I would like some data on the user base of GPRS in the UK and Europe.
Specifically the current position and expected growth pattern of...

1. Current number of users in the marketplace.
2. User demographics.
3. Market Shares of territories, networks and handset manufacturers.

<Number of subscriber to GPRS current and past.
2003
4.3 million worldwide
2.6 billion in Western Europe.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1138831

2001
1 million users in Europe 3.3 million have GPRS capable handsets.
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2002/3248.htm

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Future predictions.

Penetration rates for Germany, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal.
31% penetration by 2005
55% penetration by 2010.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf

According to a report from Researchandmarketing.com
GPRS users will account for over a third of Western Europe?s mobile
subscription base in 2006.
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4681/4681.pdf

From 2007 GPRS handset sales will enter terminal decline.
GPRS subscriptions are predicted to decline by 2008.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1115545

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Demographics

Main users - 15?35 year olds and corporate users.
GPRS is likely to take off in the corporate market due to its wireless
email capabilities. Travelling employees account for 30% of all
employees.
Early adopters of GPRS are likely to be 20-35 year old professionals.
This report also contains a country by country analysis of the number
of operators and the number of new entrants. It predicts that new
entrants will be able to take 7% of the market.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf


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Usage estimate.

Average daily usage in the consumer market is predicted to be 10
minutes. Average daily use in the corporate market is predicted to be
16 minutes.
http://www.adlittle.be/downloads/Studies%2001%20GPRS-UMTS%20Services.pdf

Dell estimates that a typical user will consume between 10 and 20 MB per month.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/offers/merchandising/gprs_bsd?c=uk&l=en&s=bsd&~section=007#6

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Handsets

Market share ? 2003 (Source:Gartner Dataquest)
Nokia ? 35%
Motorola ? 14.7%
Samsung ? 10.5%
Siemens ? 7.6%
Sony Ericsson ? 4.8%
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/8982.shtml

Market share ? 2001 (Source: Gartner Dataquest)
Nokia ? 35%
Motorola ? 14.8%
Siemens ? 7.4%
Samsung ? 7.1%
Ericsson ? 6.7%
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/988981

Market share - 2001
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA154649

UK sales of GPRS handsets slower than anticipated in 2002.
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/1314.htm

2003 ? sales of GPRS handsets comprise 40% of the total number of
handsets sold in Europe. 18% of GPRS handset owners have subscribed to
GPRS.
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:T7Htj8SctLYJ:www.union-network.org/unitelecom.nsf/0/0c2f114f9a087927c1256dcc002e2f72/%24FILE/3G-rapporten%2520slutredigerad-en%2520(Web).doc+%22sales+of+gprs%22+2002&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

In 2001, sales of GPRS handsets accounted for 2% of the market.
http://www.nxbp.fr/anglais/pgs/marches/actualit/recherche_credit/actualit/180302.pdf


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Network operators - market share


UK
O2- 35.2%
Vodafone ? 24.7%
Orange ?25.8%
T-Mobile ? 14.3%
600,000 O2 customers using GPRS (May 2003).
12% of customers have a GPRS handset.
http://www.mmo2.com/docs/media/downloads/Kent_ThextonM.pdf


Belgium
Proximus ? 51%
Mobistar ?33%
Base ? 16%
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:K7BX68DRZvwJ:www.webmethods.com/PDF/Mobistar_ss.pdf+%22mobile+operators%22+%22market+share%22+France&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Belgium ? Mobistar has a 30.4% market share with 2.3 million customers (2002)
http://www.orange.com/Textonly/investorrelations/belgium2.asp?UID=&bhcp=1

Finland
Sonera ? 61%
Radiolinja ? 38%
http://keskus.hut.fi/opetus/s38118/s99/htyo/2/main.html

France
Orange ? 49.8%
SFR ? 35.1%
Bouygues Telecom ? 15.1 %
http://www.art-telecom.fr/communiques/pressrelease/2003/ang130103.htm

Germany
T-mobile ? 41%
http://www.unibw-hamburg.de/WWEB/hfm/kopf.pdf
Deutsche Telekom ? 40%
http://uk.gsmbox.com/news/mobile_news/all/11227.gsmbox
Others:
Mannesmann AG
Mobilcom
Viag Interkom
Debitel

Ireland 
Vodafone ? 58%
Digifone ? 39%
Meteor ? 3%
http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2002/03/15/story43152.asp

Italy
Albacom ? 46%
Telecom Italia ? 46%
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_48/b3810172.htm
http://www.worldreport-ind.com/hi-techeurope/mobiles-italy.htm

Netherlands
KPN Telecom ? 48.4%
Libertel ? 32%
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:5Tvxzi6v0NwJ:europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m2130_en.pdf+netherlands+%22market+share%22+libertel&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
T-Mobile ? 11%
http://www.unibw-hamburg.de/WWEB/hfm/kopf.pdf

Norway
Telenor Mobil ? 58%
http://presse.telenor.no/PR/200310/919081_5.html

Spain
Retevision Moviles ? 66%
Airtel ?32 %
Amena ? 21%
http://presse.telenor.no/PR/200310/919081_5.html
http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/telecom/spain/profile/overview.shtml
://www.google.com/search?q=cache:YOrtzRdEnKwJ:www.oecd.org/dataoecd/23/63/2508390.pdf+%22mobile+telephony%22+%22retevision+moviles%22+spain+%22share+of%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Europe market share of leading operators.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/liberalization/legislation/com1998594_ann1_22_en.pdf

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Market reports.

GPRS report costs EUR 1,594.00
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4681/4681.pdf

The Reality of GPRS in Europe ? report costs from $1073.00
http://www.biz-lib.com/ZAYRS.html

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Contracts awarded
http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/gprs/intro.shtml#9

Technical hitches slow down GPRS
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1118763>


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<Hope this helps.>

Very helpful, I suspect that most of this sort of information is not
in the public domain so it's good to find this.

Researchers: a lot of data to get the ball rolling can be found here:
http://www.cellular.co.za/stats-europe.htm