Daily News 2005/12/12

Income from mobile phone ring service in China to reach 17,000,000,000 RMB in 2010

According to a research report form Credit Suisse First Boston, by the year 2010, business income from mobile phone ring service will reach 17,000,000,000 RMB, and will reach 30,000,000,000 RMB by 2015. In 2004 the income was 2,500,000,000 RMB.
At present, the sales income from mobile phone ring service in China accounts for 0.6% of the, while that of developed countries accounts for 0.14% of the GDP. The report says the pirate issues, large number of mobile phone users, and quick upgrading of service will all enhance the increase of business income.

Send-off of CPE going up by 8%, while the income from it going down by 5% in the 3rd quarter of 2005

According to the latest report from Infonetics, in the third quarter of 2005 the income from broadband CPE amounted to 1,200,000,000 USD, a decrease of 5% than that in the second quarter. The send-off increased by 8%, amounting to 28,800,000 sets. It is anticipated that by 2008 the income will reach 4,600,000,000 USD.

In the third quarter, the business income from broadband CPE that supports voice technology (ADSL IAD, EMTA and voice terminal adapter) amounted to 188,400,000 USD, which is the best record up until now, 2% more than that of the second quarter. With more and more consumers turning to VoIP, annual income from CPE will increase at a rate of 123% during 2004~2008.
Achievements in the 3rd quarter of 2005:

• D-Link beat Cisco-Linksys to be No.1 on the broadband CPT market, followed by Cisco-Linksys and Motorala.
• In North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, the income from broadband CPE decreased, while in Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and CALA, the income increased（North America 37%, EMEA 28%, CALA 6%）; by 2008 the Asia-pacific region will be the hottest region for such service.

Sales income from VoIP exceeding that from traditional telephone for the first time

According to the latest report released by Synergy Research Group, in the 3rd quarter, Cisco beat all the other traditional IP PBX and TDM providers to be the No.1 in world voice market.

As the world largest provider of IP telephone, Cisco has sold over 6,000,000 IP telephones all over the world. It has over 30,000 users of enterprise voice service in the world, including 80 major ones who deployed over 5000 IP telephones. Cisco is replacing about 12,000 traditional telephones a day.

In 2004, IP-based voice telecom accounts for 8% of the 42,300,000,000 telecom lines all over the world. With more and more enterprises replacing traditional telecom system with the data-voice integration telecom system, the above-mentioned percentage will increase correspondingly, and by the year 2007, the market of IP-based voice telecom will be 4 times as large as the existing one. By then the investment in this field will probably reach 5,300,000,000 USD.