GPRS market stats

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Penetration rates for Germany, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal.
31% penetration by 2005
55% penetration by 2010.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf

According to a report from Researchandmarketing.com
GPRS users will account for over a third of Western Europe’s mobile
subscription base in 2006.
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4681/4681.pdf

Demographics

Main users - 15–35 year olds and corporate users.
GPRS is likely to take off in the corporate market due to its wireless
email capabilities. Travelling employees account for 30% of all
employees.
Early adopters of GPRS are likely to be 20-35 year old professionals.
This report also contains a country by country analysis of the number
of operators and the number of new entrants. It predicts that new
entrants will be able to take 7% of the market.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf


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Usage estimate.

Average daily usage in the consumer market is predicted to be 10
minutes. Average daily use in the corporate market is predicted to be
16 minutes.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf

Dell estimates that a typical user will consume between 10 and 20 MB per month.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/offers/merchandising/gprs_bsd?c=uk&l=en&s=bsd&~section=007#6

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Handsets

Market share – 2003 (Source:Gartner Dataquest)
Nokia – 35%
Motorola – 14.7%
Samsung – 10.5%
Siemens – 7.6%
Sony Ericsson – 4.8%
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/8982.shtml