Fully revised and updated for 2005, Future Mobile Handsets - 7th Edition, from Informa Telecoms & Media, is the definitive guide to the technology trends and strategic issues surrounding the global mobile handset market. Containing over 500 pages of independent market analysis, completely revised forecasts to 2010 and expert strategic outlook, the 7th edition of this leading industry report is essential for successful strategic planning and investment along the whole value chain.
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Future Mobile Handsets - 7th Edition, provides an in-depth analysis of mobile handset device trends, highlighting the important role they will play in supporting future generation wireless communication networks. The report provides a detailed evaluation of how players need to tackle key industry challenges across each link in the technology value chain. It supplies a comprehensive analysis of markets across the world and technology evolution, with detailed forecasts for 2.5G and 3G handsets from 2005 to 2010.
Key coverage includes:
Detailed, independent forecasts to 2010: updated and revised forecasts for the global mobile handset market
Plus new for the 7th edition:
- Handset sales by price/cost tier
- Feature forecasts for
- Video handset sales
- Broadcast mobile TV handset sales
- Music player devices
- Expandable memory slot forecasts, by type
- Worldwide data traffic by application
Trend analysis: an in-depth analysis of current market trends by region, technology and also incorporating replacement and second-hand handset markets - learn from the detailed analysis included in this report and decide where to invest for the most profitable returns
Feature set penetration: a guide to which features are in which phones including all messaging formats, Mobile Email, Camera Handsets, Mobile Television, Bluetooth Handset Market Forecast and many more - discover which features are the most popular in order to take advantage of niche markets or invest in growing markets
Technology roadmaps and analysis: invaluable feature roadmaps and technology segmentation - see where the market is heading at a glance, where the opportunities and challenges lie and adjust your strategies accordingly
Case studies: completely revised operator and vendor share figures, profiles and strategies, including Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and the newly merged Ben Q Siemens - gain an in-depth view of the current market players and learn from their successes
Future outlook: a detailed examination of the global mobile handsets market going forward - investigation whether and how the market can sustain the levels of growth seen in previous years.
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Forecasts for 2005-2010 included in Future Mobile Handsets - 7th Edition
- Handset sales, by region and network technology
- Updated GSM and CDMA family handset sales
- Revised and remodelled handsets forecasts
- Handset sales by feature type, e.g. basic phone, feature rich phone and smartphone
- Handset sales by price/cost tier
- Handset feature forecasts
- Updated camera phones sales, by camera type (e.g. CIF, XGA, etc.)
- New broadcast mobile TV handset sales figures
- Music player device forecasts
- Expandable memory slot forecasts, by type
- Updated Java and BREW handset forecasts
- Detailed forecasts of different hardware components by market segment from basic phones and feature phones to smartphones
- Detailed BOM, ASP, and vendor margins for different market segments including basic phones, feature phones and smartphones.
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Future Mobile Handsets - 7th Edition also includes market analysis on the following:
- Detailed bill of material (BOM) and average selling price (ASP) forecasts: extensive analysis on cost of different components including RF/IF, baseband, display battery, software and IPRs
- Chipsets integration versus design flexibility, and the limitations of chipsets
- Hardware fragmentation and the need for component standardisation
- Hardware requirements in different market segments from basic phones to feature phones and smartphones
- Evaluation of manufacturing value chain and strategies, including the move to outsourced manufacture with added focus on original design manufacturers (ODMs) and trends in production
- Introducing ultra-low cost handsets into the market and how this will affect the dynamics of the industry and how ultra-low cost handsets will make more money
- After 3G - the next generation of networks including analysis of HSDPA and Flash OFDM, and how they could revolutionise the market
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Who should read Future Mobile Handsets?
Handset vendors - benefit from a complete analysis of the global mobile handset market, investigation into new technologies and revenue streams and the current positions and performances of your competitors
Operators - discover how the mobile handset market is developing and where your company can profit from opportunities and successes including potential partnerships
Component Manufacturers - read detailed forecasts for all handset components, including costs, and base your future decisions on accurate data and analysis from respected industry analysts
Application and content providers - learn how technologies and handsets will develop and how this will affect the services you provide
Consultants, Analysts and the financial industry - gain a thorough insight into the workings of the global mobile handset industry and base your investments and recommendations on unique analysis and primary data.??
RELATED NEWS AND ARTICLES?AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING
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Samsung plans $15mn handset unit in Haryana
Press Trust of India / Chandigarh November 30, 2005
Samsung Telecommunications is planning to invest $15 million for setting up a mobile handset manufacturing facility in Haryana.
This was announced by Ki Tae Lee, president of Samsung, during a meeting with Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda who is currently on a visit to Seoul.
Hooda and members of a delegation led by him also visited the factory, headquarters and the R&D centre of Samsung Electronics.
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West Bengal to have mobile handset manufacturing facility Kolkata, Nov. 20 (PTI)
West Bengal is all set to join the mobile boom with a cellphone manufacturing unit being set up here within a year.
The plan has been conceptualised by city entrepreneur Sanjoy Kumar Ghosh, who is currently engaged in the two-way radio communication manufacturing business.
"We are planning to set up a mobile manufacturing unit here in the next 12 months. We have tied up with our Chinese partner Shenzhen HYT Science & Technology Co Ltd," said Ghosh, the Managing Director, Simoco Telecommunications (South Asia) Ltd.
"The investment for the manufacturing unit will be between Rs 50 and Rs 60 crores. Initially, we are concentrating on GSM handsets, but will later introduce CDMA handsets. Our partner is a major player in both GSM and CDMA handsets," he said.
HYT is a contract manufacturer for several global mobile handset brands.
At present only Nokia has firmed up a plan to produce mobile handsets in India at Chennai, while, LG also plans to get into handset manufacturing in the country.
Till now manufacturing of handsets was limited to the western and and southern region. Simoco is the first company to express its intention to set up a mobile manufacturing unit here.
Russian mobile handset retailer Euroset denies ?minimizing? taxes
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile handset retailer Euroset has officially denied that "it used various schemes to 'minimize' tax payments and that it used fly-by-night companies in its activities," Euroset said in a press release dated November 11, citing the company's President Eldar Razroyev.
The statement was made following an article published by Vedomosti business daily on November 11, which cited a report prepared by KPMG auditing company.
"As the article contains false information, compiled of phrases taken out of context from a confidential document, we plan to hold an investigation, probably calling in law enforcement bodies," Razroyev said.
Euroset suggested that the article published by Vedomosti was paid for by unfair competitors, saying it was "sponsored," and connected its timing to an upcoming U.S. $150 million Eurobond offering.
"It has been initiated by people who are unhappy with Euroset's achievements and are trying to obstruct the company's plans," Euroset said in the press release.
On November 11, Vedomosti said citing Euroset?s annual financial report for 2004 audited by KPMG that Euroset used non-affiliated companies in order to ?minimize? tax payments in 2004.
The report was attached to a preliminary prospectus on a $150 million Eurobond offering planned by Euroset?s parent company Dutch-registered Dalnink Holding NV.
The ?minimization? mechanism may result in back tax claims, KPMG said, as cited by Vedomosti.
Euroset has about 2,400 outlets in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine.
Euroset's sales were at $970 million in 2004 and are projected to total $2.2 billion in 2005.
Russian businessmen Timur Artemyev and Evgeny Chichvarkin control the retailer through a chain offshore companies.
Nokia boosts handset production in China
Thu Dec 1, 2005 6:37 AM ET
By Laura Vinha
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top mobile phone maker Nokia will expand its handset production in China to boost capacity and flexibility to meet fast-growing worldwide demand, particularly from Asia, it said on Thursday.
The Finnish company said it would nearly double the floor space at its factory in Dongguan, with production from the expansion to begin in the third quarter of next year.
The plant currently employs 1,100 people, and Nokia would hire another 800 staff as the expansion moves into full swing, Nokia spokeswoman Eija-Riitta Huovinen said.
She said the company would invest about $14 million in the expansion, but declined to give details of the capacity of the plant.
"It's quite significant, because space-wise it will almost double the area," she added.
Nokia is the market leader in China, the world's biggest mobile market, and employs nearly 6,000 people there.
China has about 380 million subscribers currently and about 100 million handsets are sold there each year.
Nokia expects China to add another 250 million subscribers by 2010, but it faces fierce competition from U.S.-based Motorola and local rivals.
It sold 23 million handsets in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau in the first nine months of 2005, up 77 percent from the year-earlier period.
The company recorded total sales of $3.3 billion in those markets in the January-September period, and exported $2.3 billion of goods out of China from its four manufacturing sites in the mainland over the same period.
Nokia says it has invested more than $2.2 billion in China over the past 20 years and is the largest exporter in the Chinese mobile telecoms industry.
The group has nine mobile handset plants globally and said it expects its Chennai plant in India to be operational in the first half of 2006.
Q3 global wireless handset sales up 22% yoy
11/22/2005 4:35:29 PM IST
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Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 205.4mn units in the third quarter of 2005, translating into a 22% jump from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. This is the biggest quarter on record since Gartner started tracking the market on a quarterly basis in 2001, the international technology research firm said on Tuesday. This, combined with an expected strong fourth quarter, has forced Gartner to lift its worldwide mobile handset sales forecast to 810mn units in 2005.
"Year on year sales grew in all regions as replacement sales in mature markets such as Western Europe and North America continued to drive growth while users in emerging markets joined mobile networks and acquired their first mobile device", said Carolina Milanesi, Principal Analyst for mobile terminals research at Gartner, based in Egham, UK.
In the July-September quarter of 2005, Nokia delivered another solid performance at a worldwide level with Western Europe and Asia Pacific making up for North America and Latin America, where sales were weaker. During the quarter under review, Nokia started shipping 10 new devices, 5 for the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) markets and five for the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) market.
TI's new 3G chip to cut handset prices
By Reuters
Published: November 29, 2005, 6:00 AM PST
Texas Instruments, the top cell phone chipmaker, introduced on Tuesday a high-speed wireless chip for use by a wider set of mobile handset makers, especially in advanced Asian markets.
The chip is based on W-CDMA (wideband code division multiple access), a technology that can support features such as mobile video and Web and has been gaining ground in Europe and parts of Asia. The chip pits TI against rivals such as Qualcomm and Freescale Semiconductor.
TI developed the chip with Japan's top mobile carrier, NTT DoCoMo. Analysts expect the association with DoCoMo to help Texas Instruments win business with DoCoMo's suppliers.
The move into standard W-CDMA chips by TI--currently leader in the W-CDMA chip market with custom-designed products--could help reduce the price of advanced phones based on W-CDMA, also known as third-generation (3G) technology.
"Overall, we estimate total handset cost savings can be anywhere between 10 to 30 percent," TI Vice President Alain Mutricy told a news conference in Tokyo.
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Technology trends and strategic issues surrounding the global mobile handset market. Containing over 500 pages of independent market analysis, completely revised forecasts to 2010 and expert strategic outlook