Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which finds that the number of mobile subscribers in China will reach 738 million in 2010.

The report, 1Q08 Mobile Forecast: China (2007– 2010)  finds that the large increase in subscribers enables operators to have very high subscriber growth rates. It finds that China Mobile will have a subscriber growth of 43.7% and China Unicom will have 24.6% over the 2007 – 2010 forecast period.

Authors of the report forecast that China Mobile’s market share will increase to 70.8% and that of China Unicom will decrease to 26.8% in 2010. They state that in 2010, China Mobile will enjoy a higher EBITDA margin of 53.2% compared to China Unicom, which will have an EBITDA margin of 34.7%.

The study also predicts a lower US$ Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for China Mobile (US$ 11.43) and China Unicom US$ 6.69 in 2010. This forecast is mostly based on the exchange rate forecast for the US dollar.

The report covers 65 financial and operational metrics on the two wireless operators of the country – China Mobile and China Unicom.

“1Q08 Mobile Forecast: China (2007 – 2010)” is available from Report Buyer.

Report Buyer product ID: IEM00294
Report Buyer Category: Telecoms