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China's Telecom and Handset Markets

 

China Handset Market

Press Release: THT Research: Japanese Mobile Phone Makers Locked out of China (January 8, 2007) Download

Whitepaper: China's Mobile Phone Market: Market barriers for Japanese vendors (March 2007, abbreviated version)   Download Free!

Whitpaper: China's Mobile Phone Market: Market barriers for Japanese Vendors (April 2007, extended version)
 

Table of Contents

Trouble in the World’s Fastest Growing Market 3
Unique Market 3
Table 1. Top 3 Mobile Phone Brands in China vs. Japanese brands, (2004, 2005 units sold) 4
Market Mistakes 4
Misunderstood Failure 6
NEC 6
Table 2.   Table: NEC China Handset Sales, 2001-2006 (predominantly GSM models) 8
Toshiba 8
Table 3.  Toshiba China Handset Sales, 2001-2006 (predominantly CDMA models)  9
Mitsubishi 10
Table 4. Mitsubishi China Handset Sales, 2001-2005 (predominantly GSM models) 11
Panasonic 11
Table 5. Panasonic China Handset Sales, 2001-2006 (predominantly GSM models) 12
Sony Ericsson 13
Conslusions 14
Appendix:   Mitsubishi, Panasonic, and Toshiba China Distribution Systems 15
Table 6.  2004 China Handset Sales (units: 10,000), by nation-wide distributor 15
Table 7.  2004 Home Appliance Sales, by distributor (units: 10,000)  15
Table 8.  2004 Handset Retail Chain Sales (units: 10,000) 16
Table 9.  2004 Regional channels (units 10,000) 16
Table 10.  2004 Revenue from nation-wide distributors (unit: RMB 10,000 Yuan):  16
Table 11.  2004 Revenue from home appliances  17
Table 12. 2004 Revenue from Handset Retail Chains 17
Table 13.  2004 Revenue from Regional channels  17
Table 14.  2005 Sales by Nation-wide Distributor (unit: 10000)  18
Table 15. 2005 Sales by Home Appliance Chain  18
Table 16.  2005 Sales by Handset Retail Chain  19
Table 17.  2005 Sales by Regional Channels  19
Table 18.  2005 Revenue by Nation-wide distributor (unit: RMB 10000 Yuan) 19
Table 19.  2005 Revenue by Home Appliance Retailer 20
Table 20. 2005 Revenue by Handset Retail Chain  20
Table 21.  2005 Revenue by Regional Channel 21
Table 22.  Weaknesses of Distribution Systems and Contribution to Market Failure  21

 
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China Wireless Telecom Market
Whitepaper:  EDGE in China, 2007-2010 (April 2007)
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Table of Contents
Uncertainty on the Path to 3G in China 3
China Wireless Networks
4
Table 1. Wireless Networks Operated in China
4
The Competition: TD-SCDMA 5
Table 2. Major winners of China Mobile TD-SCDMA Equipment Bid
5
The Competition: CDMA in China 6
Table 3. China GSM/GPRS vs. CDMA coverage, year-end 2006
6
China Unicom vs China Mobile
7
Table 4: EDGE (GSM) vs. CDMA 1x (CDMA) Technology Implementation in China
7
Table 5: PC Card Wireless Internet Speed
8
China Mobile: EDGE Development 8
Table 6: GSM Network Development in China
8
Geographic Distribution of EDGE Service
10
China's EDGE Market 12
Table 7. EDGE Users in China: 2005-2009
12
EDGE Products in China 13
Table 8. EDGE handsets: 2005-2006
13
Table 9. EDGE Wireless PC Cards: 2005-2006
13
Table 10. China Wireless PC Card Sales: 2006
14
China Mobile EDGE Services Offered (2005 - 2007)
14
China EDGE Services Case Study: Guangdong Province
15
Table 11. Types of EDGE Services offered in Guangdong Province
15
EDGE Usage Outside of Official EDGE Coverage Areas
16
Table 12: China Mobile GPRS Subscription Options
17
Table 13: Mobile VoIP Service Fees 18
China EDGE User Profile 18
Table 14. China EDGE User Groups 18
China Mobile 2006 Operating Results
19
Table 15. China Mobile Operating Results, 2005-2006 20
Table 16. China Mobile Revenue by Service, 2006 22
Conclusions 23
About THT Research 25
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GreenTech

 

Solar Energy in China

Press Release   THT Research: China Ramping Up Polysilicon Production: Seeks Solar Energy Raw Material Independence.  (March 26, 2007)

Whitepaper: China`s solar energy industry: Polysilicon 2007-2011 (March 2007)

Table of Contents

Equipment acquisition: 1985-1990  3
Technology advances: 1990-2000  4
2000: Rapid growth and development of solar energy supply chain   4
Table 1: China solar cell capacity year-end 2006     4
Global polysilicon industry overview  6
China polysilicon industry overview  6
Table 2. China polysilicon capacity (2006) 7
Table 3. China polysilicon production and demand, 2004-2006 (tons)  7
Development potential of China polysilicon industry 8
Table 4. China polysilicon vendors’ production (tons): 2004-2011  9
Table 5. Polysilicon construction plans and planned capacity (2004-2011) 9
Conclusions  10

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Whitepaper: China’s Solar Energy Industry: Wafers, Ingots, Solar Cell Accessories, and Applications 2007  (forthcoming, April 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

Taiwan International Photovoltaic Forum & Exhibition

 

 

 

Auto-Electronics

 

Whitepaper: China's GPS Market:  Turning a Corner

Table of Contents:
GPS Turning a Corner in China 3
International Trends 4
Table 1: Global 2004-2010 GPS Receiver Shipments 5
China's pre-installed GPS market 5
Table 2: China's Pre-Installed GPS Market and Growth Rate, 2004-2010 6
After-Sale Market 7
Table 3:  2004-2010 China after-sale in-car GPS shipment and growth rate. 7
Portable or Hand-held Market 8
Table 4. 2004-1010 China portable or hand-held GPS device sales and growth rate 9
GPS Tracking Systems 9
Table 5. 2004-2010 China car tracking system sales and growth rate 10
Electronic Mapping 10
Conclusions 12
Table 6. Pre-installed In-Car Systems by Country 12
Appendix 13
Table 7. List of GPS device manufacturers 13
About THT Research 14

 

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