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Enabling Technologies for Wireless E-Business

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Weidong Kou

Yelena Yesha (Eds.)

With 141 Figures and 15 Tables

Technologies

for Wireless E-Business

Enabling

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Weidong Kou

Chinese State Key Laboratory of ISN

2 South Taibai Road

Xi an, Shaanxi, 710071 ’a

Peoples Republic of China

Yelena Yesha

Department of Computer Science and

Electrical Engineering

University of Maryland Baltimore County

1000 Hilltop Circle

Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA

[email protected]

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005937332

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Foreword

The key message that we have for readers is that wireless is blooming. The

following statistics can show readers that this is definitely true:

y According to Strategy Analytics and UK-based Portio Research, at the

end of 2005 there were over 2.1 billion mobile subscribers in the world.

By the end of 2006 the mobile subscribers will reach to the level of

2.5 billions, and this figure is expected to increase to close to 4 billion

by 2012. The worldwide mobile phone penetration is predicted to easily

pass the 50% mark by the end of 2009.

y The Ministry of Information Industry of China reported that at the end

of 2005, the number of mobile subscribers in the country was close to

400 millions. It is predicted that by the end of 2006, the number of

mobile subscribers in China can reach 440 millions. In addition, the

number of short messages sent in China in 2005 was over 300 billions,

and the associated revenue was close to $4 billion US dollars.

y According to LaNetro Zed based in Madrid of Spain, at the end of

2005, West Europe has over 270 millions of wireless subscribers.

Germany is the largest market for mobile phones in Europe, with 74.1

million users, and it has a penetration rate of 90%; Italy is the second

largest market in Europe, with over 65.3 million mobile subscribers

and a penetration rate of 114%, the highest in the world; the United

Kingdom has 64 million subscribers and a mobile phone penetration

rate of 106%; the penetration rate in Finland stands at 100% with

nearly 5.2 million subscribers.

y In 2005 total number of mobile service subscribers in Russia has

grown by 70 percent and reached 125.8 million, according to a recent

report in 2006 from AC&M consulting bureau.

y According to Mobile Marketing Association, in the United States the

number of wireless subscribers was over 200 millions. The data on the

Mobilephonediscuss.com Forums shows that 66% of US households

own cell phones.

y In Canada, with the number of subscribers to wireless products and

service totaling close to 13.9 million by mid-2004, almost 43% of

Canadians now have access to a wireless device. By the end of 2005,

it was estimated that this number is probably over 50%.

y Global wireless service revenue is expected to rise 11% to $623.9

billion. The global wireless service industry is expected to generate

$800 billion in revenue in 2010, with emerging markets accounting

for about 42% of the total.