Wireless Services Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012:

Wireless Services Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Wintergreen Research
Published: December 2006
Product Code: R49-375

Description

Wireless Telecommunications services competition is increasing. Smaller, standalone wireless providers are transferring licenses to larger, better capitalized and more experienced wireless providers. Resellers buy bulk wholesale service from facilitiesbased carriers for resale. They provide another set of differentiated competitors in the marketplace.

As wireless data proliferates, content has become increasingly significant as a factor in the appeal of services. Content providers participate in the wireless value chain.

Opportunities for increased leverage and/or opportunities to compete for wireless data revenues are proliferating.

Ongoing industry consolidation, the development and deployment of new technologies, the introduction of new products and services, new market entrants, the availability of additional spectrum represents market forces. Both licensed and unlicensed spectrums are used, and regulatory changes are market driving forces.

Competitive factors in wireless telecommunications services industry relate to national and multi-national positioning. Wireless communications services providers seek to have a strong national position in countries in which they operate. The ability to keep pace with network capacity needs and offer highly reliable national coverage through the provider network is important. National providers have an extensive national network.

Wireless communications services companies continue to look for expansion opportunities in other countries, through the build-out of existing licenses, acquisitions and/or spectrum leasing.

Coverage capability is a significant competitive factor, “Don’t drop Grandma, with Grandma hanging out on a wall” is the marketing campaign. Large numbers of base stations are needed to provide coverage. Network reliability, capacity and coverage are central. Lower prices, improved service quality, and new service offerings have led to increased minutes of use per customer. Worldwide wireless communications services markets are growing in response to demand from every person in the world. Everyone wants a cell phone. Markets at $324 billion in 2006 are anticipated to reach $757.6 billion in 2012.

Table of Contents

Wireless Services Executive Summary
Wireless Communications Services: Wireless Telecommunications Services Market Driving Forces; Competitive Factors In Wireless Communications Services Industry; France Telecom Business Everywhere: A Convergent Offer; NTT DoCoMo Sensor Network Middleware Platform; Finland Elisa 3G
Worldwide Wireless Communications Services Market Forecasts
1. Wireless Service Provider Market Dynamics and Market Description: 1.1 Internet Delivery of Audio and Video Content; 1.2 Restructuring the Network for Advanced Multimedia Services; 1.3 Convergence Of Voice And Data; 1.4 Consolidation In The Wireless Communications Industry; 1.5 Radio Frequency Emissions Linked To Health; 1.6 Government Regulation; 1.7 Compelling Mobile Services; 1.8 Wireless Service Provider Challenges; 1.9 GSM/GPRS Deployment Strategy; 1.10 Significant Changes In Wireless Industry Technology; 1.11 Push To Talk; 1.12 Push to Talk Market Definition
2. Wireless Services Market Shares and Market Forecasts: 2.1 Wireless Communications Competition; 2.2 Worldwide Wireless Communications Services Market Shares; 2.3 Worldwide Wireless Communications Services Market Forecasts; 2.4 Wireless Communications Services Data Analysis Market Shares; 2.5 U.S. Wireless Service Provider Industry Growth Drivers And Outlook; 2.6 Worldwide Wireless Data Market Shares; 2.7 WiMax Gaining Traction; 2.8 Global - Mobile - 3G - vs. WiMAX; 2.9 Worldwide Wireless Services Regional Analysis; 2.10 Worldwide Wireless Data Regional Analysis
3. Wireless Services Description: 3.1 China Mobile Communications; 3.2 China Mobile Adherence To The Scientific Concept Of Development; 3.3 France Telecom; 3.4 Verizon Domestic Wireless; 3.5 KDDI; 3.6 Cingular Wireless; 3.7 T-Mobile; 3.8 Sprint Nextel; 3.9 America Movil; 3.10 Verizon; 3.11 O2; 3.12 Elisa; 3.13 Vodafone Business; 3.14 T-Mobile Business Positioning; 3.15 NTT DoCoMo Systems Innovation Base; 3.16 O2 Business; 3.17 O2 Sony Ericsson W810i; 3.18 KDDI; 3.19 France Telecom; 3.20 France Telecom Business Everywhere: A Convergent Offer; 3.21 France Telecom Global Services for Corporate Customers; 3.22 Number Portability System For Mobile Phone Users Between NTT DoCoMo, KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile; 3.23 Softbank Mobile; 3.24 KDDI; 3.25 DT Strategic Business Areas; 3.26 BT Group Plc; 3.27 Vodafone Group plc; 3.28 AT&T Merger With BellSouth; 3.29 Sprint PCS and Nextel; 3.30 Telecom Italia Group; 3.31 Telefonica; 3.32 Vodafone Group Public Ltd Co; 3.33 Sprint Nextel; 3.34 Mobile 365 Strong in Asia; 3.35 Inmarsat
4. Wireless Service Provider Technology and Applications: 4.1 Sensor Networks; 4.2 China Unicom Mobile Network Standard Technical System 3G· Value-Added Services; 4.3 Build-Out Activities And Enhancements To GSM/GPRS Networks; 4.4 Fijitsu Positioning For WiMAX; 4.5 Principal Digital Transmission Technologies; 4.6 Wireless Data Services; 4.7 Significant Changes In Wireless Industry Technology; 4.8 Wireless Local Number Portability Compliance; 4.9 Platforms; 4.10 Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens Promote Unified Solution For Push To Talk Over GPRS and EDGE Networks; 4.11 IP Multimedia System (IMS); 4.12 Nokia Series 60 Software Platform; 4.13 Smart Devices; 4.14 Impact Of Text Messaging; 4.15 SIP; 4.16 OKTV� Child Health Controls; 4.17 Corporate Applications
5. Wireless Services Company Profiles: 5.1 Large Integrated Services Providers Generate Cash Flow; 5.2 América Móvil; 5.3 AT&T; 5.4 British Telecom (BT); 5.5 China Mobile Communications; 5.6 China Unicom; 5.7 Deustche Telekom / T Mobile; 5.8 Elisa; 5.9 France Telecommunications; 5.10 KDDI; 5.11 Mobile 365; 5.12 Nippon Telephone and Telegraph NTT; 5.13 Sprint Nextel; 5.14 Telecom Italia S.p.A.,; 5.15 Telefonica; 5.16 TeliaSonera; 5.17 Verizon; 5.18 Vodafone
6. Wireless Service Providers: 6.1 AFGANISTAN; 6.2 ALBANIA; 6.3 ANGOLA; 6.4 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA; 6.5 ARGENTINA; 6.6 ARMENIA; 6.7 AZERBAIJAN; 6.8 BAHAMAS; 6.9 BAHRAIN; 6.10 BANGLADESH; 6.11 BARBADOS; 6.12 BELARUS; 6.13 BELIZE; 6.14 BENIN; 6.15 BHUTAN; 6.16 BOLIVIA; 6.17 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; 6.18 BOTSWANA; 6.19 BRAZIL; 6.20 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; 6.21 BULGARIA; 6.22 BURKINA FASO; 6.23 BURUNDI; 6.24 CAMBODIA; 6.25 CAMEROON; 6.26 CAPE VERDE; 6.27 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.; 6.28 CHAD; 6.29 CHILE; 6.30 CHINA; 6.31 COLOMBIA; 6.32 COMOROS; 6.33 CONGO; 6.34 CONGO (DEM. REP.); 6.35 COSTA RICA; 6.36 C�TE D'IVOIRE; 6.37 CROATIA; 6.38 CUBA; 6.39 CYPRUS; 6.40 CZECH REPUBLIC; 6.41 D.P.R. KOREA; 6.42 DJIBOUTI; 6.43 DOMINICA; 6.44 DOMINICAN REP.; 6.45 ECUADOR; 6.46 EGYPT; 6.47 EL SALVADOR; 6.48 EQUATORIAL GUINEA; 6.49 ERITREA; 6.50 ESTONIA; 6.51 ETHIOPIA; 6.52 FIJI; 6.53 GABON; 6.54 GAMBIA; 6.55 GEORGIA; 6.56 GHANA; 6.57 GRENADA; 6.58 GUATEMALA; 6.59 GUINEA; 6.60 GUYANA; 6.61 HAITI; 6.62 HONDURAS; 6.63 HUNGARY; 6.64 INDIA; 6.65 INDONESIA; 6.66 IRAN (I.R.); 6.67 IRAQ; 6.68 ITALY; 6.69 JAMAICA; 6.70 JORDAN; 6.71 KAZAKHSTAN; 6.72 KENYA; 6.73 KIRIBATI; 6.74 KOREA (REP.); 6.75 KUWAIT; 6.76 KYRGYZSTAN; 6.77 LAO P.D.R.; 6.78 LATVIA; 6.79 LEBANON; 6.80 LESOTHO; 6.81 LIBERIA; 6.82 LIBYA; 6.83 LITHUANIA; 6.84 MADAGASCAR; 6.85 MALAWI; 6.86 MALAYSIA; 6.87 MALDIVES; 6.88 MALI; 6.89 MARSHALL ISLANDS; 6.90 MAURITANIA; 6.91 MAURITIUS; 6.92 MEXICO; 6.93 MICRONESIA; 6.94 MOLDOVA; 6.95 MONGOLIA; 6.96 MOROCCO; 6.97 MOZAMBIQUE; 6.98 MYANMAR; 6.99 NAMIBIA; 6.100 NAURU; 6.101 NEPAL; 6.102 NICARAGUA; 6.103 NIGER; 6.104 NIGERIA; 6.105 OMAN; 6.106 PAKISTAN; 6.107 PANAMA; 6.108 PAPUA NEW GUINEA; 6.109 PARAGUAY; 6.110 PERU; 6.111 PHILIPPINES; 6.112 POLAND; 6.113 QATAR; 6.114 ROMANIA; 6.115 RUSSIA; 6.116 RWANDA; 6.117 S. TOMÉ & PRINCIPE; 6.118 SAMOA; 6.119 SAUDI ARABIA; 6.120 SENEGAL; 6.121 SERBIA; 6.122 SEYCHELLES; 6.123 SIERRA LEONE; 6.124 SINGAPORE; 6.125 SLOVAK REPUBLIC; 6.126 SLOVENIA; 6.127 SOLOMON ISLANDS; 6.128 SOMALIA; 6.129 SOUTH AFRICA; 6.130 SRI LANKA; 6.131 ST. LUCIA; 6.132 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; 6.133 SUDAN; 6.134 SURINAME; 6.135 SWAZILAND; 6.136 SYRIA; 6.137 TAJIKISTAN; 6.138 TANZANIA; 6.139 TFYR MACEDONIA; 6.140 THAILAND; 6.141 TOGO; 6.142 TONGA; 6.143 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; 6.144 TUNISIA; 6.145 TURKEY; 6.146 TURKMENISTAN; 6.147 TUVALU; 6.148 UGANDA; 6.149 UKRAINE; 6.150 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; 6.151 URUGUAY; 6.152 UZBEKISTAN; 6.153 VANUATU; 6.154 VENEZUELA; 6.155 VIET NAM; 6.156 YEMEN; 6.157 ZAMBIA; 6.158 ZIMBABWE
List of Tables and Figures: Table ES-1 Wireless Telecommunications Services Market Driving Forces; Table ES-2 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Dollars, 2005; Table ES-3 Worldwide Wireless Services Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2006 to 2012; Table ES-4 Worldwide Wireless Services Market Forecasts, Subscribers, 2006 to 2012; Table 1-1 Wireless Service Provider Network Aspects; Table 1-2 Wireless Service Provider Operations Government Regulation Issues; Table 1-3 Wireless Services Are Capable Of Delivering Providers; Table 1-4 Wireless Messaging Services; Table 1-5 Wireless Service Provider Challenges; Table 1-6 Significant Changes In Wireless Industry Technology; Table 1-7 Push to Talk Target Markets; Table 1-8 Push To Talk Service Application Servers Functions; Table 2-1 Wireless Telecommunications Services Market Driving Forces; Table 2-2 Competitive Factors In Wireless Telecommunications Services Industry; Table 2-3 Competitive Issues In Wireless Telecommunications Services Industry; Table 2-4 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Dollars, 2005; Table 2-5 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-6 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Dollars, 2005 and First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-7 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Subscribers, First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-8 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Subscribers, 2005 and First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-9 Worldwide Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Revenue Per Subscriber, 2005 and First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-10 U.S. Wireless Services Provider Market Shares, Subscribers and Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-11 U.S. Wireless Data Services Provider Market Shares, Subscribers and Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-12 U.S. Wireless Data Services Provider Market Shares, Subscribers and Dollars, 2005 and First Three Quarters 2006; Table 2-13 Worldwide Wireless Services Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2006 to 2012; Table 2-14 Worldwide Wireless Services Market Forecasts, Subscribers, 2006 to 2012; Table 2-15 Worldwide Wireless Services Market Forecasts, Subscribers and Dollars, 2006 to 2012; Table 2-16 Vodafone Wireless Services Distribution - Europe; Table 2-17 Vodafone Wireless Services Distribution EMAPA and US; Table 2-18 Business Details: Mobile; Table 2-19 3G Applications; Table 2-20 WiMAX Benefits; Table 2-21 WiMAX Market Driving Forces; Table 2-22 WiMAX Market Technology Metrics; Table 2-23 ITU Mobile Cellular Subscribers By Country; Table 2-24 SMS traffic; Table 2-25 MMS User Growth In Asia 2005; Table 2-26 Wireless Internet Subscribers In Asia- February 2006; Table 2-27 Asia Mobile Subscriber Growth - 1990 - 2006; Table 2-28 Top 10 Asia Mobile Operators (By Subscribers); Table 2-29 Factors Contributing To Rapid Growth Of Mobile Phone Services In Asia; Table 3-1 China Mobile New Services & Information Application Functions; Table 3-2 China Unicom International cooperation; Table 3-3 China Unicom Strategic Alliance Framework Agreement With SK Telecom Cooperation In The Areas Related To CDMA Cellular Communications In Mainland China; Table 3-4 Main Components Of China Unicom Mobile Phone System; Table 3-5 China Unicom Cell Coverage Components; Table 3-6 Factors Impacting China Unicom Capacity Of The Mobile Phone System; Table 3-7 Vodafone Simply mobile phone positioning:; Table 3-8 Vodafone live! Functions; Table 3-9 Verizon Domestic Wireless Package:; Table 3-10 Verizon Domestic Wireless Package LG VX5200 Features; Table 3-11 Verizon Domestic Wireless Package Minutes Features; Table 3-12 Verizon Domestic Wireless Package Friends And Family Features; Table 3-13 Verizon Push to Talk Features; Table 3-14 Cingular GoPhone Service; Table 3-15 Cingular phone Plan Details; Table 3-16 Cingular Med/Large Business Functions; Table 3-17 Cingular Modules Used By Business Unit Partners To Customize Functionality To Build Solutions; Table 3-18 Cingular Business Unit Partner Industry -specific Applications; Table 3-19 Cingular Software Provider Partners; Table 3-20 Cingular Business Application Specific Connectivity Options Technologies; Table 3-21 Cingular Flexible IP Addressing Features; Table 3-22 Selected T-Mobile Country Participation; Table 3-23 My T-Mobile Functions; Table 3-24 T-Mobile (UK) Phones and Plans; Table 3-25 T-Mobile (UK) Web Services Figure 3-26 T-Mobile Motorola Art Designs; Table 3-27 T Mobile Positioning For Value With Minutes; Table 3-28 T Mobile Individual myFavesSM Plans; Table 3-29 T Mobile FamilyTime Plans; Table 3-30 T Mobile Family myFavesSM Plans; Table 3-31 T Mobile Internet & E-mail Positioning; Table 3-32 Sprint Nextel Positioning Offers; Table 3-33 America Movil Wireless Communications Services Brands in South America and Latin America; Table 3-34 O2 UK Phone Details; Table 3-35 O2 UK Wireless Services Offers Details; Table 3-36 Elisa Service Packages Pricing; Table 3-37 T-Mobile Business Plans Positioning; Table 3-38 NTT DoCoMo Systems Innovation Base Figure 3-39 NTT DoCoMo Control Center Platform Figure 3-40 NTT DoCoMo Wireless IC Card Reader; Table 3-41 NTT DoCoMo Wireless IC Card Reader Functions; Table 3-42 Systems for the DoCoMo Group Figure 3-43 DoCOMO IC Card Reader System Configuration Figure 3-44 O2 Business Positioning; Table 3-45 DoCOMo Business Phone; Table 3-46 O2 Sony Ericsson W810i; Table 3-47 O2 BlackBerry; Table 3-48 Business services; Table 3-49 France Telecom Business Everywhere Convergent Offer; Table 3-50 KDDI "au My Page" Portal Service Features; Table 3-51 Cingular National Wide-Area Wireless Coverage; Table 3-52 Cingular BroadbandConnect and EDGE Functions For Mobile Data For Enterprise; Table 3-53 Cingular Security Features Protecting Sensitive Information; Table 3-54 Cingular Security Features Device Options; Table 3-55 Cingular Worldwide Device Mobile Access Around the; Table 3-56 DoCoMo 3G Features of 903i Series Models; Table 3-57 DoCoMo 3G Consumer Features; Table 3-58 DoCoMo Communication Features; Table 3-59 DoCoMo Features of SIMPURE Models; Table 3-60 DoCoMo Features of SIMPURE N1Models; Table 3-61 DoCoMo SIMPURE Main Specifications Figure 3-62 DoCoMo Wallet Services Figure 3-63 DoCoMo Lifestyle Infrastructure; Table 4-1 Build-Out Activities And Enhancements To GSM/GPRS Network; Table 4-2 GSM/GPRS Network Aspects; Table 4-3 Significant Changes In Wireless Industry Technology; Table 4-4 Mobile Terminal Platform Architecture Modules and Standards; Table 4-5 Wireless Types of Messaging; Table 4-6 SIP Solutions Types; Table 4-7 List Of Mobile Entertainment Functions; Table 4-8 UK Mobile Operators Practice Aims; Table 4-9 UK Mobile Operators Code of Practice; Table 5-1 Cingular Network Functions; Table 5-2 Cingular National Wide-Area Wireless Coverage; Table 5-3 NTT Subscriber Growth; Table 5-4 DoCoMo iMode Mobile Internet Service; Table 5-5 Vodafone Key Strategic Objectives

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