Communication Services in Emerging Asia-Pacific 2018-2023 - Facebook is Challenging Local Players and is Set to Become the Dominant Messaging Provider in the Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Users are well-accustomed to OTT voice services, given the high
levels of app penetration, though data allowances and poor quality of
service on cellular networks remain significant barriers to further
adoption

This report provides an outlook on the mobile communication services
market in emerging Asia-Pacific (EMAP), including country views for
China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It provides forecasts
for voice and messaging services provided by both mobile network
operators and over-the-top (OTT) providers.

This report provides:

• forecasts for operator services including VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling and IP
  messaging, as well as traditional voice and messaging services
• quantification of the level of substitution of traditional services by
  OTT alternatives
• user and traffic forecasts for communication services, including OTT
  voice and messaging
• an outlook for multi-device usage across smartphones, tablets and
  PCs/laptops
• data provided for the region as a whole and for Bangladesh, China,
  India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines,
  Thailand and Vietnam
• individual profiles for China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

Key Metrics

Non-operator/OTT services

• Voice and messaging
• Active users by device type
• Outgoing traffic by device type

Operator traditional services

• Handsets
• Circuit-switched (CS) voice and SMS
• Outgoing traffic

Operator IP-based services

• Active users by service type:
  • VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling, IP messaging
• Outgoing traffic by service type
  • VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling, IP messaging
• Retail revenue
  • voice and messaging
  • average spend per user

Who Should Read this Report?

• Strategy and planning executives that are responsible for mobile
  operators' communication services strategies and partnerships with OTT
  players.
• Executives in mobile operators' technology and innovations teams that
  are responsible for developing communication services.
• Marketing executives at vendors of communication services equipment
  and software, as it will help them to understand the needs of their
  operator customers and to size the addressable market for their
  products.

Countries Covered

• Bangladesh
• China
• EMAP Region
• India
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Rest of EMAP Region
• Thailand
• The Philippines
• Vietnam
• Worldwide

Key Topics Covered

Chapter Nos.

6. Executive summary

7. Worldwide trends

8. Worldwide: 72 trillion OTT IP messages were sent in 2018; this is 12
times the number of messages that were sent using SMS

9. Worldwide: 80% of smartphone users were active on OTT messaging apps
in 2018; the penetration of these apps will slow down in the coming years

10. Worldwide: the OTT communication market is heading towards
saturation; Facebook's future revenue growth will come from enhanced
user monetisation

11. Worldwide: smartphones will continue to be the dominant
communication devices, but the use of emerging devices will increase

12. Worldwide: strategic responses from operators vary significantly in
different regions

13. Worldwide: operators are migrating smartphone users to VoLTE
services; nearly 3.5 billion VoLTE subscribers are expected by 2023

14. Worldwide: many operators are rolling out Wi-Fi calling, primarily
to improve indoor coverage; the roll-out of Wi-Fi 6 will further
increase its adoption and usage

15. Worldwide: the number of RCS users is growing rapidly as operators
worldwide are rolling out the technology on Android devices

16. Regional trends

17. Emerging Asia-Pacific: Facebook is challenging local players and is
set to become the dominant messaging provider in the region

18. Emerging Asia-Pacific: the roll-out of voice and video features on
common communication services has made users accustomed to OTT voice
services

19. Country-level trends

20. China: Tencent's services dominate the messaging markets; operators
are focusing on voice services

21. Indonesia: LINE dominates the youth market; operators are focusing
on improving LTE (and voice) coverage

22. Malaysia: Facebook dominates the app market and is driving regional
platform players out

23. Philippines: operators are hoping for success with RCS in what
remains a strong traditional messaging market

24. Forecast methodology and assumptions

25. Forecast outputs and definitions

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