Global Mobile Sourcebook - Fifth Edition

SUMMARY

Thoroughly updated for 2003, this unique reference source is your essential guide to the international mobile markets of today and tomorrow.

Global Mobile Sourcebook is a comprehensive mobile directory and reference source, providing you with facts, figures, profiles and contact details on the mobile industry worldwide.

Now in its 5th Edition, the Sourcebook is a leading publication from the editors of Global Mobile newsletter, the industry's first choice for accurate, up-to the minute business intelligence, designed to allow you to access the information you need quickly and easily.

If you need data on individual markets or world regions, Global Mobile Sourcebook profiles:

Countries

• Four comprehensive tables ranking the top 100 countries worldwide by total subscribers, penetration and growth to end-2002, enabling you to assess, in one glance, the leading countries and markets growing at the highest rate
• Over 200 summary tables detailing total subscribers, annual growth, regional market shares and net additions from 1993 to June 2001 enabling you to track developing trends and evaluate up-to-the minute figures for 197 countries around the world
• Nine tables detailing subscribers, 1994-2003, by technology, for individual markets, regions and worldwide
• Detailed country profiles, comprising of:
  1. In-depth introduction – population size, area, GDP, currency and capital
  2. Mobile markets assessment, including details of regulators and operators

Operators

• Two detailed tables ranking national and international players by subscriber numbers, enabling you to identify the top players at one glance, and assess their performance over the past financial year
• International operator summaries – profiles of the 27 largest players in the market, providing an insight into their global cellular interests and calculating their equity subscriber numbers, enabling you to assess 'who owns whom' in this rapidly changing market
• Detailed operator profiles, listed by country, giving you:
  1. Address contact details and website
  2. Company ownership details and percentage
  3. Network data, detailing 1G, 2G plus and 2.5G service information, illustrating technology, launch and vendor PLUS 3G information covering licence, launch date and vendor
• Contact information for all major regulators, including addresses, telephone, fax numbers and websites details.

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Who should buy this report?

The depth of information and wide coverage of this report make it an essential reference and strategic tool for senior executives working for:

• Operators – identify new investment prospects and find out where you and your competitors ranked at end-2002
• Vendors – assess market size and growth and identify new opportunities for your company, especially in the burgeoning 2.5G and 3G markets
• Service providers and applications developers – find out when and where the 2.5G and 3G networks are launching, opening up new markets for your products
• Content providers – evaluate where the major markets for new mobile content services will be over the next year or two
• Analysts and consultants – gain a clear, detailed overview of industry development over the past 9 years, analyse market growth and identify areas for profitable investment in this exciting industry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Subscriber data

Chapter 1 Rankings

• Top 100 countries ranked by subs (end-02)
• Top 100 countries ranked by penetration (end-02)
• Top 100 countries ranked by total net adds in 2002
• Top 100 countries ranked by cellular market growth in 2002
• Top 100 operators ranked by subs (end-02)
• Top 100 national operators ranked by subs (end-02)
• Top 100 national operators ranked by growth in 2002
• Top 100 national operators ranked by net adds in 2002

Chapter 2 Summaries (1994-2002)

• Totals for global, regions and all countries:
  • Total cellular subs
  • Cellular net additions
  • Cellular growth (%)
  • Penetration (%)
  • Technical summary - digital cellular subs
  • GSM subscribers
  • CDMA subscribers
  • AMPS/CDMA subscribers
  • TDMA subscribers
  • TDMA/CDMA subscribers
  • PDC subscribers
  • 3G (CDMA 1xEV-DO and WCDMA) subscribers
• Country summaries:
  • Asia Pacific
  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Caribbean
  • Africa
  • Middle East

Chapter 3 International operators

• AT&T
• Bell Canada
• BellSouth
• Cable & Wireless
• T-Mobile
• Hutchison
• KPN Telecom
• Millicom International Cellular
• mmO2
• MSI
• NTT DoCoMo
• Orange
• Orascom
• Portugal Telecom
• SBC
• Singapore Telecom
• Sonera
• Telecom Italia Mobile
• Tele Danmark
• Telefonica
• Telekom Malaysia
• Telenor
• Telesystem International Wireless
• Telia
• Verizon
• Vodafone Group
• Western Wireless
• Part Two: Directory listings

Chapter 4 Asia Pacific

• 37 countries

Chapter 5 Western Europe

• 27 countries

Chapter 6 Eastern Europe

• 20 countries

Chapter 7 North America

• 3 countries

Chapter 8 Latin America

• 21 countries

Chapter 9 Caribbean

• 24 countries

Chapter 10 Africa

• 48 countries

Chapter 11 Middle East

• 17 countries

Index for chapters 4-11

• Countries
• Operators
• Regulators