I enclose details of our latest telecommunications equipment rreport. This unique, comprehensive study on all of the components that make up the solutions for mobile operators market worldwide: networks, platforms and handsets will provide you with precise information on:
The market: - infrastructures: market evaluation up to 2007 by technology and by region, in value and number of units (BTS, Node Bs, BSC, MSC, GGSN, SGSN), and by operator for Europe; - platforms: market evaluation up to 2007 by type of platform and by region, in value (SMSc, MMSc, LBS, etc?); - handsets: evaluation of the world market up to 2007 by type of terminal, in value (smartphones, imaging, voice-centric?). The top 40 manufacturers and solutions providers - analysis of strategic positioning, of their portfolio, partnerships, customers and contracts; financial results and turnover broken down by sector. The sector?s evolution throughout 2003 - What prospects for a market in search for grounding? - Handsets: slight rise in volume, but stagnant value on the main markets - Middleware Platforms: segment enjoying high growth, but with limited impact on the sector overall - Infrastructures: still negative forecasts for the short term Players facing major challenges, threats and opportunities: Mobile operators - Challenge: cutting operating expenditures (OPEX) via outsourcing, managed services agreements? - Partnerships with suppliers for developing mobile services (MMS, LBS?) Manufacturers - The search for higher margins through offering network services for operators - Partnership initiatives on the application development market - Emergence of Asian manufacturers: the success of Samsung, and Chinese producers? growing prominence on their home market (TCL For a complete index of this report click on http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/42805 Report Index: 1. Executive summary 11 1.1. Network infrastructure markets 12 1.2. Middleware and software platform markets 15 1.3. Mobile handsets 16 1.4. Supplier market shares 18 2. Network infrastructure 19 2.1. Norms and standards 19 2.1.1. Introduction 19 2.1.2. Overview of 2G standard families 22 2.1.3. Transition from 2G to 3G 25 2.1.4. 3G standa 28 2.2. Supplier strategies 33 2.2.1. Alliances and industrial agreements 33 2.2.2. Status of development 40 2.2.3. Main contracts 47 2.2.4. Market share 55 2.3. Market estimates 58 2.3.1. Introduction 58 2.3.2. World market estimates 60 2.3.3. Americas market estimates 63 2.3.4. Europe market estimates 75 2.3.5. China market estimates 93 2.3.6. Japan market estimates 96 2.3.7. Market estimates for the rest of the world 99 3. Middleware and software platforms 103 3.1. Main services network platforms 103 3.1.1. Intelligent Network, SMSC, MMSC, Prepaid platforms, LBS platforms, Presence Management, Streaming platforms, Unified Messaging 103 3.1.2. Value chain ? agreements and ?go to market? 113 3.1.3. Main contracts 120 3.2. Main architecture and structuring initiatives in the middleware and network platform market 124 3.2.1. The emerging ?service creation environment? concept 124 3.2.2. Architectural concepts in the mobile advanced services market 125 3.2.3. Development languages in the mobile network operator community 127 3.2.4. OSS and billing platforms 129 3.2.5. Middleware and software platform supplier strategies 134 3.3. Principles of methodology used for market estimation 138 3.4. Market estimates 139 4. Mobile handsets 143 4.1. Mobile handset architecture 143 4.1.1. Overview of mobile handset architecture 143 4.1.2. Main software suppliers 145 4.1.3. Main hardware suppliers 147 4.2. OS and embedded applications 148 4.2.1. Evolutions of mobile handsets' operating systems 148 4.2.2. Example of applications 151 4.2.3. Standardizations initiatives at the applications level 154 4.3. Evolutions of the value chain 159 4.3.1. Handset manufacturers' value chain 159 4.3.2. Evolution trends 160 4.4. Market assessment 165 4.4.1. Introduction 165 4.4.2. World market estimates 167 4.4.3. North America market estimates 167 4.4.4. Western Europe market estimates 168 4.4.5. Japan market estimates 168 4.4.6. China market estimates 169 4.4.7. Rest of the World market estimates 169 4.4.8. World market shares 170 Figures Figure 1: Network infrastructure markets 12 Figure 2: Number of base stations installed worldwide in number of units, 2002 - 2007 13 Figure 3: Yearly shipment mix evolution, 2002-2007, RAN equipment 14 Figure 4: World mobile middleware and software platforms 2002-2007 (in millions of USD) 15 Figure 5: World market estimates for mobile handsets 2001-2007 (in millions of USD) 16 Figure 6: Mobile handset units worldwide as of the end of 2001-2007 (in millions) 17 Figure 7: Generations of mobile telephony 19 Figure 8: 3GPP organization 21 Figure 9: 3GPP2 organization 22 Figure 10: GSM architecture 23 Figure 11: Paths for migrating 2G cellular networks 25 Figure 12: GPRS architecture 26 Figure 13: CDMA2000 1x architecture 27 Figure 14: Allocation of frequencies for IMT-2000 by geographical zone 29 Figure 15: UMTS architecture in Phase 1 30 Figure 16 : UMTS architecture in Phase 2 31 Figure 17 : UMTS architecture in Phase 3 31 Figure 18: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network architecture 32 Figure 19: CDMA2000 1X/1xEV-DV network architecture 32 Figure 20: Main 3G technological agreements 35 Figure 21: World GSM base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 55 Figure 22: World CDMA base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 56 Figure 23: World W-CDMA base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 57 Figure 24: Mobile IN archi 104 Figure 25: SMS Architecture 105 Figure 26: MMS service architecture 106 Figure 27: Unified Messaging diagram 107 Figure 28: IN-based Prepaid solution architecture 108 Figure 29: General LBS network architecture 110 Figure 30: LBS platform composition 110 Figure 31: Presence management network architecture 111 Figure 32: Mobile streaming architecture 112 Figure 33: The location-based services value-chain 113 Figure 34: Webraska?s go to market strategy 115 Figure 35: OSA conceptual model 126 Figure 36: Markup Language Family Tree 128 Figure 37: Billing system functional diagram 130 Figure 38: Microsoft?s Internet services strategy 134 Figure 39: Microsoft ?service engine?vision 135 Figure 40: IBM?s ?service brokerage? concept 136 Figure 41: Nokia?s standardization initiatives 137 Figure 42: Mobile handset architecture 144 Figure 43: TCS2600 chipset from Texas Instrument for multimedia smartphones 147 Figure 44: Impacts of market condition changes on the evolution of mobile handsets' operating systems 148 Figure 45: Evolution of OS platform functionalities 149 Figure 46: Examples of applications in the Series 60 152 Figure 47: Overview diagram of UIQ and Symbian 152 Figure 48: Examples of applications in the UIQ 2.0 153 Figure 49: Examples of applications in Smartphone 2002 154 Figure 50: OMA positioning 155 Figure 51: OMA organizatio 157 Figure 52: OMA standard release program 157 Figure 53: Structure of the traditional handset manufacturers' value chain 159 Figure 54: Evolution factors on the design phase 160 Figure 55: Evolution factors on the assembly phase 160 Figure 56: Evolution factors on the marketing and distribution phase 161 Figure 57: The share of telecom components integrated in the handsets tends to decrease 164 Figure 58: Methodology used for market assessment 165 Tables Table 1: World mobile telecom equipment market, 2002-2007 11 Table 2: World mobile telecom equipment manufacturers top 20, based on FY 2002 (IDATE estimates) 18 Table 3: IMT-2000 air interf 28 Table 4: Qualcomm?s authorized CDMA infrastructure suppliers 33 Table 5: Huawei partners 34 Table 6: Intellectual property agreements in 2002 37 Table 7: Technological cooperation agreements in 2002 38 Table 8: Industrial agreements in 2002 39 Table 9: Status of development and description of WCDMA solutions 40 Table 10: Status of development and description of CDMA2000 solutions 44 Table 11: Main customers per geographical areas per manufacturer 47 Table 12: 2002 main wireless network infrastructure contracts 48 Table 13: World GSM base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 55 Table 14: World CDMA base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 56 Table 15: World W-CDMA base station estimated market shares, end year 2002 57 Table 16: Price per unit estimates, Infrastructure, 2002-2007 58 Table 17: Price per unit estimates, Infrastructure, 2002-2007 (variation) 59 Table 18: World market estimates of infrastructure2002-2007 60 Table 19: Infrastructure units at end of the year 2002-2007 in installed bases worldwide 61 Table 20: Incremental infrastructure units installed yearly worldwide 2003-2007 62 Table 21: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in installed bases in the Americas 2002-2007 63 Table 22: Infrastructure units as at the end of the year in the Americas as a percentage of world total, 2002-2007 64 Table 23: Incremental units installed yearly in the Americas, 2003-2007 65 Table 24: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in the USA in installed bases, 2002-2007 66 Table 25: Infrastructure units as at the end of the year in the USA as a percentage of world total, 2002-2007 67 Table 26: Incremental units installed yearly in the USA, 2003-2007 68 Table 27: Infrastructure units as at the end of the year in installed bases in Canada, 2002-2007 - 69 Table 28: Infrastructure units as at the end of the year in Canada as percentage of world total, 2002-2007 70 Table 29: Incremental units installed yearly in Canada, 2003-2007 71 Table 30: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in installed bases in Latin America, 2002-2007 72 Table 31: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Latin America as a percentage of world total, 2002-2007 73 Table 32: Incremental units installed yearly in Latin America 2003-2007 74 Table 33: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Europe in installed bases, 2002-2007 75 Table 34: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Europe as percentage of world total, 2002-2007 76 Table 35: Incremental units installed yearly in Europe, 2003-2007 77 Table 36: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Western Europe in installed bases, 2002-2007 78 Table 37: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Western Europe as percentage of world total, 2002-2007 79 Table 38: Incremental units installed yearly in Western Europe, 2003-2007 80 Table 39: Projected number of base-station cells by operator & technology in Western Europe, 2002-2007 81 Table 40: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in installed bases in Eastern Europe, 2002-2007 83 Table 41: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year as percentage of world total in Eastern Europe, 2002-2007 84 Table 42: Incremental units installed yearly in Eastern Europe, 2003-2007 85 Table 43: Projected Number of Base-station Cells, By Operator & Technology, Eastern Europe, 2002-2007 85 Table 44: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in installed bases in Russia, 2002-2007 90 Table 45: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year as percentage of world total in Russia, 2002-2007 - 91 Table 46: Incremental units installed yearly in Russia, 2003-2007 92 Table 47: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in installed bases in China, 2002-2007 93 Table 48: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year as percentage of world total in China, 2002-2007 94 Table 49: Incremental units installed yearly in China, 2003-2007 95 Table 50: Infrastructure units as at the end of the year in installed bases in Japan,j 2002-2007 96 Table 51: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in Japan as percentage of world total, 2002-2007 97 Table 52: Incremental units installed yearly in Japan, 2003-2007 98 Table 53: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in the rest of the world in installed bases, 2002-2007 99 Table 54: Infrastructure units as of the end of the year in the rest of the world as percentage of world total, 2002-2007 100 Table 55: Incremental units installed yearly in the rest of the world, 2003-2007 101 Table 56: Panorama of location technologies 109 Table 57: Order of performances required for audio and video applications 112 Table 58: Main partnerships in LBS sector 114 Table 59: Leading presence management solution providers 116 Table 60: Leading multimedia mobile solutions providers 117 Table 61: IN agreements per provider by geographical zone 120 Table 62: MMS agreements by MMSC provider and geographical zone 121 Table 63: Prepaid platforms agreements by provider and geographical zone 122 Table 64: LBS agreements by LBS platforms provider and geographical zone 123 Table 65: Streaming platforms agreements by provider and geographical zone 124 Table 66: World services and software platforms market (million USD) 139 Table 67: America services and software platforms market (million USD) 139 Table 68: Europe services and software platforms market (million USD) 140 Table 69: China services and software platforms market (million USD) 140 Table 70: Japan services and software market (million USD) 141 Table 71: Rest of the world services and software market (million USD) 141 Table 72: Main Java application providers 145 Table 73: Examples of applications included in the Series 60 Platform 2.1 151 Table 74: Examples of applications included in UIQ 2.0 153 Table 75: Examples of applications included in Smartphone 2002 154 Table 76: OMA status (February 2003) 158 Table 77: Examples of EMS companies and contracts with traditional manufacturers 161 Table 78: List of the main ODMs 162 Table 79: World mobile subscribers evolution 2001-2007 (Million) 165 Table 80: Mobile service users per technology, 2001-2007 ? North America 166 Table 81: Mobile service users per technology, 2001-2007 ? Western Europe 166 Table 82: Mobile subscribers per technology, 2001-2007 ? Japan 166 Table 83: Mobile service users per technology, 2001-2007 ? China 166 Table 84: Mobile subscribers per technology, 2001-2007 ? RoW 167 Table 85: World market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 167 Table 86: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? World (Million) 167 Table 87: North America market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 167 Table 88: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? North America (Million) 167 Table 89: Western Europe market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 168 Table 90: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? Western Europe (Million) 168 Table 91: Japan market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 168 Table 92: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? Japan (Million) 168 Table 93: China market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 169 Table 94: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? China (Million) 169 Table 95: RoW market estimates, mobile handsets 2001-2007 (Million USD) 169 Table 96: Mobile handset units as at the end of the year, 2001-2007 ? 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