ABSTRACT
China has experienced rapid development in the field of mobile phones. This chapter traces the progress of this development, which is divided into four stages:
• 1987-1993 – mobile phones as a luxury item; • 1994-1998 – consumption of mobile phones amongst high-income earners; • 1999-2004 – the spread of mobile phone consumption to the populace at
large; • 2005-2010 – the high prevalence of mobile phone usage and the diversifica-
tion of the mobile phone market.
