A detailed competitive analysis of key current and future mobile broadband systems...
Future Mobile Broadband: HSPA, EV-DO, WiMAX & LTE identifies strengths and weaknesses in the emerging mobile broadband ecosystem with comprehensive analysis of key value chain segments including technologies, standards, devices and much more...
Key Coverage
- Clarifies the current worldwide mobile broadband market through both high-level analysis and detailed case studies of the performance of existing mobile broadband operators and suppliers
- Quantifies the potential of the mobile broadband market through detailed forecasts of key market segments for 2006-11, including mobile broadband subscribers, devices (handsets, notebooks & PC cards) and devices components, and with full segmentation by region and technology including HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B.
- Details the role Mobile WiMAX will play in the emerging mobile broadband market, and analyses how Mobile WiMAX will impact 3.5G systems such as HSPA and EV-DOrA/B
- Provides unique comparative analysis of all key mobile broadband systems including HSDPA, HSUPA, 3G LTE, EV-DO, EV-DOr0/A/B/C, WiMAX, TD-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, Flash-OFDM, 802.20, DVB-H and MediaFLO
- Pinpoints the key strengths and weaknesses in the emerging mobile broadband market through detailed analysis of key value chain segments including services, devices, device components and infrastructure
Market Data
Future Mobile Broadband: HSPA, EV-DO, WiMAX & LTE analyses and quantifies the mobile broadband market opportunity for 2006 through 2011. This Strategic Report provides a detailed competitive analysis of key current and future mobile broadband systems including HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO, EV-DO Rev. A, EV-DO Rev. B, WiMAX and 3G Long-Term Evolution.
Forecasts
Worldwide forecasts for 2006-11 are provided for the following:
- WCDMA and EV-DO subscribers by region, 2006-11
- HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B subscribers by region, 2006-11
- HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B notebook & PC card unit sales by region, 2006-11
- HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B handset unit sales by region, 2006-11
- HSDPA, HSUPA and EV-DO Rev. A average handset hardware requirements, 2006-11
- HSDPA, HSUPA and EV-DO Rev. A handset bill of materials and average selling price, 2006-11
- Total mobile subscribers by region & technology, 2004-11
- Mobile ARPU - voice versus data, 2004-10
- Total mobile voice and data revenues by region, 2004-10
- Fixed broadband subscribers by region, 2005-11
Key Issues Addressed
- What are the key opportunities & challenges facing the mobile broadband market?
- How quickly will HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B services gain subscribers in 2006-11, and in what regions?
- How will the WiMAX market develop, and how will it impact HSDPA, HSUPA and EV-DOr0/A/B?
- How will the mobile broadband device market develop? When will handsets arrive for each technology, and how quickly will shipments increase in 2006-11?
- How will the average selling price and bill of materials develop for 3.5G handsets in 2006-11?
- Which system will win the battle for the notebook-HSPA, EV-DO or WiMAX?
- What’s the business case for mobile broadband via EV-DO, HSDPA and other systems, and how will it impact operator data revenues & ARPU?
- What are the real-world challenges of rolling out mobile broadband systems and services?
- How will the rise of mobile broadband change the strategies of operators and device, infrastructure and chipset suppliers?
- Why are some vendors betting on HSDPA/HSUPA, and others on EV-DOr0/A/B or Mobile WiMAX?
- Which operators and vendors are likely to win in the transition to mobile broadband, and which will lose?
- Can mobile operators expand fixed-mobile substitution from voice to broadband data?
- How will fixed broadband operators respond as mobile operators move into broadband?
- How will mobile broadcast systems including DVB-H and MediaFLO impact HSPA and EV-DO?
Countries / Sectors / Companies covered
Operators:
- Cingular Wireless
- Vodafone
- Sprint
- Nextel
- Verizon Wireless
- T-Mobile
- SK Telecom
- KDDI
Equipment Vendors:
- Alcatel
- Ericsson
- Lucent
- Motorola
- Nokia
- Nortel
- Siemens
Chipset Vendors:
- Qualcomm
- Ericsson Mobile Platform
- Freescale Semiconductor
- Texas Instruments
- Qualcomm
- Agere Systems
Who should read this report
Mobile and fixed broadband operators and service providers:
- Understand the challenges, costs and benefits associated with the new technologies
- Analyse partnership opportunities with equipment suppliers
- Examine major competitor strategies
Infrastructure vendors and equipment suppliers:
- Assess operator demand
- Identify new markets for expansion
- Understand competitors' positioning and product differentiation
Device Manufacturers: handset, chipset, broadband PC card and notebook vendors:
- Assess the potential for industry demand for competing /complementary technologies
- Understand operators' migration strategies
Mobile software & operating system providers:
- Assess market opportunity and discover in which direction to head development
Consultants, analysts and the financial industry:
- Comprehensive analysis to support sensible recommendations, investments and business decisions.
