Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Business Monitor International
Published: February 2008
Product Code: R302-1852Description Business Monitor International’s latest Saudi Arabia Telecommunications Report shows the country atthe top of our Business Environment Rankings, ahead of Bahrain, Kuwait and Israel. Saudi Arabia’stelecoms market is characterised by the determination of the regulator to provide competition in the fixedline,mobile and internet markets. Furthermore, a strong economy is providing an environment fit forinward investment, and the ingredients for growth in both the fixed-line and mobile markets. Long goneare the days when incumbent operator Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) controlled thetelecoms industry - it now has to fight it out for market share with Mobily in the mobile market (andsoon Zain, which is due to launch commercial services in 2008 and become Saudi Arabia’s third mobilenetwork operator). Meanwhile, STC will be one of four operators in Saudi Arabia’s fixed-line marketwith consortia headed by Verizon, PCCW and Batelco all winning concessions to operate fixed-linenetworks from 2008.
Table of Contents - Executive Summary
- Market Data Analysis
- Mobile
- Table: Saudi Arabia Wireless Market (YE06)
- Table: Saudi Arabia Wireless Market Net Additions 2006
- 3G
- Fixed-Line
- Internet
- Regulatory Developments
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Mobile
- Table: Saudi Arabia Telecoms Sector - Mobile - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Saudi Arabia Telecoms Sector - Fixed-line - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Internet
- Table: Saudi Arabia Telecoms Sector - Internet - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Business Environment Rankings
- Middle East
- Saudi Arabia
- Table: Middle East Business Environment Rankings
- SWOT Analysis
- Saudi Arabia Telecommunications Industry SWOT
- Company Profiles
- Company Profile - Ericsson Leverages GSM Expertise In MEA Markets
- Table: Sony Ericsson Sales (EURmn)
- Operators
- Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC)
- Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
- Appendix: Competitive Landscape
- Market Structure
- Competitor Analysis
- Table: Key Players: Saudi Telecoms Sector
- Key Players
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview
- Internet
- Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview
- Mobile
- Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview
- Macroeconomic Climate
- Table: Saudi Arabia - Economic Activity
- BMI Forecast Modelling
- How we generate our industry forecasts
- Telecommunications Industry
- Sources
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