Changing Faces of The Global Mobile Handset Market

Changing Faces of The Global Mobile Handset Market - 2007

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: RNCOS
Published: March 2005
Product Code: R459-0024

Description

The report on global mobile phone handset market by RNCOS is designed keeping in mind the perspectives of the market leaders of the mobile handset manufacturers. The perspectives of people who are interested in joining the industry and the buyers are also considered in the report. The report is beneficial for both the manufacturers and the buyers of cellular phones. The trends of the global market are clearly depicted. The sales and growth of PDA (personal digital assistant) mobile handsets are also monitored.

Mobile phones have gained a lot of popularity and are the considered to be great multimedia tools. Mobile phones are being used for entertainment purposes due the introduction of new features everyday. They have become more than just call making and receiving devices. Mobile phone handsets now have more business-friendly applications that can enhance anybody’s business. With emerging technology, mobile phones have become more than communication devices; they are the tools to stay ahead of competitors and peers in the present times.

The report prepared by RNCOS also analyzes the global handset market from the point of view of sales, the growing demand, and the innovative strategies that are employed by the retailers and manufacturers to lure the consumers. The technological changes in the software and hardware are also analyzed in the report. The report keeps a track of the dynamic consumer behavior and their changing preferences world over. A segregation of the changing trends in different market sectors is also done. Software support based companies like, Nokia and Microsoft, and their competition to gain more profits in market-share is monitored.

Corporate clients and strategy makers can use this report by RNCOS to make crucial decisions, or just to understand the industry with a microscopic view. People in the fashion and lifestyle industry, CEOs, investors, CTOS, lawyers, consultants, application developers, marketing directors, and many more can use the report to make the most out of the mobile handset boom.

The mobile handset sales continue to grow worldwide, going up from 482.5 million in 2003 to 561 million in 2004. This growth rate is expected to gradually slow down over a period of five years. The estimated growth figures for these five years are—10% in 2005, 7.7% in 2006, 6.4% in 2007, 4.8% in 2008 and 2.6% in 2009. Notwithstanding the gradual decline in the growth figures, the annual handset sales are predicted to reach 767 million by 2009. Mobile handsets with innovative features have gained a lot of popularity in the developed nations. But the developing markets, which are not yet saturated, namely, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and China, will mainly carry on the global handset sales.

Some of the prominent companies, namely, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson will see remarkable growth in this year. Though maintaining a huge gap from its nearest rival, Motorola, Nokia is expected to lose some market share in this year.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Growth of the mobile handset shipments on an average of 10% every year.
Emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Latin America, and India.
Annual rise in the worldwide subscriber base that is up by 14.5% this year as compared to the previous year.
Consumers’ response to the mobile handset market.
Retail and distribution of mobile handsets by application choices.
Service revenue growth of global cellular subscribers.
Projections of the future figures and forecasts.

REPORT FEATURES

The report on the Global Mobile Handset market by RNCOS features the global cellular market and its dynamism. Chapters 1 and 2 feature the overall global cellular market, the industry regulations and frameworks that define it. An insight into the mobile telephony systems, wireless communications, use of new technology, and the safety standards are discussed.

Chapter 3 of the report discusses the different mobile handsets that are getting smarter day-by-day. Views of the consumers about the mobile handset market are given in Chapter 4. The economic outlook of the mobile handset market and the replacement markets are mentioned in chapter 8 and 9. Chapter 10 discusses about the Mobile Data Market country-wise. The key profiles and corporate analysis of the important mobile handset manufacturers are mentioned in Chapter 11. Recent and current market trends and cases are also discussed in detail in the report.

Table of Contents

1. Global Cellular Market: An Assessment of Industry Regulations and Standard Framework: 1.1 Economic and Competitive Landscape; 1.2 Licensing Policies and Framework; 1.3 Cellular Privacy and Fraud; 1.4 Health and Safety Standards with reference to Cellular Handset
2. An Insight to the Mobile Telephony Systems: 2.1 Key Development Milestones in Digital Cellular Telephones (History); 2.2 Cellular Telephone Market and Wireless Communications; 2.3 Emergence of Third Generation Cellular Systems and Blue tooth; 2.4 Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) Services; 2.5 Recent Operational Activities (4G)
3. Handsets Getting Smarter: 3.1 Sound: From Single-Tone Handsets to CD-Quality Hi-Fi Music; 3.2 Imaging: High-Resolution, Camera Phones and Video; 3.3 Smartphone
4. Consumer View of Handset Market: 4.1 Cost of Mobile Phones; 4.2 Mobile Data Capability; 4.3 Purchasing Habits
5. Worldwide Mobile Market in a Nutshell: 5.1 Market Is Still Growing, Number Of Mobile End-Users; 5.2 Mobile Market Is Reaching Maturity, Mobile Penetration Rate; 5.3 Launch of 3G Networks - A Major Market Driver
6. A Market Driven by Value-Added Services: 6.1 Voice has become a Commodity; 6.2 SMS is Cheap, Universal and of Low Added Value
7. Global Cellular Subscribers: Driving Service Revenue Growth: 7.1 Worldwide Market Subscriptions for Selected Services (2001-2010); 7.2 Total Worldwide 3G Handset Subscribers; 7.3 Worldwide Incremental Revenue Per 3G-Handset Subscriber (2001-2010); 7.4 Incremental ARPU from 3G Services per Worldwide Mobile Subscriber (2001-2010); 7.5 Operator Revenues from Mobile Data (US$ Billion)
8. An Economic Outlook of Cellular Handset Device Market: 8.1 Analysis of the Global Handset Market - Past, Present and Potential; 8.2 Factors influencing Market Demand and Revenues; 8.3 Cellular Handset Market (by Geographic Segmentation); 8.4 Handset Distribution & Retail, By Application Choices; 8.5 Overall Mobile Handset Forecast Model; 8.6 Global Shipments of Full-Feature Mobile Handsets (2003-2008); 8.7 Handset Sales Forecasts, 2009
9. Global Mobile Handset Replacement Market: 9.1 Handset Sales Forecasts - Replacement Sales
10. Mobile Data Market: 10.1 Australia; 10.2 Austria; 10.3 Belgium; 10.4 Canada; 10.5 China; 10.6 Czech Republic; 10.7 Denmark; 10.8 Finland; 10.9 France; 10.10 Germany; 10.11 Greece; 10.12 Hungary; 10.13 India; 10.14 Ireland; 10.15 Italy; 10.16 Japan; 10.17 South Korea; 10.18 Mexico; 10.19 Netherlands; 10.20 Norway; 10.21 Poland; 10.22 Portugal; 10.23 Russia; 10.24 Slovakia; 10.25 Spain; 10.26 Sweden; 10.27 Switzerland; 10.28 United Kingdom; 10.29 United States
11. Key Profiles and Corporate Analysis: 11.1 Alcatel; 11.2 Ericsson Inc.; 11.3 Fujitsu Microelectronics; 11.4 Intel Corporation; 11.5 Nokia OYJ; 11.6 LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc.; 11.7 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB; 11.8 Motorola, Inc.; 11.9 Siemens AG; 11.10 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; 11.11 Sun Microsystems; 11.12 NTT DoCoMo, Inc.; 11.13 RF Micro Devices, Inc.; 11.14 Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.; 11.15 Infineon Technologies AG; 11.16 Panasonic Corporation of North America; 11.17 Mitsubishi Electric; 11.18 Sprint PCS; 11.19 Nextel Partners, Inc; 11.20 AT&T wireless
12. Recent Issues and Current Events
List of Figures: Figure 1-1: Worldwide Mobile Handsets Sales (2004 & 2005); Figure 1-2: Growth of Cellular Operators Worldwide (in Million US $), 2002-2005; Figure 1-3: Projection of Handset Sales, 2009; Figure 2-1: Asia/Pacific (ex Japan) 3G Subscriber Base (2004 & 2005); Figure 5-1: Mobile End User Forecast (in Billion), 2007; Figure 5-2: Global Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2000-2009; Figure 5-3: Fixed vs. Mobile Penetration in Percentage (of Population), 2000-2009; Figure 7-1: Worldwide Market Subscription for Selected Services (2001-2010); Figure 7-2: Total Worldwide 3G Subscribers (2000-2010); Figure 7-3: Worldwide Incremental Revenue per 3G Subscriber (2001-2010); Figure 7-4: Incremental ARPU from 3G Services per Worldwide Mobile Subscriber (2001-2010); Figure 8-1: Mobile Handset Ecosystem; Figure 8-2: GSM Handset Shipment (in Million), 2002-2007; Figure 8-3: Total Handset Semiconductor Revenue (in Billion), 2002-2007; Figure 8-4: Global Shipment of Full-Feature Handsets (2003-2008); Figure 8-5: Total Worldwide Handset Sales (Units Million), 2000-2009
List of Tables:: Table 2-1: History of Cellular Telephone Development; Table 2-2: Key Parameters of 3G and 4G Systems; Table 7-1: Summary of Worldwide Revenue and Subscription for 3G Services (2001-2010); Table 8-1: Worldwide Total Mobile Device Market (2003 & 2004); Table 8-2: Handset Distribution in Percentage (by Age Group); Table 8-3: IDC Western European Total Mobile Phone Vendor Shares, 2003 & 2004; Table 8-4: Western Europe: Total Handsets and Installed Base by Technology (2004-2007); Table 8-5: CDMA-Handset Forecast, 2008; Table 8-6: Change in GSM Subscriber in Percentage (2003 & 2004); Table 9-1: Western Europe Handset Sales and Replacement Sales (1999-2007e); Table 11-1: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB - Competitors Profile; Table 11-2: Motorola, Inc. - Competitors Profile; Table 11-3: Sun Microsystems - Competitors Profile; Table 11-4: NTT DoCoMo, Inc. - Competitors Profile

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