China Fixed-Mobile Convergence Forecast

Publication Date: February 2008

The Convergence Forecast quantifies demand and revenue for bundled services, breaking down subscriptions for voice, data and video at the operator level and for business and residential sectors. A natural compliment to our Fixed Communications Forecast, it tracks  subscriptions for Broadband,VoIP and Video-Pay TV by technology and operator, looking specifically at triple play dynamics for both cable and telco companies worldwide. It is available individually or as part of the Convergence Strategies Service.

It tracks the Following by country and region:

• Penetration of Population for 2G, 3G, 4G and Broadband
• Penetration of Households for Broadband, Pay TV and PCs
• Fixed and Mobile Broadband Subscriptions
• VoIP Subscriptions by Technology:
  • Cable Telephony, Line Powered, CPE-based, Peerto-Peer, and by Operator (four per country)
• Video-Pay TV Subscriptions by Technology:
  • Cable, Satellite DTH, IPTV, Mobile TV and by Operator (four per country)
• Bundled Service Subscriptions by Operator (three per country)
• Triple Play Bundles by Operator and by Type (Cable and Telcos)
• Total RGU by Operator and Average RGUs by Subscription
• Total Bundled RGUs by Type – Cable and Telcos
•  Fixed Mobile Convergent Services for Consumer and Business Segments
• Revenue and Average Revenue per Subscription for:
  • Voice: Mobile Voice, Fixed Narrowband Voice, VoIP
  • Data: Mobile Data, Broadband Internet Access Video-Pay TV: Cable, Satellite DTH
  • Bundled Services: Triple Play (by Cable and Telcos)
• Fixed Mobile Convergent Services: Consumer UMA and IMS – and Business