Market Report, "North Africa Telecommunications Report Q4 2010", published

Nov. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- The Q4 2010 update of BMI's North Africa Telecommunications report contains revised five-year growth forecasts for the fixed-line telephony, mobile user and internet subscriber sectors of four countries: Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Our new forecasts incorporate the latest operator and, in some cases, regulatory data.

Key developments of significance to the region's telecoms markets include the news that that France Telecom (Orange) was in 'advanced' talks with the owners of Morocco's second-largest mobile operator Meditel to acquire a 40% share in the company. Depending on the outcome of these talks, Meditel could soon find itself with a new parent company with plans to invest in developing the operator's 3G capabilities. 3G services have become a new major battleground for Morocco's three mobile network operators and, indeed, mobile broadband services appear to be driving the expansion of the country's broadband sector, even at the expense of ADSL. The country's largest 3G operator is Wana Telecom, which entered the market in late 2008.

Other notable developments include the launch of 3G services by Orange Tunisia in May 2010. Orange, which is jointly owned by France Telecom and Tunisia's Mabrouk Group, entered the market as Tunisia's first truly convergent telecoms operator, offering a suite of mobile, fixed and internet services. The operator has stated that it will invest TND1bn (US$689mn) by 2015 in developing the Tunisia's first 3G network. According to reports, the new W-CDMA network will offer video telephony, mobile TV via WAP and video surveillance services. Customers using 3G dongles will enjoy download speeds of up to 1Mbps. The operator hopes to achieve network coverage of 98% of the population by the end of 2011.

Although Algeria has yet to issue 3G licences to its three mobile network operators - state-owned Mobilis, Orascom Telecom-owned Djezzy and Wataniya's Nedjma - recent media reports have suggested that Algeria's government may bypass 3G licensing and opt for the development of 4G mobile services instead. In July 2010, Algerian daily newspaper El Khabar wrote that the government planned to hold a 4G licence tender in 2011. The issuance of 4G licences would help to revitalise Algeria's mobile sector, whose growth has slowed significantly in recent months.

Q410 sees the introduction of new terminology to describe the different categories surveyed within BMI's Telecoms Business Environment Ratings. BMI undertook this change in order to standardise the Business Environment Ratings across different industry sectors. Q410 sees only some slight changes to our business environment ratings for the four North African markets, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. All four North African countries continue to sit in the lower half of our table.

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Partial Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
- North Africa Mobile SWOT
- North Africa Fixed-Line And Broadband SWOT
Business Environment
- Middle East And North Africa
- North Africa
- Table: Regional Telecoms Business Environment Ratings
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Mobile
- Table: North Africa Telecoms Sector - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Fixed Line
- Table: North Africa - Fixed-Line Sector - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Internet and Broadband
- Table: North Africa - Internet And Broadband Sectors - Historical Data & Forecasts, 2007-2014
Market Data Analysis
- Mobile
- Algeria
- Table: Algeria Mobile Market, Q210
- Table: Algeria - Mobile Blended ARPUs, 2008-2010 (user/month)
- Libya
- Table: Libya Mobile Market, Q409
- Morocco
- Table: Morocco Mobile Market, Q210
- Tunisia
- Table: Tunisia - Mobile Market, Q210
- 3G
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Mobile Operator Data
- Algeria
- Table: Mobilis
- Table: Nedjma
- Table: Djezzy
- Morocco
- Table: Maroc Telecom
- Table: Meditel
- Tunisia
- Table: Tunisie Telecom
- Table: Tunisiana
- Fixed Line
- Algeria
- Table: Growth Of Fixed Lines By Technology, 2006-2007 ('000)
- Libya
- Morocco
- Table: Moroccan Fixed-Line Market, 2008-2010
- Tunisia
- Internet
- Algeria
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
Regulatory Environment & Industry Developments
- Table: North African Regulatory Environment
- Algeria
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
Competitive Landscape
- Key Players
- Table: Key Players - North Africa Telecoms Sector
Company Monitor
- Middle East & Africa Vendor Profile: ZTE Technologies
- Africa Remains Key Growth Market
- Challenging Huawei in Middle East
- Grand Ambitions?
Company Profiles
- Algerie Telecom
- Maroc Telecom
- Tunisie Telecom
- Orascom Telecom
Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview
- Mobile
- Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview
- Broadband
- Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview
Macroeconomic Data Tables
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