Asian mobile market is world's one of the largest and fastest-growing market. As per the industry analysts, by mid 2005, the mobile subscriber base in Asia reached 700 million mark. Early 2005 had the regional penetration of about 20%. It suggested that there was still scope for growth in the sector. It is estimated that by 2009, revenue generated by Asian mobile telecom market would go above US $ 258 billion.
Asia is not only witnessing a dynamic growth but is also a leader in new innovative technologies. Due to this, market is growing at an unprecedented rate. Japan is the chief in new technologies and the wide employment of SMS.
The shipments of camera phones have begin to increase significantly and the future holds immense possibilities for this sector. Camera phones are hot items in Asia. They will help mobile operators to obtain higher ARPU and gains by the creation of more data traffic via Mobile Media Messaging (MMS).
3G or Third-Generation in Malaysia and Singapore has seen absolutely different uptakes. Presently, commercial services like 3G are available in only these two markets.
The figures of end April 2006 from Singapore's industry regulator shows that approx 8% (more than 360,000) from 4.4 million of country's mobile subscribers use 3G service. Till year-end 2005, 3G mobile lines were around 4.1 % only. But within a few months, this number almost doubled.
Hence, as analyzed by market analysts, the numbers in Singapore are encouraging. But these numbers fall short in front of market leaders like Korea, where more than a third of mobile lines are 3G.
All the latest technologies like CDMA, Smart phones, GSM, Bluetooth, 3G, have made their entry in Asian mobile market. These new entrants are getting good response from users also. The number of mobile users has also risen with the launch of every new technology. The reason for this is the cutthroat competition between major mobile honchos to attract customers. In this race, the companies are reducing the model prices to minimum to give maximum benefits to the customers.
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