The $6.4 billion Algerian telecom market is one of the fastest growing sectors after oil and gas in Algeria and has been a major beneficiary of the government’s reforms program
With fast adoption of mobile services and a fixed-mobile crossover occurring in 2003/4, the mobile subscriber base has shown exponential growth over the last three years with a CAGR of 78% during 2004-2007. As of 2007, the Algerian mobile market was 81% penetrated with the top three operators, Djezzy (Orascom), Mobilis (AT), and Nedjma (Wataniya) together sharing the market, according to “Algeria: Telecom Market Country Report 2008” report.
Bharatbook.com included a new report titled “Algeria: Telecom Market Country Report 2008” which takes a critical view of the country’s economic situation and evaluates the maturity of Algerian telecom market. It examines the industry dynamics, strengths and offerings of key players, regulatory framework and current market developments.
“The Algerian economy bore the brunt of political instability and internal strife through the 1990s. Since 2000, however, it is experiencing structural changes afforded by a stable government, accelerating economic reforms, hydrocarbon sector-driven GDP growth, trade surplus, improving fiscal position and falling unemployment levels,” said Kannan Siva and Viju Joseph, lead authors of the report.
In spite of high mobile penetration, the report states that the Algerian mobile market is characterized by high share of pre-paid connections and low ARPUs. In addition, Algeria remains relatively under-penetrated when it comes to fixed line and internet penetration, which stand at 9.5% and 11.8%, respectively. Though the Algerian economy relies heavily on the hydrocarbons sector, which contributes approximately 60% of budget revenues and nearly 30% of the GDP, telecom market formed 5% of the GDP in 2007.
With its workforce expected to increase from 30% of the total population to 40% by 2030, the consumption-
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