Bryan Wang - Director - Singapore
The Asia Pacific wireless telecom industry will grow from US$159.97 billion in annual revenue in 2005 to US$242.42 billion by the end of 2010, reports In-Stat. The overall subscriber penetration rate for the region (including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indian, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan) was about 25% in 2005 - varying from 6.8% (India) to 115% (Hong Kong), the high-tech market research firm says.
The introduction of 3G mobile services is enabling a new breed of services. In countries with successful 3G launches, like Japan, providers have enjoyed higher data services revenue, ...