Summary

Developed Asia - Pacific: telecoms market forecasts 2026 - 2031

"Telecoms revenue in developed Asia–Pacific will return to modest growth, supported by higher customer spending."

This report focuses on operators’ core telecoms services in developed Asia–Pacific (DVAP). It provides a comprehensive telecoms market forecast for the region and for seven individually modelled countries for 2026–2031.

This report provides:
    a 5-year forecast of more than 200 mobile and fixed KPIs for DVAP, as a whole and for seven key countries
    an in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for each type of mobile and fixed service, and for key countries
    an overview of operator strategies and country-specific topics, in order to highlight similarities and differences by means of a cross-country comparison
    a summary of results and key implications for mobile and fixed operators.

Geographical coverage
Region : Developed Asia–Pacific    
Individual countries (separate reports) 
    Australia
    New Zealand
    Singapore
Individual countries (data only)
    Hong Kong
    Japan
    South Korea
    Taiwan

Key performance indicators
Connections
    Mobile:
        total (handset plus mobile broadband, excluding IoT), total including IoT, business
        handset: smartphone, basic, smartphone share of handsets
        mobile broadband
        total, handset and broadband: 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (and 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G share)
        total and handset: prepaid, contract and prepaid share
        IoT
        penetration: total, prepaid, contract, handset, smartphone, mobile broadband, IoT
    Fixed:
        voice: narrowband, VoBB, dial-up
        broadband: ADSL/VDSL, FTTP/B, cable modem, FWA, 5G FWA, other technologies, total business connections
        penetration: voice, broadband (business sites and households)
    Pay TV
        operator, traditional

 Traffic
    Outgoing minutes (fixed and mobile), MoU
    Cellular data and messaging traffic

Network-independent metrics
    GDP
    Population
    Households
    Business sites
    Exchange rates

Service revenue
    Mobile:
        total
        share of GDP
        per capita per month
        prepaid, contract, prepaid share
        2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (and 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G share)
    Fixed:
        total (retail plus wholesale)
        share of GDP
        per capita per month 

Retail revenue
    Mobile:
        total
        share of GDP
        per capita per month
        per GB
        2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (and 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G share)
        voice, voice per minute
        data, data per GB 
        handset: total, voice, messaging, data, prepaid, contract, prepaid share
        mobile broadband
        IoT
    Fixed:
        total
        share of GDP
        per capita per month
        voice
        dedicated connections
        broadband: ADSL/VDSL, FTTP/B, cable modem, FWA, 5G FWA, other technologies
    ICT services
    Pay TV
        operator, traditional 

Wholesale revenue
    Mobile
    Fixed 

ASPU
    Mobile:
        total
        voice
        data
        mobile broadband
        IoT
        handset: total, prepaid, contract, voice, messaging, data
    Fixed:
        voice
        broadband: ADSL/VDSL, FTTP/B, cable modem, FWA, 5G FWA, other technologies

ARPU
    Mobile:
        total
        prepaid, contract
        2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

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