Despite the drop in the number of active makers in mainland China, which now has nearly 30 cordless phone makers, it is still one of the top three largest cordless phone manufacturing bases worldwide. Many mainland China makers have moved to 2.4GHz production, although some continue to maintain a small volume of 46/49MHz cordless phones.

Taiwan has about 10 suppliers of cordless phones, mostly focusing on 2.4GHz and DECT technologies. Hong Kong suppliers are moving from 2.4GHz cordless phones to DECT phones.

The other key findings of this report are:
- 2.4GHz cordless phones have entered the mainstream, displacing 46/49MHz models. Makers maintain a small volume of the latter for developing markets.
- The DECT phone sector flourished in 2005 and will continue expanding, driven by increasing demand for high frequency and high-security cordless phones.
- Supply of long-range and 5.8GHz cordless phones will decline due to low demand.
- Amid moderate output and export expansion plans, makers are looking to add value to their products by integrating VoIP and wireless capabilities.
- To match worldwide mobile phone trends, new models feature SMS, MMS and compact, lightweight handsets that look like mobile phones.
- Prices are projected to remain steady, with potential increases resulting from a spike in production costs brought about by RoHS compliance.
- Production costs are expected to rise by 5 percent.

This report covers 29 companies across Greater China: 20 from mainland China, 6 based in Taiwan and 3 from Hong Kong. Most of the companies are small, but altogether they represent at least 60 percent of Greater China's supplier base of cordless phones. All of them are export-oriented, private companies. Several of them are pioneer and leading makers in the different cordless phone product categories.
In this Report
- 20 In-depth supplier profiles
- 9 Supplier tables
- Product gallery of 78 cordless phones
- Supplier index