Market Corner (2) N55

[            China will issue no more than three 3G licenses, according to the China Academy of Telecommunications Research.

[            According to Pyramid Research, Latam mobile messaging revenues could reach $4bn by 2009.

[            According to the Swedish SNPTA agency, Sweden has achieved Europe's most extensive 3G network with about 85% of the population. The UK is behind with 75% and Italy follows with 60%.

[            According to Insight Research, four vertical industries (wholesale trade; financial, insurance, and real estate; professional business services; and communications) account for more than 60% of all US corporate telecom service spending in 2004.

[            Gartner forecast the APAC PC market would grow about 13% to 37m units in 2005.

[            Nokia predicts 80% of all phone traffic will be mobile by around 2010, from current 25%.

[            Avaya predicts that IP telephony systems shipment in 2005 (some 24.6m lines) would overtake for the first time TDM systems shipment (22.3m lines).