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Multimedia, Data-Rich Mobile Phones Rapidly Taking Market Share in Asia Reports In-Stat

Posted on: Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 09:01 CST

Cutting-edge mobile phones -- phones integrated with various multimedia and rich-data functionalities -- are rapidly increasing their share of phones shipped in the Asia Pacific market, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). For example, with 252.3 million mobile phones shipped in the region in 2005, 53.4% had camera functions, the high-tech market research firm said. The plunging price of such models in emerging markets has greatly promoted their adoption.

"Digital cameras, including both digital still camera and video camera, will remain the most popular function of cutting-edge phones," said Victor Liu, In-Stat analyst. "By 2009, 67% of mobiles sold in Asia Pacific will have camera functionality."

A recent report by In-Stat found the following:

-- Phones with music-playing capabilities accounted for 23% of phones sold; that figure is above the global average of 13.6%.

-- By 2009, the functionality and quality of music playing on mobile phones will be greatly enhanced, with music phones likely to be in direct competition with stand-alone music players.

-- Mobile digital broadcasting TV phones, and cellular phones with alternative wireless broadband connectivity, were introduced to early adopters in South Korea and Japan in 2005.

The research, "Cutting-Edge Mobile Handsets in Asia" (#IN0602374AW), covers the mobile phone handset market in the Asia Pacific region. It provides separate chapters that discuss the current handset market status of Japan, South Korea, China, and India including unit shipment forecasts through 2009. Market size and growth trends for other APAC countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam are aggregated in one chapter.

For more information on this research, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/Wcatalogue.asp?id=236 or contact Tina Sheltra at 480-609-4531 or tina.sheltra@reedbusiness.com. The price is $2,995.

About In-Stat

In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) is the leading provider of actionable research, market analysis and forecasts of advanced communications services, infrastructure, end-user devices and semiconductors. Our insights are derived from both a deep technology understanding and comprehensive research, which examines each segment of the value chain for each market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists, worldwide, rely on In-Stat's tenured, experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical business, product and technology decisions.

In-Stat is a strategic segment of the $9 billion Reed Elsevier global information network, with access to an expansive worldwide electronic network, extensive technology databases and well-informed personnel. As a member of Reed Business Information, In-Stat is a division of the largest business-to-business publisher in the United States.

Source: Business Wire

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