Abstract
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the mobile data and wireless broadband markets in the Asia.
Subjects covered include:
- M-commerce;
- Mobile data services - SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, EV-DO;
- Mobile satellite services;
- Mobile TV;
- Mobile Video;
- WiMAX;
- Wireless Broadband;
- Wireless LANs.
Table of Contents
1. Afghanistan
- 1.1 Mobile data
- 1.2 Wireless broadband
- 1.2.1 Internet cafes
2. Armenia
- 2.1 Mobile data
- 2.2 Wireless broadband
- 2.2.1 Wireless Internet
- 2.2.2 Arminco Global Telecommunications
3. Bangladesh
- 3.1 Mobile data
- 3.1.1 Overview
- 3.1.2 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 3.1.3 Mobile portal service
- 3.1.4 Wireless Internet
- 3.2 Wireless broadband
- 3.2.1 AlwaysOn
- 3.2.2 WiMAX
4. Bhutan
- 4.1 Mobile data
- 4.2 Wireless broadband
- 4.2.1 Samden Tech
5. Cambodia
- 5.1 Mobile data
- 5.1.1 Cambodia GSM (MobiTel)
- 5.2 Wireless broadband
- 5.2.1 MediaRing' s acquisition of AngkorNet
- 5.2.2 WiMAX
6. China
- 6.1 Mobile data
- 6.1.1 Market overview
- 6.1.2 Mobile data statistics
- 6.1.3 Regulatory issues
- 6.1.4 Satellite Terrestrial Interactive Multi-service Infrastructure (STiMi) platform
- 6.1.5 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 6.1.6 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 6.1.7 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 6.1.8 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 6.1.9 Push-to-talk (PTT)
- 6.1.10 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 6.1.11 Broadband wireless data services
- 6.1.12 BlackBerry
- 6.1.13 Mobile TV
- 6.2 Mobile content and applications
- 6.2.1 Market overview
- 6.2.2 A surge in new applications development
- 6.2.3 Global positioning systems (GPS)
- 6.2.4 M-commerce
- 6.2.5 Mobile Video-on-Demand (VoD)
- 6.2.6 Mobile gaming
- 6.2.7 Instant Message (IM) search services
- 6.2.8 Ringtones
- 6.2.9 Mobile music
- 6.2.10 Push email
- 6.3 Wireless broadband
- 6.3.1 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
- 6.3.2 WiFi
- 6.3.3 World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)
- 6.3.4 Analysis - WiMAX still not high on the agenda in China - April 2007
- 6.3.5 Analysis - WiMAX - September 2007
- 6.3.6 WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI)
- 6.3.7 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
- 6.3.8 Broadband Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA)/Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS)
- 6.3.9 Broadband via satellite
7. Georgia
- 7.1 Wireless broadband
- 7.1.1 WiMAX
8. Hong Kong
- 8.1 Mobile data
- 8.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 8.1.2 Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
- 8.1.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 8.1.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 8.1.5 Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC)
- 8.1.6 High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD)
- 8.1.7 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 8.1.8 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
- 8.1.9 Mobile TV
- 8.1.10 Wireless data
- 8.2 Mobile content and applications
- 8.3 Wireless broadband
- 8.3.1 Wireless Internet
- 8.3.2 SmarTone Broadband Services
9. India
- 9.1 Mobile data
- 9.1.1 Market overview
- 9.1.2 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 9.1.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 9.1.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 9.1.5 Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC)
- 9.1.6 Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW)
- 9.1.7 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 9.1.8 Mobile entertainment
- 9.1.9 i-mode
- 9.1.10 BlackBerry
- 9.1.11 Mobile TV
- 9.2 Mobile content and applications
- 9.2.1 Gaming
- 9.3 Wireless broadband
- 9.3.1 WiMAX
- 9.3.2 Satellite
10. Indonesia
- 10.1 Mobile data
- 10.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 10.1.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 10.1.3 Mobile TV
- 10.1.4 Other services
- 10.2 Wireless broadband
- 10.2.1 World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)
- 10.2.2 Wireless LANs (WLAN)
- 10.2.3 Internet via satellite
11. Japan
- 11.1 Mobile data
- 11.1.1 Analysis1- mobile data market
- 11.1.2 Mobile Internet
- 11.1.3 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 11.1.4 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 11.1.5 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 11.1.6 Push-to-talk (PTT)
- 11.1.7 BlackBerry
- 11.2 Mobile content and applications
- 11.2.1 Content for mobile market
- 11.2.2 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- 11.2.3 M-commerce/m-cash
- 11.2.4 Mobile gaming
- 11.2.5 Mobile conferencing
- 11.2.6 Mobile videoconferencing / mobile video
- 11.2.7 Mobile TV and radio
- 11.2.8 Mobile ringtone and music downloads
- 11.2.9 QR code readers
- 11.2.10 Mobile books
- 11.2.11 Mobile Applications
- 11.3 Wireless broadband
- 11.3.1 Wireless LAN (WLAN)
- 11.3.2 Major WLAN providers
- 11.3.3 WiMAX
- 11.3.4 Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN)
- 11.3.5 Ultra Wideband (UWB)
- 11.3.6 Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS)
- 11.3.7 Broadband Internet via satellite
12. Kazakhstan
- 12.1 Mobile data
- 12.1.1 GSM-Kazakhstan (K' Cell)
- 12.1.2 Kar-Tel (K-Mobile)
13. Laos
- 13.1 Wireless broadband
- 13.1.1 Wireless broadband statistics
14. Malaysia
- 14.1 Mobile data
- 14.1.1 Short Message Services (SMS)
- 14.1.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 14.1.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 14.1.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 14.1.5 InterReach Unison
- 14.1.6 Mobile TV/Video on Demand (VoD)
- 14.2 Mobile content and applications
- 14.2.1 Gaming
- 14.2.2 M-commerce (micropayments)
- 14.2.3 Blogging
- 14.3 Wireless broadband
- 14.3.1 Overview
- 14.3.2 WiMAX
- 14.3.3 Time dotCom
- 14.3.4 NasionCom
- 14.3.5 Maxis Net
- 14.3.6 iZZinet
- 14.3.7 Internet via satellite
15. Mongolia
- 15.1 Wireless broadband
16. Myanmar
- 16.1 Mobile data
- 16.1.1 Mobile broadcasting
- 16.2 Wireless broadband
- 16.2.1 WiMAX
17. Nepal
- 17.1 Mobile data
- 17.1.1 Nepal Telecom
- 17.2 Wireless broadband
- 17.2.1 WiFi network for remote villages
18. Pakistan
- 18.1 Mobile data
- 18.1.1 SMS
- 18.1.2 MMS
- 18.1.3 Mobile TV
- 18.2 Wireless broadband
- 18.2.1 WiMAX
- 18.2.2 Internet via satellite
19. Philippines
- 19.1 Mobile data
- 19.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 19.1.2 Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
- 19.1.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 19.1.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 19.1.5 Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 19.1.6 Mobile TV
- 19.2 Mobile content and applications
- 19.2.1 Mobile tracking
- 19.2.2 M-commerce
- 19.3 Wireless broadband
- 19.3.1 Market overview
- 19.3.2 Broadband Philippines
- 19.3.3 Next Mobile
- 19.3.4 Meridian
- 19.3.5 Pacific Internet (PacNet)
- 19.3.6 BellTel
- 19.3.7 Globe Telecom
- 19.3.8 WiFi
- 19.3.9 WiMAX
- 19.3.10 BlackBerry
- 19.3.11 Internet via satellite
20. Singapore
- 20.1 Mobile data
- 20.1.1 Short Messaging Service (SMS)
- 20.1.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 20.1.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 20.1.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 20.1.5 i-mode
- 20.1.6 Other developments
- 20.1.7 M1
- 20.1.8 StarHub
- 20.1.9 Mobile TV
- 20.2 Mobile content and applications
- 20.2.1 Location-based services
- 20.3 Wireless broadband
- 20.3.1 Overview
- 20.3.2 Allocation of wireless broadband spectrum
- 20.3.3 Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS)
- 20.3.4 WiFi
- 20.3.5 The Wireless@SG initiative
- 20.3.6 Ultra-Wideband (UWB)
- 20.3.7 Internet via satellite
21. South Korea
- 21.1 Mobile data
- 21.1.1 Market overview
- 21.1.2 Mobile Internet
- 21.1.3 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 21.1.4 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 21.1.5 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 21.1.6 Push-to-talk (PTT)
- 21.1.7 Mobile TV broadcasting/Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)
- 21.1.8 Mobile Video-on-Demand (mobile VoD)
- 21.2 Mobile content and applications
- 21.2.1 Overview
- 21.2.2 Video calls
- 21.2.3 Position location system/Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- 21.2.4 Automobile telematics
- 21.2.5 M-commerce/m-payment
- 21.2.6 Mobile banking (m-banking)
- 21.2.7 M-government
- 21.2.8 M-magazines
- 21.2.9 M-Big Macs
- 21.2.10 M-movies
- 21.2.11 Remote home monitoring
- 21.2.12 Multi-lingual service
- 21.3 Wireless broadband
- 21.3.1 Overview
- 21.3.2 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)/Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
- 21.3.3 Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI)
- 21.3.4 Broadband Wireless Local Loop (B-WLL)
- 21.3.5 Wireless Broadband (WiBro)
- 21.3.6 WiMAX
- 21.3.7 Broadband via satellite
- 21.3.8 Ultra Wideband (UWB) Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN)
- 21.3.9 Hanaro Telecom/HanaNet
22. Sri Lanka
- 22.1 Mobile data
- 22.1.1 Dialog Telekom (MTN)
- 22.2 Wireless broadband
- 22.2.1 WiMAX
23. Taiwan
- 23.1 Mobile data
- 23.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 23.1.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 23.1.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 23.1.4General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 23.1.5 Mobile Internet
- 23.1.6 Video calls
- 23.1.7 Push-to-talk (PTT)
- 23.1.8 WiMAX
- 23.2 Wireless broadband
- 23.2.1 WiMAX
- 23.2.2 M-Taiwan project
24. Tajikistan
- 24.1 Wireless broadband
- 24.1.1 WiMAX
25. Thailand
- 25.1 Mobile data
- 25.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 25.1.2 Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
- 25.1.3 Smart phones
- 25.1.4 Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC)
- 25.1.5 Global Positioning System (GPS) service
- 25.2 Mobile content and applications
- 25.3 Wireless broadband
- 25.3.1 Overview
- 25.3.2 WiMAX
- 25.3.3 Internet via satellite
26. Uzbekistan
- 26.1 Wireless broadband
- 26.1.1 WiMAX
27. Vietnam
- 27.1 Mobile data
- 27.1.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 27.1.2 Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
- 27.1.3 Instant Messaging (IM)
- 27.1.4 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 27.1.5 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 27.1.6 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 27.2 Mobile content and applications
- 27.3 Wireless broadband
- 27.3.1 Satellite Internet
