Future Mobile Handsets - ARC report 

[January 31st 2000] ARC Group forecasts sales of 410 Million handsets in 2000 with sales growing the fastest in Asia and Europe. "The introduction of 2.5G technologies in 2000 and 3G in 2001 will be a major turning point for the mobile handset market and it will undoubtly redraw the mobile handset industry landscape" states Eric Cariou, consultant manager at ARC group. " The arrival of GPRS/WAP handsets and the introduction of Bluetooth will be instrumental in triggering further explosive growth of the wireless internet, mirroring the astonishing success of i-Mode in Japan".

"The handset will rapidly become the single most important and valued personal item people have, negating the risk of seeing mobile handsets become very low cost commodity products, at least in the short to medium term".

ARC Group’s new research report Future Mobile Handset - Worldwide Technology and Market Developments 1999-2005 provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of handset technology, market and industry trends.

Topics covered include:

Detailed handset sales and forecasts by region, consumer segments, technology, key players, selected countries, etc for the period 1999-2005

Advanced technology and applications roadmaps covering User Interface, WAP, Bluetooth, GPRS, W-CDMA, etc

Review of existing and new entrant handset manufacturer strategies and likely evolution over the next five years.

Detailed handset roadmaps for various types of terminals including smartphones.

Analysis of key issues such as interoperability and testing of terminals, handset distribution and Asian strategies

In depth research and forecast for selected components such as Displays, Batteries, Memory, Processors, etc

ARC Group, an Informa Group Plc company - publishes in-depth strategic reports in the mobile/fixed communications, digital TV and IP Audio industries. A range of new and innovative consultancy and conference summary services complement the company’s offering.

Informa Group Plc is one of the world leading provider of strategic business information through its range of leading conference (e.g. IBC), publication (e.g. Mobile Communications International, CDMA World, 3G Mobile, etc), database (e.g. EMC) and consultancy companies implanted in over 15 countries worldwide.