market for Wireless Handsets by Technology -GSM, CDMA, 3G and Others Independently Analyzed with Annual Shipments in Thousand Units for Years 2003

through 2008

Table 7: World Market for Wireless Handsets by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Annual Sales Shipment Volume for the Years

2006 & 2008 for the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America, and Rest of World

Mobile Instant Messaging

Table 8: World Market for Mobile Messaging Services by Type- Short Messaging Services, Multimedia Messaging Services, Mobile Email, and Others (Mobile Instant Messaging &

Push-To-Talk) Markets Independently

Analyzed with Annual Revenues in US$ Million for Years 2005 through 2008

Table 9: Worldwide Mobile Messaging Services Market (2005-2009): Number of Wireless

Instant Messages Sent Breakdown by

Segment- Public IM and Enterprise IM (In Billion)

Distribution Channels of Wireless Services

Future Prospects in the International Market

Liberalization of Telecommunications

Services to Offer All-round Benefits

Mergers Become Order of the Day

in Telecom Services

Telecom Mergers Expected to Resurge

Job Market

Wireless Services Overtake Long-Distance

Services

Global Mobile Subscribers

Mobile Data Communications

Mobile Messaging Technologies

Short Messaging Services

Business Mobile Services Demand to

Increase

The Impact of Value-Added Services

on Mobile Usage

SMS Market Shows Less Prospects

for Business Use

Boost for Remote Access

Role of Mobiles in Growth of Remote

Access

Telecom Companies Seek Higher Growth

Potential

DSL Subscribers

Growth Rate in the Market

Leading DSL Subscribers

Table 10: Global DSL Subscribers by Geographic Region 2005Percentage Market Share for Europe, Latin America, North America, and Asia Pacific

Table 11: Global Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

Connections Per 100 Inhabitants: 2005 Connections for South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, Denmark, Belgium,

Germany, Sweden, Finland, and US

Data Transmission Services

Mobile Telephone Services

Growth Rate in the Market

Competition in Gulf Countries

Trends in the market

Impact of Liberalization

Lack of Foreign Investment

Mobile Penetration

Table 12: Global Mobile Telephone Service Subscriber Net additions by Country:

in millions for China, Mexico, Brazil,

Italy, Spain, Japan, Thailand, France, Philippines, UK, Turkey, Indonesia,

and Other Countries

Expansion Schemes in Fixed Line sector

GSM Services

Growth Rate in the Market

Growth in Gulf Countries

Competition in Gulf Countries

Trends in the market

Innovations by GCC States

CDMA Cellular Telephone Services

Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Services

Broadband & Dial Up Access

Table 13: Global Broadband & Dial up

Access Penetration (Connections,

Bandwidth, and Revenues):

Percentage Market Share

Residential Fixed-Wireline Communications

UMTS Services

Leading Companies

Innovations in 3G Service

Leading Japanese Vendors

2.Mergers and Acquisitions

3.Strategic Corporate Developments

4.Product Launches

5.A North American Perspective

Overview

Table 14: North American Market for Wireless Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Vendors by Volumes Shipped for Motorola, LG, Nokia, Samsung, Kyocera, Sony Ericsson, Audiovox, and Others

Table 15: Telecom Industry in Canada (2006): Percentage Market Share by Leading

Cellular/ PCS Operators - Aliant Mobility,

Bell Wireless Alliance, MTS Mobility,

Rogers Wireless, SaskTel Mobility,

and TELUS Mobility

Table 16: Broadband Internet Connections Households in North America: Annual Estimates for 2003 through 2008

in Millions for DSL Service Subscribers

and Cable Modem Subscribers

5a.United States

Overview

Growth Outlook

Table 17: US Mobile Content Revenue for Mobile Operators, Content Providers and Aggregators and Content Enablement Platform Providers

in US$ Billion (2006-2010)

Competitive Trends in Wireline Business

Telecom Services

Spending in the US Telecom Industry

Market Structure

Table 18: Sales of Major United States Cellular Service Providers - Verizon, AT&T, Sprint

Nextel, Qwest, Alltel and Nortel

in US$ billions (2006)

Table 19: US Telecom Market (2005): Percentages of Household Penetration of

Telecom and Related Services by Category

Table 20: US Telecom Market (2005): Revenues in US$ Billion for Leading Telecom Companies - Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, BellSouth,

Qwest, and Nortel

Broadband Services

Broadband Services through Cable

Operators

Broadband Services through Local Exchange

Carriers

Broadband Services through DSL Carriers

Broadband Satellite Communication

Services

High-Speed Internet Access Services

Wireless Communications

Wireless Communication Services

Table 21: Factors for Selecting Wireless

Services by Users in the US: 2005 Percentage Breakdown for Complete Regional or National Coverage, Service Pricing, International

Roaming Coverage, Wireless Internet and Data Services, and Handset Selection and Price

Wireless Telephone Services

Table 22: Wireless Telephone Service Market in the US: 2005Percentage Market Share for Verizon, SBC/Bell South, AT&T/SBC,

and Others

Table 23: Wireless Telephone Communications Service Market by Area in the US: 2005 Estimates for Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Detroit, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose

DSL Services

Table 24: Digital Subscriber Lines Installed by Carriers in the US: 2005 in Thousands of for Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, GTE, SBC Communications, US West, Rhythms Net Connections, Northpoint Communications, and Covad

Wi-Fi Services

Cellular Telephone Services

Mobile Subscribers

Table 25: Cellular Subscribers and Cellular Penetration Rate in Leading the US Metropolitan Cities: 2005 Breakdown for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C.\

Baltimore, & Others

Table 26: Cell Phone Owners by Age Group

in the US: 2005Percentage Breakdown

Cable Telephones

Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)

Table 27: Leading Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) by Volume of Fiber Optic Line Deployed in the US: 2005 in Route Miles for Level 3 Communications Inc., AT&T Local, Digital Teleport Inc ITC Deltacom Adelphia Business Solutions, Time Warner Telecom Inc., GST Telecommunications Inc., Electric Lightwave Inc., NTS Communications, CapRock Communications Corp., Cox Communications

Inc. and ICG Communications Inc.

An Insight into WAP Technology

Voice Over Digital Subscriber Line Services

SOHO Wireless LAN

Table 28: Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Wireless Local Area Network Providers’ Revenues in the US: 2005 Percentage

Market Share for Linksys, Buffalo,

D-Link, Netgear, Intel, Actiontec,

SMC, 3Com, Avaya, Proxim,

and Agere

Ethernet Services

Table 29: Retail Ethernet Service Providers

in the US: 2005Percentage Market Shares

of Metro Ethernet Provider, RBOC,

and IXC

Residential Telecommunication Services

Table 30: Average Monthly Household

Telephone Service Expenditure in the US:

2005in US$ for Local and Long Distance Telephone Service

Mobile Roaming Services - An Insight

Long Distance Telephone Services

Table 31: Long-Distance Telephone Service Companies’ in the US: 2005 Percentage

Market Share for AT&T/SBC, MCI/ Verizon,

Verison, Sprint, SBC, Qwest,

and BellSouth

Table 32: Long-Distance Telephone Service Companies in the Northeast US:

Percentage Market Share for AT&T/SBC, Verizon, MCI/ Verizon, and Sprint

Table 33: Long-Distance Telephone Service Companies’ Services in the Southwest US: 2005Percentage Market Share for

AT&T/SBC, Verizon, MCI/ Verizon,

and Sprint

5b.Canada

An Overview of Wireless Communications

Industry

Canadian Wireless Market to Triple by 2010

5c.Mexico

Overview

Table 34: Leading Telecom Companies in Mexico: 2005Percentage Market Shares of Telefonos de, Televisa GPO, and

Telecom Carso

Long-Distance Telephone Services

DSL & Cable Lines

6.Japanese Perspective

Mobile Messaging Services

Table 35: Japanese Market for Mobile Messaging Services by Type - Short Messaging Services, Multimedia Messaging Services, Mobile Email, and Others (Includes Mobile Instant Messaging & Push-To-Talk) Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenues in US$ Million

for Years 2005 through 2008

3G Mobile Communication Services

Table 36: Mobile Phones Penetration

in Japan: 2004- 2005 in Percentage

7.European Perspective

Mobile Messaging Industry

Mobile Subscribers

Leading Service Providers

Regional Subscriber Base & Market

Hindrances

Table 37: European Telecom Market (2005): Revenues in Billions of Euros for Leading Companies - BT, Deutsche Telekom,

France Telecom, Telecom Italia,

and Telefonica (Spain)

Table 38: European Telecom Market (2005): Percentages of Broadband Penetration

for Select EU Countries

Table 39: Broadband Communication Service (DSL and Cable Modem) Subscribers by Country in Europe: 2005 for Sweden, The Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Iceland Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, France, Portugal, Norway, Spain, UK, Hungary,

Poland, Ireland, and Greece

7a.Belgium

Overview

7b.France

Overview

7c.Germany

Mobile Communications

Mobile Messaging Services

Table 40: German Mobile Telephony Market (2006): Percentage Market Share by Leading Players - E-Plus Mobilfunk, O2 Deutschland,

T-Mobile, and Vodafone Deutschland

7d.Kazakhstan

Overview

7e.United Kingdom

Telecommunication Services

Table 41: UK Telecom Market (2005): Percentage Market Share by Major Cellular Operators - O2, Orange, 3UK, T-Mobile, Vodafone 2G, and Vodafone 3G

Table 42: UK Fixed Exchange Line Market Share for 2005 by Company - BT, ntl/Telewest,

and Other Indirect/Direct Access

Mobile Phone Market

Table 43: UK Market for Wireless Handsets by Technology - GSM, 3G and Others Independently Analyzed with Annual Shipments in Thousand Units for Years 2005 through 2008

Mobile Phone Services

DSL Services

7f.Eastern Europe

Russian Market Trends

Russian Mobile Market to Register StupendousGrowth

Mobile Service Penetration

Changes in Mobile Segment

Table 44: Telecom Industry in Bulgaria (2005): Percentage Market Share of Mobile Subscribers by Operator - GloBul, Mobikom, MobilTel,

and Vivatel

Table 45: Telecom Industry in Lithuania (2005): Percentage Market Share of Mobile Subscribers by Operator - Bité Lietuva, Tele 2, Omnitel,

and Others

Table 46: Hungarian Mobile Telecommunications Market (2005): Percentage Market Share by Operator - T-Mobile, Pannon GSM, and Vodafone

Table 47: Hungarian Fixed Line Telecom

Market (2005): Percentage Share by Leading Companies - Emitel, Hungarotel, Invitel, Monortel, and MT

7g.Western Europe

Leading Service Providers

Market Trends

Telecommunication Services

Table 48: West European Market for Wireless Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Vendors by Volume for Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Sagem, and Other

Table 49: Telecom Market in Italy (2006): Percentage Market Share of Leading Cellular Operators - 3Italia, TIM 3G, TIM GSM, Vadafone 3G, Vadafone GSM, and Wind

8.Asia-Pacific Perspective

Overview

Liberalization & Licensing Efforts

Mobile Market & Impact

Table 50: Major Telecom Companies

in Indonesia

Table 51: Major Indicators of Indonesia’s Telecom Market (2005)

Table 52: Major Indicators of New Zealand’s Telecom Market (2005)

Table 53: Major Indicators of Malaysia’s Telecom Market (2005)

Table 54: Vietnam’s Telecom Market (2006): Revenues in US$ Million for Select Companies - VNPT, Viettel, SPT, EVN Telecom, Vishipel,

and Hanoi Telecom

Table 55: Vietnam’s Telecom Market (2006): Number of Subscribers in Million for Select Companies - VNPT, Viettel, SPT,

and EVN Telecom

Table 56: Leading telecommunications operators by mobile communications revenues in Asia: Annual Market Estimate for 2005

in Billions of US$ for China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom, Unicom,

J-Phone Group and Others

An Overview of Cellular Telephone Services

Wireless Subscribers

Mobile Messaging Services

Table 57: Asia-Pacific Market for Mobile Messaging Services by Type - Short Messaging Services, Multimedia Messaging Services, Mobile Email, and Others (Includes Mobile Instant Messaging & Push-To-Talk) Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Revenues in US$ Million for Years 2005 through 2008

Table 58: Mobile Messaging Market in Asia Pacific: Percentage of Average Revenue Per User in Select Regions - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, South Korea and

Singapore

Table 59: MMS Market in Asia-Pacific (2002-2008): Percentage Breakdown of Growth in MMS Users in Select Countries- India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, and PRC

Broadband Services

Leading Broadband Service Providers

Factors Affecting the Broadband Market

8a.Australia

An Overview

Fixed-Line Service Market Position

Telecom Competency Bill Draft

Ownership Reforms & Government Trials

Telecom Operator’s Market Stand

Trade Practices Exemption & Australian

Subscriber Base

3G Services’ Marketplace

3G Technologies Impact

Operator Programs

Subscriber Growth & SMS Significance

Table 60: Major Indicators of Australian Telecom Market (2005)

8b.China

Market Participants Compete Hard

Fixed-Line & Mobile Communications

Table 61: Chinese Phone Users (in Millions) by Type - Mobile and Fixed-Line (2004-2006)

Table 62: Chinese Sales of 3G Value Added Services (2006-2010) in US$ Billions

Table 63: Major Indicators of China’s

Telecom Market (2005)

Table 64: China’s Telecom Service Market (2005): Percentage Market Share by Revenues

of Select Companies - China Mobile,

China Netcom, China Telecom.

China Tietong, and China Unicom

Table 65: Chinese Telecom Market (2006): Percentage Market Share by GSM/CDMA Operator

Table 66: Chinese Market for Wireless Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Volume for Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Bird,

Sony Ericsson, Lenovo, Amoi, TCL,

and Others

Table 67: Chinese Market for GSM Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Value for Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Bird, Sony Ericsson, Amoi, Lenovo, TCL, and Others

Table 68: Chinese Market for CDMA Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Value for Samsung, LG, Motorola, Hisense, Nokia, Daxian, Kyocera, and Others

Fixed-Line Operators to Enter Mobile market

Market Trends

8c.India

Overview

Indian Telecom Sector Perspective

Mobile, Fixed-Line Telephone and

Internet Subscribers

Mobile Phone Services

Table 69: Indian Cellular Market (2006): Percentage Market Share by Leading Players - Airtel, Bharti, BPL, BSNL, Hutchison, IDEA Cellular, MTNL, Reliance Telecom, Spice,

and Others

Table 70: Indian Market for GSM Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Volume for Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, and Others

Table 71: Indian Market for CDMA Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Value for LG, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Kyocera, and Others

Table 72: Indian Telecom Market (2006): Percentage Market Share of Fixed-line

Operators -BSNL, MTNL, and Private

Operators

Table 73: Indian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Market (2006): Percentage Market Share of Leading Players - Bharti Infotel, BSNL,

Data Infosys, MTNL, Reliance, Sify, VSNL,

and Others

Table 74: Indian Telecom Market (2006): Percentage Share for Leading Companies by GSM Network - Bharti, BSNL, Idea, Reliance, Tata, and Other

8d.South Korea

Overview

8e.Taiwan

Overview

Table 75: Cellular Telephone Service (GSM)

Subscribers by Operator in Taiwan: 2005 in

Thousands for CHT, TCC, Far EasTone,

KGT, and Mobitai

8f.Thailand

Overview

9.Latin American Perspective

Wireless Subscription Growth

Performance of Leading Companies

Wireless Penetration

Table 76: Wireless Penetration in Select Countries in Latin America (2005): Penetration Rates in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico

Table 77: Latin American Market for Wireless Handsets (2005): Market Shares of Leading Players by Volume for Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, and Others

Foreign Investments

Cubas Telecom Industry Remains Low

Economic Recovery Fuels Industry Growth

Dominican Republic

Mobile Communication Services

Broadband Communication Services

9a.Argentina

Major Companies Driving the Market

Changes in Mobile Communications

Economic Changes

Countries Contributing for Rapid Growth

9b.Brazil

An Overview

Expansion of Networks

Growth in Mobile Communications

Table 78: Brazilian Telecom Industry (2005): Percentage Market Share of Leading Cellular/ PCS Operators - BrT GSM, Telecom Americas (Claro), Telemar (Oi), Telpart, TIM Brasil, VIVO, and Others

Table 79: Brazilian Telecom Industry (2005): Percentage Market Share of Leading Broadband Service Providers -

Brasil Telecom, Net Servicos, TELESP, Telemar, and Others

9c.Puerto Rico

An Overview

Wireless Services in Puerto Rico

10.Middle East & Africa

African Mobile Communications Market -

An Overview

Debt Capital to Propel Mid-East and African

Telecom Sector

Mobile Services Market in Nigeria and Libya

Egypt Telecom Market - A Huge Potential

Ahead

Trends in Telecom Market

Changes in the Sector due to Liberalization

Table 80: Middle East Telecom Market

(2005): Population, Total Number of

Fixed Lines in Millions by

Select Countries

Table 81: Middle East Telecom Market

(2005): Number of GSM Subscribers in

Millions by Select Countries

Table 82: Middle East Telecom Market

(2005): Number of Internet Users

in Millions by Select Countries

Table 83: Telecommunications Market in

Egypt (2005): Percentage Share by

Category - GSM, Fixed, Hardware/

Software, and Services

Saudi Arabian Broadband Internet Market to

Witness Encouraging Growth

Wireless Communications

Wireless Communication Operators

Role of Foreign Investment in the

Middle East and Africa

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