The Consumer VoIP Market in China: Virtual Carriers Still Have Legal Market Space

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Definition
• Market Overview
  • Market Status Quo
    • Telecom VoIP (IP Card) Services Boom
    • Broadband IP Telephony Slowly Builds Momentum
    • IM-based VoIP Flourishes in China
  • Value Chain Analysis
• Drivers and Barriers
  • Drivers
    • Competitive Price of IP Telephony
    • The Flourishing of Broadband Applications
    • NGN Deployment Driving VoIP
  • Barriers
    • Policy Restrictions on VoIP
    • Lack of Core Impetus in the Value Chain
    • Intense Competition in Virtual Operation
• Market Trends and Forecast
  • Market Opportunity Analysis
    • Cable Operators Have Opportunities to Compete with Telcos on VoIP
    • Small Broadband Providers are too Weak
  • Consumer VoIP Subscriber Forecast
  • Consumer VoIP End-Device Classification and Forecast
    • Softphones
    • Corded IP Phones
    • Wireless IP Phones
    • End-Device Users Forecast
• Select Service Provider Profiles
  • China Broadband Communications
  • 263 Network Communication
  • Skype
• Methodology
• Glossary
• Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

• Table 1. Price Comparison between IP Telephony and Non-IP Telephony Services, 2006
• Table 2. Broadband Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)
• Table 3. Comparison between IP Phone and Softphone Subscribers in China, 2006 (in Millions)
• Table 4. IP Client Subscribers Forecast Segmented by Device Type: China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Broadband IP Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)
• Figure 2. Calling Minutes of VoIP (IP Card) and PSTN Long-Distance Service: China, 2001- 2006 (in Millions)
• Figure 3. Value Chain of the Consumer VoIP Market in China
• Figure 4. China' s Broadband Access Subscriber Forecast, 2004- 2011
• Figure 5. Broadband Telephony Subscriber Forecast: China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)
• Figure 6. CBCom Softphone
• Figure 7. Grandstream BudgeTone BT 101 IP Phone
• Figure 8. Paragon Wireless Hipi GSM/Wi-Fi Dual-mode Phone
• Figure 9. VoIP Client Subscribers Forecast Segmented by Device Type: China, 2005- 2011 (in Millions)