Current Status and Future Trends of Chinese White-box Tablets, New Report Launched

The growth trends in the global tablet market continue to drive major changes in the consumption patterns of end-market users. Capitalizing their cost competitive edge, Chinese white-box vendors have embraced disruptive pricing strategies and have succeeded in gaining significant market share. However, what makes the low-cost strategy possible has inevitably led to squeezed profitability. How to survive with a low level of profitability and to create niche market demands are key future growth factors for Chinese white-box vendors. This report analyzes Chinese white-box tablet development and examines their future trends.

List of Topics

• Key development trends of Chinese white-box tablet industry and includes white-box tablet specs analysis with breakdowns by screen size, technology type, and price tier
• Major Chinese white-box tablet vendors' market deployment by the number of product launches and customization capacity which is determined by parameters of screen size, screen resolution, network connectivity and the number of application processor partners
• Key future trends of Chinese white-box tablets and challenges facing industry

Spanning over 13 pages, “Current Status and Future Trends of Chinese White-box Tablets” report covering the Correlation between Product Mix and Prices of Chinese White-box Tablets, Analysis of Chinese White-box Tablet Specs, Conclusion, Appendix. The report covered companies are - Aigo, Apple, ASUS, Colorfly, Coship, Cube, Eben, Huawei, Iconia, Intel, Lenovo, Luftco, MIC, Newsmy, Onda, Pado, PiPo, Ployer, Ramos, Teclast, Vido, Youzen

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Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry, 2Q 2014, New Report Launched

This research report presents shipment value forecast and recent quarter review of the Taiwanese IC packaging and testing industry. Companies surveyed in this research are contract manufacturers focusing on IC packaging and testing for IC suppliers around the world. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews, and publicly available information such as corporate financial statements. The report finds that shipment value of the Taiwanese IC packaging and testing industry continued to fall, by 6.9% sequentially, to around US$2.98 billion in the first quarter of 2014. In the second quarter, the industry is projected to see a double-digit growth rate in shipment value. The uptick is expected to continue in the third quarter of 2014.

Spanning over 14 pages, “Taiwanese IC Packaging & Testing Industry, 2Q 2014” report covering the Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry Shipment Value, 4Q 2011 - 3Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry Shipment Value by Service Type, 4Q 2011 - 3Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging Industry Shipment Value , 4Q 2011 - 3Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Testing Industry Shipment Value , 4Q 2011 - 3Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging Industry's Shipment Value Rankings, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging Industry Shipment Value by Vendors' Tier, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Testing Industry's Shipment Value Rankings, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Testing Industry Shipment Value by Vendors' Tier, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging Industry Shipment Value by Shipment Destination, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Packaging Industry Shipment Value Share by Shipment Destination, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Testing Industry Shipment Value by Shipment Destination, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese IC Testing Industry Shipment Value Share by Shipment Destination, 4Q 2011 - 1Q 2014, Exchange Rate, 4Q 2010 - 1Q 2014, Research Scope & Definitions. The report covered companies are - Ardentec, ASE, Chipbond, ChipMOS, FATC, KYEC, OSE, PTI, Sigurd, SPIL, Walton

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The Chinese Smartphone Industry - January 2014 - May 2014, New Report Launched

This report presents a recent review of the Chinese smartphone industry in the first quarter of 2014. The report includes shipment volume of major smartphone branded vendors in China, breakdowns of each vendor's shipment volume share by chipset maker, application processor model, ASP, panel size, and camera pixel. The report also examines major chipset makers' product mix for smartphones sold in China. The report finds that the Chinese smartphone industry's shipment volume slid 15.0% sequentially to around 89.1 million units in the first quarter of 2014, with a total number of 461 models launched during this period. It is noted that the majority of smartphones sold in China were mid-tier models packed with a dual- or quad-core CPU, featuring a 5" or larger screen and over 8M camera pixels, and sold at 700 RMB to 2000 RMB (US$112.4 to US$321; US$1=6.228 RMB). Looking ahead, Xiaomi and Lenovo, both led Apple by less than one percentage point in the first-quarter shipment share, will begin to feel a mounting pressure to keep their current places, as new iPhone products are expected to hit the market in the second half of this year.

Spanning over 55 pages, “The Chinese Smartphone Industry - January 2014 - May 2014” report covering the Chinese Smartphone Shipment Volume, April 2013 - May 2014, Chinese Smartphone Newly Released Models, April 2013 - May 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Volume Share by Operation System, April 2013 - May 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Share by ASP, 1Q 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Share by Panel Size, 1Q 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Share by Camera Pixel, 1Q 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Share by Core Number, 1Q 2014, Chinese Smartphone Vendor's Shipment Volume Rankings, April 2013 - May 2014, Chinese Smartphone Shipment Volume by Vendor, 1Q 2014, Shipment Volume of Application Processors Adopted by Chinese Smartphone Branded Vendors, 1Q 2014, MediaTek's Shipment Volume Share by Application Processor Model, 1Q 2014, Qualcomm's Shipment Volume Share by Application Processor Model, 1Q 2014, Spreadtrm's Shipment Volume Share by Application Processor Model, 1Q 2014, Samsung Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Xiaomi Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Lenovo Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Apple Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, CoolPad Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Huawei Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, ZTE Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Gionee Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Oppo Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Nokia Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, K-Touch Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, HTC Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, BBK Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Hisense Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, AUX Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Koobee Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, TCL Smartphone Shipments in Chinese Market in 1Q 2014, Research Scope & Definitions

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The Taiwanese Server System and Server Motherboard Industries, 2Q 2014, New Report Launched

This research report presents shipment volume and value forecasts and recent quarter review of the Taiwanese server system and server motherboard industries. The report includes server full system, barebone, and motherboard shipment volume, shipment value, ASP, volume and share by maker and by price point, and manufacturer volume ranking. The report analyzes shipment by CPU architecture and CPU count. Production locations, shipment destinations, business types, and customer portfolios are also examined. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with server makers.

The report finds that shipment volume of the Taiwanese server system and motherboard industries grew steadily in the first quarter of 2014, uphold by increasing shipments of white-box and Chinese branded servers. Meanwhile, the combined share of orders placed by branded vendors for Taiwanese makers reduced to 70% in the first quarter of 2014. It is forecast that the industry's shipment volume will decline slightly in the second quarter of 2014 but will see a double-digit year-on-year growth, supported mainly by increasing share of white-box and Chinese branded server orders.

Spanning over 24 pages, “The Taiwanese Server System and Server Motherboard Industries, 2Q 2014” report covering the Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2015, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Value and ASP, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2015, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by Assembly Level, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by Assembly Level, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Manufacturer Volume Ranking, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server System Manufacturer Volume Ranking, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server Motherboard Manufacturer Volume Ranking, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by CPU Architecture, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by CPU Architecture, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by CPU Count, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by CPU Count, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by Form Factor, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by Form Factor, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by Production Location, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by Production Location, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by Shipment Destination, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by Shipment Destination, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Volume by Business Type, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Server (System and Motherboard) Shipment Share by Business Type, 2Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Intelligence Insight, Research Scope & Definitions. The report covered companies are - Amazon, AMD, Facebook, Foxconn, Gigabyte, Intel, Google, HP, Inventec, Microsoft, Mitac, Pegatron, Quanta, Wistron, Wiwynn

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The Taiwanese Mobile Phone Industry, 2Q 2014 - Branded Vendors, New Report Launched

This research report presents mobile phone shipment volume forecast and recent quarter review of major Taiwanese branded vendors. The report includes shipment volume and value, ASP, vendor volume ranking, shipment by brands, and price trend. Also provided are shipment breakdowns by system technology, operating system, display technology, panel size, shipment destination, and production location. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with Taiwanese mobile phone branded vendors. The report finds that Taiwanese branded mobile phone shipmen volume, following the year-end rush in shipments, witnessed doubt-digit decline in the first quarter of 2014.

In the second quarter of 2014, as several Taiwanese branded smartphones have been waiting in the launch pipeline, the industry's shipment volume is expected to reach 9.51 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 9.1% sequentially and 11.4% year-on-year. Affected by Apple's strategically timed rollout schedule for new iPhone in September 2014, it is forecast that shipment volume of Taiwanese branded smartphones alone will top around 9.09 million units in the second half of 2014, down by 37% compared to the first half of 2014.

Spanning over 28 pages,  “The Taiwanese Mobile Phone Industry, 2Q 2014 - Branded Vendors”  report covering the Taiwanese Mobile Phone Shipment Volume, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2015, Taiwanese Mobile Phone Shipment Value and ASP, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2015, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Manufacturer Volume Ranking, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Mobile Phone Branded Vendors' Shipment Volume by Brands, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Mobile Phone Branded Vendors' Shipment Share by Brands, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by System Technology, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by System Technology, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Price Point, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Price Point, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Smartphone Shipment Volume by Operating System, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Smartphone Shipment Share by Operating System, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Display Types, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Display Types, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Panel Size, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Panel Size, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Shipment Destinations, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Shipment Destinations, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Production Locations, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Taiwanese Branded Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Producation Locations, 1Q 2012 - 1Q 2014, Intelligence Insight, Research Scope & Definitions. The report covered companies are - Acer, Apple, ASUS, Foxconn, Gigabyte, HTC, Intel, Lenovo, MediaTek, Samsung.

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Mobile Services Market Report - 73 Shared-Data Offerings Globally That Fall Under Four Core Pricing Models

This is a first report of its kind that looks into shared data plan opportunities, business models and pricing structures.

Shared-data plans for consumers become mainstream in Europe and North America as mobile service providers in other regions test the waters with innovative propositions.

Of 73 shared-data offerings documented globally in the second quarter 2014 by research team, 38 appear in Europe, 6 in Canada and the USA and the remaining 29 in Africa, Asia Pacific , the Middle East and North Africa.

Despite being the world’s most connected region by mobile subscriptions, predominantly prepaid Asia Pacific is yet to see a shift towards data propositions that allow sharing and consumption among multiple devices. Research forecasts that shared-data offerings will take Asia Pacific andLatin Americaby storm as operators are exploring ways to monetise on data services and encourage customers to stay with their provider.

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Driving the global momentum to shared-data propositions is operators’ desire to capitalise on the continuously expanding connected device ecosystem.

According to research, the most popular shared-data plan model allows multiple secondary SIMs, suitable for use in data-only devices such as tablets and dongles, share the inclusive data allowance of a primary SIM’s service plan. Despite this being a popular pricing model across all regions, several European and North American markets also see a comeback of family plans where multiple SIMs of multiple users share a central pool of data, minutes and messages.

About the DataShared Plan Opportunities, Business Models and Pricing Strategies report looks in detail at the shared-data plan opportunity, business models and pricing structures. The report published in PowerPoint is accompanied by a comprehensive tracker of 73 shared-data offerings and their specifics.

Business Process Management (BPM) Markets to Reach $10 Billion By 2020 Finds New Report

As people move to cloud computing and use their smart phones and tablets to access apps, exception management of business process becomes a significant aspect of doing business. Patterns are being used to control automated process better and interact with it in a more flexible manner, utilizing templates to control the repeatability of model creation.

Systems business process management software are providing automated process for achieving the ability to connect people across applications. Within the siloed lines of business BPM software capability extends the reach of everyone, it extends the access to information needed to do a job. As enterprises realize that automation of process is key to market growth BPM is creating new market opportunities.

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IBM is the leader in business process management (BPM). IBM is the leader because it has invested in integration and analytics technology needed to achieve comprehensive IT systems implementation that achieves support for collaborative systems. The implementation of BPM depends on a broad set of process technology frameworks that interact seamlessly to achieve the end point integration needed to manage complexity of modern IT systems. IBM stands alone in the IT industry with that capability of managing complexity.

IBM SOA is used to implement cloud systems that stretch the boundaries of the enterprise to user end points, permitting marketing departments to target smartphones, implementing management decentralization and supporting user empowerment. SOA forms the base for business intelligence (BI) and analytics systems. It enables organizational ability to perform diagnostic analytics.

Business process management software provides the ability to connect people across applications within the BPM software capability. As enterprises realize that automation of process is key to market growth BPM is creating new market opportunities. Innovation depends on process automation. BPM software is critical to enabling solutions. Software is a strategic business asset used in every industry at every level. Software is necessary to provide automated process.

According to lead author of the market research team that prepared the study, “Cloud computing, mobile computing, and smart devices represent the major forces impacting business process management (BPM) markets. IBM and others are leveraging patterns to gain competitive advantage in enterprise BPM markets. Managers use large BPM systems and small and mid-size business use the BPM cloud.”

Ms Eustis continued, “BPM is evolving cloud SaaS for business applications to accomplish work. The opportunity to implement apps that make automated process more responsive to the needs of customers, partners, suppliers, and distributors, people use business process management (BPM) as the need for automation tools to help workers is upon all of us.”

Business process management software is achieving the ability to connect people across applications. Within the siloed lines of business BPM software capability extends the reach of everyone, it extends the access to information needed to do a job. As enterprises realize that automation of process is key to market growth BPM is creating new market opportunities.

Innovation depends on process automation. BPM software is critical to enabling solutions that leverage automated process effectively. Software is a strategic business asset used in every industry at every level. Software is necessary to provide automated process.

IBM BPM platforms gained market share again as the company extended its functionality to encompass more cloud and address more of the process interactions that occur on an everyday basis in an enterprise. IBM is positioning to let people connect across the lines of business from within the business process applications. This ability to connect immediately is improving productivity. If the shipping department needs to talk to the order department, that can be done form within the business process management application.

Messaging and collaboration are key aspects of Business Process Management (BPM) making processes more efficient. When people can work things out as a problem occurs, then the delays are eliminated and the business runs far more efficiently.

Consideration of Business Process Management (BPM) Market Forecasts indicates that markets at $3.4 billion will reach $10 billion by 2020. Growth comes as automation of process adapts more efficiently to collaboration between people and provides interactive process based on exception management.

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Application Servers Markets Reach $23 Billion By 2020 According to New Research Report

Research predicts that the application server market will be $23 billion by 2020, new markets evolved because of the value that apps provide to smart phones, mobile devices, tablets, and the Internet of things. These apps will drive the application server market to $30 billion by create the need for tools to use in writing the apps.

According to lead author of the study, “Application servers are being used to create apps that run on mobile devices and that tie together the Internet of things. Infrastructure for the Internet and for smart mobile devices creates demand for more sophisticated web development and web applications. Everything is going mobile. This evolution is driven by mobile smart phones and tablets that provide universal connectivity. Application servers represent a significant aspect of Internet market evolution.”

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IBM is moving toward domination of the application server market, going from 55% share in 2011 to 60% share in 2012, buttressed in part by its dominance in supporting development of mobile apps. This achievement of 60% share of the application server market provides IBM with a defacto standard status in the market.

Mission critical application servers are needed in the enterprise to support scalability, reliability, and security. More light weight open source application servers have a place in the market for web presence software, but for a solution that involves transactions intensively and has the downside of losing significant revenue if the site is down the mission critical servers are needed.

IBM WebSphere application server is a proven, high-performance transaction engine that can help build, run, integrate, and manage dynamic web applications. The IBM WebSphere application server Liberty profile option and development tool options extend the mission critical aspects of the system. Intelligent management capabilities minimize end-user outages and maximize operations monitoring and control of the production environment.

IBM WebSphere application server features robust capabilities.

Key features relate to configuration. IBM ability to support development of mobile apps is unparalleled in the industry. The app server is able to provide the flexibility needed to create tags and URLs that support search engines.

Search engine optimization is a key strength of the IBM WebSphere application server. Companies with a web presence need to be seen across all devices that a user may have in use on any given day. WebSphere permits users to choose the application server configuration that best fits a current business strategy.

IBM WebSphere application server is far and away the best product on the market for growing solutions as needs evolve. As market conditions change, applications need to be changed and adjusted rapidly. The modular construction and the solid front end and back end integration of the IBM WebSphere application server give IBM significant advantage in the market.

The J2EE application server software market is defined by the ability to build mission critical web sites that support a globally integrated enterprise. Strong growth is anticipated as tablets, smart phones, and mobile devices replace PCs. Mobile devices proliferate with 6.9 billion smart phones anticipated to be installed in 2019.

There are now 6.9 billion cell phone registered, paying users. Portable, mobile systems will expand the Internet at a pace not yet achieved. It is anticipated that the apps market will expand from $24 billion in 2013 to $35 trillion by 2019. This expansion of mobile computing at the device level is nothing compared to what is happening at the machine to machine (m to m) communications, with sensors being located everywhere, and monitoring of those sensors proliferating.

Application servers are poised to deal with the complexity that is being instantiated at every level of the environment that humans touch. Communication, analytics, collaboration are all part of what will make application servers relevant. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global profits in 2013. Quadrillions of interconnected sensors will drive market innovation. Apps will proliferate based on the ability to quickly, accurately put together an app in one half hour or less and launch it. This is a fundamental aspect of application servers.

Application server mobile extensions are integrated in the Web apps development environments of vendors. Application server development can create Web applications using business server pages. They can use the mobile extensions of the Web application server, which makes the special requirements and characteristics of mobile devices available.

Application servers leverage evolving software delivery models, new development methodologies, emerging mobile application development, and open source software. Mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets are an essential aspect of any departmental application initiative. Native PC projects are anticipated to give way to smartphone and tablet apps for the enterprise. Every enterprise has to have apps that give customers, distributors, partners, and suppliers access to information.

Mobile changes how consumers behave. Users leverage mobility to communicate. They use it to improve their daily lives. Mobile is growing through existing data services and new services. Users demand connectivity anywhere and anytime. Enterprises are beginning to exploit the opportunities provided by mobility. Mobile communications permit the enterprise improve efficiency by enabling remote services and sales people to work efficiently, by enabling better access to enterprise records from remote sites, by streamlining processes, and by supporting new business models.

Worldwide application server market revenues are forecast to grow 17.5% year-over-year from $7.4 billion in 2013 to $23.1 billion by 2020. This is in the context of a world communications infrastructure that is changing. Technology is enabling interaction, innovation, and sharing of knowledge in new ways and application servers promise to bring significant capability to enterprises seeking mission critical solutions to making the Internet available for productive, efficient use.

The 2014 study has 577 pages, 267 tables and figures. Worldwide Application Server markets are poised to achieve significant growth as Internet of things and the mobile Internet further evolve, driving the market for apps into the trillions in the next few years.

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France To Cope with Fierce Competition, Converged Telecom Operators Focus on Bundling, New Report Launched

‘France: To Cope with Fierce Competition, Converged Telecom Operators Focus on Bundling,’ offers a precise, incisive profile of the French mobile and fixed telecommunications markets and pay-TV markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the country. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile and pay-TV sectors, in addition to a review of key regulatory trends.

Key Findings

• The mobile data segment, fuelled by rapid adoption of 4G services, is the most important driver for growth in the French telecom market. This mobile data growth is helping operators to counter competitive pressures, which have been especially strong since Free entered the market in 2012.
• To respond to Free, the established converged operators, Orange, SFR and Bouygues, are introducing multiplay bundles that include mobile services and offering additional value-added-services, such as Web hosting, personal and business cloud applications, email and IPTV to build on access revenue.
• The fixed-mobile revenue split will remain substantially unchanged from 2013 to 2018. While in most Western European countries the mobile sector will expand, in France the growth of the mobile data segment will be offset by a strong contraction in mobile voice revenue, as we expect price competition to remain robust over the forecast period.
• Following the sale by Vivendi of SFR to Altice/Numericable, we do not expect further M&A activity in the short term. However, the case for a merger between Bouygues and Free is strong, and a deal could happen. Apart from the four MNOs, consolidation is ongoing in the MVNO market.

Synopsis

This report provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in France today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2018. It delivers deep quantitative and qualitative insight into France’s telecom market, analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term opportunities and assessing risk factors, based on proprietary data from Publisher’s databases.

It provides in-depth analysis of the following:

• France in a regional context: a review of market size and trends compared with those of other countries in the region.
• Economic, demographic and political context in France.
• The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, number portability and more.
• A demand profile: analysis as well as forecasts and historical figures of service revenue from fixed telephony (including VoIP), broadband, mobile voice and data, and pay-TV markets.
• Service evolution: a look at the change in the breakdown of overall revenue by fixed, pay-TV and mobile sectors as well as by voice, data and video between the current year and the end of the forecast period.
• The competitive landscape: an examination of key trends in competition and service providers’ performance, revenue market shares and expected moves over the next 18-24 months.
• An in-depth sector analysis of fixed telephony and broadband services, mobile voice and data services, and pay-TV services; a quantitative analysis of service adoption trends by technology/platform as well as operator, average revenue per line/subscription and service revenue through the end of the forecast period.
• Main opportunities: this section details the near-term opportunities for operators, vendors and investors in the telecommunications and pay-TV markets in France.

Reasons to Buy

• This Country Intelligence Report helps executives build proactive, profitable growth strategies by offering comprehensive, relevant analysis of the French communications market, the second largest in Western Europe. The analysis is based on insights directly from the local market players.
• The report offers a wealth of data on the telecom and pay-TV markets in France, with the mobile and fixed segments examined in detail.
• The competitive landscape and the major players are given extra attention, enabling local players or prospective market entrants to gain the insight they need.
• The broad but detailed perspective will help operators, equipment vendors and other telecom industry players to succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in France.
• The report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality that allows it to be turned into presentable material immediately.
• The report concludes with an exploration of the opportunities available in the French market to operators, vendors and investors.

Spanning over 28 pages, “France: To Cope with Fierce Competition, Converged Telecom Operators Focus on Bundling” report covering the Market and competitor overview, France in a regional context, Economic, demographic and political context, Regulatory environment, Demand profile, Service evolution, Competitive landscape, Major market players, Segment analysis, Mobile services, Fixed services, Pay-TV, Identifying opportunities. The report covered companies are - Orange, SFR, Vivendi, Bouygues Telecom, Free, Altice, Numericable, Canal Plus, Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse, Netflix, WhatsApp

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Jordan Telecommunications Report Q3 2014, New Report Launched

The outlook for Jordan's telecoms market received a welcome boost this quarter, after it emerged that Zain had agreed to acquire 4G spectrum and a licence from the government. Previously, the three mobile operators had not bid in a September 2013 auction, believing that the market was not ready for 4G and citing increased pressure on finances from heightened telecoms taxes. Zain's decision, therefore, represents an upside risk to BMI's 3G/4G growth forecast for Jordan. While Orange and Umniah have reportedly expressed interest in also acquiring 4G licences, the current financial pressures that these operators are facing, suggest they have limited capacity and willingness to invest in frequency spectrum on top of rolling out next generation networks. This is particularly true of Orange, which criticised the decision of the TRC to charge the operator JOD156.4mn (USD220.11mn) for renewal of its 2G licence. A further JOD142mn (USD200mn) would be needed to obtain 4G spectrum and licences for Orange, and therefore, it appears that Zain will gain a first mover advantage in the 4G market. The financial pressures on the Jordanian operators do not look set to ease up this year, and we see this as a significant risk to investors in the market.

Key Data

• Jordan's mobile market grew by 12.3% in 2013, although this masks a contraction of 0.6% in Q413.
• Mobile ARPU continued its downward trend, with BMI estimating a 17.7% y-o-y decline in FY13.
• The fixed-line sector also contracted in FY13, with the number of subscriptions shrinking by 5% during that period.
• The internet sector remains the strongest performing sector in the telecoms market, following an impressive growth of 51.4% in total subscriptions during FY13.

Spanning over 93 pages, “Jordan Telecommunications Report Q3 2014” report covering the SWOT, Industry Forecast, Market Overview, Competitive Landscape, Company Profile, Methodology.

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France - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts, New Report Launched

This report assesses France’s large and mature telecom market. It provides an overview of the fixed-line segment, including key statistics and an analysis of telcos’ strategies and operational performance in recent years, as also the key regulatory issues such as number portability, wholesaling and carrier preselection. The report also reviews the fixed and mobile broadband segments, focussing on cable, fibre and DSL technologies including ADSL2+ and VDSL2 and DSL vectoring, as well as technologies such as HSPA and LTE. The mobile market is covered in depth, including spectrum licensing and regulatory issues, as well as profiling the major players and their strategies in an increasingly competitive market. Several forecasts are provided for the mobile and broadband markets.

Mobile market price competition leads to further consolidation

• France has one of the largest telecoms market in Europe, supported by a population of around 63 million. The incumbent, France Telecom/Orange, is one of the world’s major players with interests in markets across Europe, the Middle East and francophone Africa. The telco’s market dominance has been eroded through increasing competition from a number of major players, in turn encouraging it to invest in a national fibre network to improve its network capabilities and consumer offerings.
• France has the third largest broadband subscriber base in Europe. DSL dominates broadband access, and though the cable footprint only reaches about 40% of the population the main cableco Numéricable has upgraded its network to compete with DSL, and has itself entered the DSL market through the acquisition of DSL-based market players. Fibre deployment has developed a significant and growing market presence in recent years, supported by an effective regulatory and legislative regime which promotes fibre network sharing and optimises operators’ investment strategies.
• France is also one of Europe’s key markets for telecom convergence and bundled services, and has Europe’s largest IPTV sector. The success of service bundles largely rests on fierce competition which has reduced the cost of bundles while raising the quantity and quality of services offered.
• The mobile phone market, worth some €15 billion in 2013, has undergone significant changes in recent years. The regulator was keen to promote the entry of a new player, and the subsequent efforts of Free Mobile resulted in price competition between the MNOs Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom. SFR became the main casualty of this process, with the operator being sold to Numéricable in early 2014. The deal will go far to introducing further market consolidation and to encouraging operators to provide a full range of services to customers to secure a competitive edge.

Key developments:

• SRF and Bouygues Telecom sign network sharing deal;
• Auction for 700MHz anticipated later in 2014;
• 4G available nationally;
• Vivendi sells SFR to Altice Group;
• Bouygues Telecom joins the Telefónica Partners Program;
• Virgin Mobile launches quad-play service;
• Bouygues Telecom buy’s KPN’s MVNO Simyo;
• Vivendi acquires 20% stake in Canal+ France held by Lagardère Group;
• DVB-T2 standard may be adopted by end-2015;
• Orange TV migrates to single access platform;
• Regulator consults on FttDP architecture;
• Free launches 1Gb/s service;
• Orange invests €2 billion to provide 15 million households with FttP by 2015;
• Regulator consults on 3.5GHs spectrum for broadband use;
• Government promotes €20 billion investment for national FttP network by 2023;
• Orange signs joint network deals with Iliad,
• SFR and Bouygues to expand FttP in rural areas;
• Regulator’s market data to December 2013; telcos’ operating data to Q1 2014;
• Market developments to May 2014;
• Regulator’s market data updates to December 2013;
• Operator data to Q1 2014;
• Market developments to May 2014.

Spanning over 161 pages, “France - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts” report covering the Key Statistics, Telecommunications Market, Regulatory Environment, Fixed Network Operators, Telecommunications Infrastructure, Broadband Market, Digital Media, Mobile Communications, Forecasts. The report covered 12 companies - France Telecom/Orange, SFR, Free Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Canal+, Iliad, Numéricable, Vivendi, TPS, AB Group, TNTSat, Canal+

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Africa Improved International Connectivity Reducing Internet Access Pricing, Reveals New Report

A number of new international submarine cable links connecting nations on Africa's east and west coast have considerably improved internet access to the continent. Terrestrial links have enabled land-locked countries to benefit from this connectivity by dramatically reducing the cost of services for telcos and customers alike. The new WASACE cable, linking Brazil and other South American landing points, connects directly with Angola, with branch lines to Nigeria and South Africa.

In addition to these developments, there continue to be improvements to the Central African Backbone (CAB), a $215 million program funded by the World Bank and the African Development Bank to build fibre-optic infrastructure serving 11 countries in the Central African region.

Additional international bandwidth has prompted telcos to invest in local backbone infrastructure upgrades to extend networks to population centres. Countries which had previously relied on satellite connectivity have seen wholesale access prices tumble by as much as 90% in recent years.

There have also been significant investments in building local Internet Exchange Points to reduce dependence on international connectivity for local internet services, so lowering the cost of developing local hosting and application development. A number of new IXPs, including that in Namibia (opened in May 2014) have been supported by the African Internet Exchange System, an African Union project implemented by the Internet Society. This wide-ranging program aims to have 80% of African users' internet traffic exchanged within Africa by 2020.

Despite these encouraging developments, most investment at the local level is handicapped by the poor condition of fixed-line infrastructure in many parts of various countries, particularly in rural areas which also suffer from no or intermittent electricity supply. As a result, many of the local improvements in internet access seen in recent years have been confined to the principal cities. Nevertheless, in adapting to these restrictions telcos serving rural areas have elected to invest in mobile infrastructure to provide voice and 3G-based data services.

There is limited Fibre-to-the-Premise (FttP) infrastructure, mainly serving select areas of some cities, though the sector continues to develop.

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Lebanon Alfa and Touch To Deploy VOICE-OVER-LTE (VOLTE) Services In 2014, Reveals New Report

There are many positive developments occurring in Lebanon which see this countries telecoms sector finally making strident improvements. While it has been known to have slow and expensive Internet access as well as costly and patchy mobile services; the situation is slowly changing with Internet speeds now increasing, mobile call costs coming down and capped data plans being introduced.

Lebanon's government is supportive of further developing its telecoms infrastructure in order to be well positioned for future digital advancements. In addition, Telecommunications Minister Boutros Harb has ambitions to finally liberalise Lebanon's telecoms market - a topic which has been under discussion since at least 2002 when Law 431 was first mooted. Market liberalisation and privatisation is a contentious issue in Lebanon as revenue from the telecoms industry contributes a significant proportion of the government's budget.

Broadband affordability improved significantly in August 2011 when a decree was passed that drastically reduced prices and increased speeds. Broadband availability is improving, with access available via DSL, fibre, WiMAX, WiFi, iBurst and 3G/LTE platforms.

Mobile services are offered by the two government-owned operators, managed by Orascom Telecom of Egypt operating as Alfa and Zain of Kuwait known as Touch - in return for a management fee. Not long after launching 3G services, both operators launched LTE services, underpinning a drive into mobile broadband and presenting a strong alternative to existing fixed offerings. Alfa and Touch both plan to deploy Voice-Over-LTE (VoLTE) services in 2014.

The Minister is also keen to finally reduce telecoms tariffs in Lebanon. Telecommunication prices are set by the Ministry of Telecommunications (MoT). Previous governments followed a strategy of limiting subscriber numbers and keeping tariffs high, resulting in the highest prices in the Middle East and the lowest penetration rates.

In 2014 the Telecommunications Minister decreased the cost of incumbent Ogero's local and international calls by as much as 50% for fixed calls and 30% for mobile calls when made using pre-paid cards. This initiative was also designed to rejuvenate the prepaid sector.

These recent developments indicate the Lebanese telecoms market is again heading in the right direction and in 2014 the market is evolving, mostnotably in the broadband and mobile sectors.

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South Africa Mergers and Acquisitions in Africas Leading Telecoms Market, Reveals New Report

South Africa's telecom sector boasts the continent's most advanced networks in terms of technology deployed and services provided. In a virtually saturated voice market, four mobile networks - Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom SA - are competing for market share in the next growth wave, mobile broadband. 3G/4G mobile services now rival DSL fixed-line offerings in terms of both speed and price and have consequently outpaced them in terms of subscriber growth. Five different LTE networks have been launched, although their introduction was initially back by delays with suitable frequency spectrum allocations.

Mobile SIM card penetration is well above 100% of the population, driven by separate subscriptions for voice and data services. There has been speculation about mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among the smaller players, and major infrastructure sharing deals have been concluded. Several Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) are preparing to enter the market in 2014, although the few existing ones have so far failed to have a major impact.

South Africa's Internet and Broadband market has taken off after years of stagnation due to an expensive operating environment created by Telkom SA's dominance in the fixed-line and international bandwidth market. A new converged licensing regime has created hundreds of companies licensed to offer Internet services. There has been consolidation in the sector which is expected to continue. Wireless broadband services have carved out market share from existing ADSL offerings, but several WiMAX networks are now being shut down as consumers migrate to 3G and 4G mobile services.

While emerging as the country's leading broadband providers, the major mobile operators are also branching out into fixed services, fibre backbone networks, international fibre connectivity, mobile banking and entertainment in a rapidly converging environment. With its fixed-line network reaching less than 10% of the population, Telkom has reacted by launching its own mobile network. Following years of delays with its licensing, second national operator (SNO) Neotel has been gaining market share in competition with the fixed-line incumbent. It is using wireless technologies such as CDMA-2000, WiMAX and LTE to provide alternatives to Telkom's copper access network. Neotel is now in the process of being acquired by Vodacom, the country's leading mobile network operator.

All of the major players are involved in various international submarine fibre optic cables that have reached the country in the past few years,despite regulatory hurdles. Following the end of Telkom's monopoly in this area, this has brought down the cost of international bandwidth

dramatically. Several additional terabit cables are scheduled to go live in 2014, connecting Africa directly to the Americas. In addition, thegovernment has created Broadband InfraCo, a national infrastructure company to provide cheap backbone network capacity to service providers.

Despite the significantly increased competition between different service providers, many municipalities in South Africa, including the country's largest cities, are implementing their own metropolitan fibre and wireless broadband networks. Several Fibre to the Home (FttH) deployments are underway.

With its relatively well developed and diverse infrastructure, South Africa is also taking a regional lead role in the convergence of telecommunication and information technologies with the media and entertainment sector, promising reductions in telecommunication costs and better availability of information and services. Telecom carriers and ISPs are moving into delivering video and other entertainment content over their networks, while in turn the traditional electronic media carriers have discovered the potential of their infrastructure for telecommunications service delivery. Triple play offerings are available that combine voice, data and IPTV services. The migration to DTT is scheduled to be completed by 2014/15.

Digital media and social media have reached a level of development that is fostering an associated advertising and marketing industry. The FIFA

World Cup held in the country four years ago has boosted these developments. While South Africa lags behind other countries on the continent in the development of e-government, e-health and e-learning applications, it is a regional leader in the areas of online retail, electronic banking, mobile banking, social media and cloud computing.

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UAE - FTTH and LTE Rollouts Will Add to the Momentum of the Telecom Market, New Report Launched

This Report is a new Country Intelligence Report by Publisher, offers a precise, incisive profile of the United Arab Emirates’ mobile and fixed telecommunications and pay-TV markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the UAE market. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony and broadband, mobile and pay-TV sectors, in addition to a review of key regulatory trends.

Key Findings

• The telecom market in the United Arab Emirates generated $8.0bn in service revenue in 2013. Prospects for future growth are buoyed by sustained investments by the two major players in the market, Du and Etisalat.
• Publisher expects the UAE’s total market revenue to reach $10.1bn in 2018, with a cumulative revenue total of $46.4bn during 2014-2018.
• Mobile data will be the fastest-growing revenue segment in the Emirati market: we project that from 2013 to 2018, it will grow at a CAGR of 19.3%.
• Along with the presence of nationwide all-IP FTTH networks, the importance of developing local content and ads in the pay-TV market will encourage operators to embrace the new IPTV platforms.

Synopsis

‘UAE: FTTH and LTE Rollouts Will Add to the Momentum of the Telecom Market,’ a new Country Intelligence Report by Publisher, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in the United Arab Emirates today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2018. It delivers deep quantitative and qualitative insight into the UAE telecom market, analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term opportunities and assessing risk factors, based on proprietary data from Publisher’s databases.

It provides in-depth analysis of the following:

• The UAE in a regional context: a review of telecom market size and growth rate compared with other countries in the region.
• Economic, demographic and political context in the UAE.
• The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, number portability and more.
• A demand profile: analysis as well as forecasts and historical figures of service revenue from fixed telephony (including VoIP), broadband, mobile voice and data markets.
• The service evolution: a look at the change in the breakdown of overall revenue by fixed and mobile sectors and by voice and data in the current year as well as the end of the forecast period.
• The competitive landscape: an examination of key trends in competition and service providers’ performance, revenue market shares and expected moves over the next 18-24 months.
• An in-depth sector analysis of fixed telephony and broadband services, mobile voice and data services: a quantitative analysis of service adoption trends by technology/platform as well as operator, average revenue per line/subscription and service revenue through the end of the forecast period.
• Main opportunities: this section details the near-term opportunities for operators, vendors and investors in the UAE’s telecom market.

Reasons To Buy

• This Country Intelligence Report on the UAE helps executives build proactive, profitable growth strategies by offering comprehensive, relevant analysis of the United Arab Emirates’ telecommunications and pay-TV markets based on insights directly from the local market players.
• The report offers a wealth of data on the UAE’s telecom and pay-TV markets, with the mobile and fixed segments examined in detail.
• The competitive landscape and the major players are also given extra attention, enabling local players or prospective market entrants to gain the insight they need.
• The broad but detailed perspective will help operators, equipment vendors and other telecom industry players to succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in the Emirates.
• The report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality that allows it to be turned into presentable material immediately.
• The report concludes with an exploration of the opportunities available in the UAE’s market to operators, vendors and investors.

Spanning over 31 pages “UAE - FTTH and LTE Rollouts Will Add to the Momentum of the Telecom Market” report covering Executive summary, Market and competitor overview, UAE in a regional context, Economic, demographic and political context, Regulatory environment, Demand profile, Competitive landscape. This report Covered These Companies - Etisalat, Du, OSN, Alcatel-Lucent, Vringo, Google, YouTube, Samsung, Apple, Cisco, Skype, Yahsat (AlYah Satellite Communication Co.), YahClick.

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