re: Wireless Voice & Data Tornado - An Asian (Chinese) View - Part II (Tables)
This post contains tables and forecasts from the article posted previously:
The term "3G" seems to be used somewhat loosey goosey just like it is in the article text. For the most part "3G" seems to be used for mobile messaging to some degree, but primarily for mobile Internet access, regardless if the underlying technology is 3G, 2.5G, or 2G.
>> Mobile Internet and 3G Mobile: Driving A Dynamic Internet World
Telecomn Worldwide
China Inform Communication Ltd.
May 2001
Table 1. Forecasts of Cellular Subscribers(Million)
Africa Americas Asia/Pac E.Europe W.Europe Mid.East USA/Can
2000 11.66 61.75 201.62 26.39 211.81 9.55 109.89
2001 18.66 89.98 251.70 40.84 260.81 13.98 128.31
2002 27.51 123.39 302.22 55.02 304.36 20.70 147.79
2003 37.32 158.17 351.54 66.85 339.10 29.86 168.24
2004 47.68 189.23 399.21 76.22 363.95 39.38 188.50
Table 2. Global 3G Mobile Penetration To The Future(%)
1999 2005 2010
Total World 7.83 21.69 25.55
Western Europe 39.64 79.37 86.83
Eastern Europe 4.18 19.73 27.62
Asia Pacific 4.32 11.70 13.44
North America 29.58 71.72 80.67
Latin America 7.76 31.06 36.98
Middle East 10.62 62.17 76.81
Africa 0.92 10.05 15.68
Table 3. Top 10 Countries/Regions By 3G Mobile Subscribers By 2010
Country Subscribers (000)
1. China 257,455
2. USA 240,336
3. Japan 116,931
4. Germany 70,438
5. France 53,079
6. UK 52,465
7. Italy 50,792
8. Brazil 49,530
9. South Korea 45,609
10. Egypt 40,497
Table 4. Top 10 Countries/Regions By 3G Mobile Penetration By 2010
Country Penetration (%)
1. Finland 104.89
2. Norway 104.00
3. Sweden 101.27
4. Denmark 97.31
5. HongKong 96.53
6. Taiwan 94.03
7. South Korea 91.22
8. Japen 91.16
9. Italy 91.15
10. Singapore 91.04
Table 5. Top 10 3G Mobile Operators At the End of 2005
Operator Country Subscribers (000)
CMHK China 114,081
Verizon USA 69,596
China Unicom China 56,003
Ntt DoCoMo Japan 54,013
SBC/BellSouth USA 44,815
AT&T USA 42,179
China Mobile China 34,733
New DDI Japan 32,408
TIM Italy 22,571
J-Phone Japan 21,605
I am not sure why China Mobile is listed twice. It would appear that "Verizon" is Verizon/Vodafone so Sir Christopher is evidently forecasted to be successful in taking over Verizon. <g> I might further conjecture that AT&T includes BT. <<
- Eric -
