Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010, the leading strategic report form Informa Telecoms & Media, is expanded and fully revised for the 5th edition and now includes 36 country profiles for all major developed markets and all the key developing markets across the world. This unique guide to international mobile markets has been designed as a practical tool to provide you with the necessary information you need to formulate your future mobile business strategy.

Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010 offers global and regional summaries and detailed data analysis in a clear and easy to read format, plus expert commentary to enable you to get the most from the data

Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010 contains:

Worldwide Summaries

Enabling you to gain an accurate view of global and regional mobile markets and their likely development over the next 5 years. Key data includes:

• Annual subscriber growth from 1998 to 2002 and forecasts to 2010, enabling you to gain an accurate view of the historic growth in mobile markets and how they will develop in the next 5 years. Which region will experience the largest subscriber growth in the next 5 years?
• Top 20 countries listed by penetration and subscribers from 2000-2010. Which countries have the highest growth potential over the next 5 years?
• Top 10 countries listed by cellular revenue and growth from 2000-2010. How long can China continue to growth at such phenomenal rates?
• Total revenues and revenue shares for voice and data. How significant are data revenues becoming to total revenues, are there any regional variations?
• ARPU by month and ARPU by year. Can Europe continue to increase ARPU?
• Technology subs and shares listed by country, region and globally for analogue, digital (GSM & TDMA, CDMA and PDC), 2.5G subs and 3G technologies. How quickly is 3G being taken up in the many markets that have now launched services?

Country Profiles

In-depth profiles for 36 country markets across the world, allowing you to evaluate each market individually, identify new areas for business expansion and ensure your strategic business plan are based on the best available data and analysis. Each country profile is written by an analyst expert in that region and includes:

• Market overview - including total subscribers since 1998, net additions, annual growth rates and penetration rates, allowing you to gain a quick insight into each market
• Regulatory developments - what new legislation has been or is likely to be introduced, including details of the status of any licence awards
• 2.5G and 3G developments - which operators have launched 2.5G and 3G networks, who is about to launch a next generation network, what technology did they use and what services are they offering?
• Subscriber mix - the percentage of subscribers on prepaid vs postpaid contracts for each operator in the market
• Operators profiles - including details of any changes in ownership or brand, any new networks or services launched, any new licences awarded but not yet launched, plus details of total subscribers and market share for each operator
• Detailed forecasts to 2010 - allowing you to assess the development of the country as a whole and of each operator

Key forecasts from 2004 - 2010

This report includes the following forecasts as global or regional summaries or for each country profiled:

• Total subscribers
• Penetration
• ARPU (month and year)
• Revenues: total plus a split showing voice and data revenues
• Subscribers to technologies (subs and percentage): Analogue, Digital (split by GSM/TDMA, CDMA, iDEN and PDC), 2.5G and 3G
• Prepaid
• Operators (for countries profiled only)

Who should buy this report?

Operators - evaluate the size of future markets for business plans for investment in new countries, learn about potential competition in new areas and the assess the current competition where you already operate

Vendors - assess the potential size of future markets for new business plans for the investment in new regions, developing new products and identifying new sales areas for existing products

Service providers and application developers - discover how well new 3G networks are performing and find out where and when new next generation networks will launch

Content providers - find out where the major markets for new mobile content and services will be

Analysts and consultants - base your advice and recommendations to clients on the latest most accurate data available on the global mobile markets.