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Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker: Technology Coverage
Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker: Technology Coverage
Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker: Technology Coverage
The Asia/Pacific mobile phone market continues to be highly complex due to differences in regional wireless
infrastructures, types of customers, and government regulations across countries. Developing markets such as China,
India, Indonesia, and Vietnam provide tremendous opportunities for low-end phones. Meanwhile, Australia, Hong
Kong, Korea, and Singapore spearhead the move toward new technologies and usage patterns that are often
eventually adopted by markets all over the world. IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker monitors the
mobile phone market on a quarterly basis for Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) with country-based granularity. This
product provides broad and integrated coverage of the mobile phone market, helping companies understand new
developments from a regional perspective while building a deeper appreciation of the unique mobile phone
challenges in each country.
Technology Coverage
This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas. Measurement for this tracker is in units as well as
revenue.
Core coverage:
By product category (feature phone, smartphone)
By air interface (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA2001 1xRTT,
UMTS/WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, HSPA, CDMA EV-DO, TD-LTE, FD-
LTE, TD/FD LTE, WiMAX, etc.)
By operating system for smartphones (Android, BlackBerry OS,
Firefox OS, iOS, Symbian, Tizen, Windows Phone, etc.)
By various technical splits (screen size, dual SIM, CPU processor,
etc.)
Geographic Scope
Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Philippines, PRC, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the
India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the rest of Asia/Pacific)
Forecast Coverage
Forecasts for this tracker are updated quarterly and include one year of historical data, two years of quarterly forecasts, and an additional three
years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the regional and country levels.
Deliverables
This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with tools such as pivot tables. Deliverables for this tracker are listed below. For a complete delivery
schedule, please contact an IDC sales representative.
Historical data
Forecast data
Executive summary
IDC's Tracker Methodology
IDC's tracker data is developed using a rigorous methodology that includes well-planned and well-coordinated local, regional, and worldwide data
cross-checks combined with a proprietary advanced data consolidation and analysis data platform managed by IDC's Worldwide Tracker
organization. Data sources used in the process of determining IDC's tracker numbers include, but are not limited to:
In-country local vendor interviews In-country local channel partner discussions
Distribution data feeds Import records
Worldwide and regional vendor guidance Feedback from component suppliers
ODM data Vendor briefings and public financial reports