Recently released market study: West & Central Africa Telecommunications Report Q3 2012

2012-06-26 09:35:31 - Fast Market Research recommends "West & Central Africa Telecommunications Report Q3 2012" from Business Monitor International, now available

BMI's Q3 2012 report on the telecommunications markets of West and Central Africa contains the latest five-year forecasts for the fixed-line telephony, mobile subscriber and internet sectors of seven countries: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal. Our growth forecasts for these seven countries, which extend to the end of 2016, are based on YE11 market data published by the region's operators and telecoms regulators.

The mobile sector continues to be the most active in West and Central Africa, mainly because of market liberalisation and investment from major regional operators, including France's Orange (present in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal), Luxembourg's Millicom (in Senegal and the DRC) and Morocco's Maroc Telecom (in Gabon,

Mali and Mauritania). Other regional telecoms investors include South Africa's MTN and Vodacom, Sudan's Sudatel, India's Bharti Airtel and Atlantique Telecom, which is owned by Etisalat of the UAE. Towards the end of this report, we publish profiles on Orange, MTN, Maroc Telecom and Atlantique Telecom, surveying the regional activities of these four operators.

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The major industry-specific and macroeconomic developments since our last update that are likely to affect the telecoms markets of some countries in the region include the award of a 3G licence in Cote d'Ivoire, the launch of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) and the deterioration of the security situation in Mali. BMI expects the arrival 3G services in Cote d'Ivoire and other countries in the region, and access to efficient and cost-effective international bandwidth from submarine cables to boost internet services in the region. In Mali the worsening security situation should be worrying for existing operators and the Cable & Wireless-backed consortium, which won the third mobile licence in January 2012.

The rapid growth of 3G and other wireless data networks supports our view that wireless broadband technologies will be the main form of internet access in Africa. We expect the increasing availability of low-cost smartphones and the growth of social networking and e-government services to drive take-up of 3G services. We have not significantly upgraded our internet and broadband penetration forecast for the seven countries in our Q312 West and Central Africa report. We do note that the timely deployment of 3G networks poses an upside risks to our forecast and will be reflected in our subsequent updates.

Meanwhile, the 17,000km, 5.1Tbps ACE submarine cable system is due to go live in H212 in countries along the West coast of Africa, including Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon. This will follow the commercial launch of the 14,000km WACS submarine cable with landing points in Cote'Ivoire, Cameroon and DRC. Mali is the only country in the region without direct access to a submarine cable because of its geographic location. We expect it to seek access through terrestrial cable networks running through its neighbours that have direct access to one or more submarine cables. But as mentioned previously, the ongoing security challenges in the country could have a negative effect on public and private funding high-value infrastructure such as fibre-optic networks.

Partial Table of Contents:

SWOT Analysis
- West And Central Africa Mobile SWOT
- West And Central Africa Fixed-Line And Broadband SWOT
Risk/Reward Ratings
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Table: Sub-Saharan Africa Risk/Reward Ratings, Q312
Macroeconomic Environment
- Table: West And Central Africa Macroeconomic Overview
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Mobile
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Mobile Data
- Fixed Line
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Fixed Line
- Internet
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Internet And Broadband
Market Data Analysis
- Mobile
- Cameroon
- Table: Cameroon Mobile Market, Q411
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Table: Cote d'Ivoire Mobile Market, Q411
- DRC
- Table: DRC Mobile Market, Q411
- Gabon
- Table: Gabon Mobile Market, Q411
- Mali
- Table: Mali Mobile Market, Q411
- Mauritania
- Table: Mauritania Mobile Market, Q411
- Senegal
- Table: Senegal Mobile Market, Q411
Regional Mobile Content
- Table: Major Players Leverage Footprint In VAS Deployment
- Table: Cameroon Mobile Market Overview
- Table: Cote d'Ivoice Mobile Market Overview
- Table: DRC Mobile Market Overview
Market Data Overview
- Table: Gabon Mobile Market Overview
- Table: Mali Mobile Market Overview
- Table: Mauritania Mobile Market Overview
- Table: Senegal Mobile Market Overview
- Fixed Line And Internet
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
- DRC
- Gabon
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal
Regulatory Environment And Industry Developments
- Table: West And Central Africa Telecoms Regulators
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
- DRC
- Gabon
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal
Company Monitor
- ATC Financial Statements (US$mn)
Company Profiles
- MTN
- Table: MTN
- Table: MTN Group, March 2012
- France Telecom
- Table: France Telecom
- Table: France Telecom Internet Subscribers, 2009-2011 ('000)
- Table: France Telecom Africa Subscribers, 2010-2011 ('000)
- Maroc Telecom
- Table: Maroc Telecom
- Atlantique Telecom
- Table: Atlantique Telecom
- Table: Atlantique Telecom Mobile Markets' Mobile Penetration And Population Size
Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview
- Fixed Line
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