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2000-2001’s Annual Report for China’s IT

Application and Service Market of

Post and Communication Industry

(Abstract)


Viewpoint

1. In 2000, there are 2,8000 mini servers in tenure with a new purchase of 950 2000

2. In 2000, there are 48,000 servers in tenure for the telecom industry in China with a new purchase of 16,800

3. In 2000, there are 6,400 workstations in tenure for the telecom industry with a new purchase of 2,600.

4. There are  14,5000 PCs in tenure for the telecom industry with a new purchase of 55,000

5. After 2001, the focus of domestic telecom traffic growth will change from voice traffic to multimedia service, from one-fold business to integrated service, from the narrowband service to broadband service and from the low speed service to high-rate service.

6. Increase of telecom bandwidth in China laid a good foundation for the business development of IDC and ASP, the two services will grow fast.

7. Application trends of IT technology in the telecom industry

Multimedia , mobile and IP service will become hot spots in the future market.

I. An Overview of the market environment 2000

1. Economic environment

      a. International economic environment

      b. Domestic economic environment

2. Developmental environment of Telecom industry

      a. Developmental environment of international telecom industry

      b. Developmental environment of domestic telecom industry

3. Overall environment of IT industry

      a. International environment of IT industry

      b. Domestic environment of IT industry

4. Technology condition

      a. International technology conditions

      b. Domestic technology conditions

5. National policies for telecom industry

      a. The first introduction of foreign ventures into China Telecom industry

      b. Promulgation of Telecom Regulations

      c. Major principles of Telecom Regulations

6. Financial environment and capital market

II. Market situation and structure of IT application and service in Telecom industry 2000

1.     Major tasks of domestic communication development 2000

2.     Communication constructions in some provinces and cities in China    

a. Broadband multimedia network construction in Shang’xi province

b. Integrated data communication network construction in Shang’xi province

c. Broadband ATM information network in Shanghai

    3. Market structure of major IT products in China telecom industry

a. Market structure of servers, mini servers and work stationed for telecom industry

b. Market structure of desktop PCs in telecom industry

       c. Market structure of routers in telecom industry

       d. Market structure of billing system in telecom industry

       e. Market structure of network administration system in telecom industry

f. Market structure of database in telecom industry

4. Structure and condition of IT service in telecom industry

a. Service structure of manufacturer service

b. Service structure of system integrator

Chapter Highlights

This chapter examines the market segments covering server, minitype server, work station and desktop PCs, provides statistical resource of purchase volume and market shares, illustrates the major factors influencing the purchases and applications in the telecom industry and brings forward solutions and suggestions for domestic manufacturers to expand their market shares. Additionally, it also defines and analyses the market structure of leading systems applied in the telecom industry, such as billing systems, network administration systems and databases. In the analysis of IT services in the telecom industry, the chapter separately clarifies the service structures of manufacturers and system integrators and offers suggestions to improve their service system

III. Factors influencing the development of IT application and service in the telecom industry 2001-2003

1. Influences of macro-economical situation and industrial policies

a. Favorable factors

b. Unfavorable factors

       c. Uncertain factors

2. Influences of overall condition and development of telecom industry

Chapter Highlights

The central government will pursue an active financial policy in 2001. In addition, China will join WTO; the global economy will maintain a faster growth rate as a whole, combined with the rapid development of a new economy base on the IT industry and the practice of development strategy in western China, China’s economy will step into a faster growth rate period. Although there will be some uncertainties, even unfavorable factors such as the slowdown of US economic growth and unpredictable international oil prices, it is reasonable to believe that China’s telecom industry under favorable domestic circumstances will demonstrate an outstanding performance. 

IV. Developmental trends of IT applications and service in the Telecom industry 2001-2003

1. The general trend in the overall development of IT applications in the Telecom industry.

2. The developmental trends of IT technical applications in the Telecom industry

3. The trends of application of IT products in the Telecom industry

4. The developmental trends of IT service in the Telecom industry

a. The trends of manufacturer’s service

b. The trends of system integrator’s service

Chapter Highlights

This chapter goes into developmental trends of IT products, technology and service. With the rapid development of the telecom industry in China, there will be an increase in its demand for IT products. Both ATM and IP data communication technology and equipment will particularly become the focus of the future demands in the telecom industry.  Additionally, billing and network administration systems will also be the keynotes of future telecom constructions.

V. Conclusion and suggestions

  1. Solutions and suggestions for telecom operators

2. Solutions and suggestions for IT equipment providers

Chapter Highlights

This chapter provides solutions and suggestions for market strategies taken by telecom operators and IT equipment providers in 2000. Telecom operators should provide a series of products and services. For IT equipment providers, the key is to give priority to applications and also keep a close watch on the major operators, they should also further strengthen the research in the field of broadband network and MAN and follow closely the latest hotspots.