Original telecommunications market research and telecommunications sector trend analysis for the national telecommunications industry.

Competitive intelligence, regional telecommunications company rankings and SWOT analyses on international and domestic telecommunications companies.

The Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the national telecommunications industry.

" The Asia Telecommunications Report is used for benchmarking industry views against BMI's independent forecasts; for market research and analysis of industry trends. It also provides competitive intelligence on leading companies. "
Chi-Wen Tsai, Managing Director, ROHDE & SCHWARZ Taiwan Ltd

Key Benefits of Report

-Benchmark BMI's Independent 5-Year Telecommunications Industry Forecast to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the national telecommunications market.
-Target Business Opportunities & Risks in the Telecommunications Sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes, and major deals, projects and investments.
-Exploit Latest Competitive Telecommunications Intelligence & company SWOTS on your competitors and peers through company rankings by sales, market share, investments and leading products and services.

Executive Summary
Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts and trend analysis, covering ICT, fixed-line, mobile and internet markets, and headline news of key industry events from the latest quarter.

Market Overview
At-a-glance outlook of the structure, size and value of the industry, including an overview of key players and a snapshot of regional penetration rates for fixed-line, mobile and internet markets.

Business Environment Rankings
BMI provides a cross-border analysis of telecoms regulatory systems across regional markets, and their investor prospects, discussing the merits and downfalls of each country's business environment, and ranking them in order of competitiveness. The rankings take into account industry factors, such as Market Maturity, Growth Potential, Competitive Environment and Licensing Framework in addition to BMI's political and economic risk ratings.

BMI 5-Year Industry Forecast
Historic data series and 5-year forecasts to end-2012 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast.

Fixed-Line Telephony - Telephone Lines ('000); Telephone Lines/100 Inhabitants;
Cellular Telephony - Phone Subscribers ('000); Mobile Phone Subscribers/ 100 Inhabitants; Mobile Phone Subscribers/100 Fixed Line Subscribers;
Internet Markets - Internet Users ('000); Internet Users/100 Inhabitants; Broadband Internet Subscribers ('000); Broadband Internet Subscribers/100 Inhabitants;
Multimedia Markets - PCs ('000); PCs/100 Inhabitants; TV households ('000s); Pay-TV subscribers ('000s); Pay-TV subscribers/100 inhabitants; Cable TV subscribers ('000s); Direct-to-Home Subscribers ('000s)
BMI 5-Year Macroeconomic Forecast
BMI forecasts for all headline macroeconomic indicators, including real GDP growth, inflation, fiscal balance, trade balance, current account and external debt.

Competitive Landscape & Rankings
Commentary on key operators highlighting ownership structures, latest available revenue figures, market share analysis and ARPU counts.

Company Profiles & SWOTS
Company profiles, including SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analyses, fully researched senior executives and contact details, business activity, leading products and services, and a record of all recent foreign direct investments and projects.

The Sector At A Glance

Key Insights On The Telecomunications Sector of Hong Kong

Hong Kong's mobile market has not yielded any significant surprises this quarter. It remains the region's most developed mobile industry by penetration rate, 133% as of end 2006. This places it well ahead of other mature markets Japan, Taiwan and Australia.

As would be expected of a market as saturated as Hong Kong, mobile subscriber growth has been limited. According to data provided by Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), there were just 141,000 net additions between the end of 2006 and May 2007, bringing the total base to 9.585mn customers. This is an improvement on the declines witnessed in the first two months of the year, led by operators deactivating inactive pre-paid SIM cards. However, operators are now looking not necessarily for subscriber growth but rather for an increase to revenues, which they have found through the healthy level of demand being seen for 3G services.

Hutchison's '3', Hong Kong's leading 3G mobile operator only offers 3G services, having relinquished its right to offer 2G services. A decision it took on the basis that there was more potential in nextgeneration network services, while the need to invest in its home market has become even more apparent of late, after it sold off its Indian operating arm, which had accounted for 46.3% of total revenues in 2006, while Hong Kong & Macau made up just 19.8%. With the monies it acquired from the sale of its Indian unit, its it is expected this will fund and help better capture growth opportunities in the telecom firm's home market.

Despite 63.5% of mobile subscribers using 3G services as of May 2007, and growth of just 266,000 net additions in the first five months of this year, there is still competition emerging in the market. The country has been witness to aggressive marketing offers, with leading operators including CSL Mobility offering handset subsidies, which have in turn, affected its mobile handset revenues. However, we may see more and more of some operators opting for PCCW's preference of offering converged services as a way in which to generate new forms of revenues from the telecoms sector. PCCW recently announced plans to upgrade its entire network to facilitate the launch of converged IP-based fixed and mobile voice and data services. According to the South China Morning Post, PCCW invested US$400mn in network infrastructure last year to transform its fixed-line network into a digital system. This will enable both mobile and fixed-line customers access to a range of multimedia services.