A glimpse of the Asia Pacific mobile industry

Below are some key Wireless Intelligence stats of most Asian countries' telecommunications sector, in particularly the mobile industry.

As at Q308:

1. Japan
mobile subscribers: 104.696 million
Ebitda margin: 36.2 per cent

2. South Korea
mobile subscribers: 45.429 million
Ebitda margin 22 per cent

3. Australia
mobile subscribers: 22.45 million
Ebitda margin 29.5 per cent

4. Singapore
mobile subscribers: 6.307 million
Ebitda margin: 34.5 per cent

5. New Zealand
mobile subscribers: 4.628 million
Ebitda margin - N/A

6. Macau
mobile subscribers: 928k
Ebitda margin: 42.7 per cent.

7. China
mobile subscribers: 611.054 million
market penetration: 45.5 per cent

8. India
mobile subscribers: 313.793 million
market penetration: 27.5 per cent

9. Pakistan
mobile subscribers: 92.616 million
market penetration: 53.8 per cent

10. Vietnam
mobile subscribers: 53.294 million
market penetration: 61.5 per cent

11. Bangladesh
mobile subscribers: 47.001 million
market penetration: 29.3 per cent

12. Thailand
mobile subscribers: 60.598 million.
market penetration: 94.9 per cent