China Telecoms Market Research, Key P_layer_s & Opportunities Now Available You may not be familiar with the range of China related telecoms publications, management reports, market research, CD-Rom's and related materials now available at <http://www.telecoms-i.com/ Telecoms-i.com is the only community for the telecoms business development professional live on the Internet.  This unique site features a rich mix of telecoms industry news, tenders, contracts, project updates, programme news, an events diary, the latest market research, discussion forums, e-commerce centres, and much more... Please take a few minutes to look through the _title_s currently listed as follows : - CHINA TELECOMS MARKET RESEARCH NOW AVAILABLE - Available now at <http://www.telecoms-i.com/ are the following _title_s. Reports, market research, and CD-_base_d products on start as low as £200 Telecommunications in China Report China needs foreign technology and equipment; also to be a truly global p_layer_, a telecommunications company must be a p_layer_ in the vast Chinese telecom market which offers huge profit-making potential.  While balancing the desire to attract capital and be considered a forward-looking nation and a built-in desire to protect its own market, China has quickly grown into one of the largest telecom markets.  It is not a market without risks, however, as China Unicom CCF investors have recently discovered.  This report takes a close look at the policies that have resulted in one of the fastest and largest telecom build-out programs the world has ever seen. Report Contents: Executive Summary De_script_ion State of the Marketplace Market Trends Web _link_s Pricing: £250 Communications Market Analysis of China - A complete review of the Chinese Communications Market Pricing: £195 Pacific Rim ISPs: State of the Marketplace Report The countries of the Pacific Rim continue to build out Internet infrastructure despite a downturn in the regional economy. Internet capability is now seen as essential to progress, and the penalties of holding up development are too great.  Therefore, although the ambitious projects of yesterday have been shelved, development still continues at a reasonable rate.  Drivers include educational and consumer needs, consumer demand, and the growing importance of e-commerce.  To make this possible, telecommunications infrastructure needs to be improved, more ISPs need to be established, and telecommunications regulations must be changed.  As in other parts of the world, the less regulated markets have generally thrived, while regulated markets have moved more slowly (excepting the special case of China), so there are a number of movements to increase competition in both telecommunications and Internet markets throughout the area. Report Contents: Executive Summary De_script_ion State of the Marketplace Market Leaders Market Trends Web _link_s Keywords: ISP, internet Pricing: £215 Communications Companies Analysis - Operators - China Telecom - Comprehensive and independent analysis of China Telecom (102 pages) Pricing: £195 Emerging Network Operators - China Unicom Report - Comprehensive and independent analysis of China Unicom (60 pages) Pricing: £195 The Telecommunications Services Market in Hong Kong This updated report on the continuing development of the telecoms services market in Hong Kong deals largely with ongoing developments in the sector as it continues to emerge in the SAR.  The report deals with both foreign companies in the sector, local developments and market demands for telecoms services. The report covers FTNS, IDD, pager and mobile communications in Hong Kong.  The Hong Kong international direct dial (IDD) market is highly lucrative and was thrown open to competition in January 1999. Initial reaction by the major IDD p_layer_, HK Telecom, was to cut the cost of calls to its main markets by up to 30%. Since then a general price war has ensued. Hong Kong's telecoms services sector employs approximately 35,780 staff and saw an annual investment of HK$13.954 billion in 1998/1999.  In 2000 several companies, including SmarTone and City Telecom, are entering the FTNS market through the adoption of local multipoint distribution system (LMDS) technology. China now has over 30 million mobile phone subscribers with take-up rates accelerating annually.  The IDD market was liberalised in early 1999. The initial reaction has been for price cutting with HK Telecom making cuts of up to 30% and new IDD p_layer_s such as City Telecom (HK) cutting its rate to the USA to HK65 cents a minute, approximately one-tenth the HK Telecom rate.  Total mobile subscriber numbers now reach 3.60 million accounting for a penetration rate of 47%. Core Contents of Report: The total size of the telecoms services market in Hong Kong in value and volume across FTNS, IDD and mobile sectors. Sub-sector breakdowns by service type and expenditure by narrow type. In-depth data on mobile subscribers by service provider. Market shares of telecoms services by sector. Mobile phone, IDD and FTNS pricing and fee restructuring as well as handset prices. Discussion of current issues including legislation affecting the market, telecoms litigation, broadband development, tunnel charges, new FTNS licenses. Analysis of the likely effects of WAP and 3G technology, the break up of China Telecom and the effects of the new p_layer_s in the market. The consumer market in terms of consumer profiles, debt and customer service as well as consumer attitudes to service levels and IDD pricing wars. Over 30 domestic and foreign companies profiled. Advertising and marketing trends within the industry as well as data on consumer purchasing, distribution and retailing. SWOT analysis on Hong Kong's telecoms services industry and market. Full forecasts 2000-2004 Company Coverage of Report: 1511 3Fusion British Telecommunications Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless HKT CCT Telecom China Online China Telecom (HK) City Telecom HK CM Telecom e-Kong Group Global One Hong Kong Cable Television Hutchison Telecom IMagic Infomedia Interactive Telecom Level 3 Mandarin Communications MCI WorldCom New World Telephone New T&T Northgate Communications One Tel Orange PCCW-HKT Pearl Oriental Cyberforce Peninsula Hotels Peoples SmarTone Mobile Communications Sunday Telaporta China Contact China Contact is a series of market analysis reports covering consumer, industrial and service sector markets in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.  The reports are produced in conjunction with a range of Chinese information providers, many of whose data has never been available in English previously. China Contact provides information on over 100 markets and sectors and are regularly updated. Complimenting the reports are China Contact Company Profiles, in-depth profiles of China's leading conglomerates, red chips and SOEs.  For further details contact SMi. Pricing: £1,000 Telecommunications Services in China: A Market Analysis Report This report on the continuing development of the telecoms services market in China deals largely with ongoing developments in the sector as it continues to emerge in the PRC.  The report deals with both foreign companies in the sector, local developments and market demands for telecoms services. The report covers FTNS, IDD, pager and mobile communications in China. Key Facts covered by this Report By 1999 the number of exchange lines had reached 148 million with a penetration rate of 11.4% an over 100 million users. Additionally, since 1996 over 1.36 million public telephones were added.  At present China Telecom is the only operator permitted to provide international telecommunications services. The number of IDD lines increased rapidly in 1999 over 1998 to 17.1 million lines.  The Chinese paging industry has been suffering as mobile phones have become cheaper therefore supplanting the role of pagers. However, there are still over 70 million pager subscribers. China now has over 30 million mobile phone subscribers with take-up rates accelerating annually. Core Contents of this Report The total size of the telecoms services market in China in value and volume across FTNS, IDD, pager and mobile sectors. Sub-sector breakdowns by service type and expenditure by narrow type. In-depth data on mobile subscribers by service provider, province and region. Market shares of telecoms services by sector. Mobile phone, IDD and FTNS pricing and fee restructuring. Discussion of current issues including legislation affecting the market, MII developments piracy, number shortages, ISDN, advertiser-sponsored services, unified standards, satellites, emergency services and telephone directories. Analysis of the likely effects of WTO entry, the break up of China Telecom and the effects of the new p_layer_s in the market. The consumer market in terms of consumer profiles, debt and customer service as well as consumer attitudes to service levels. Over 50 domestic and foreign companies profiled. Advertising and marketing trends within the industry as well as data on consumer purchasing, distribution and retailing. SWOT analysis on China's telecoms services industry and market. Full forecasts 2000-2004 Appendices of relevant legislation governing the telecoms industry in China. Company Coverage of this Report: Alcatel AmTec APT Satellite Telecoms AT&T Beijing Huaxun Paging Beijing Mobile Beijing Nokia Beijing Shanzhou Great Wall Beijing Telecom British Telecom Cable & Wireless HKT Capital Online CCT Telecom Holdings China Great Dragon China Mobile (HK) China Mobile Telecom China Motion ChinaNetcom China Telecom  China Telecom Paging China Unicom Chongqing Mobile CITIC Pacific Clarent Corp. CNNIC Comverse Technology Cwill Telecom Datang Technology Deutsche Telekom Eastern Communications (Eastcom) Ericsson China France Telecom Gansu Telecom Gansu Mobile Globalstar Telecom Guangdong Mobile Guangdong Telecom Guangxi Mobile Guizhou Telecom Hebei Century Mobile  Heilongjiang Mobile Henan Telecom Huawei Technologies Hubei Telecom Hunan Mobile Hughes Electronics Hutchison Telecom iBasis Inner Mongolia Telecom International United Online Jiangsu Telecom Jilin Mobile Jilin Telecom Liaoning Mobile Logica Corporation Lucent Technologies China Marconi Communications MII Motorola China Nanjing Putian Telecom New Tel New World Telephone Netmoves  NTT/NTT Docomo Nokia Nortel Networks PhoneRent Shandong Mobile Shanghai Bell Alcatel Shanghai Mobile Shanghai Science & Technology Invetsments Shanghai Telephone BureauShanxi Mobile Shanxi Telecom Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications SingTel StarHub Tianjin Mobile Tibet Mobile Tong Guang-Nortel TS Telecom UTStarcom Xinjiang Telecom Yunnan PTM Pricing: £1,000 Telecommunications Liberalisation in Macau Report Access Asia has published this report on telecoms in Macau as part of the China Contact Market Research report series.  The report covers the market and current state of development and liberalisation of the telecommunications market in Macau.  This report covers the existing basic level of services for FTNS, IDD and mobile telecommunications services as well as profiling those companies with a current presence in the market including the monopoly telco Companhia de Telecomunicações (CTM) and Voldatel Networks. The report also covers the license bidders announced in August 2000 that are competing for the three new telecoms operators licenses. Key Facts in this Report Macau remains a monopoly telecoms market. However, in August 2000 the government announced that it was moving to open up the telecommunications sector, in particular the mobiles sector of the market.  Companhia de Telecomunicações (CTM) is the currently monopoly provider of telecoms. The company has sought to improve the SAR's communications and has installed a network of sophisticated communications equipment, including Asia's first fully digital network.  The Macau government is offering a mobile license to be issued by the government as early as October 2000. There are eight contenders for the three mobile licenses.  Macau's mobile-telephone penetration rate is nearly 30% of the approximately 450,000 population. This compares with Hong Kong's penetration rate of over 50% in 2000. Core Contents of this Report The total number of telephones, connections, new installations and IDD traffic Mobile phone connections and penetration with regional comparisons Company profiles of the existing market p_layer_s Background details on Macau's telecoms liberalisation process and bidders Profiles of all bidders and major consortium members Background information on Macau Contacts list Company coverage in this Report: CTM Hutchison Telecom Kong Seng Paging New World Telephone PCCW Polytex Corporation Singapore Technologies Telemedia SmarTone STDM Sunday Vodatel Networks China Contact Pricing: £500 Communications in China Report Access Asia has published Communications in China as part of the China Contact Market Research report series.  The report covers the market and current state of development of the Internet, telecommunications, various broadband technologies and media content in Mainland China.  1999 was the year that the Internet moved from being a tool used by an elite in China to emerging as a mass-market technology with access greatly increased across the country. However, fears remain about long-term foreign involvement in the sector. Additionally, cable TV, broadband Internet and telephony continue to be major sectors of importance with WTO rapidly approaching.  It is now clear that the new communications technologies are an unstoppable force in Chinese society, propelling sales of PCs, opening up a fledgling e-commerce market and becoming an accepted part of business life. Key Facts in this Report State control remains the most important factor affecting the Chinese communications market. Despite some easing of regulations the telecommunications, Internet and broadcasting industries all remain heavily regulated and with little freedom of movement or development.  However, this is changing as China continues to liberalise and as the government faces the challenge of successful entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This will immediately have ramifications for the telecoms, Internet and broadcasting industries and encourage foreign investment.  It will be five years until China will have open its telecom service market to foreign investment under WTO regulations. China will also open its Internet service provider market before that. Under the regulations China's ISP market will have to be opened to foreign investment by the time the country joins the WTO (expected to be the latter half of 2000). However, restrictions in the broadband sector will remain strict.  Controlled competition will be permitted for fibre optics, coaxial cables, and switching systems with the introduction of equity investment from private investors. However, the Beijing government will retain monopolies in areas that require higher information security.  In general the development of fibre optic broadband systems is coming as a result of government, municipal or regional initiatives. For instance the development of broadband in Shanghai is being organised by the Shanghai Municipal Government and in Guangzhou by the local authorities. However, the authorities are increasingly heading consortiums of local and foreign companies to co-ordinate the work. Core Contents in this Report: Details of social, demographic, political and cultural factor affecting the development of communications in China The Internet market in terms of subscribers, SME and educational users as a % of total subscribers ISP market shares and profiles as well as ISP fees E-commerce expenditure and online advertising markets China's telecoms market by market share and major p_layer_s (FTNS, IDD and mobile), subscriber numbers and revenues The DTH market by penetration levels across cable, fibre optics, ISDN, ADSL, WLL/LMDS & satellite Advertising and marketing trends within the industry Connection & installation pricing Major media content providers in China - market shares and profiles The emergence of CATV in China. Profiles of major companies involved in China's communications market Company Coverage in this Report: 8848 Beijing Magic W3 Networks Beijing Netease Beijing Online Capital Online China Central Television (CCTV) China Infohighway China Internet Corporation (CIC) China Netcom China Telecom China Unicom Guoxin Telecom Eastday Netchina Infotech RenRen Sina Inc Sohu Sparkice Start Soyou Network Tanfo Online Xinhua Xinnet Xinhai S&T Yahoo! China China Contact Pricing: £1,000 - ABOUT US - Want to know how you can get involved?  Interested in promoting your telecoms services to this market? Call Gopesh at +44 (0) 207 827 6000 - PRICING - Reports, market research, and CD-_base_d products on China telecoms start as low as £200.  Most _title_s can be purchased for company-wide use in electronic format. - ORDERING - Ordering is easy.  Order now online at : <http://www.telecoms-i.com/