Mobile Services in Developed Asia-Pacific: Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025

This report examines the key trends and drivers, and provides telecoms market forecasts for mobile communication services in the developed Asia-Pacific (DVAP) region. It includes worldwide context and commentary on seven key countries: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The report provides commentary and trend analysis to support our 5-year forecast for mobile services in developed Asia-Pacific. The forecasts take into consideration the likely range of economic impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on operators’ telecoms service revenue.

The forecasts are based on a robust set of historical data and draw on a unique and in-house modelling tool that applies a rigorous methodology (reconciliation of different sources, standard definitions, top-down and bottom-up modelling).

This report provides:

• a 5-year forecast of 113 mobile KPIs for the DVAP region as a whole and for seven key countries
• an in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for each type of mobile service, and for key countries
• an overview of operator strategies and country-specific topics, in order to highlight similarities and differences by means of a cross-country comparison
• a summary of results, key implications and recommendations for mobile operators.

Data coverage

Mobile connections

• Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
• Prepaid, contract
• 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
• Smartphone, non-smartphone

Revenue/ARPU/ASPU

• Service, retail, wholesale
• Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
• Handset voice, messaging, data
• Prepaid, contract
• 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Mobile traffic

• Outgoing voice minutes, MoU
• Mobile data traffic

Who should read this report

• Market intelligence, strategy and project managers at mobile operators in developed Asia–Pacific.
• Regulatory bodies in developed Asia-Pacific.
• Financial institutions that directly invest in the telecoms sector in the region, or advise others that do so.
• Press and media bodies that need a foundation of knowledge of the mobile telecoms market in developed Asia–Pacific.