Friday, 1 June 2012

Online Gaming Market in China 2012 - Latest Report

The online gaming market in China is poised to grow with a staggering CAGR of 40% during 2009-2015.

The report begins with the market overview of online gaming market in China, providing details on the domestic online gaming industry size in terms of online gaming market value and its growth. It also mentions the size of the online gamer base and its growth over past few years. The share of online gaming market revenue earned from mobile network and internet has been included in this section which is followed by an illustration of the online gaming industry business model wherein it depicts the structure of the market, including the most popular business models adopted by the market players. Another detailed illustration about the types of online games is also included in the report. There are primarily five types of online games, including massively multiplayer online game, first-person shooter, racing/simulation game, adult/gambling game and puzzle/strategy game.

Factors driving the growth of online gaming market in China are also explained in detail. Increasing internet usage coupled with growth in broadband subscribers is providing impetus to the growth in online gaming market. China has the world’s largest internet user base, representing 23% of the global online population with a broadband penetration set to grow with a CAGR of atleast 21%. Rising personal computer sales will lead to increasing demand for online gaming while growing revenues from in-game advertising will allow online game operators to diversify their revenue generation source. Growth in mobile internet users provides future growth prospects for the market as mobile internet users have been growing at a CAGR of robust 45%. Diversified product portfolio of domestic players leads to the availability of affordable online gaming.

The players operating in the market also face challenges which are impeding their development and growth. Fragmented regulatory framework and cumbersome market entry procedures have been identified as major challenges, restricting the entry of foreign players in the domestic online gaming industry. Demographic challenge is held responsible for slower market growth rate. School-age population is expected to represent only 17.7% of the total population of China by 2020. There has been several anti-game addiction program adopted by the government that considerably restricts minors from indulging into online gaming. Fear of online gaming fraught by cyber criminals is also a cause of concern for the consumers. Limited enforcement of intellectual property rights results in large no. of pirated online games in China. Human resource constraints act as a challenge for the online game developers. Low internet penetration level compared to other countries hinders market expansion of online gaming industry.

The report also mentions the government’s key focus areas in the online gaming sector, for supporting the sustainable development of the overall online gaming industry.

Emerging trends in the online gaming market include growth in pre-paid gaming cards, focus on research and development, focus on online 3D games and overseas expansion. Players are investing in R&D, introducing more and more online 3D games and also upgrading the existing 3D games, as a step towards further development of the current technological standards. Export of online games has grown at CAGR of 82%.

Mergers and acquisitions section highlights some of the major M&A deals made recently in the Chinese online gaming market. This section covers information on the parties involved alongwith the deal size and transaction time it took for completing the deal.

The competition section outlays the competitive landscape of the online gaming industry in China briefing about the domestic and foreign players existing in the market. This section provides a three dimensional analysis of domestic key players’ revenues, profits and market capitalization. The key domestic players are ranked according to the total income and net profit. The report also features brief profiles of major domestic and foreign players in the market and a snapshot of their corporation, financial performance along with the key financial ratios, business highlights and their product portfolio providing an insight into the existing competitive scenario.

Some of the key statistics or factors impacting the online gaming market in China covered in the report includes domestic market size, revenue share, online gamer base, business model and types of online games, internet population and penetration, average time spent on online gaming per week, share of internet users playing online games, purchasing virtual currency and online games, broad band user base, average internet access speed for top five province, personal computer sales volume and personal computer online games market size, online advertising market size, mobile internet users and share of total mobile internet users accessing online games, country wise comparison of internet users and penetration, revenues earned from online exports and no. of Chinese online games sold to the international markets.

Key takeaway section summarizes the entire market in terms of opportunities, trends and challenges persisting in the online gaming market in China.

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Mobile Value Added Services in India 2012 - Latest Report

India houses 811.6 bn cellular subscribers. This huge subscriber base is split in 66:34 between rural and urban users respectively. With falling prices of mobile voice calls and text messages, telecom operators are turning to additional services which are offered to customers; such services are called Mobile Value Added Services or MVAS. With diverse demography, lifestyle and consumer preferences amongst urban, sub-urban and rural consumers across the country, MVAS are destined to generate high returns, if deployed correctly. World’s third largest sector, Indian Telecom sector is betting big on MVAS segment with wide variety of products in variable price range. MVAS adoption is polished to increase by manifold with increasing numbers of mobile devices and rising demand for mobile contents across India.

Rise in disposable income has revolutionized consumer’s buying and spending trend towards PC, mobile devices, communication equipments and services. It has catalyzed the trend of smartphone & featurephone which enhances the scope for MVAS with mobile apps and rich mobile content. “Despite of low ARPU in India, telecom operators will earn significant amount of revenue through various segments of MVAS” says Mr. Kalyan Banga, Product Manager at Netscribes.

The report begins with ‘Introduction’ section covering overview of Mobile Value Added Services which provides basic idea of the segment, characteristics of MVAS products and fundamental MVAS Value Chain which describes the basic flow of MVS services from content owner or VAS service provider to end-user.

The ‘Market Overview’ section elaborates global & domestic market state of MVAS. It is accompanied by a plethora of statistical information regarding major MVAS segments in various countries including in India, such as global trend, demand in various countries, revenue generated from MVAS in the said countries, domestic market size of MVAS and projection of the same in the coming years and other related information. The India section also elaborates on major MVAS components and revenue sharing model of the same. Major MVAS delivery platforms are also covered in the section with details regarding each of the components’ cost, application and usage trends. “Analysis show, SMS is the most popular delivery platform in India due to its reach, convenience of usage and wide acceptability” noted Kalyan. The section ends with SWOT analysis of the Indian MVAS market.

It is followed by ‘Scope in India’ section where potential verticals for MVAS products in India are elaborated. Specific verticals have been highlighted with information regarding each of their market state and opportunity areas for MVAS. The section continues with ‘Vendor Opportunity’ stressing on specific prospective segments and areas for MVAS. The section consists of statistical charts and pictorial representation for better understanding.

The report continues with ‘Drivers & Challenges’ section elaborating the major furtherance & impediments for MVAS market in India. Both the ‘drivers’ and ’challenges’ are equally stressed upon to provide clear idea regarding the probable obstacles and rewards in the line of business and help vendors take necessary measures. “MVAS consumption is poised to increase by manifold as 3G data tariffs across the country fall to an affordable level, including for the rural subscribers” added Kalyan. 3G network in India is at a growth phase currently wherein adoption has slowly started picking up along with MVAS product consumption, mutually benefiting each other to grow significantly. Primarily, 2G platforms are used for most MVAS services at present because of its prevalence and major adoption across India.

In the ‘Major MVAS Players’ section, the key mobile value added service providers are profiled. It provides information such as corporate & business highlights covering operational & recent information regarding each company’s contact information, location, key product and service offerings and key contacts. It also provides financial performance for a period of time including revenue and profit, key ratios, financial summary and key financial performance indicators. Key business segment and key geographic segment for each player are provided as well to provide further clear idea regarding the companies.

Next the recent developments and prominent trends in the market are illuminated under ‘Trends & Developments’ section.

The report concludes with the section ‘Strategic Recommendation’ which is derived after a comprehensive analysis of the market state & scope. It suggests key strategic moves which can help enhance and accelerate adopting of MVAS. “Focus should be on rural and sub-urban consumers, with MVAS products catering to their needs and preferences”, said Kalyan.

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Hospital Market in India 2012 - Latest Report

The Hospital Market in India is a very potential market that has incessant possibility of growth due to continuous demand for quality healthcare service. Thus, there is tremendous growth prospect of the Indian hospital market. India is reeling under the lack of adequate number of hospital beds in comparison to the demand it faces and the poor quality of public hospitals of the country.

The report begins with the introduction section that deals with the types and specifications of the hospitals followed by the standard healthcare infrastructure prevalent in India. The section is then followed by the Market Overview of the Hospital Market that has highlighted the current market scenario with the expected market size till the year 2016.

The report provides the driving factors that are encouraging the hospital market among which the shortage in adequate number of hospital beds in the country finds the most prominent position. The ever growing healthcare industry, growing affordability among people for better hospital care, growing medical tourism industry, increasing lifestyle diseases, changing demographic structure and growth in health insurance market happen to be the other significant reasons for driving ahead the hospital market.. The drivers have been analyzed with suitable examples. The key challenges include shortage of qualified medical professionals, lack of investment in IT infrastructure by hospitals and lack of foreign direct investment the country faces in the hospitals and diagnostic centres.

The next section deals with the role of government in helping to make the country’s healthcare scenario better. The direct and indirect measures, financial incentives that help in growth of the private sector and public sector’s plans of establishing new hospitals aimed for the underprivileged.

The following section deals with the trends prevalent in the hospital market. It includes emergence of Secondary Care Hospitals, growing interest of the foreign players to set up hospitals in India, joint ventures undertaken by public and private for improvement in healthcare standard of the country, funding of hospitals by Private Equity firms and the increasing prevalence of mobile hospitals to provide facilities to the under privileged, domestic hospitals offshore expansion along with telemedicine and health city emergence in hospital market.

The competition section gives overview of hospitals in the country that have grown over time segmented on the basis of region. It is then followed by some hospitals that have or will soon commence operation in 2012-13. The competition section is further provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the market. A Porters Five Forces Analysis has been incorporated for a brief but effective understanding of the market scenario. The section includes elaborate profile of the major players in the market incorporating the general company information, product lines and segmentation, the financials that is well analysed through key ratios thereby depicting the financial position of the company in terms of its revenue earning and profitability, business highlights and recent developments of the respective company for the major players in the market.

The strategic recommendations section focuses on some effective strategic decisions which can be taken up by players to increase their market shares. The recommendations provided at the end of the report can prove to be useful for the existing as well as potential entrants into the market.

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Software Market in China 2012 - Latest Report

The software market of China is poised to demonstrate a robust growth of 20% CAGR during 2010-15.

The report begins with the introduction of software industry covering major types of software followed by the historical evolution of China’s software industry. The market overview section provides global software market size with growth potential for the period of 2010 and 2015. Domestic software market overview also delves into the market size and growth potential for the same period along with a split of sub-sectors and major software hubs in China. The report finds that four cities located in eastern China contribute more than half of total software output in China.

The international trade section provides detailed information about the software exports and its growth during 2010-11. It also provides export figures of software outsourcing for the same period. Further the share of export to output over the decade ending 2009 is also illustrated.

Key factors driving the growth of software market in China include modernization of core sectors, large internet & mobile phone user base, increased adoption of e-commerce, rise in income, increasing emphasis on computerization and rising population of computer scientists graduating annually in China.

The report finds that China being the world’s 2nd largest economy after US acts as a key growth driver for its software market. China has the largest consumer base of internet and mobile phone users in the world which provides high impetus for the growth in China’s software market. With increased adoption of e-commerce making financial transactions online, there is a rising need for payment gateways and other related software platforms driving the software industry in China. Rise in disposable income is an important driver for promoting the use of expensive genuine software. Largely untapped rural markets with low-cost services and appropriate business models act as a compelling factor in the growth of Chinese software market. Wave of computerization and automation both in public and private sectors is driving the growth of software market in China.Over 10,000 computer scientists graduate every year, depicting strong growth potential for software market.

The players operating in the market also face challenges that impede the market growth and its development. Major challenges identified in the report include language barrier, software piracy, lack of intellectual property rights protection, high costs of entry, government emphasis on the hardware sector, and software bug.

The report finds that language barrier is one of the biggest challenges faced by the software market in China. The second most important challenge to address is the loss due to software piracy which is second highest in China after the US. Lack of Intellectual property rights protection in China leads to widespread IPR violation. High barriers to entry for both software exports and investment are also major issues restricting the market’s growth potential. China is the second largest market in terms of computer hardware sales whereas it is only the eighth largest for software sales in the world.

The report also provides the role of government in the country’s software sector one of them being measures adopted to cut down software piracy. It further mentions the imposition of tariffs and standards for the benefit of China’s software sector. 12th five year plan (2011-2015) for the Chinese software market alongwith some major national policies impacting the sector are also covered in the report.

Emerging trends in the software market include declining software piracy, rapid development, and increasing mergers & acquisitions.

Opportunities section in the report elaborates on the opportunities in applications development, enterprise software and IT consultancy and outsourcing sector.

The competition section outlays the competitive landscape of the software industry in China briefing about the domestic and foreign players existing in the market. This section provides a three dimensional analysis of key players’ revenues, profits and market capitalization. The report also features brief profiles of major domestic and foreign players in the market and a snapshot of their corporation, financial performance, business highlights and their product portfolio, providing an insight into the existing competitive scenario.

Some of the key statistics or factors impacting the software market in China covered in the report includes global software market size, domestic software market size, domestic software sales growth, sub-sector wise and region wise revenue composition, share of major cities in software industry output, export growth of the software and software outsourcing services, share of export to output, China’s GDP growth, internet population, mobile phone population, top five countries in terms of both internet and mobile phone usage, smart phones market size, market size and growth in e-commerce, urban per capita disposable income, 10 most popular languages used on the internet, commercial value of unlicensed software in China, declining software piracy rate, declining losses due to piracy, rapid growth of operating revenues in data processing & operating services, IT consulting & management services, software product, and embedded system software sectors, revenues of top 100 software co., etc.

The next section enlists the mergers & acquisitions of the major players in software market in China during 2010-12.

Key takeaways section summarizes the entire market in terms of opportunities, trends and challenges persisting in the software market in China.

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Unified Communications Market in India 2012 - Latest Report

Unified Communications market in India is currently undergoing through a phase wherein the market can be characterized with steady growth and a cut-throat competition amongst players operating in the market space. Primarily, the market is boosted by the ongoing proliferation of high speed internet services such as 3G and broadband. Further, the demand to incorporate mobility amongst corporations is also raising the demand for UC based technology so as to facilitate seamless flow of information and data.

The market comprises of multiple segments including voice based communications, conferencing and messaging & calendaring. “Currently, the market is growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 23.5%,”says Mr. Kalyan Banga, Product Manager at Netscribes. An array of factors including rising enterprise mobility, availability of 3G and broadband services, abundance of smart portable devices and the presence of a tech savvy youth population basically propel the market forward. Cloud computing has become a significant part of the UC market wherein players hailing mostly from the small and medium business segment opt for hosted UC services and solutions. This typical behavior is mainly because of the tendency to avoid the upfront capital costs associated with the deployment of UC solutions. “The UC market will see investments pouring in from the SMB space which in turn is expected to grow at a steady CAGR of around 16%” added Kalyan.

The report begins with an illustration of a typical framework of Unified Communications which briefs about the data flow within the system. A section on the various phases of unified communications explains briefly, the evolution of UC so far. Market overview section contains the description of the market in terms of market size and growth rate. It also provides forecasted market size figures for the period from 2010-2016. A breakup of the various segments of the market has been provided further, which depicts the individual market size figures of these segments. Technology section provides readers with a comprehensive set of technologies which currently find the maximum popularity in India UC market. “Basically, the technologies can be broadly segregated into vice communication, conferencing and messaging and calendaring,” noted Kalyan.

Deployment strategy section is a result of a thorough analysis of the market and several case studies. The section explains the various essential strategies which can be taken into consideration in order to achieve a better ROI. Benefits of UC section mainly talks about the several benefits which users are likely to enjoy post implementation. Cloud based unified communication elaborates on the role of cloud computing in the UC market. The section highlights the basic framework of cloud based unified communications and proceeds further with detailed explanation about cloud based UC, the benefits of cloud UC. It also highlights a special section wherein it talks about the security issues associated. An illustration is provided in the report which helps in enlightening readers on the security aspect of cloud based unified communications.

An analysis of the drivers for the market explains growth factors such as rise in enterprise mobility, proliferation of 3G and broadband, high presence of smart devices and growing youth population. The key challenges identified include government restrictions and lack of awareness.

The report also talks about the vendor opportunity in explicit details. The section has been derived after an in-depth analysis of the overall UC market and the potential areas which can be effectively tapped so as to generate a better foothold in the market. “The public sector and the SMB space are capable of providing immense growth opportunities for UC vendors,” pointed out Kalyan. The section lists down the various important aspects of these opportunity areas such as the market size, investments, major influencing factors, key technologies poised to experience a hike in adoption, prospective leads in the government sector, preference for technology and strategy to generate maximum ROI.

“Currently, users are showing a rising interest in latest technologies such as video communication as a service and enterprise social softwares amongst others,” noted Kalyan. Technology trends in the report talks about these changing trends amongst users which in turn will provide readers a clear idea about the latest trends in the Indian UC market. The section explains each such trend in details.

Key unified communications vendors have been profiled in details within the report which enables readers to get a clear picture of the current competitive scenario. The section lists the basic details of the players such as corporate information, business highlights and key members. The section also features financial analysis of key vendors which in turn provides us with the financial health of players. It also features SWOT analysis of individual UC vendors which in turn provides an extended value addition to the report.

The report concludes with a section on strategic recommendations which comprises of an analysis of the growth strategies of the unified communications market in India. “Understanding the needs and concerns of users is a key success pillar for any UC vendor operating in the Indian market,” noted Kalyan.

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Telecom Towers in India 2012 - Latest Report

Indian telecom sector is the third largest sector in the world and second largest among the Asian emerging economies. Amongst the 811.6 bn wireless subscribers in India, 66% reside in urban areas and 34% hail from rural areas. With low penetration in the rural areas which accounts for nearly 70% of the country’s total population, there remains a huge potential in rural front. Rising penetration of telecom services and future introduction of newer generation wireless network will require more telecom tower deployment across the country.

The telecom infrastructure primarily consists of telecom tower operation and it takes up around 60-65% of the total infrastructure deployment and management cost. “If we ignore power and fuel expenses, telecom tower generates roughly INR 180-200 bn of revenues annually, in the present market scenario” says Mr. Kalyan Banga, Product Manager at Netscribes. India and United States are the prime countries where telecom tower is recognized as an independent industry. In the US market penetration level of wireless telecom services has reached around 90%, the market has reached too much opf a maturity stage for telecom towers to make significant revenue locally. Companies across the globe are now focusing on emerging markets and countries with lucrative opportunities such as India. New government policy and huge prospect in rural infrastructure deployment makes India an ideal market for large scale telecom tower implementation and operation. “Although telecom tower market is highly fragmented, the major 6 companies hold around 90% of the total market” added Kalyan.

Infrastructure sharing is the first step towards cost reduction resulting better returns from telecom tower business. “Analysis shows, proper resource utilization and shifting to alternate energy will help reduce operation costs significantly” noted Kalyan.

The report begins with ‘Introduction’ section covering overview of telecom industry which provides basic idea of the state of the overall industry, telecom tower vertical’s position in the industry, the types of telecom towers and a pictorial representation of basic telecom network infrastructure.

The ‘Market Overview’ section elaborates global & domestic market state of telecom tower business. It is accompanied by a plethora of statistical information regarding wireless tower in global scenario as well as in India such as global trend, domestic telecom tower demand or requirements, revenue generated from telecom towers, state of cell tower orientation in major countries and other related information. The India section also elaborates on the numbers of telecom towers in various states, market share of major telecom tower companies, telecom tower business model and the major government bodies.

It is followed by ‘Scope in India’ section where various potential areas for telecom towers in India are elaborated. Specific aspects such as government policy and rural opportunity have been highlighted with information regarding their state and future prospect of the same. The section continues with ‘Types of Infrastructure Sharing’ stressing on the two major types of sharing prevalent across the globe. It also focuses on major benefits of telecom infrastructure sharing and it is explained with the help of tower profitability matrix along with an example. Details regarding USO fund scheme for infrastructure sharing and it scope of work. SWOT analysis of the infrastructure sharing has been presented to further strengthen the understanding regarding pros and cons of the same. The section ends with elaborating on various financial and operational incentives available in the industry along with beneficiary initiatives taken by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The report continues with ‘Drivers & Challenges’ section elaborating the major furtherance & impediments for telecom towers market in India. Both the ‘drivers’ and ’challenges’ are equally stressed upon to provide clear idea regarding the probable obstacles and rewards in the line of business and help vendors take necessary measures.

In the ‘Major Telecom Tower Companies’ section, the key wireless tower companies are profiled. It provides information such as corporate & business highlights covering operational & recent information regarding each company’s contact information, location, key product and service offerings and key contacts. It also provides financial performance for a period of time including revenue and profit, key ratios, financial summary and key financial performance indicators. Key business segment and key geographic segment for each player are provided as well to provide further clear idea regarding the companies. Also some other cell tower companies having smaller market share, have been profiled briefly in the end of the section. It is followed by ‘Mergers & Acquisitions’ section mentioning key domestic transactions between telecom companies in recent years.

Next the dominating trend in the market is illuminated along with recent developments in the domestic telecom tower market under ‘Trends & Developments’ section.

The report concludes with the section ‘Strategic Recommendation’ which is derived after a comprehensive analysis of the market state & scope. It suggests key strategic moves which can help improved operation and healthier revenue in the Indian telecom tower market.

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Pharmacy Retail Market in India 2012 - Latest Report

The Pharmacy Retail Market in India is a considerably big market already but has tremendous scope to grow further. Retail pharmacy outlets happens to be the most dominant distribution channel that is responsible for satisfying customer needs of pharmaceutical and allied products directly.

The report begins with the introduction section that deals with the growing significance and work scope of pharmacy retailers followed by the various formats of stores prevalent in the country and the distribution channel from pharmacy manufacturer to the retailer.

The market overview section provides an insight into the current and forecasted market size of the pharmacy retail market till 2016. The significance of retail outlets as the most popular pharmacy sales source is conceived from the market trend figures.

The report is then provided with the driving factors that are encouraging the pharmacy retail market among which the growing pharmaceutical market finds a prominent position. Increased healthcare spending, changing disease profile, growing OTC segment, consumer’s attitude towards their disease and illness and lucrative profit margins evolve as the possible reasons for the industry to prosper. A detailed analysis has been made of the drivers. The key challenges of the industry have also been analysed of which fragmentation of the market into organized and unorganized sections is a primary reason. Others include long distribution and supply chain that involves too many middlemen in the business and the existence of counterfeit drugs.

The report further discusses the emerging trends that are being applied for improved pharmacy retail services that include aspects like loyalty schemes, value added services, counterfeit drug tracking, tele consultation service, government’s participation in pharmacy retailing, organized players setting up retail pharmacy chains, entry of private labels and expansion of pharmacy outlets to rural belts of the country and availability of health insurance kits in the pharmacy outlets.

The report includes a section of the technological trends being adopted by the retail chains to draw in more customers by providing the loyalty and value added services. The technological advancements being used include Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain management (SCM).

The report further entails the role of government in the market and how it controls the pharmacy outlets which have a direct impact on the customer’s health and well being but having sufficient consideration for the players in the business so that they can fulfill their role of making available medicines for the well being of the people.

The competition section provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the pharmacy retail market. The section includes Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis of the market. Elaborate company profiles of the major players in the market with general company information, product lines and segmentation, financials have been incorporated. The financials provided is well analysed through key ratios which depict the financial position of the pharmacy retailers in terms of its revenue earning and profitability, business highlights and recent developments of the respective company for both domestic and foreign players.

The strategic recommendations section focuses on some effective strategic decisions which can be taken up by companies to increase their market shares. The recommendations provided can prove to be useful for the existing as well as potential entrants into the market.

To view the detailed table of contents for this report please visit: http://www.reportstack.com/product/78701/pharmacy-retail-market-in-india-2012.html