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2008 Asian - Mobile Operators

By: Bharat Book Bureau

The focus of this report is on the operators within the individual national markets. Of course, in addition to these individual operators there are those companies such as SingTel, Vodafone, Hutchison and Telekom Malaysia that have built a substantial presence around the region through their shareholdings in operators in multiple markets. This aspect of these corporations is not discussed in any detail but is mentioned in passing in the country-by-country review.

Top 15 mobile operators in Asia by number of subscribers – 2007 - 2008
Ranking Operator Country 2007 Mar 2008
2008 2007 Subscribers (million)
1 1 China Mobile China 369.4 392.1
2 2 China Unicom Ltd China 161.6 167.0
3 3 Bharti India 55.2 61.9
4 4 NTT DoCoMo Japan 53.2 53.4
5 5 Telkomsel Indonesia 43.1 46.7
6 6 Vodafone Essar* India 39.9 44.1
7 7 Reliance India 35.9 40.0
8 8 BSNL India 32.7 36.2
9 9 PMCL Pakistan 30.6 31.8
10 10 Smart Communications Philippines 30.0 31.5
11 11 KDDI Japan 29.6 30.3
12 12 AIS Thailand 24.0 25.0
13 15 Idea Cellular India 21.1 24.0
14 14 PT Indosat Indonesia 21.5 23.8
15 13 SK Telecom South Korea 22.0 22.3

With the progressive opening up of markets to more competition, it is seen that licensing of more and more operators in the various countries of the region. Only a handful of these countries are still clinging to a single state-owned incumbent structure today. Typically markets are characterised by a number of operators in each segment competing on price, service quality, service offering and other market areas to win market share, build customer bases and healthy businesses.

Table of Content:

• 1. Afghanistan
o 1.1 Operator statistics
o 1.2 Afghan Wireless (AWCC)
o 1.3 Roshan
o 1.4 Areeba
o 1.5 Etisalat

• 2. Armenia
o 2.1 Operator statistics
o 2.2 ArmenTel (ArmGSM)
o 2.3 K-Telecom (VivaCell)

• 3. Azerbaijan
o 3.1 Operator statistics
o 3.2 Azercell
o 3.3 Bakcell
o 3.4 Nar Mobile (Azerfon)

• 4. Bangladesh
o 4.1 Operator statistics
o 4.2 CityCell (PBTL)
o 4.3 GrameenPhone
o 4.4 Banglalink (formerly Sheba Telecom)
o 4.5 Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh/AkTel
o 4.6 Teletalk (BTTB)
o 4.7 Warid Telecom

• 5. Bhutan
o 5.1 Mobile statistics
o 5.2 B-Mobile
o 5.3 Tashi InfoComm

• 6. Brunei Darussalam
o 6.1 Overview
o 6.2 Operator statistics
o 6.3 DSTCom

• 7. Cambodia
o 7.1 Operator statistics
o 7.2 Cambodia GSM (MobiTel)
o 7.3 CamShin
o 7.4 TMIC (formerly Casacom)
o 7.5 AZ Communications
o 7.6 Viettel
o 7.7 Star Cell

• 8. China
o 8.1 Overview
o 8.2 Operator statistics
o 8.3 China Mobile
o 8.4 China Unicom
o 8.5 Other mobile operators
 8.5.1 China Netcom
 8.5.2 China Telecom

• 9. Georgia
o 9.1 Operator statistics
o 9.2 Geocell
o 9.3 MagtiCom
o 9.4 Mobitel
o 9.5 MegaCom

• 10. Hong Kong
o 10.1 Operator statistics
o 10.2 CSL New World
 10.2.1 Hong Kong CSL
 10.2.2 New World Mobility
 10.2.3 CSL New World Mobility Group
o 10.3 Hutchison Telecom
o 10.4 Peoples (China Resources Peoples Telephone Co Ltd)
o 10.5 SmarTone-Vodafone
o 10.6 Sunday
 10.6.1 PCCW
o 10.7 Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services

• 11. India
o 11.1 Market overview
o 11.2 Market structure and earlier growth
o 11.3 Mergers and acquisitions
o 11.4 Competition
o 11.5 Operator statistics
o 11.6 Overview of major mobile operators
 11.6.1 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
 11.6.2 Bharti Cellular Ltd (Airtel)
 11.6.3 BPL Mobile
 11.6.4 Vodafone Essar (formerly Hutchison Essar Telecom Ltd)
 11.6.5 Aircel
 11.6.6 Idea Cellular
 11.6.7 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
 11.6.8 Reliance Telecom Ltd
 11.6.9 Spice Telecom Ltd
 11.6.10 Virgin Mobile

• 12. Indonesia
o 12.1 Operator statistics
o 12.2 PT Telkomsel
o 12.3 PT Indosat
 12.3.1 PT Satelindo
 12.3.2 IM3 Indosat
o 12.4 PT Excelcomindo
o 12.5 PT Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia (STI)
o 12.6 Mobile-8
o 12.7 Natrindo Telepon Selular (NTS)
o 12.8 PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications
o 12.9 Smart Telecom

• 13. Japan
o 13.1 Operating environment
o 13.2 Operator statistics
 13.2.1 Regulatory environment
o 13.3 Overview of major operators
 13.3.1 NTT Corporation
 13.3.2 KDDI Corporation
 13.3.3 Softbank Corporation

• 14. Kazakhstan
o 14.1 Operator statistics
o 14.2 Altel
o 14.3 GSM-Kazakhstan (K’Cell)
o 14.4 Kar-Tel (K-Mobile)
o 14.5 Mobile Telecom Service (NeoTelecom)

• 15. Kyrgyzstan
o 15.1 Operator statistics
o 15.2 MegaCom (BiMoCom Ltd)
o 15.3 Bitel/Sky Mobile
o 15.4 Katel

• 16. Laos
o 16.1 Operator statistics
o 16.2 Lao Telecommunications Company (LTC)
o 16.3 Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)
o 16.4 Tigo (Millicom)
o 16.5 Lao Asia Telecom (LAT)
o 16.6 Sky Telecom

• 17. Macau
o 17.1 Operator statistics
o 17.2 CTM
o 17.3 Hutchison Telecom Macau
o 17.4 SmarTone Mobile Communications (Macau) Ltd
o 17.5 China Unicom

• 18. Malaysia
o 18.1 Operator statistics
o 18.2 Telekom Malaysia
o 18.3 Celcom
 18.3.1 Telekom Malaysia/Celcom merger
 18.3.2 Listing
o 18.4 Digi Communications
o 18.5 Maxis Communications
o 18.6 Time dotCom
 18.6.1 Maxis/Time merger
o 18.7 U Mobile

• 19. Maldives
o 19.1 Operator statistics
o 19.2 Dhiraagu (DhiMobile)
o 19.3 Wataniya Telecom

• 20. Mongolia
o 20.1 Operator statistics
o 20.2 MobiCom
o 20.3 SkyTel
o 20.4 Unitel
o 20.5 G-Mobile

• 21. Myanmar
o 21.1 Operator statistics
o 21.2 Sole mobile operator
 21.2.1 Myanmar P&T (MPT)

• 22. Nepal
o 22.1 Operator statistics
o 22.2 Nepal Telecom
o 22.3 Spice Nepal Pvt Ltd (SNPL)

• 23. Pakistan
o 23.1 Operator statistics
o 23.2 CMPak (Formerly Paktel)
o 23.3 Pakcom (Instaphone)
o 23.4 Mobilink (PMCL)
o 23.5 Ufone (PTCL)
o 23.6 Warid Telecom
o 23.7 Telenor Pakistan

• 24. Philippines
o 24.1 Overview
o 24.2 Operator statistics
o 24.3 Globe Telecom
o 24.4 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)
 24.4.1 Smart Communications
 24.4.2 Pilipino Telephone Corp (Piltel)
 24.4.3 ACeS Philippines
o 24.5 Extelcom
o 24.6 Digitel/Sun Cellular
o 24.7 BellTel

• 25. Singapore
o 25.1 Overview
o 25.2 Operator statstics
o 25.3 SingTel Mobile
o 25.4 MobileOne
 25.4.1 PLDT/MobileOne
o 25.5 StarHub

• 26. South Korea
o 26.1 Overview
o 26.2 Operator statistics
o 26.3 SK Telecom
 26.3.1 Merger with Shinsegi Telecom
o 26.4 KTF
 26.4.1 KT ICOM
 26.4.2 KT M.Com/Hansol M.Com
o 26.5 LG Telecom

• 27. Sri Lanka
o 27.1 Operator statistics
o 27.2 Tigo (formerly Celltel Lanka)
o 27.3 Hutchison Lanka
o 27.4 Mobitel
o 27.5 Dialog Telekom (MTN)
o 27.6 Bharti Airtel Lanka
o 27.7 Sixth mobile licence

• 28. Taiwan
o 28.1 Operator statistics
o 28.2 Chunghwa Telecom
o 28.3 Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)
o 28.4 KG Telecom
o 28.5 MobiTai Telecom
o 28.6 Taiwan Mobile (formerly Taiwan Cellular)
o 28.7 Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW)
o 28.8 VIBO Telecom

• 29. Tajikistan
o 29.1 Operator statistics
o 29.2 Babilon-Mobile
o 29.3 Indigo Tajikistan
o 29.4 Somoncom
o 29.5 Tacom
o 29.6 TK Mobile
o 29.7 TT Mobile

• 30. Timor Leste
o 30.1 Timor Telecom

• 31. Thailand
o 31.1 Market overview
o 31.2 Operator statistics
o 31.3 Advanced Info Service (AIS)
 31.3.1 Digital Phone Company (DPC)
o 31.4 DTAC
o 31.5 True Move (formerly TA Orange)
o 31.6 Hutchison CAT
o 31.7 Thai Mobile
o 31.8 CAT Telecom

• 32. Turkmenistan
o 32.1 Operator statistics
o 32.2 Barash Communications Technologies (BCTI)
o 32.3 Altyn Asyr/TM Cell

• 33. Uzbekistan
o 33.1 Operator statistics
o 33.2 Uzdunrobita / MTS-Uzbekistan
o 33.3 Unitel
o 33.4 Coscom
o 33.5 Other mobile operators

• 34. Vietnam
o 34.1 Operator statistics
o 34.2 Mobifone
o 34.3 Vinaphone
o 34.4 CityPhone
o 34.5 S-Fone (SLD Telecom)
o 34.6 Viettel
o 34.7 VP Telecom/EVN Telecom
o 34.8 Hutchison/HT Mobile
o 34.9 New and prospective operators
 34.9.1 Telenor
 34.9.2 Vodafone
 34.9.3 GTel

• 35. Glossary of Abbreviations

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