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Mobile Phones Global Industry Almanac - Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2025

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  • 681 Pages
  • April 2021
  • Region: Global
  • MarketLine
  • ID: 5328405
Global Mobile Phones industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The Mobile Phones market includes mobile phone service revenues and average minutes of use (MOU). Market values are made up of total mobile revenues containing revenues from mobile service providers and other members of the mobile service value-chain for the provision of mobile telephony services, excluding revenues from the sale of devices. Market volumes are made up of two segments: prepaid and postpaid, which consist of prepaid average monthly MOU and postpaid average monthly MOU. Minutes of use are made up from the average of voice minutes used in mobile subscriptions, including both incoming and outgoing calls, but not including M2M/IoT voice services.
  • All market data and forecasts are represented in nominal terms (i.e. without adjustment for inflation) and all currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2020 annual average exchange rates.
  • Forecast figures in this report have taken into account the estimated impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the market, though the length of the pandemic and restrictions imposed by governments around the world is not certain, therefore the impact on the market is difficult to predict.
  • The global mobile phones market had total revenues of $720.2bn in 2020, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1.5% between 2016 and 2020.
  • Market consumption volumes declined with a CARC of -0.4% between 2016 and 2020, to reach a total of 775.7 Average MOU in 2020.
  • Post-paid had the highest volume in the global mobile phones market in 2020, with a total of 607.6 Average MOU, equivalent to 78.3% of the market's overall volume.

Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the global mobile phones market
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global mobile phones market
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key mobile phones market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the global mobile phones market with five year forecasts by both value and volume

Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the global mobile phones market by value in 2020?
  • What will be the size of the global mobile phones market in 2025?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the global mobile phones market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the global mobile phones market?

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Geography segmentation
1.6. Competitive Landscape
2 Introduction
2.1. What is this report about?
2.2. Who is the target reader?
2.3. How to use this report
2.4. Definitions
3 Global Mobile Phones
3.1. Market Overview
3.2. Market Data
3.3. Market Segmentation
3.4. Market outlook
3.5. Five forces analysis
3.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
4 Mobile Phones in Asia-Pacific
4.1. Market Overview
4.2. Market Data
4.3. Market Segmentation
4.4. Market outlook
4.5. Five forces analysis
5 Mobile Phones in Europe
5.1. Market Overview
5.2. Market Data
5.3. Market Segmentation
5.4. Market outlook
5.5. Five forces analysis
5.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
6 Mobile Phones in France
6.1. Market Overview
6.2. Market Data
6.3. Market Segmentation
6.4. Market outlook
6.5. Five forces analysis
6.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
7 Mobile Phones in Germany
7.1. Market Overview
7.2. Market Data
7.3. Market Segmentation
7.4. Market outlook
7.5. Five forces analysis
7.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
8 Mobile Phones in Australia
8.1. Market Overview
8.2. Market Data
8.3. Market Segmentation
8.4. Market outlook
8.5. Five forces analysis
8.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
9 Mobile Phones in Brazil
9.1. Market Overview
9.2. Market Data
9.3. Market Segmentation
9.4. Market outlook
9.5. Five forces analysis
9.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
10 Mobile Phones in Canada
10.1. Market Overview
10.2. Market Data
10.3. Market Segmentation
10.4. Market outlook
10.5. Five forces analysis
10.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
11 Mobile Phones in China
11.1. Market Overview
11.2. Market Data
11.3. Market Segmentation
11.4. Market outlook
11.5. Five forces analysis
11.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
12 Mobile Phones in India
12.1. Market Overview
12.2. Market Data
12.3. Market Segmentation
12.4. Market outlook
12.5. Five forces analysis
12.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
13 Mobile Phones in Indonesia
13.1. Market Overview
13.2. Market Data
13.3. Market Segmentation
13.4. Market outlook
13.5. Five forces analysis
13.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
14 Mobile Phones in Italy
14.1. Market Overview
14.2. Market Data
14.3. Market Segmentation
14.4. Market outlook
14.5. Five forces analysis
14.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
15 Mobile Phones in Japan
15.1. Market Overview
15.2. Market Data
15.3. Market Segmentation
15.4. Market outlook
15.5. Five forces analysis
15.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
16 Mobile Phones in Mexico
16.1. Market Overview
16.2. Market Data
16.3. Market Segmentation
16.4. Market outlook
16.5. Five forces analysis
16.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
17 Mobile Phones in The Netherlands
17.1. Market Overview
17.2. Market Data
17.3. Market Segmentation
17.4. Market outlook
17.5. Five forces analysis
17.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
18 Mobile Phones in North America
18.1. Market Overview
18.2. Market Data
18.3. Market Segmentation
18.4. Market outlook
18.5. Five forces analysis
19 Mobile Phones in Russia
19.1. Market Overview
19.2. Market Data
19.3. Market Segmentation
19.4. Market outlook
19.5. Five forces analysis
19.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
20 Mobile Phones in Scandinavia
20.1. Market Overview
20.2. Market Data
20.3. Market Segmentation
20.4. Market outlook
20.5. Five forces analysis
21 Mobile Phones in Singapore
21.1. Market Overview
21.2. Market Data
21.3. Market Segmentation
21.4. Market outlook
21.5. Five forces analysis
21.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
22 Mobile Phones in South Africa
22.1. Market Overview
22.2. Market Data
22.3. Market Segmentation
22.4. Market outlook
22.5. Five forces analysis
22.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
23 Mobile Phones in South Korea
23.1. Market Overview
23.2. Market Data
23.3. Market Segmentation
23.4. Market outlook
23.5. Five forces analysis
23.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
24 Mobile Phones in Spain
24.1. Market Overview
24.2. Market Data
24.3. Market Segmentation
24.4. Market outlook
24.5. Five forces analysis
24.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
25 Mobile Phones in Turkey
25.1. Market Overview
25.2. Market Data
25.3. Market Segmentation
25.4. Market outlook
25.5. Five forces analysis
25.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
26 Mobile Phones in The United Kingdom
26.1. Market Overview
26.2. Market Data
26.3. Market Segmentation
26.4. Market outlook
26.5. Five forces analysis
26.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
27 Mobile Phones in The United States
27.1. Market Overview
27.2. Market Data
27.3. Market Segmentation
27.4. Market outlook
27.5. Five forces analysis
27.6. Macroeconomic Indicators
28 Company Profiles
28.1. China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd
28.2. Vodafone Group Plc
28.3. AT&T Mobility LLC
28.4. America Movil, SA DE C.V.
28.5. Deutsche Telekom AG
28.6. China Telecom Corporation Limited
28.7. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
28.8. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
28.9. SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
28.10. Telefonica, S.A.
28.11. Orange SA
28.12. SFR SA
28.13. Bouygues Telecom SA
28.14. Vodafone GmbH
28.15. Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co OHG
28.16. Telstra Corporation Limited
28.17. Singtel Optus Pty Ltd
28.18. Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd
28.19. TIM Participacoes SA
28.20. Rogers Communications, Inc.
28.21. TELUS Corporation
28.22. BCE Inc.
28.23. China United Network Communications Corporation Limited
28.24. Bharti Airtel Limited
28.25. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
28.26. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
28.27. Indosat Ooredoo
28.28. PT XL Axiata Tbk
28.29. Telecom Italia S.p.A.
28.30. NTT DOCOMO Inc
28.31. KDDI Corporation
28.32. Rakuten Inc
28.33. SoftBank Group Corp
28.34. Royal KPN NV
28.35. T-Mobile US, Inc.
28.36. Verizon Communications Inc.
28.37. Mobile Telesystems
28.38. PJSC MegaFon
28.39. Beeline Russia
28.40. Rostelecom
28.41. Telenor ASA
28.42. Telia Company AB
28.43. Tele2 AB
28.44. M1 Ltd
28.45. StarHub Ltd
28.46. TPG Telecom Ltd
28.47. Vodacom Group Limited
28.48. MTN Group Limited
28.49. Telkom SA SOC Limited
28.50. KT Corporation
28.51. LG Uplus Corp
28.52. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS
28.53. BT Group plc
28.54. CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd
29 Appendix
29.1. Methodology
29.2. About the Publisher
List of Tables
Table 1: Global mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 2: Global mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 3: Global mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 4: Global mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 5: Global mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 6: Global size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 7: Global GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 8: Global GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 9: Global inflation, 2016-20
Table 10: Global consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 11: Global exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 12: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 13: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 14: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 15: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 16: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 17: Europe mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 18: Europe mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 19: Europe mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 20: Europe mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 21: Europe mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 22: Europe size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 23: Europe GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 24: Europe GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 25: Europe inflation, 2016-20
Table 26: Europe consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 27: Europe exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 28: France mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 29: France mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 30: France mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 31: France mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 32: France mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 33: France size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 34: France GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 35: France GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 36: France inflation, 2016-20
Table 37: France consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 38: France exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 39: Germany mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 40: Germany mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 41: Germany mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 42: Germany mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 43: Germany mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 44: Germany size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 45: Germany GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 46: Germany GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 47: Germany inflation, 2016-20
Table 48: Germany consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 49: Germany exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 50: Australia mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 51: Australia mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Table 52: Australia mobile phones market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 53: Australia mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 54: Australia mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Table 55: Australia size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 56: Australia GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 57: Australia GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 58: Australia inflation, 2016-20
Table 59: Australia consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 60: Australia exchange rate, 2016-20
Table 61: Brazil mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 2: Global mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 3: Global mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 4: Global mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 5: Global mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global mobile phones market, 2020
Figure 12: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 13: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 14: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 15: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 16: Asia-Pacific mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Figure 17: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 18: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 19: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 20: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 21: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 22: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in Asia-Pacific, 2020
Figure 23: Europe mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 24: Europe mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 25: Europe mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 26: Europe mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 27: Europe mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Figure 28: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 29: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 30: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 31: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 32: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 33: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in Europe, 2020
Figure 34: France mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 35: France mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 36: France mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 37: France mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 38: France mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Figure 39: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 40: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 41: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 42: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 43: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 44: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in France, 2020
Figure 45: Germany mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 46: Germany mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 47: Germany mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 48: Germany mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 49: Germany mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25
Figure 50: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 51: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 52: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 53: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 54: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 55: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in Germany, 2020
Figure 56: Australia mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 57: Australia mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2016-20
Figure 58: Australia mobile phones market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 59: Australia mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 60: Australia mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2020-25

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd
  • Vodafone Group Plc
  • AT&T Mobility LLC
  • America Movil, SA DE C.V.
  • Deutsche Telekom AG
  • China Telecom Corporation Limited
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
  • Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
  • SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
  • Telefonica, S.A.
  • Orange SA
  • SFR SA
  • Bouygues Telecom SA
  • Vodafone GmbH
  • Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co OHG
  • Telstra Corporation LimitedSingtel Optus Pty Ltd
  • Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd
  • TIM Participacoes SA
  • Rogers Communications, Inc.
  • TELUS Corporation
  • BCE Inc.
  • China United Network Communications Corporation Limited
  • Bharti Airtel Limited
  • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
  • PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
  • Indosat Ooredoo
  • PT XL Axiata Tbk
  • Telecom Italia S.p.A.
  • NTT DOCOMO Inc
  • KDDI Corporation
  • Rakuten Inc
  • SoftBank Group Corp
  • Royal KPN NV
  • T-Mobile US, Inc.
  • Verizon Communications Inc.
  • Mobile Telesystems
  • PJSC MegaFon
  • Beeline Russia
  • Rostelecom
  • Telenor ASA
  • Telia Company AB
  • Tele2 AB
  • M1 Ltd
  • StarHub Ltd
  • TPG Telecom Ltd
  • Vodacom Group Limited
  • MTN Group Limited
  • Telkom SA SOC Limited
  • KT Corporation
  • LG Uplus Corp
  • Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS
  • BT Group plc
  • CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd