China - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media

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China - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital
Media
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Summary
This report provides a comprehensive overview of
trends and developments in Chinas
telecommunications market. The report analyses
the Telecoms Infrastructure, mobile, fixed
broadband, Digital Media and Digital Economy
sectors. Subjects include Market and industry
analyses, trends and developments -Facts,
figures and statistics -Industry and regulatory
issues -Infrastructure -Major players,
revenues, subscribers, ARPU -Broadband, VoIP,
IPTV -Mobile voice and data markets -Broadband
(FttH, DSL, wireless) -Digital Economy and
Digital Media sectors eg e-Commerce and
e-Payments -Mobile and fixed broadband forecasts
to 2021.

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Executive Summary China Continues to Evolve as a
World Leader in the Digital Media Sector The
Chinese telecom market is the largest in the
world in terms of subscribers and is undergoing
transition. Mobile subscriptions outnumber fixed
voice connections and voice is giving way to data
as the primary revenue generator. Chinas telecom
market is served by three operators China
Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile. All three
are integrated providers of telecom services
although China Mobile is the largest in the
crucial mobile market. Chinas fixed-line market
is in decline due to voice mobile substitution
although the two main fixed-line operators of
China Telecom and China Unicom have aggressively
deployed and marketed fibre broadband to increase
the value of maintaining a fixed-line.

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In 2016 the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology (MIIT) issued a fourth basic
telecommunications licence to state-backed China
Broadcasting Network (CBN) enables CBN and its
subsidiary China Cable Television Network to
provide domestic internet data transmission and
telecom infrastructure services. Although China
boasts the largest mobile market in the world,
there is still much room for growth given the
relatively recent focus on large scale LTE
investment. Chinas mobile market is served by
mobile network operators China Telecom, China
Mobile and China Unicom which operate a variety
of technology platforms that reflect the
commercial preferences of operators and the
industry development policies of the
government. Entering 2016 all three mobile
network operators are focused on deploying LTE
networks and monetizing such investments by
enticing end users to upgrade to higher ARPU LTE
products such as mobile broadband. The number of
mobile subscribers passed the 1.3 billion
subscriber mark, with penetration surpassing
100. China Mobile continues to dominate the
mobile industry with 63 market share.

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Mobile subscriber growth is expected to be very
slow due to a saturated and mature market.
Operators will continue to focus on increasing
ARPU in light of diminishing opportunities to
acquire new subscribers and the need for
operators to maximise monetization of LTE
investments. Operators are also investing in
technologies design to maximise the user
experience such as Rich Communication Service
(RCS), Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Near Field
Communications (NFC). China possesses the
largest broadband subscriber base in the world,
with the majority of users accessing the Internet
through mobile devices. Catering to this demand
are Chinas three telcos China Telecom, China
Unicom and China Mobile. Broadband makes up the
majority of fixed Internet connections given
dial-up comprises less than 2 of total fixed
Internet connections.

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Table Of Content
1. Key statistics 2. Telecommunications
market 3. Regulatory environment 4. Competition
issues 5. Fixed network market 6.
Telecommunications infrastructure 7. Broadband
market 8. Digital media 9. Digital economy

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