Mobile Carriers in Asia

 

Mobile Carriers in Asia

(Top 3 by subscribers in each country)

Souce: Wikipedia

China, People’s Republic of

The country has 515 million subscribers in total, or a 39.01% penetration rate (August 2007).  The country’s telcom regulator is MII.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	China Mobile	GSM	356.3 (10-2007)
2	China Unicom	GSM, CDMA	157.5 (10-2007)

 

Hong Kong

The special administrative region has 8.43 million subscribers in total, or a 121.4% penetration rate (July 2005).  The special administrative region’s telcom regulator is OFTA.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	CSL1	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	Not Yet Available
2	3²	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, CDMA	2.290 (10-2007)
3	SmarTone-Vodafone	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS	1.093 (12-2006)

 

Japan

The country has 98.06 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate. (June 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	NTT DoCoMo	HSDPA, FOMA, PDC	53.2 (12-2007)
2	au/KKDI  & TU-KA brand	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (au), PDC (TU-KA)	29.6  (12-2007)
3	SoftBank Mobile	UMTS, PDC	17.4 (12-2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Korea, Republic of

The country has 40.19 million subscribers in total, or a 82.28% penetration rate (December 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	SK Telecom	CDMA, UMTS	20.27 (12-2006)
2	KTF	CDMA, UMTS	12.91 (12-2006)
3	LG Telecom	CDMA	7.01 (12-2006)

 

Malaysia

The country has 21.853 million subscribers in total, or a 81.6% penetration rate (3rd Quarter 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Maxis Berhad	HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM	8.5 (3-2007)
2	Celcom	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM	6.404 (6-2007)
3	DiGi	EDGE, GSM	6.117 (10-2007)

 

Philippines

The country has 34.8 million subscribers in total, or a 41.1% penetration rate (March 2005).  The country’s telcom regulator is NTC.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Smart Communications	GSM, UMTS	28.3 (10-2007)
2	Globe Telecom	HSDPA, GSM, UMTS	19.2  (10-2007)
3	Sun Cellular	GSM	5.5 (11-2007)

 

Singapore

The country has 4.9878 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 111.2% penetration rate (June 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	SingTel Mobile	GSM, UMTS	1.82  (3-2007)
2	StarHub Mobile	GSM, UMTS	1.68 (9-2007)
3	MobileOne	GSM, UMTS	1.47 (9-2007)

 

Taiwan

The country has 22.87 million subscribers in total, or a 100.2% penetration rate (July 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Chunghwa Telecom	UMTS, GSM	7.86
2	Taiwan Mobile	UMTS, GSM	4.37
3	Far EasTone	UMTS, GSM	3.75

 

Thailand

The country has 48.78 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Advanced Info Service (AIS)	GSM,EDGE	22.7 (6-2007)
2	DTAC	GSM,EDGE	14.9  (9-2007)
3	True Move	GSM	11.2 (9-2007)

 

Vietnam

The country has 13 million subscribers in total, or a 15.4% penetration rate (May 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Viettel Mobile	GSM	10.0 (6-2007)
2	Cityphone	PHS	Not Yet Available
3	Vinaphone	GSM	5.22 (12-2006)

 

Top 20 Asian (Pacific Rim) Cities for Data-usage via Mobile Devices

    1. Macau

    2. Hong Kong

    3. Beijing

    4. Tokyo

    5. Singapore

    6. Seoul

    7. Sydney

    8 Kuala Lumpur

    9. Auckland

    10. Mumbai

    11. Osaka

    12. Kyoto

    13. Hanoi

    14. Manila

    15. Bangkok

    16. Taipei

    17. Shanghai

    18. Nagoya

    19. Ho Chi Minh City

    20. Bali

(Source: www.wcities.com. These ranking are based on download and browser traffic for Q4 2007.)