Market researches - 03/05/06

A few set of market information released this week:

• According to Analysys, Chinese telecom operators are forecast to invest some $25.7bn in capex this year, down 1%.

• According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), worldwide sales of semiconductors are driven by the sales of consumer electronic purchases, and specially of mobile phones. Low-cost phone sales should be the main driver for forecast 8% growth rate in semiconductors.

• In-Stat reports that the APAC mobile telecom industry would grow to $242bn revenues in 2010 (from $160bn in 2005).

• According to KMI, the fiber-optic market for European broadband access networks would grow to $7bn in 2010 (from $950m in 2005) with a CAGR of 49%.FTTP would account for 65% of the market value in 2010.