Abstract
Devices can make or break mobile broadband and related services. Operators price their services and build applications based on available devices. Devices attract users to new services. Having the right device can make a service a success, such as the iPhone, while the wrong device can kill a service, such as those available to the now defunct Cellular Digital Packet Data.
Cellular operators are looking at dual-mode phones and femtos, which are devices that could change how services are offered. For WiMAX, just getting working devices on the market is needed to get the technology going. Wi-Fi is popping up all over the place, and this has forced Business IT to deal with all sorts of new issues.
This report includes:
- Data on mobile devices across 3G, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi
- The ways in which devices have impacted the growth of WiBro in South Korea
- The three categories of WiMAX devices and how those different categories will employ different services
- The ways in which business IT has been impacted by the increasing number of mobile data devices- especially Wi-Fi
- Coverage on topics like: femtocells, dual-mode handsets, Wi-Fi/cellular, UMA, WiMAX, WiBro, Wi-Fi access points, Wi-Fi consumer electronics.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Cellular Device
- Current State of Mobile Phone Services
- Emerging Cellular Devices
- Dual-Mode Phones
- Femtocells
- Desired Phone Features per End-Users
- Phone Ownership and Open Access
- WiMAX Devices
- Current and Future Devices
- Device Control and Services
- Impact of Devices on Korea Telecom' s WiBro Growth
- Mobile Wi-Fi Devices
- Wi-Fi Growth
- Business Trends
- Consumer Trends
- Methodolog
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Worldwide Total Cellular Subscribers and 3G Subscribers (in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Table 2. Worldwide Forecast for Dual-Mode Phones (Units in Thousands), 2007- 201
- Table 3. Worldwide Forecast for Dual-Mode Phones that Support Voice over Wi-Fi (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Table 4. Worldwide Forecast for Femtocell Shipments (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Table 5. Feature Most Desired to be Changed on Current Cellphone
- Table 6. Features You Want on Your Next Cellphone
- Table 7. Worldwide Shipments for Wireless Access Points (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Table 8. Worldwide Shipments, by Category, for Mobile Wi-Fi Clients and Devices (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Shipment of Mobile Broadband Devices for 3G, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Figure 2. WiMAX Device Timeline
- Figure 3. Forecast for WiMAX CPE and Mobile Devices (Units in Thousands), 2007- 2012
- Figure 4. KT' s WiBro Device Stages
- Figure 5. Current Device Offering- External Clients
- Figure 6. Current Device Offering- Smartphones
- Figure 7. Current Device Offering- Embedded Laptops
- Figure 8. Current Device Offering- Other Mobile Devices
- Figure 9. KT' s WiBro Subscriber Growth, June 2006 to August 2007
- Figure 10. Wi-Fi Development Timeline
- Figure 11. Corporate IT View of Mobile Wireless Devices
- Figure 12. How Does Your Business Use Wireless LANs?
- Figure 13. What Devices are Wireless LAN-Enabled?
- Figure 14. How Do You Secure Your Wireless LAN?
- Figure 15. Worldwide Shipments for Portable and Stationary Wi-Fi Consumer Electronics (Units in Thousands), 2004- 2011
