China Clear Leader in Cellular (posted by Brad Bowers)

Computer Industry Almanac today announced a study projecting that China will reach nearly 400M cellular subscibers by year-end 2005, and account for almost 20% of worldwide users.  The U.S. by comparison will reach only about half those numbers hitting about 202M subscribers and accounting for just 9.9% of the worldwide subscriber population.

Mobile services should be strongly considered by any U.S. company making plans to enter this market, as a sound wireless strategy could make a significant difference in terms of the number of users who ultimately will interact with the company's offering, as well as their potential their revenue.  This is especially true if they are fortunate enough to secure hard-to-come-by licenses to allow Chinese cell users to charge products and services directly to their cell phones (as credit cards are still not widely used in that market -- with only about 3M currently in circulation).