Korea: 3G Mobile Services Surpass 20 million subscribers
August 5th, 2009Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report that provides market insight for the 3G mobile industry based on analysis of Korean mobile carriers.
The report “3G and HSDPA Data Service: Strategic Implications and Lessons from Korean Mobile Carriers” available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/YKI00002 explains that although most mobile carriers have boasted their operations in 3G, especially capabilities to transmit high bandwidth data and content services, they are still relying on the revenue from voice communication when most of its recent data growth is still coming from messaging.
As a pioneer for mobile service – by introducing the first commercial service for HSDPA service worldwide – Korea’s 3G mobile services has surpassed 20 millions in total subscriber numbers with 43.4% penetration rate, (as of May, 2009) which indicates that 3G service has a strong foothold in the market.
Along with Japan, Korea’s penetration rate for 3G is the highest number in the globe. However, the mobile data revenue accounted for only 17.4% (as of EoY 2008) of mobile carriers’ total service revenue. Further, the share has been declining since 2007. There is a considerable discrepancy between ‘Qualitative’ (Data Revenue) and ‘Quantitative’ (Subscriber Numbers) matters in 3G service.
The report describes Korean mobile carriers’ strategies to boost data service revenue in 3G by applying USIM based mobile convergence services and HSDPA+Mobile WiMax integrated services via the world first data handover between heterogeneous networks.
The report “3G and HSDPA Data Service: Strategic Implications and Lessons from Korean Mobile Carriers” is available from Report Buyer at: http://www.reportbuyer.com/telecoms/3g_wimax/3g_hsdpa_data_service.html
Report Buyer product ID: YKI00002
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