Abstract
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), once considered a challenging technology,
has been a part of China' s communications market for nine years. China' s
telecom market has relatively high long-distance calling rates, and so VoIP
has gained rapid recognition, with VoIP licenses being awarded to six
traditional carriers to provide IP card service. Furthermore, these service
providers have begun trials on broadband IP telephony services, which expand
IP transmissions from core networks to access networks. Another type of
broadband VoIP service is provided by virtual VoIP carriers, who deploy
softswitching systems on Internet and media gateways between the Internet and
PSTNs/PLMNs via cooperation with traditional service providers to guarantee
the interconnection of IP telephony and traditional fixed or mobile phones.
This In-Stat report checks the market status of three types of VoIP services:
IP card service, broadband IP telephony, and IM-based free VoIP service.
Drivers and barriers in China' s consumer VoIP market are analyzed to explain
the current status quo and to enable analysis of market opportunities and
forecasts of consumer VoIP subscriber numbers. In addition, consumer use of
softphones or corded/wireless IP phones, and forecasts for each type of
end-device, are included in the report.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Definition
- Market Overview
- Market Status Quo
- Telecom VoIP (IP Card) Services Boom
- Broadband IP Telephony Slowly Builds Momentum
- IM-based VoIP Flourishes in China
- Value Chain Analysis
- Drivers and Barriers
- Drivers
- Competitive Price of IP Telephony
- The Flourishing of Broadband Applications
- NGN Deployment Driving VoIP
- Barriers
- Policy Restrictions on VoIP
- Lack of Core Impetus in the Value Chain
- Intense Competition in Virtual Operation
- Market Trends and Forecast
- Market Opportunity Analysis
- Cable Operators Have Opportunities to Compete with Telcos on VoIP
- Small Broadband Providers are too Weak
- Consumer VoIP Subscriber Forecast
- Consumer VoIP End-Device Classification and Forecast
- Softphones
- Corded IP Phones
- Wireless IP Phones
- End-Device Users Forecast
- Select Service Provider Profiles
- China Broadband Communications
- 263 Network Communication
- Skype
- Methodology
- Glossary
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Price Comparison between IP Telephony and Non-IP Telephony
Services, 2006
- Table 2. Broadband Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011 (in
Millions)
- Table 3. Comparison between IP Phone and Softphone Subscribers in China,
2006 (in Millions)
- Table 4. IP Client Subscribers Forecast Segmented by Device Type: China,
2005- 2011 (in Millions)
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Broadband IP Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011
(in Millions)
- Figure 2. Calling Minutes of VoIP (IP Card) and PSTN Long-Distance
Service: China, 2001- 2006 (in Millions)
- Figure 3. Value Chain of the Consumer VoIP Market in China
- Figure 4. China' s Broadband Access Subscriber Forecast, 2004- 2011
- Figure 5. Broadband Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011 (in
Millions)
- Figure 6. CBCom Softphone
- Figure 7. Grandstream BudgeTone BT 101 IP Phone
- Figure 8. Paragon Wireless Hipi GSM/Wi-Fi Dual-mode Phone
- Figure 9. VoIP Client Subscribers Forecast Segmented by Device Type:
China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)
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