Summary

Report on Analysis of China's Service Providers (SPs) and Their Products for 2004 examines the current performances of more than 1000 SPs in China's telecommunication market, and reviews the categories, subscription methods, cost information, service implementations and service contents of the 2008 types of SMSs from 210 major SPs. In this report, the services above are classified at two levels. At the first level, all the services are divided into total 12 categories including Entertainment, Educations, Finance, Commerce, Tourism, Science and technologies, News, Lifestyle, Medical health & cosmetic, Agency services, Utility and Services. Based on the examinations above, the report statistically analyzes SMSs' average prices, subscription methods, subclass distribution, etc.

For the Value Added Services of WAP, MMS and IVR that have most potential to grow in 2004, the report has also statistically analyzed the regional distribution of SPs, the products classification, the average prices of all categories and incomes from SPs' financing, etc.

Additionally, the report analyzes the applications of SMSs across various industries. As a result, it is found that the major application industries include tourism, finance & insurance, agency services, commercial services, governmental organizations & utility, education, automobile & transportation, medical health & cosmetic, entertainment & sports, etc. The other part of the report will deal with the background analysis, SMSs description, typical application cases, development trend, etc.

Part One Services Providers and Products Analysis

Chapter One Diagnoses of the 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2004
1.1. Analysis of categories for 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2004
1.2. Analysis of pricing for 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2004

Chapter Two Analysis on SMS providers
2.1 Analysis on SMS providers by provinces
2.2 Statistics on financing and incomes of major SPs for 2002-2004
2.3 Quantity of categories of SMSs from major SPs
2.4 Major SPs and their market performances for key provinces

Chapter Three Analysis on MMS providers
3.1 Overview of Cnina's MMS market
3.2 Analysis on China Mobile's MMSs
3.3 Analysis on China Unicom's "U－Mail" service
3.4 Analysis on U－Mail providers by provinces
3.5 Description of major MMS products and contrastive analysis

Chapter Four Analysis on WAP providers
4.1 Overview of China's WAP market
4.2 Analysis on China Mobile's WAP services
4.3 Analysis on China Unicom's WAP services
4.4 Description of major WAP products and contrastive analysis

Chapter Five Analysis on IVR providers
5.1 Overview of China's IVR market
5.2 Major IVR providers Profiles
5.3 Description of major IVR products and contrastive analysis

Part Two SMSs application in industries

Including application background, main products, typical cases, trend analysis, etc, for these industries;

Chapter Six SMS application in tourism industry

Chapter Seven SMS application in finance and insurance industry

Chapter Eight SMS application in agency service industry

Chapter Nine SMS application in commercial service industry

Chapter Ten SMS application in governmental organazation and utility industry

Chapter Eleven SMS application in educational field

Chapter Twelve SMS application in automobile and transportation industry

Chapter Thirteen SMS application in medical health and cosmetic industry

Chapter Fourteen SMS application in culture & sports & entertainment industry

Chapter Fifteen SMS viewpoints and conclusion

Directory of Charts and Tables

Table: Typical services list of SMS application in automobile industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in transportation industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in logistics industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in governmental organizations
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in national defence industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in medical health and cosmetic industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in sports industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in entertainment industry
Table: Typical services list of SMS application in tourism industry
Table: SMS services for financial industry
Table: SMS services for insurance industry
Table: SMS services for house renting industry
Table: SMS services for human resource industry
Table: The cost advantage of SMS services in utility industry
Table: SMS services for educational field
Table: Categorical statistics of 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2008
Diagram: Categorical proportions among 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2008
Diagram: Categorical quantities of 2008 types of SMSs in China for 2008
Table: The quantity and proportion of each service that subclasses the SMSs in Entertainment category
Diagram: The proportions among all services that subclass the SMSs in Entertainment category
Diagram: The proportions among all services that subclass the SMSs in Education category
Diagram: The proportions among all services that subclass the SMSs in Finance category
Table: The quantity and proportion of each service that subclasses the SMSs in Medical health and cosmetic category
Diagram: The proportions among all services that subclass the SMSs in Medical health and cosmetic category
Table: The quantity and proportion of each service that subclasses the SMSs in News category
Diagram: The proportions among all services that subclass the SMSs in News category
Diagram: The proportions of costs collection methods among 900 types of SMSs in China for the year of 2004
Diagram: The average prices of 900 types of SMSs in China for the year of 2004
Diagram: The average prices of services in various SMS categories that are charged by per message
Diagram: The average prices of services in various SMS categories that are charged by per month package
Table: The quantity of costs collection methods for each category of SMSs
Diagram: The quantity of costs collection methods for each category of SMSs
Diagram: The proportions of costs collection methods among all categories of SMSs
Table: Statistics on SPs Quantities for major provinces by July 2004
Diagram: The statistics on top 10 provinces in China in terms of SPs quantity by July 2004
Diagram: The statistics on SMS incomes of major SPs in China for 2002-2004
Diagram: The statistics on major SPs' financings in China for 2002-2004
Table: The categorical statistics of SMSs by major SPs in China
Diagram: The categorical distribution of SMSs by major SPs in China
Diagram: The income curve of WAP services by China Unicom for 2003-2004
Diagram: The flow curve of network for WAP services by China Unicom
Diagram: The trend of WAP income per month of China Unicom for the first half of 2004
Diagram: The trend of WAP income per month of China Unicom in major provinces for the first half of 2004
Table: Monthly statistics of the columns listed into the top 10 in terms of the WAP income with China Unicom for the first half of 2004
Table: Monthly statistics of the columns listed into the top 10 in terms of the hits for WAP services with China Unicom for the first half of 2004
Table: The WAP incomes with major SPs for 2003-2004
Table: WAP products and services from major SPs and related costs statistics
Table: Classification of WAP products from major SPs and statistics on average prices of all categories
Table: Online Services on China Mobile's "Hisun" Platform for SPs
Table: Classification of IVR products from major SPs and statistics on average prices of all categories
Diagram: The costs structure of IVR products from major SPs
Diagram: Market shares of MMS services with major SPs for 2004
Table: The statistics on China Mobile's MMS providers by provinces
Table: The statistics on China Unicom's MMS providers by provinces
Table: The classification of MMS products from major SPs and the statistics on the average prices of all categories