Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sangwan, S. Author-Name-Last: Sangwan Author-Name-First: Sunanda Author-Name: Chong, G. Author-Name-Last: Chong Author-Name-First: Guan Author-Name: Pau, L-F. Author-Name-Last: Pau Author-Name-First: Louis-François Author-Person: ppa136 Title: Key Issues in Expansion of End-User Mobile Communication in China Abstract: China’s mobile communications market presents unique market challenges. With a high subscriber growth rate but polarized and stratified consumer adoption trends, an investigation into the current status of this market will improve our understanding on how adoption of mobile communications is evolving. In this descriptive paper we analyze key issues relating to market characteristics of mobile communications with an objective to better comprehend the dynamics of this largest mobile subscribers market. Using secondary data we identify mobile industry and end-user related trends to infer our conclusions for the industry. Creation-Date: 2008-03-19 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/11762/ERS-2008-011-LIS.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureri Number: ERS-2008-011-LIS Classification-JEL: L63, L96, M, M39 Keywords: China, mobile communication, mobile subscribers market Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:11762