China's phenomenal growth in PHS uptake has been propelled by low-cost tariffs. Its key promoter of PHS in China is UTStarcom, which has supplied both infrastructure and handsets to operators in China, Taiwan and Vietnam. This Insight explores the concept of PHS and the reasons for its success, with an in-depth look at UTStarcom and the two main PHS operators, China Netcom and China Telecom. As well as a strong focus on China, there are detailed country insights into Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

EMC's new Insight report offers 28 pages of key industry trends and detailed market analysis. EMC's PHS Insight provides comment and analysis on market developments and features such as:

• An introduction to PHS - covering its history and adoption
• An overview of the current PHS situation in China, covering handset and infrastructure vendors and PHS operators
• A study of infrastructure vendors UTStarcom, ZTE and Lucent
• A focus on selected PHS handsets and developments
• An outline of the future of PHS

The report also offers specific country analysis on:

• China
• Japan
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

What it will enable you to do:

• Understand the current PHS market
• View key statistics such as subscriber totals, growth and penetration based on the PHS market place
• Identify factors promoting/inhibiting PHS growth and success
• Monitor operator strategies for PHS
• Study trends and impact of new and different technologies

Published: September 2004
Editor: Abigail Browne
Format: PDF