More South Africa IP Communications Stories
April 28, 2010
TMCnet Contributor
South Africa is all set for considerable growth, and this will mainly be fuelled by the mobile data and broadband Internet segments, states a new report from Pyramid Research. South Africa is among the most developed telecom markets in the Africa & Middle East region. The surge of mobile broadband technologies in South Africa has caused the operators to invest heavily in this technology, the report states.
According to the report, the telecom market to grow at a CAGR of only 1.6 percent over the next five years. This will reach $15.1 billion in 2014, states the report. Pyramid Research estimates that the mobile segment generated 72 percent of total market revenue in 2009, propelled by mobile voice and data. Also, broadband Internet revenue is expected to grow from $369 million in 2009 to $740 million in 2014, a CAGR of 14.9 percent, states the report.
Notes Badii Kechiche, Senior Analyst and co-author of this report, “mobile voice will continue to generate most of the segment's revenue, specifically mobile data; driven by mobile email and mobile broadband Internet services, we anticipate mobile data revenue will grow from $1.4 billion in 2009 to $2.2 billion in 2014, a CAGR of 9.4 percent. A number of undersea and land-based cable projects will provide much-needed extra capacity for operators.”
Based on proprietary data from its research in the market, the research provides a profile of the country's telecommunications, media, and technology sectors. The 32-page report provides detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the market shares of technologies and services, and monitors the introduction and spread of new technologies.
Recently, the company released a new report where it stated that intense competition involving more than a half-dozen mobile operators in Indonesia will drive down service prices and significantly boost mobile penetration rates through 2014, making Indonesia one of the top telecom growth markets in the world behind India and China.
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Edited by Alice Straight