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RNCOS’ “Europe Mobile Handset Market Analysis (2007)”, report provides an extensive research and objective analysis on the marketplace for the growing European mobile handset industry, their technologies, and impact on the market. This report helps clients to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the growing mobile handset market throughout the European region. A detailed data and analysis helps handset manufacturers, service providers, and investors navigate the evolving market of mobile handsets.

Key Technologies Analyzed  

Key handset technologies including the most recent one as GSM, CDMA, WiFi VoIP, TDMA, 3G, 4G and Bluetooth are also analyzed, supported by facts like revenues and market share. 

Key Players Analyzed  

This section provides the overview, key facts and numbers and key competitors of several players like Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Intel Corporation, Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, RF Micro Devices, Zarlink Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric and others.  

Growing Markets Covered  

This section covers the industry background, overview and number of operators in each region of the European mobile device and handset market. It includes countries like the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Poland, Belgium and Denmark. 

Key Issues and Facts Analyzed  

The research report also addresses the issues and facts that are critical to your success:  

  -  What does the competitive market landscape look like for the mobile device industry? 
  -  How value added services drives the mobile handset market? 
  -  What are the recent trends and developments in the mobile industry in the European region? 
  -  What are the future growth prospects and opportunities for the mobile industry in the European region? 

Key Findings 

  -  The European share of the global mobile phone market's revenues decreased by 8.8 percentage points over the review period of 2001-2005, dropping from 38.6% in 2001 to 29.8% in 2005.
  -  The largest market in Europe is Germany, with a share of 25.6%. In comparison, the smallest market is Belgium, with 2.9% of Europe's revenues.
  -  The changes in the market in Europe are due to the product innovations, causing consumers to upgrade their existing mobile phones. Over the last five years, Third Generation (3G) technology has been introduced to Europe.
  -  There are over 540 million GSM subscribers in Europe, plus another 18 million Europeans using 3GSM networks.
  -  Market penetration across GSM and 3GSM networks in Europe is 85%, with 15 countries having penetration figures of over 100%, and only 8 with less than 60%.
  -  3GSM subscribers are increasing at a cumulative annual growth rate of 330%. 
 -  The large and growing young population and the presence of a comparatively large SME segment would create opportunities for the growth of mobile phone industry in Europe. Relocation of people from rural areas to urban areas would also affect the growth positively.

        -  Emergence of 3G Technology and other high-end technological applications would be the key to the market’s growth.  Emergence of m-commerce, spurt in the value added services and mobile collaborative technologies would further consolidate the mobile industry.

RNCOS Market Analysis

The report gives an idea of the competitive landscape of the European mobile industry over the year 2009 through a detailed market sizing and a four -year forecast of the worldwide mobile market. The most optimistic and pessimistic approach for the market analysis helps the manufacturers to anticipate the future scenario of European mobile industry.