2003 China Telecommunication Handbook

Asia Direct is pleased to introduce the 2003 China Telecommunications Handbook, an overview of the business activities of over three hundred companies operating in China’s telecommunications market. The companies in the Handbook are divided into five subsectors: wireless, transmission (optical networking), data (access, routers), value-added services and system integrators, and fixed line products and services. The research methodology combined the use of primary and secondary sources, including face-to-face and phone interviews with the companies themselves, secondary market research reports, and open source information available over the Internet.

The global slowdown in the telecommunications sector has affected China’s rapidly growing telecommunications market in a variety of ways. In cooperation with Asia Direct’s partners, Pegasus Associates and Norson Telecom Consulting, the handbook introduces the current thinking of telecommunications consultants on the trends shaping the market.

In China, market research concerning Chinese telecommunications and high-technology companies involves several complicated processes. Not only are Chinese companies often unwiling to provide even basic information about their companies openly, but also the quality of this information is frequently suspect. This handbook represents the most up-to-date and relevant intelligence available regarding the profiled companies. Our research methodology provides for multiple channels of verification of our market intelligence, to reduce the uncertainty available to the end customer. Nevertheless, like most things in China, the telecommunications market changes every day; acquisitions, joint ventures, and office relocations often occur with little or no notice. Asia Direct provides a number of products to reduce this uncertainty, including our frequently updated online database of companies, including both telecommunications companies and other active companies in China’s high-tech sector.

We hope that users of the 2003 China Telecommunications Handbook will benefit from the detail of its company profiles and market analysis.