Market Report, "West & Central Africa Telecommunications Report Q2 2011", published

Fast Market Research recommends "West & Central Africa Telecommunications Report Q2 2011" from Business Monitor International, now available
 
April 22, 2011 - PRLog -- BMI's Q2 2011 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 2015, are based on Q210, Q310 and, in some cases, Q410 data, as reported by the region's operators and telecoms regulators.

With regard to the provision of telecommunications services, the greatest subscriber growth and service dynamism in the region is to be found within the mobile telephony sectors. The telecoms markets of the region play host to numerous international strategic investors, 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 inventors 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.

Following forecast revisions, we now estimate that seven countries surveyed in this report had a total mobile customer base of 56.45mn and an average mobile penetration rate of 68.7%. Both of these figures are lower than those published in our previous update. The lower figures reflect evidence that some mobile markets - notably those of Mauritania and the DRC - grew more slowly in the last few months of the year than previously thought.

Mobile penetration rates vary considerably from 139% (Gabon) to 18.4% (the DRC) in 2010. Mobile growth rates across the region averaged 24.8% in 2010, indicating the continuation of strong demand for mobile telephony. In the five years to 2015, we predict that the strongest mobile subscriber growth will occur in Senegal, Mali and the DRC. Growth rates of over 70% for all three of these markets are predicted for the 2010 to 2015 period. In Cameroon, growth of almost 58% is predicted for the five years to 2015 while, in Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania and Gabon, five-year growth rates are expected to lie in the 40-50% range.

Over the next few years, a number of markets are expected to benefit from increased competition. These include Senegal, where it was announced in June 2010 that Nigeria-based Globacom (Glo Mobile) had been issued with a licence to provide mobile services. Cameroon's government has also announced plans to license new operators while, in Gabon and the DRC, the governments are reportedly preparing tenders for the award of mobile 3G network licences.

Although this quarter sees further revisions to our mobile subscriber forecasts for most countries in the region, our fixed telephony and internet access forecasts for the seven regional markets remains largely unchanged. The exceptions are Senegal and Mauritania, where our revised forecasts incorporate new regulatory data. Generally speaking, the fixed-line and internet markets of West and Central African remain underdeveloped. Although some fixed-line markets are benefiting from the deployment of fixed wireless technology and are experiencing growth as a result (notably Cameroon and Senegal), most other markets in the region are either stagnant or in a state of decline. Meanwhile, although internet penetration levels are low, internet and broadband service usage is seen as an area with enormous growth potential. At the end of 2010, Senegal and Gabon remained the most advanced markets in terms of the number of internet users. We continue to predict that these two markets will lead our forecasts in the five years to 2015. However, other markets - including Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire - are expected to benefit from investment in new technologies, especially WiMAX. Over the long term, the region's internet markets are also expected to benefit from access to international submarine cables, such as WACS (West Africa Cable System), which should help lower the cost of internet access.

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