United Kingdom - Mobile Market - 3G, Mobile Data & Forecasts

Synopsis

The UK’s 3G and mobile data market is one of the largest in Europe. Competition among network operators has induced them to provide similar pricing and usage models, commonly including between 3GB and 10GB per month. This has substantially increased consumer use of mobile data. Low-key data applications such as SMS dominate the market while mobile TV, though widely available, has thus far failed to capture public attention. This report surveys the UK’s mobile data market in 2010, providing an overview of 3G developments, regulatory issues and technologies. It also profiles the major operators, presents statistics on non-voice services, and analyses developments in mobile TV and mobile application stores.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
• 3. Regulatory issues
  
  • 3.1 Spectrum 2.6GHz
    
  • 3.2 Spectrum 600MHz
    
  • 3.3 Spectrum 800MHz
    
  • 3.4 Spectrum 900MHz and 1800MHz
    
  • 3.5 Spectrum 1452MHz to 1492MHz
    
  • 3.6 Spectrum 5-6GHz
    
  • 3.7 10GHz to 40GHz
    
  • 3.8 59GHz to 64GHz
    
  • 3.9 Other spectrum
    
  • 3.10 Mobile interconnection
    
  • 3.11 Third Generation (3G)
    
    • 3.11.1 Licensing
      
    • 3.11.2 Network sharing
      
• 4. Operator services – 3G
  
  • 4.1 3UK
    
  • 4.2 O2
    
  • 4.3 Vodafone
    
  • 4.4 T-Mobile
    
  • 4.5 Orange
    
  • 4.6 Femtocells
    
• 5. Mobile Messaging
  
  • 5.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
    
  • 5.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
    
• 6. Mobile data services
  
  • 6.1 Consumer use of multimedia services
    
    • 6.1.1 Mobile applications
      
    • 6.1.2 Video portals
      
  • 6.2 General Packet Radio Services (GPRS)
    
  • 6.3 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)
    
  • 6.4 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
    
  • 6.5 High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
    
    • 6.5.1 O2
      
    • 6.5.2 T-Mobile
      
    • 6.5.3 Vodafone
      
    • 6.5.4 3UK
      
    • 6.5.5 Orange
      
    • 6.5.6 Virgin Media
      
  • 6.6 Long-term evolution (LTE)
    
  • 6.7 i-mode
    
  • 6.8 BlackBerry
    
  • 6.9 iPhone
    
  • 6.10 Android
    
  • 6.11 Palm
    
  • 6.12 Enhanced Data for GSM evolution (EDGE)
    
  • 6.13 Bundled mobile – notebook deals
    
  • 6.14 Mobile broadband
    
    • 6.14.1 Mobile WiFi
      
  • 6.15 Mobile TV
    
    • 6.15.1 Spectrum issues
      
    • 6.15.2 Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H)
      
    • 6.15.3 Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB-IP)
      
    • 6.15.4 TDtv
      
    • 6.15.5 MediaFLO
      
  • 6.16 TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio)
    
• 7. Forecasts – UMTS – 2007 - 2010; 2015
  
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – 3G subscribers and percentage of total subscribers – 2003 - 2009
• Table 2 – 3G subscriber penetration rate – 2003 - 2009
• Table 3 – 3G licence results – April 2000
• Table 6 – Vodafone 3G subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 7 – Total and average text messages sent – 1999 - 2008
• Table 8 – Average SMS and MMS sent per month – 2003 - 2008
• Table 9 – SMS and MMS revenue by operator – 2006 - 2008
• Table 10 – SMS and MMS volumes by operator – 2006 - 2009
• Table 11 – Average ARPU per data service (£) – 2009
• Table 12 – Vodafone live! subscribers – 2005 - 2007
• Table 13 – Mobile broadband connections – 2008 - 2009
• Table 14 – Mobile broadband connection types and usage – 2008
• Table 15 – Mobile broadband market share – September 2008
• Table 16 – Forecast UMTS subscribers – 2007 - 2010; 2015

• Exhibit 1 – Spectrum available for mobile services
• Exhibit 2 – 3G licensee and infrastructure suppliers