Fixed Line Telecoms in South Korea

MarketLine, October 2012, Pages: 35

Introduction

Fixed Line Telecoms in South Korea industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the South Korea fixed line telecoms market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

- The fixed-line telecommunications market is valued as the revenues obtained by operators for voice telephony and other non-voice information transmission using fixed lines (wirelines), rather than wireless systems. Only revenues from end-users are included, with revenues from other operators, as in wholesale transactions, excluded. Revenues from internet services and value-added services are included. Market volumes represent the number of fixed-line telephones. All currency conversions were carried out at constant 2011 average annual exchange rates.

- The South Korean fixed line telecoms market had total revenues of $12.3 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.7% between 2007 and 2011.

- Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -5.3% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 18.6 million fixed line telephones in 2011.

- The performance of the market is forecast to decline even faster, with an anticipated CARC of -1.6% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $11.4 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea

Leading company profiles reveal details of key fixed line telecoms market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Korea fixed line telecoms market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the South Korea economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the South Korea fixed line telecoms market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the South Korea fixed line telecoms market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Korea fixed line telecoms market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market share 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Category segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 11
Market share 12
Market Outlook 13
Market value forecast 13
Market volume forecast 14
Five Forces Analysis 15
Summary 15
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Threat of substitutes 19
Degree of rivalry 20
Leading Companies 21
KT Corporation 21
LG Uplus Corp 25
SK Broadband Co., Ltd 28
Macroeconomic Indicators 31
Country Data 31
Appendix 33
Methodology 33
Industry associations 34
Related MarketLine research 34

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South Korea fixed line telecoms market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Table 2: South Korea fixed line telecoms market volume: million fixed line telephones, 2007–11 9
Table 3: South Korea fixed line telecoms market category segmentation: $ billion, 2011 10
Table 4: South Korea fixed line telecoms market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2011 11
Table 5: South Korea fixed line telecoms market share: % share, by value, 2011 12
Table 6: South Korea fixed line telecoms market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 13
Table 7: South Korea fixed line telecoms market volume forecast: million fixed line telephones, 2011–16 14
Table 8: KT Corporation: key facts 21
Table 9: KT Corporation: key financials ($) 23
Table 10: KT Corporation: key financials (KRW) 23
Table 11: KT Corporation: key financial ratios 23
Table 12: LG Uplus Corp: key facts 25
Table 13: LG Uplus Corp: key financials ($) 26
Table 14: LG Uplus Corp: key financials (KRW) 26
Table 15: LG Uplus Corp: key financial ratios 26
Table 16: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: key facts 28
Table 17: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: key financials ($) 29
Table 18: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: key financials (KRW) 29
Table 19: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: key financial ratios 29
Table 20: South Korea size of population (million), 2007–11 31
Table 21: South Korea gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 31
Table 22: South Korea gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 31
Table 23: South Korea inflation, 2007–11 32
Table 24: South Korea consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 32
Table 25: South Korea exchange rate, 2007–11 32

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: South Korea fixed line telecoms market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Figure 2: South Korea fixed line telecoms market volume: million fixed line telephones, 2007–11 9
Figure 3: South Korea fixed line telecoms market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 10
Figure 4: South Korea fixed line telecoms market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 11
Figure 5: South Korea fixed line telecoms market share: % share, by value, 2011 12
Figure 6: South Korea fixed line telecoms market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 13
Figure 7: South Korea fixed line telecoms market volume forecast: million fixed line telephones, 2011–16 14
Figure 8: Forces driving competition in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 15
Figure 9: Drivers of buyer power in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 16
Figure 10: Drivers of supplier power in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 17
Figure 11: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 18
Figure 12: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 19
Figure 13: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fixed line telecoms market in South Korea, 2011 20
Figure 14: KT Corporation: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 15: KT Corporation: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 16: LG Uplus Corp: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 17: LG Uplus Corp: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 18: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: revenues & profitability 30
Figure 19: SK Broadband Co., Ltd: assets & liabilities 30

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