United Kingdom - Mobile Market - 3G and Mobile Data Background Report September 2010

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 up to 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. The report contains additional information to the regularly updated United Kingdom - Mobile Market - 3G, Mobile Data and Forecasts report.

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
    • 4.1.1 MBNL
  • 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. Related reports

• Table 1 – 3G subscribers – 2003 - 2011
• Table 2 – 3G subscriber penetration rate – 2003 - 2011
• Table 3 – Market share of mobile subscribers, 2G and 3G – 2004 - 2009
• Table 4 – 3G licence results – April 2000
• Table 5 – 3G subscribers by operator – 2005 - 2009
• Table 6 – 3 UK subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2010
• Table 7 – Vodafone 3G subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 8 – MMS messages sent – 2004- 2009
• Table 9 – Average SMS and MMS sent per month – 2003 - 2008
• Table 10 – SMS and MMS revenue by operator – 2006 - 2009
• Table 11 – SMS and MMS volumes by operator – 2006 - 2009
• Table 12 – MMS messages sent – 2004- 2009
• Table 13 – Mobile data traffic and revenue increase– 2007 - 2010
• Table 14 – Mobile data revenue by service (£) – 2009
• Table 15 – UK mobile advertising spend – 2005 - 2011
• Table 16 – Mobile Internet traffic by operating system – 2010
• Table 17 – Smartphone use and penetration – 2007 - 2010
• Table 18 – Mobile broadband connections – 2008 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – 3G licensee and infrastructure suppliers