Mobile Broadband in South Korea

Mobile Broadband in South Korea industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the South Korea mobile broadband market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Mobile broadband consists of services where users can connect their mobile telephones or computer devices (such as laptops) to the internet through cellular networks (3G or higher), either through a USB modem or an embedded SIM card in their device, or via satellite technology. Access to the internet via fixed wireless technology is not included in this report. Volume is measured in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions. The types of subscription which are considered in this report are: standard mobile (where mobile broadband services have been accessed via a mobile device, but no dedicated data subscription has been purchased separately from other services), dedicated data (where dedicated mobile data services are accessed through a subscription purchased separately from other mobile services, such as voice or messaging) and satellite (where broadband services have been accessed through satellite technology). Any currency conversions included in this report have been calculated using constant 2013 annual average exchange rates.

The South Korean mobile broadband industry is expected to generate total revenues of $14.1bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.9% between 2010 and 2014.

Subscription volume is forecast to increase with a CAGR of 5.2% between 2010 and 2014, to reach a total of 54.4 million subscriptions in 2014.

The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 11.2% for the five-year period 2014 – 2019, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $23.9bn by the end of 2019.

Scope

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the mobile broadband market in South Korea

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the mobile broadband market in South Korea

Leading company profiles reveal details of key mobile broadband market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Korea mobile broadband market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the South Korea economy

Reasons to buy

What was the size of the South Korea mobile broadband market by value in 2014?

What will be the size of the South Korea mobile broadband market in 2019?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Korea mobile broadband market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Companies mentioned

KT Corporation, LG Electronics, Inc. and SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Category segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 11

Market Outlook 12

Market value forecast 12

Market volume forecast 13

Five Forces Analysis 14

Summary 14

Buyer power 15

Supplier power 16

New entrants 17

Threat of substitutes 18

Degree of rivalry 19

Leading Companies 20

KT Corporation 20

LG Electronics, Inc. 24

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. 27

Macroeconomic Indicators 31

Country Data 31

Appendix 33

Methodology 33

Industry associations 34

Related MarketLine research 34

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: South Korea mobile broadband industry value: $ million, 201014(e) 8

Table 2: South Korea mobile broadband industry volume: million subscriptions, 201014(e) 9

Table 3: South Korea mobile broadband industry category segmentation: million subscriptions, 2014(e) 10

Table 4: South Korea mobile broadband industry geography segmentation: $ million, 2014(e) 11

Table 5: South Korea mobile broadband industry value forecast: $ million, 201419 12

Table 6: South Korea mobile broadband industry volume forecast: million subscriptions, 201419 13

Table 7: KT Corporation: key facts 20

Table 8: KT Corporation: key financials ($) 21

Table 9: KT Corporation: key financials (KRW) 22

Table 10: KT Corporation: key financial ratios 22

Table 11: LG Electronics, Inc.: key facts 24

Table 12: LG Electronics, Inc.: key financials ($) 25

Table 13: LG Electronics, Inc.: key financials (KRW) 25

Table 14: LG Electronics, Inc.: key financial ratios 25

Table 15: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: key facts 27

Table 16: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: key financials ($) 28

Table 17: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: key financials (KRW) 29

Table 18: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: key financial ratios 29

Table 19: South Korea size of population (million), 201014 31

Table 20: South Korea gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201014 31

Table 21: South Korea gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201014 31

Table 22: South Korea inflation, 201014 32

Table 23: South Korea consumer price index (absolute), 201014 32

Table 24: South Korea exchange rate, 201014 32

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: South Korea mobile broadband industry value: $ million, 201014(e) 8

Figure 2: South Korea mobile broadband industry volume: million subscriptions, 201014(e) 9

Figure 3: South Korea mobile broadband industry category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2014(e) 10

Figure 4: South Korea mobile broadband industry geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014(e) 11

Figure 5: South Korea mobile broadband industry value forecast: $ million, 201419 12

Figure 6: South Korea mobile broadband industry volume forecast: million subscriptions, 201419 13

Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 14

Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 15

Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 17

Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 18

Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile broadband industry in South Korea, 2014 19

Figure 13: KT Corporation: revenues & profitability 22

Figure 14: KT Corporation: assets & liabilities 23

Figure 15: LG Electronics, Inc.: revenues & profitability 26

Figure 16: LG Electronics, Inc.: assets & liabilities 26

Figure 17: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: revenues & profitability 29

Figure 18: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.: assets & liabilities 30

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