US : Research and Markets announced the addition of 2005 Global Mobile Communications Moving Towards 3G to their offering.

High growth rates in the mobile industry have been maintained globally until the present time, but there are strong indications that the annual growth rate is slowing quite markedly. It has now stabilised just below 20%.

Most of this growth is in developing countries, with Africa leading the
charge. There are now 1.5 billion mobile users worldwide, growing to 2 billion by 2007.

This report provides global subscriber statistics, together with regional and country breakdowns, and forecasts of future growth. On average, call charges are dropping by 15%-20% per annum. While several countries are still seeing high growth in new mobile subscribers, their overall revenues are also flattening, because of the drop in call charges -- as well as the fact that new subscribers are, in general, low-usage customers.

As would be expected, markets with strong competition have experienced a considerable drop in mobile call charges. The others have retained declining but relatively high ARPUs. The low-priced countries have seen a leveling out of the mobile charges as they approach fixed call charges.

In the USA and Scandinavia mobile substitution has resulted in at least 50% of its voice traffic migrating to mobile. In Europe, 10%-15% of households now use mobile phones only. These countries are stimulating further growth by developing mobile value-added services.

This report discusses the evolution of 3G; analyses the problems of implementation; describes the difference between 3G and the existing 21/2G applications; and provides possible strategies for new players.

This annual report covers:
GSM, CDMA, 3G (analyses, technical issues, standards, market data), fixed- mobile substitution, Bluetooth, MVNO. Also contains industry analyses, issuesand strategies, government policies, spectrum developments.

Detailed chapters on:

The future of voice
Technology information
Global overview and analysis
Trends and Developments
Marketing and Business Strategies
User statistics
Revenues, ARPU and forecasts