Big Five mobile actors hold more than 53% of market share in Africa

Feb. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- It is well known  that Africa is one of the fastest growing markets in mobile communications, but what is less known is the key players that both drive and benefit from this growth.

In fact, according to Dataxis Intelligence’s last findings, the five largest groups operating on the continent account for more than 53% of the continental subscribers base (cf. table below) with more than 230.4 million serviced customers.

They are led by South Africa’s MTN Group that holds an 18% market share followed by Zain Group from Kuwait with more than 11% of overall customers base. At the third and fouth places there are France Telecom and South Africa’s Vodacom with respectively 10.2% and 9.6% market shares. Finally, the fifth largest group operating in Africa is Maroc Telecom, the incumbent telco in Morocco that accounts for just over 4% of the nearly 432 million mobile customers in Africa.

Big 5 mobile operators in Africa by number of subscribers as of September 2009:

For details and statistics, please check original post at:  http://dataxisnews.com/?p=11361

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DATAXIS, is an international market research company that covers 4 play markets worldwide. Our online database contains detailed and up to date data on subscribers, revenues & ARPUs as well as annual forecasts on major operators and technology suppliers.