Asia - Mobile Communications - Data Services and 3G

Synopsis

While Asia’s mobile industry continues to be one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, the region’s penchant for innovation has also seen it push into new applications for the mobile telephony platform. Its venturing into wireless data services has been a case in point. But, most significantly, through the efforts of Japan and South Korea, in particular, and even China, to some extent, the region has been moving boldly into next generation mobile technologies, in both development and in application. When it comes to 3G, Asia has become the region to watch. This report provides an overview of the Asian 3G mobile market, together with information on mobile data services.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Mobile data services
  • 2.1 Market overview
  • 2.2 Short Messaging Service (SMS)
  • 2.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
  • 2.4 Wireless Internet
    • 2.4.1 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
    • 2.4.2 i-mode-type access
  • 2.5 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
• 3. Third Generation (3G) mobile
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 3G standards
  • 3.3 3G licensing
  • 3.4 3G roll-out
  • 3.5 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
• 4. Mobile access
  • 4.1 China
  • 4.2 India
  • 4.3 Indonesia
  • 4.4 Japan
  • 4.5 Singapore
  • 4.6 South Korea
  • 4.7 Taiwan
• 5. Related reports