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Abstract

In 2006, China's logistics industry was flourishing; the number of registered logistics enterprises topped 1 million. Modern logistics requires logistics enterprises to achieve the convergence of material flow, information flow and flow of funds. It requires the precise, prompt and efficient flow of goods and means of transportation to be achieved on the basis of smooth information flows, thereby curtailing logistics cost. Thus, there are huge business opportunities for communications technology in the logistics industry.

Compared with other sectors, due to the mobile feature of business, the logistics industry has unique demand for telecom technology, products and services. In 2006, apart from basic communications services, there was greater demand for various wireless, mobile and distributed telecommunications technologies in China's logistics industry.

At present, in the logistics industry telecom application largely lies in the fields of day-to-day official business and customer service. In the next few years, demand for telecommunications technology will keep growing in the areas of monitoring and operation and dispatching.

In light of the present situation of basic telecom infrastructure and technology application in the logistics industry, and hot issues such as technology application prospects and market opportunities, CCID releases the 2006-2007 Annual Report on the Telecom Application Market in China's Logistics Industry. The aim is to help vendors, logistics enterprises and investors grasp more accurately the present situation and basic characteristics of the telecom application market in China's logistics industry in the following aspects, and provide strategic investment and competition recommendations for operators and equipment vendors to better grasp market opportunities:

The report sums up the development environment of the telecom application market in China's logistics industry in 2006 from the angle of policy environment, business development, competition, and economic operations in the industry.

On the basis of market surveys designed in a scientific manner and implemented prudently, the report presents exhaustive analysis of the application status of telecom products and services in China's logistics industry, and elaborates on telecom application and deployment in enterprise logistics, third-party logistics, transportation-extension logistics and storage-extension logistics enterprises.

Moreover, it analyzes and sums up key telecommunications technologies used in China's logistics industry in 2006. On the basis of survey and evaluation of the application status and potential of key telecommunications technologies, it examines the prospects of these technologies in this sector.

Finally, after analyzing the development environment and the present situation of telecom application in industry segments, and evaluating application potential, the report puts forward highly operable and feasible recommendations for telecom operators and equipment vendors to map out competition strategies and tactics in this industry.

Research fields: telecom application in the logistics industry

Enterprises involved: China Telecom, China Mobile, China Netcom, China Unicom, Cisco, Huawei, ZTE, Juniper, Maipu, Bdcom, Ruijie

Table of Contents

I. Development Environment of the Telecom Application Market in China's Logistics Industry in 2006

(I) Industry Policy Environment