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

Last updated: 1 Oct 2010 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 28

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Summary
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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.

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

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