Market research 2 - N60

ð                   According to Insight Research, the global telecom software for operations support systems (OSS) would exceed $30bn in 2005.

ð                   According to In-Stat, the rise in 3G deployments is a sign of its growing acceptance. 3G infrastructure is shipping, 3G licenses are being used, and there are a fair number of 3G handsets available.

ð                   Visiongrain forecast that China could have as many as 580m mobile phone subscribers by 2010.

ð                   China mobile phone market grew 14% in 2004, dominated by Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung. 68 million units were sold last year in China, accounting for about 12% of the global handset market.

ð                   Infonetics Research predicts that the worldwide metro Ethernet equipment revenues would grow to $7.6 bn by 2008, doubling from current $3.8bn in 2004. The carrier Ethernet switch and router revenues were worth $61m in 2004, or 2% of the global market, but is expected to grow to $2.7bn by 2008.