Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
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- Introduction
- Definition
- Abbreviations and terms
- Abbreviations
- Terms
Executive Summary
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- Mobile phone market reinvigorated by technological innovation
- Subscriber growth comes from within the household
- Cingular loses market share post-consolidation
- Motorola increases leadership with high-end strategy
- Mobile phone ownership is driven by income while usage is driven by age
- Other demographic factors have decreased impact
- New multimedia features are most used by teenagers and young adults
- Youth-driven market makes mobile technology a fashion trend
- Brand strategy must evolve toward more specific consumer targeting
- Slower growth ahead
Market Drivers
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- The omnipresent phone
- Consumers discarding landlines
- Increasing sales from data services
- Third-generation networks drive sales of content and high-speed Internet
- Safety
- Innovative phone features driving replacement sales
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- Figure 1: Growth of mobile phone handsets sold vs. subscriber growth, 2001-06
- Figure 2: Total number of handsets sold and replacements as a percentage of handsets sold, 2001-06
- Teens: new subscribers in the same household
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- Figure 3: U.S. mobile phone subscribers and household penetration, 2001-05
- Mobile phones as fashion
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- Figure 4: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones, by age, August 2006
- Demographics
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- Figure 5: U.S. population, by age, 2000-10
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- Figure 6: U.S. population, by race and Hispanic origin, 2000-10
Market Size and Trends
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- Market size
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- Figure 7: Total U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets and service, at current and constant prices, 2001-06
- Figure 8: Graph: Total U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets and service, at current and constant 2006 prices*, 2001-06
- Subscriptions and household penetration
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- Figure 9: U.S. mobile phone subscribers and household penetration, 2001-06
Market Segmentation
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- Introduction
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- Figure 10: U.S. mobile phone sales, by service and handsets, 2004 and 2006
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- Figure 11: Graph: U.S. mobile phone sales, by service and handsets, 2001-06
- Mobile phone services
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- Figure 12: U.S. sales of mobile phone services, at current and constant prices, 2001-06
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- Figure 13: Mobile phone service revenues, by service type, 2003 and 2005
- Figure 14: Graph: Mobile phone service revenues by service type, 2005
- Mobile phone handsets
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- Figure 15: U.S. supplier sales of mobile phone handsets, at current and constant prices, 2001-06
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- Figure 16: U.S. supplier unit sales of mobile phone handsets, 2001-06
Supply Structure
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- Introduction
- Wireless service providers
- Overview
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- Figure 17: U.S. sales of mobile phone services in the U.S., 2003 and 2005
- Figure 18: Graph: U.S. sales of mobile phone service in the U.S., 2005
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- Figure 19: Subscriber statistics for major wireless service providers, 2004 and 2005
- Cingular Wireless
- Verizon Wireless
- Sprint Nextel
- T-Mobile
- Alltel
- Handset manufacturers
- Introduction
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- Figure 20: U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets in the U.S., 2003 and 2005
- Figure 21: Graph: U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets in the U.S., 2005
- Smart phone wars
- Motorola
- Samsung Electronics
- LG Electronics
- Nokia
Advertising and Promotion
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- Adspend
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- Figure 22: Media expenditures by major wireless providers and handset manufacturers, 2004 and 2005
- Television vs. non-traditional media
- Review of television advertisements
- Cingular
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- Figure 23: Cingular Wireless television spot: All over network
- Figure 24: Cingular Wireless television spot B
- Verizon
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- Figure 25: Verizon Wireless television spot
- Sprint Nextel
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- Figure 26: Sprint Nextel Wireless television spot A
- Figure 27: Sprint Nextel Wireless television spot B
- T-Mobile
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- Figure 28: T-Mobile “Get more minutes”
- Alltel
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- Figure 29: Alltel television spot
- Prepaid service
- Virgin Mobile
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- Figure 30: Virgin Mobile “Pay as you go”
- Boost Mobile
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- Figure 31: Boost Mobile “Where you at?”
- Handset manufacturers
- Motorola
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- Figure 32: Motorola television spot: E series phone
- Figure 33: Motorola television spot: ROKR phone
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- Figure 34: Motorola television spot: Ojo phone
- Figure 35: Motorola television spot: Motorola Q
- Samsung
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- Figure 36: Samsung television spot: Mobile phones
- Figure 37: Samsung television spot: Twist
- LG
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- Figure 38: LG television spot: Mobile phones
- Nokia
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- Figure 39: Nokia television spot: 8801 phone
- Figure 40: Nokia television spot: 6236i phone
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- Figure 41: Nokia television spot: 3155 phone
Retail Distribution
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- Carrier retail stores
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- Figure 42: Number of retail stores operated by major service providers, 2003 and 2005
- Online retail
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- Figure 43: Top-selling mobile phone handsets online, Q1 2006
- Other retailers
The Consumer
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- Introduction
- Summary
- Individual mobile phone ownership
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- Figure 44: Ownership of mobile phones, 2001-05
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- Figure 45: Ownership of mobile phones, by age, January-September 2005
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- Figure 46: Ownership of mobile phones, by household income, January-September 2005
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- Figure 47: Mobile phone penetration, by cohort, January-September 2005
- Attitudes toward mobile phones
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- Figure 48: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 49: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 50: Graph: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 51: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 52: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Reasons for choosing a mobile phone
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- Figure 53: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 54: Graph: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 55: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 56: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Ownership of mobile handset brands
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- Figure 57: Ownership of mobile handset brands, by age, January-September 2005
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- Figure 58: Ownership of mobile handset brands, by household income, January-September 2005
- Reasons for choosing a service provider
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- Figure 59: Reasons for choosing a service provider, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 60: Reasons for choosing a service provider, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 61: Reasons for choosing a service provider, by household income, June 2006
- Subscription to wireless service providers
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- Figure 62: Subscription to wireless provider brands, by age, January-September 2005
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- Figure 63: Subscription to wireless provider brands, by household income, January-September 2005
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- Figure 64: Subscription to wireless provider brands, by geographic region, January-September 2005
- Reasons for changing service provider
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- Figure 65: Reasons to change mobile phone service provider, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 66: Reasons to change mobile phone service provider, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 67: Reasons to change mobile phone service provider, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 68: Interest in technology, by household income, January-September 2005
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- Figure 69: Reasons to change mobile phone service provider, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Additional attitudes toward mobile phones
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- Figure 70: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 71: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 72: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Usage of extra mobile phone features
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- Figure 73: Usage of mobile phone features, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 74: Usage of mobile phone features, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 75: Usage of mobile phone features, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 76: Usage of mobile phone features, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Mobile phone satisfaction
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- Figure 77: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 78: Graph: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 79: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 80: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 81: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Reasons a cell phone is not owned
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- Figure 82: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 83: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 84: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned, by household income, June 2006
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- Figure 85: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned, by presence of children in the household, June 2006
- Reasons to keep a landline
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- Figure 86: Cell phone users with landlines, by gender, age, marital status, and income, June 2006
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- Figure 87: Reasons a landline is kept by mobile phone owners, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 88: Reasons a landline is kept by mobile phone owners, by age, June 2006
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- Figure 89: Reasons a landline is kept by mobile phone owners, by household income, June 2006
- Teens
- Mobile phone penetration
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- Figure 90: Mobile phone ownership—teens, by gender, January-September 2005
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- Figure 91: Mobile phone ownership—teens, by age, January-September 2005
- Reasons for choosing a mobile phone
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- Figure 92: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone—teens, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 93: Reasons a mobile phone is selected—teens, by age, June 2006
- Reasons for choosing a service provider
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- Figure 94: Reasons for choosing a service provider—teens, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 95: Reasons for choosing a service provider—teens, by age, June 2006
- Additional attitudes toward mobile phones
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- Figure 96: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones—teens, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 97: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones—teens, by age, June 2006
- Usage of extra mobile phone features
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- Figure 98: Usage of mobile phone features—teens, by gender and age, June 2006
- Reasons a cell phone is not owned
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- Figure 99: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned—teens, by gender, June 2006
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- Figure 100: Reasons a mobile phone is not owned—teens, by age, June 2006
- Race/ethnicity
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- Figure 101: Mobile phone ownership, by race/ethnicity, January-September 2005
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- Figure 102: Mobile phone ownership by Hispanics, by language spoken at home, January-September 2005
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- Figure 103: Attitudes toward mobile phones, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
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- Figure 104: Ownership of mobile handset brands, by race/ethnicity, January-September 2005
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- Figure 105: Reasons for choosing a mobile phone, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
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- Figure 106: Subscription to wireless provider brands, by race/ethnicity, January-September 2005
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- Figure 107: Reasons to change mobile phone service provider, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
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- Figure 108: Additional attitudes toward mobile phones, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
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- Figure 109: Mobile handset and service satisfaction, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
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- Figure 110: Reasons a landline is kept by mobile phone owners, by race/ethnicity, June 2006
Future and Forecast
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- Future trends
- 45-64 year olds to increase ARPU through ancillary services
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- Figure 111: U.S. population projections, by age, 2005 and 2010
- Spanish-speaking Hispanics remain under-served
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- Figure 112: U.S. population, by race and Hispanic origin, 2005 and 2010
- Increase branding over commoditization
- Brand extensions and MVNOs
- Growth of content-based services
- Geography-based services to increase child ownership of phones
- Mobile shopping
- Competition for under-served cell phone groups
- Increasing emphasis on network quality
- Wireless Internet to become larger part of providers’ revenues
- Advertising revenue to increase rapidly
- Fixed-mobile convergence
- Competition from cable and satellite companies
- Voice-based entertainment
- Market forecast
- Mobile phone handsets and service
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- Figure 113: Forecast of total U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets and service, at current and constant prices, 2006-11
- Figure 114: Graph: Forecast of total U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets and service, at current and constant prices, 2006-11
- Mobile phone service
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- Figure 115: Forecast of U.S. sales of mobile phone service, at current and constant prices, 2006-11
- Mobile phone handsets
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- Figure 116: Forecast of U.S. sales of mobile phone handsets, at current and constant prices, 2006-11
- Forecast factors
Appendix: Trade Associations
Appendix: Simmons Cohorts
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- Figure 117: Married couples cohorts
- Figure 118: Single women cohorts
- Figure 119: Single men cohorts
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