1. Afghanistan
1.1 Fixed network operators in Afghanistan
1.1.1 Afghan Wireless Communications Co (AWCC)
1.1.2 Afghan Telecom
1.1.3 Wasel Telecom
1.1.4 Other licences
2. Armenia
2.1 Fixed network operators in Armenia
2.1.1 ArmenTel
3. Azerbaijan
3.1 Fixed network operators in Azerbaijan
3.1.1 Aztelekom
3.1.2 AzEuroTel
3.1.3 Terracom Inc (Fire Telecom) – EurAsiaCom
4. Bangladesh
4.1 Fixed Network Market
4.1.1 Overview of operators
4.1.2 Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL)
4.1.3 Bangladesh Rural Telecommunications Authority (BRTA)
4.1.4 Sheba Telecom
4.1.5 WorldTel
4.1.6 Basundhara Communications Network Limited (BCNL)
4.1.7 Dhaka Phone
4.1.8 Other licensees
5. Bhutan
5.1 Fixed network operator in Bhutan
5.1.1 Bhutan Telecom
6. Brunei Darussalam
6.1 Fixed network operators in Brunei Darussalam
6.1.1 Jabatan Telekom Brunei (JTB)
6.1.2 DST Group
7. Cambodia
7.1 Fixed network in Cambodia
8. China
8.1 Overview of China’s telecom market restructure in 2008
8.2 Fixed-lines and mobiles
8.3 Major Telecom Operators
8.3.1 Overview of major players
8.3.2 China Tietong (merged into China Mobile)
8.3.3 China Telecom
8.3.4 China Unicom
9. Georgia
9.1 Fixed network operators in Georgia
9.1.1 United Telecom (formerly Sakartvelos Elektrokavshiri)
9.1.2 NewNet Telecommunications (Akhali Kselebi Ltd)
9.1.3 Telecom Georgia (Sakartvelos Telekomi)
9.1.4 Egrisi
10. Hong Kong
10.1 Overview of Hong Kong’s telecom market
10.2 Fixed Telecommunications Network Services (FTNS)
10.3 International telecommunications services
10.4 Major Operators
10.4.1 Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW)
10.4.2 City Telecom (HK) Ltd
10.4.3 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd
10.4.4 Wharf T&T Hong Kong (i-Cable)
10.4.5 New World Telecommunications Ltd (formerly New World Telephone)
10.4.6 Peoples (China Resources Peoples Telephone Co Ltd)
10.4.7 SmarTone-Vodafone
11. India
11.1 Overview of the Telecommunications market
11.2 Analysis: India and the global financial crisis – February 2009
11.3 Foreign investment
11.4 Universal service
11.5 Overview of Fixed Network Operators
11.5.1 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
11.5.2 Bharti Airtel (formerly Bharti Telenet)
11.5.3 Hughes Telecom
11.5.4 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
11.5.5 Tata Teleservices Ltd
11.5.6 Reliance Infocomm
11.5.7 Shyam Telelink
11.5.8 BSNL/MTNL merger
11.6 International operators
11.6.1 Market development
11.6.2 Tata Communications (formerly VSNL)
11.6.3 Data Access
11.6.4 Bharti Telesonic
11.6.5 Reliance Communications
11.7 Other operators
12. Indonesia
12.1 Fixed Network Major Operators
12.1.1 PT Telkom Indonesia
12.1.2 PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation (Indosat)
12.1.3 PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (SATELINDO)
12.1.4 PT Bakrie Telecom
13. Japan
13.1 Overview of Japan’s telecom market
13.2 Fixed-line and mobile phones in Japan
13.3 Fixed Network Market overview
13.4 MYLINE Carrier Selection Service (CSS)
13.4.1 MYLINE calling categories
13.5 Domestic services
13.5.1 Local calls
13.5.2 National long-distance calls
13.5.3 International calls
13.6 Major Operators
13.6.1 Operating environment
13.6.2 Overview of major operators
13.6.3 NTT Corporation
13.6.4 KDDI Corporation
13.6.5 Softbank Corporation
14. Kazakhstan
14.1 Fixed network operators in Kazakhstan
14.1.1 Astel
14.1.2 Ducat (formerly Kazintel)
14.1.3 Kazakhtelecom
14.1.4 KazInformTelecom (KIT)
15. Kyrgyzstan
15.1 Fixed network operators in Kyrgyzstan
15.1.1 Kyrgyztelecom
15.1.2 Others
16. Laos
16.1 Fixed network operators in Laos
16.1.1 Lao Telecom
16.1.2 Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)
16.1.3 Star Telecom (formerly Lao Asia Telecom (LAT))
17. Macau
17.1 Major telecom operator in macau
17.1.1 Compahnia de Telecomunicações de Macau (CTM)
18. Malaysia
18.1 Major Operators in Malaysia
18.1.1 Overview of operators
18.1.2 Telekom Malaysia
18.1.3 TRI Celcom
18.1.4 Time dotCom
18.1.5 Maxis Communications Bhd
18.1.6 DiGi Telecommunications
19. Maldives
19.1 Overview of Maldives’ telecom market
19.2 National telecom network
20. Mongolia
20.1 Fixed network operators in Mongolia
20.1.1 Mongolia Telecom
20.1.2 Mongolian Railways Communications
21. Myanmar
21.1 Overview of Myanmar’s telecom market
21.2 National infrastructure
22. Nepal
22.1 Major basic telephone service providers in Nepal
22.1.1 Nepal Doorsanchar Co Ltd / Nepal Telecom
22.1.2 United Telecom Ltd (UTL)
23. North Korea
23.1 Fixed network operators
23.1.1 Lancelot Holdings
23.1.2 Loxley Pacific (Loxpac)
23.1.3 KT Corporation
23.1.4 Shin Satellite Corp
23.2 National telecom network
24. Pakistan
24.1 Fixed Network Operators in Pakistan
24.1.1 Overview of major fixed-line operators
24.1.2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
24.1.3 Worldcall group
24.1.4 TeleCard
24.2 Fixed Network Voice Services
24.2.1 International voice traffic
24.2.2 International prepaid calling card services
25. Philippines
25.1 Fixed-line operator statistics
25.2 Fixed Network Operators in the Philippines
25.2.1 BayanTel
25.2.2 Bell Telecom
25.2.3 Digitel (Digital Telecommunications Philippines)
25.2.4 Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc (ETPI)
25.2.5 Globe Telecom
25.2.6 PhilCom
25.2.7 PLDT
25.2.8 Philippine Telephone and Telegraph Co (PT&T)
25.2.9 Smart Communications
25.2.10 Liberty Telecom
26. Singapore
26.1 Fixed Network Operators in Singapore
26.1.1 Singapore Telecom (SingTel)
26.1.2 StarHub Pte Ltd
26.1.3 Other players
27. South Korea
27.1 Overview of fixed-line and mobile services
27.2 Fixed-line and mobile statistics
27.3 Telecommunications service markets
27.3.1 Service providers
27.4 Major fixed-line network operators
27.4.1 Overview
27.4.2 KT Corp
27.4.3 LG Dacom
27.4.4 SK Broadband (Hanaro Telecom)
27.4.5 Onse Telecom
28. Sri Lanka
28.1 Fixed Network Operators in Sri Lanka
28.1.1 Lanka Bell
29. Taiwan
29.1 Fixed Network Market
29.2 Major Operators
29.2.1 New Century InfoComm Tech Co Ltd (Sparq)
29.2.2 Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom
30. Tajikistan
30.1 Fixed network operator
31. Thailand
31.1 Fixed network voice services
31.1.1 Market overview
31.1.2 National fibre optic network
31.1.3 Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund
31.2 International Networks
31.3 Fixed network operators in Thailand
31.3.1 CAT Telecom
31.3.2 Proposed CAT/TOT merger
31.3.3 True Corp
31.3.4 Thai Telephone &Telecommunications (TT&T)
32. Timor Leste
32.1 Fixed network operators in Timor Leste
32.1.1 Telstra
32.1.2 Timor Telecom
33. Turkmenistan
33.1 Overview of the Telecommunications Market in Turkmenistan
33.2 Fixed-line infrastructure
33.2.1 Fibre optic networks
34. Uzbekistan
34.1 Fixed network operators in Uzbekistan
34.1.1 Uzbektelecom
34.1.2 Buzton
34.1.3 East Telecom
35. Vietnam
35.1 Fixed Network Operators in Vietnam
35.1.1 Vietnam Post & Telecommunications (VNPT)
35.1.2 Saigon Postel
35.1.3 Viettel
35.1.4 Other operators
Table 1 – Telephone network statistics in Afghanistan – 2008
Table 2 – Telephone network statistics in Armenia – 2008
Table 3 – Telephone network statistics in Azerbaijan – 2008
Table 4 – Telephone network statistics in Bangladesh – June 2009
Table 5 – Subscribers by operator in Bangladesh – June 2009
Table 6 – Fixed telephone line targets and teledensity in Bangladesh – 2010; 2025
Table 7 – Telephone network statistics in Bhutan – 2008
Table 8 – Telephone network statistics in Brunei Darussalam – 2008
Table 9 – Telephone network statistics in Cambodia – 2008
Table 10 – Telephone network statistics in China – 2008
Table 11 – Fixed-line and mobile subscriptions and penetration rate in China – 1998 - 2008
Table 12 – China Telecom key operating statistics – 2004 - 2008
Table 13 – China Telecom (China Unicom) CDMA mobile subscribers – 2002 - 2008
Table 14 – China Telecom financial data – 2001 - 2008
Table 15 – China Telecom revenue breakdown – 2007 - 2008
Table 16 – China Telecom wireline revenue breakdown – 2007 - 2008
Table 17 – China Telecom wireline VAS revenue growth and mix – 2007 - 2008
Table 18 – China Telecom CAPEX – 2007 - 2008
Table 19 – China Unicom GSM mobile subscribers – 2002 - 2008
Table 20 – China Unicom key operating metrics – 2007 - 2008
Table 21 – China Unicom financial data – 2001 - 2008
Table 22 – China Unicom CAPEX breakdown – 2007 - 2008
Table 23 – China Netcom subscribers by service – 2003 - 2008
Table 24 – China Netcom ARPU by service – 2003 - 2008
Table 25 – China Netcom revenue percentages – 2003 - 2008
Table 26 – China Netcom financial data – 2003 - 2008
Table 27 – China Netcom traditional and innovative revenue ratios – 2005 - 2008
Table 28 – Telephone network statistics in Georgia – 2008
Table 29 – Telephone network statistics – August 2009
Table 30 – Fixed line versus mobile subscriptions and penetration rates – 1998 - 2020
Table 31 – Hong Kong Telecoms sector Financial Indicators – 1994 – 2008
Table 32 – PCCW revenue and profit – 2001 - 2007
Table 33 – Sunday subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2007
Table 34 – Sunday net profit/loss – 2000 - 2006
Table 35 – PCCW mobile revenue, EBITDA and net profit – 2005 - 2008
Table 36 – PCCW 2G and 3G subscribers – 2005 - 2009
Table 37 – City Telecom revenue and profit – 2001 - 2009
Table 38 – HTIL revenue and profit – 2002 - 2008
Table 39 – Hutchison total subscribers and annual change – 1998 – 2009
Table 40 – Hutchison Hong Kong 3G mobile subscribers and annual change – 2004 - 2009
Table 41 – HTIL Hong Kong and Macau revenue – 2002 – 2008
Table 42 – HGC Hong Kong revenue – 2005 – 2008
Table 43 – Wharf T&T revenue and profit – 2001 – 2008
Table 44 – Wharf T&T fixed-line, i-Cable Broadband and Pay TV subscribers – 2001 - 2009
Table 45 – CSL New World subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2006
Table 46 – New World Mobility subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2005
Table 47 – CSL New World Mobility Group subscribers and annual change – 2006 - 2008
Table 48 – Peoples subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2008
Table 49 – SmarTone subscribers and annual change – 1998 – 2009
Table 50 – SmarTone-Vodafone 3G subscribers – 2004 - 2008
Table 51 – SmarTone-Vodafone revenue and profit – 2002 – 2009
Table 52 – SmarTone-Vodafone ARPU and data contribution – 2002 – 2009
Table 53 – Telephone network statistics in India – 2008
Table 54 – Fixed-line services versus mobile services and penetration in India – 2008
Table 55 – Foreign Direct Investment in telecom sector in India – 2004 - 2008
Table 56 – Telephone services to villages in India - 2008
Table 57 – Fixed-line subscribers by operator in India – 2007 - 2008
Table 58 – Telephone network statistics in Indonesia – 2008
Table 59 – PT Telkom fixed lines in service – 2006 - 2008
Table 60 – PT Telkom postpaid and prepaid fixed wireless subscribers – 2008
Table 61 – PT Telekom fixed wireless pre- and postpaid ARPU – 2004 - 2008
Table 62 – PT Indosat fixed wireless subscribers – 2006 - 2008
Table 63 – PT Indosat pre- and postpaid fixed wireless subscribers – 2008
Table 64 – Bakrie Telecom subscribers – 2004 - 2008
Table 65 – Bakrie Telecom pre- and postpaid ARPU – 2004 - 2008
Table 66 – Telephone network statistics in Japan – March 2009
Table 67 – Number of competitive telecommunications carriers: 1985; 1989; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2005-2009
Table 68 – Number of telecommunications carriers in Japan – November 2008
Table 69 – Subscribers and penetration: fixed-line versus mobile – 1993 – 2009, 2010 (e), 2015 (e), 2020 (e)
Table 70 – Monthly fixed and mobile call volumes (billions of minutes): 2003 and 2008
Table 71 – Monthly fixed and mobile call volumes per head (in minutes): 2003 and 2008
Table 72 – Mobile as a proportion of total telecommunications connections – 2003 and 2008
Table 73 – Market share of fixed line operators in Japan – June 2009
Table 74 – MYLINE subscribers – 2002 – 2009
Table 75 – MYLINE operator market share – 2009
Table 76 – Internet, broadband, IP telephony and telecoms statistics in Japan – 2004 – 2009
Table 77 – NTT major shareholders – March 2009
Table 78 – NTT financial data – 2000 - 2009
Table 79 – NTT proportion of operating revenue by segment – 2001 - 2009
Table 80 – NTT subscribers by service – November 2009
Table 81 – NTT forecast consolidated revenue composition – 2008 - 2013
Table 82 – NTT Com operating revenue and net income – 2001 - 2009
Table 83 – KDDI financial data – 2001 - 2009
Table 84 – KDDI proportion of revenue by segment – 2001 - 2010
Table 85 – KDDI capital expenditure on mobile and fixed-line – 2005 - 2009
Table 86 – ADSL and FttH subscribers – 2005 - 2010
Table 87 – Fixed access lines – 2008 - 2010
Table 88 – Softbank major shareholders – March 2009
Table 89 – Softbank distribution of ownership among shareholders – March 2009
Table 90 – Softbank financial data – 1995 – 2009
Table 91 – Softbank proportion of revenue by segment – 2006 - 2009
Table 92 – Softbank operational data: thousands of subscribers – 2006 - 2009
Table 93 – Softbank ARPU and churn – 2004 - 2009
Table 94 – Softbank market share by service – 2009
Table 95 – Telephone network statistics in Kazakhstan – 2008
Table 96 – Kazakhtelecom urban and rural fixed-line subscribers – June 2009
Table 97 – Telephone network statistics in Kyrgyzstan – 2008
Table 98 – Telephone network statistics in Laos – 2008
Table 99 – Fixed-line operators’ subscribers and market share in Laos – 2008
Table 100 – Telephone network statistics in Macau – December 2008
Table 101 – Telephone network statistics in Malaysia – 2008
Table 102 – Telephone network statistics in the Maldives – March 2009
Table 103 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in the Maldives – 1995 - 2009
Table 104 – Fixed-line subscribers by region in the Maldives – March 2009
Table 105 – Telephone network statistics in Mongolia – 2008
Table 106 – Telephone network statistics in Myanmar – 2008
Table 107 – Fixed lines in service in Myanmar – 1990, 1995 - 2009
Table 108 – Telephone network statistics in Nepal – August 2009
Table 109 – Telephone network statistics in North Korea – 2009
Table 110 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in North Korea – 1990 - 2005
Table 111 – Telephone network statistics in Pakistan – June 2009
Table 112 – ‘Fixed-Line’ licences issued by PTA in Pakistan – March 2008
Table 113 – Fixed-line subscribers by operator in Pakistan – March 2009
Table 114 – WLL subscribers by operator and market share in Pakistan – July 2009
Table 115 – Growth in Public Call Offices (PCOs) in Pakistan – 1999 - 2007
Table 116 – Telephone network statistics in the Philippines – 2008
Table 117 – Fixed-line operators, lines, subscribers and market share in the Philippines – 2007
Table 118 – PLDT mobile service: postpaid & prepaid ARPU – 2005 - 2008
Table 119 – Telephone network statistics in Singapore – 2008
Table 120 – Telephone network statistics in South Korea – June 2008
Table 121 – KT Corp fixed-line subscribers and market share – 2004 - 2009
Table 122 – Fixed and mobile lines in service and teledensity in South Korea – 1991 - 2008
Table 123 – Fixed-line subscribers and market share by operator in South Korea – September 2008
Table 124 – Number portability of fixed line services in South Korea – 2003 - 2007
Table 125 – Local telephony lines by operator in South Korea – 2005 - 2008
Table 126 – Local telephony market share by operator in South Korea – 2005 - 2008
Table 127 – KT Corp financial data – 2006 - 2008
Table 128 – KT Corp shareholders – 2008
Table 129 – KT Corp broadband subscribers and market share – 2003 - 2009
Table 130 – KT Corp fixed-line subscribers and market share – 2003 - 2009
Table 131 – KT Corp IPTV subscribers – 2007 - 2009
Table 132 – LG Powercom financial data – 2005 - 2008
Table 133 – SK Broadband financial data – 2003 - 2008
Table 134 – SK Broadband shareholders – 2008
Table 135 – SK Broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2008
Table 136 – SK Broadband TV subscribers – 2008
Table 137 – SK Broadband revenue split – 2008
Table 138 – Telephone network statistics in Sri Lanka – June 2009
Table 139 – Fixed-line operators and subscribers in Sri Lanka – 2008
Table 140 – SLT fixed-line subscribers and market share – 1999 - 2009
Table 141 – SLT fixed-line subscribers – Wireline versus WLL – 2005 - 2008
Table 142 – Suntel subscribers – 1999 - 2008
Table 143 – Lanka Bell subscribers – 1999 - 2009
Table 144 – Telephone network statistics in Taiwan – November 2008
Table 145 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Taiwan – 2007
Table 146 – Fixed network operators, market share by revenue in Taiwan – 2007
Table 147 – Chunghwa Telecom fixed subscribers and market share – 2004 - 2007
Table 148 – Chunghwa Telecom’s subscriber base by sector – June 2009
Table 149 – Chunghwa Telecom revenue breakdown by sector – 2003; 2007-2008
Table 150 – Chunghwa Telecom revenue, CAPEX, net profit and employees – 2000 - 2008
Table 151 – Chunghwa Telecom fixed line, mobile subscribers and market share – 2000 – 2009
Table 152 – Chunghwa Telecom market share by segment – 2008
Table 153 – Chunghwa Telecom’s mobile subscribers and ARPU – 2006 - 2008
Table 154 – Telephone network statistics in Tajikistan – 2008
Table 155 – Telephone network statistics in Thailand – 2009
Table 156 – Fixed-line subscribers and market share by operator in Thailand – 2008
Table 157 – Public payphones in Thailand – 2008
Table 158 – TOT’s total revenues – 2005 - 2009
Table 159 – TOT’s fixed-line subscribers – 2005 - 2009
Table 160 – Telephone network statistics in Timor Leste – 2008
Table 161 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Timor Leste – 2007
Table 162 – Timor Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2003 - 2009
Table 163 – Telephone network statistics in Turkmenistan – 2008
Table 164 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Turkmenistan – 1991 - 2009
Table 165 – Telephone network statistics in Uzbekistan – 2008
Table 166 – Telephone network statistics in Vietnam – 2008
Exhibit 1 – Restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry
Exhibit 2 – Restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry – scenario 1
Exhibit 3 – Restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry – scenario 2
Exhibit 4 – Restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry – scenario 3
Exhibit 5 – China Telecom Corporation Ltd* at a glance – 2008
Exhibit 6 – China Unicom Ltd at a glance – 2008
Exhibit 7 – China Network Communications Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd at a glance – 1H 2008
Exhibit 8 – United Telecom’s Tbilisi network infrastructure
Exhibit 9 – The ‘original’ PCCW deal
Exhibit 10 – Major telecommunications players in India
Exhibit 11 – Fixed-line basic services by operator in India – 2008
Exhibit 12 – Major members of MYLINE Carriers Association in Japan – January 2009
Exhibit 13 – Significant telecoms operators in Japan
Exhibit 14 – NTT Group structure – March 2009
Exhibit 15 – Softbank operations
Exhibit 16 – Kazakhtelecom’s modernisation program for telecommunications – 2004 - 2007
Exhibit 17 – Telekom Malaysia’s major shareholders – March 2009
Exhibit 18 – PTCL subsidiary companies
Exhibit 19 – PTCL Joint ventures and affiliated companies
Exhibit 20 – SingTel’s regional subsidiaries and shareholdings – 2009
Exhibit 21 – Classification of service providers in South Korea
Exhibit 22 – Significant telecoms operators in South Korea
Exhibit 23 – Overview of KT subsidiaries
Exhibit 24 – Telecommunications system operator licensees in Sri Lanka
Exhibit 25 – Major shareholders in SLT
Exhibit 26 – Key service concessions in Thailand
Exhibit 27 – Major operators by market segment in Thailand
Exhibit 28 – TOT’s troubled business processes