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China
Telecommunications and Internet Reports
China Broadband Market -
Overview & Statistics
Going into 2009, China’s broadband subscriber population had
passed the 80 million milestone. The country had surpassed Japan in 2004 as the
market with the second most broadband lines after the US. In mid-2008 China became
the largest broadband market in the world, finally passing the US. Despite this
huge subscriber base, penetration remains comparatively low, meaning there is
still much room for growth. China has also become the top DSL market on the globe.
This report looks at the nature of the market, the key players and broadband
services, such as cable modem access, DSL, FttH, BPL and wireless access,
accompanied by relevant statistics and analysis.
See Table of
Contents
China Telecommunications Key Statistics,
Telecom Market and Regulatory Overview
The Chinese telecom market is the largest in the world. China is
making real strides in becoming an advanced telecommunications market. With the
mobile sector still expanding at over 15% going into 2009, and the long-awaited
licensing of 3G services completed after finalising of the industry restructure,
the market is poised for yet another boost amongst what is hoped to be a more level
playing field. The importance of the regulatory regime must not be underestimated
in a market like China, where political and commercial considerations are closely
intertwined. Efforts in reform have addressed the separation of administrative and
enterprise functions, the dissolution of monopolies and the promotion of competition.
The government at times takes a light-handed role, such as turning its eyes away
from Xiaolingtong (Little Smart) PAS encroachment in urban areas, or a stern
approach, making challenging demands on foreign participation in the local market
and dictating that technology such as TD-SCDMA is developed and deployed. The
government has also been severe on its regulation of the Internet. This report
presents a range of key statistical indicators and gives an overall picture of the
Chinese telecom market, including market highlights and the regulatory environment. See Table of
Contents
China Major Telecom Operators - Overview and
Statistics
In mid-2008, the biggest announcement regarding China’s telecommunications
industry in almost a decade was made. After several years of debate the Chinese
government announced that China Unicom would be split, with its CDMA business to
be acquired by China Telecom. The government’s reforms created three integrated
operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, reducing the number of main
operators from six to three. The newly converged operators are to boost the China
telecommunications market, particularly with the growth foreseen after the 3G
licences were finally awarded later in 2008. Up to 2007, the four major Chinese
telecom players, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile and China Unicom, were
facing declining growth rates in the maturing high-end user market, as well as from
the reduction or end of network acquisition opportunities from their parent companies.
This report provides an overview of the big operators in China’s telecommunications
market, including analyses on the industry restructuring. See Table of
Contents
China Mobile Communications - Voice and Data
Services
As the world’s largest mobile communications market, China has
some interesting operators. China Mobile is the world’s largest mobile operator
in terms of subscribers. Fixed-line operators China Telecom and China Netcom pose
a serious threat to China Mobile and China Unicom with their Little Smart limited
mobility services. The range and quality of value-added services offered by the
operators becomes important in determining market success. This report looks at
mobile voice services (prepaid cards, satellite mobile services and roaming services)
and data services such as SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS, PTT, EDGE and data services based
on CDMA2000 1x. Some popular mobile applications are also reviewed. See Table of
Contents
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China Mobile Market - Overview and
Statistics
China is the world’s largest mobile communications market.
The number of mobile subscribers in China surpassed the number of fixed-line
subscribers in 2003. Into 2008, China Mobile continued to be the world’s
largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers. While China Telecom
and China Netcom posed a serious threat to China Mobile and China Unicom with
their Little Smart PAS services, the market itself was transformed in late 2008
into three major full service operators. In addition, China finally issued the
long awaited 3G licences and is poised to become one of the world’s major
3G mobile markets. The local development of TD-SCDMA is seeing commercial deployment
through China Mobile largely due to the fierce commitment on the part of the
government to make sure that China becomes ‘a significant player’. This report
provides an overview of the mobile market in China, mobile technologies (TD-SCDMA,
GSM, CDMA and PAS), an overview of the major mobile players and even the huge and
unconventional mobile handset market. The report also looks at the steps toward
the awarding of licences and adoption of 3G mobile technology in China.
See the Table of
Contents
China New Internet
Economy
After a slow start, we are now seeing increasingly rapid development
of Internet businesses in China. The pace of development has really been quickening
as more and more of the population gain access to the Internet. The development of
online enterprise in China, while borrowing heavily from the more developed markets,
is showing strong signs of being innovative. In the meantime, in order to reach its
full potential, there are many Internet-related issues still needing to be confronted,
not least of which is the regulatory regime. Controversial action by the Chinese
government in respect of Internet companies such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft
continues to loom as problematic. This report looks at various aspects of the
emerging new Internet economy in China. See Table of
Contents
China Telecommunications Infrastructure
Overview
China has been able to build a substantial national telecommunications
infrastructure, with fibre optic cables criss-crossing the nation, though there is
still much need for expansion and improvement. China has built the largest NGN in
the world, the IPv6-based ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2), and is rapidly
increasing broadband deployments. The major carriers in China have been vigorous
in their embrace of IP and have been busy building the infrastructure to support
a wide range of IP services. It comes as no surprise that, consistent with its
huge fixed and mobile subscriber bases, China already has the largest number of
VoIP users in the world. This report looks at China’s national and international
telecom infrastructure and provides an overview of the IP networks that are being
developed in China today. See Table of
Contents
China Telecoms Market Trends and
Forecasts
The Chinese telecommunications market is the largest in the world.
The importance of the regulatory regime must not be underestimated in a market like
China, where political and commercial considerations are closely intertwined. Major
efforts in reform have addressed the separation of administrative and enterprise
functions, the dissolution of monopolies and the promotion of competition in the
country’s telecom industry. The mobile sector has two of the largest operators
in the world with close to 600 million subscribers by mid 2008. The mobile industry
was continuing its strong run towards end 2008, despite there still being no
announcement on the 3G licensing. By contrast fixed-line services began experiencing
zero to negative growth. Despite this, the Internet was booming and in early 2008
China became the world leader in Internet subscribers, surpassing the USA. This
report looks at the fixed-line, mobile, Internet and broadband segments of the
market in China and provides scenario forecasts for 2008, 2013 and 2018 for each
of the market segments. The forecasts are based on historical data from the 1990’s
considering population and GDP growth. The projections to 2013 and 2018 consider
lower than previous economic growth in both the high and low forecasts, but are
still based on improved teledensity figures as the government drives forward with
economic reform and infrastructure expansion. See Table of
Contents
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