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Ultra Low-Cost Handsets: Opportunities and Challenges


Published Date: March 2006
Published By: Informa Media and Telecom
Order Code: R443-182
 
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Chapter 1: Executive Summary


Chapter 2: Demand for ultra low-cost handsets
The addressable market for ultra low-cost handsets
Benefits of mobile telecoms in emerging markets
What are the emerging markets?
Economic benefits of mobile telecoms in emerging markets
Social benefits of mobile telecoms in emerging markets
Profile of current subscribers in emerging markets
Prepaid vs postpaid
The benefits of prepaid for emerging market operators
OTA top ups
Voice vs data usage
Innovative mobile services offered in emerging markets
Shared access
Mobile information services
Mobile payments and banking
Lowest cost devices currently available in selected markets
Examples of handset prices
Handset affordability
Unofficial channels
The business case for operator involvement
What are the benefits of ultra low-cost handset development?
Why would an operator want to get involved in ultra low-cost handsets?
Reliability
Revenue
Personal expression
Lower cost
Impact of ULCHs
Reduction in ex-works cost of handsets
Low-cost distribution
Black market, revenue and affordability
What are the challenges and risks of ULCH development?
EMHP
Making the ULCH desirable
Total cost of ownership
Operator expenditure
Network extension
Service differentiation
Handset distribution

Chapter 3: Subscriber Analysis
Subscriber Forecasts
Ultra-Low Cost Target Markets
Regional Mobile Subscriber Analysis
Asia-Pacific
China
India
Latin America
Europe
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Africa & the Middle East
Africa
The Middle East

Chapter 4: ULCHs supply-side analysis
ULCHs ex-works prices, 20052010
Definition of ULCH
CDMA
Typical ultra low-cost handset feature sets
ULCH market forecast 2005-2010
Worldwide handset sales
Worldwide handset sales by price tier
Slowing new handset sales growth
Broad balanced product portfolio
Brand
Affordability & desirability
Worldwide ULCH sales
North America
Latin America
AsiaPacific
India
China
Rest of AP Developing
Europe
Africa / Middle East
Africa
Middle East

Chapter 5: ULCH Vendor Strategy
Ultra low-cost handset margins and economies of scale
Margins
Scale
Main players in the Ultra-Low Cost Handset value chain
Production outsourcing
Handset Manufacturing Trends
Ultra low cost handset production
Handset vendors
Nokia
Motorola
Samsung
LG Electronics
Sony Ericsson
BenQ Mobile
TCT
Ningbo Bird
ZTE

Chapter 6: Technical aspects of ULCH
Current and future bill of materials (20052010)
Evaluating feature sets and product specifications from a BoM perspective
Bill of materials and feature sets (20052010)
Evaluating the lower boundary of UCLH BoM cost
Potential future components
FM/AM radio modules
MP3 player
Headsets and external speakers
Multi-user scenarios
GSM vs. CDMA, WCDMA BoM
An evaluation of the BoM costs of individual components
The chipset and printed circuit board (PCB)
Case Studies: Chipset vendor ULCHs strategies
Texas Instruments
Infineon
Philips Semiconductors
Freescale
Memory
ROM vs. flash memory
Expandable memory slots
Power supply
Battery technologies and chargers
Market trends for ultra low-cost handset batteries
Displays
Casings and form factors
Clamshell phones

Chapter 7: Evolving the Ultra-Low Cost Handset Market
How low-cost can ULCH be?
Bill of Materials
Other costs
Margin
Impact of cost reductions on ULCH
How can demand for ULCH be stimulated in emerging markets?
Handset and network equipment vendors
Operators
Associations
Governments
Other actors
Viability of the ULCH business model
Evolving the Ultra-Low Cost handset beyond its current limitations
Low cost 3G

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