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2008 Africa - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Southern Region and Indian Ocean Islands Published:December 2008 From: £535 |
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This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in the telecommunications markets of nine African countries: Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Subjects covered
- Key statistics
- Market and industry overviews
- Regulatory environment and structural reform
- Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband)
- Infrastructure development
- Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G
- Average Revenue per User (ARPU) trends
- Internet, including broadband development
- Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile)
Executive Summary
Key highlights
- Fixed-line, mobile and Internet market forecasts to 2010 and 2015 for Angola and Madagascar, two of Africa’s most promising growth markets driven by oil revenues
- Privatisation of incumbent telco underway in Botswana, expected in Angola
- The number of fixed lines has almost tripled in Madagascar since privatisation
- Fixed-line incumbents are entering the lucrative mobile market under new service-neutral licensing regimes and converging technologies
- WiMAX networks are operational or under development in almost every country in the region
- Liberalisation of VoIP underway in Malawi and Zambia
- New international fibre optic submarine cables will reach the region in 2009 and 2010 and dramatically reduce the cost of bandwidth
- Fibre-to-the-Home deployment in Mauritius
- Third mobile licence awarded in Malawi, expected in Angola and Mozambique
- Live 3G mobile services in Angola, Mauritius, Mozambique and Namibia, with Zimbabwe ready to launch
- Mobile ARPU has bottomed in many markets, rising again with mobile data services
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