China to become the world's largest mobile market in 2002

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Wireless Developer Network - Daily News

China to become the world's largest mobile market in 2002

URL(s): www.wirelessworldforum.com/china.html

Despite reports midway through this year that China had surpassed the USA in terms of mobile phone subscribers, a new report by Wireless World Forum reveals that China is still some 40 million subscribers short of that target. However at current growth rates, China is expected to take the number one position by mid 2002.

By the end of this year the reports estimates the number of subscribers in China to rise to 111 million, representing a year-on-year growth of some 42 million users. The market far from being saturated - will only just touch 9 percent, compared to 50-70% across most of Western Europe.

Graham Brown, executive partner at Wireless World Forum comments "The Chinese market is certainly awakening. The introduction of pre-pay, lack of fixed line deployment and massive infrastructure investment by both Chinese and foreign telecommunications companies are all factors conducive to the creation of one of the most important wireless markets in the world within 3-5 years. What China represents is a huge opportunity for mobile data services - take SMS for example, in the UK we hit 1 billion messages last month, now imagine the potential in a country 20 times the size."

The report is aimed at providing readers with an upto date overview of the Chinese wireless market enabling them to make informed decisions on the opportunities that China offers as a potential strategic market for their organisation, their products and their services.

Wireless in China is available at www.wirelessworldforum.com/china.html

About Wireless World Forum (W2F) W2F provides competitive market intelligence for the wireless industry. Established by the founders of The WAP Group, Graham Brown and Josh Dhaliwal, W2F runs a subscription-based membership service offering global market statistics, executive contacts and vendor information for wireless, Bluetooth, SMS, WAP, iMode & 3G. Since launch end of September 2001, W2F has over nearly 500 members from 42 countries worldwide.

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