Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Business Monitor International
Published: February 2008
Product Code: R302-1853Description A major disconnection of inactive subscribers by market leader Vodacom meant that the South Africanmarket, based on reported subscriber figures from the country’s operators, actually declined during thethird quarter of 2007. Vodacom discounted 2.9mn inactive prepaid accounts from its network, resulting innegative growth for the operator and a drop in its market share to 55%. However, we agree with theoperator that the move will give a more accurate picture of the size of the market and indeed, we hopethat Vodacom’s decision will encourage South Africa’s other operators to do the same. Despite themarket not growing during the quarter, based on the strong growth that was reported in the first half of theyear, we still believe that customer numbers will have hit our 44.8mn target by the end of 2007, pushingpenetration up to almost 95%. Moving forward, growth will undoubtedly slow, although there areencouraging signs from Vodacom in particular that demand for 3G and data services is increasing, whichbodes well for ARPU growth.
Table of Contents - Executive Summary
- Market Data Analysis
- Mobile
- Table: South Africa Wireless Market September 2007
- 3G
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Telkom Subscriptions and Connection - Access Lines ('000)
- Internet
- Table: Telkom Internet Customers ('000)
- Industry Developments
- Regulatory Developments
- Mobile Data
- Table: Vodacom*
- Table: MTN*
- Table: Cell C
- Table: Virgin Mobile
- Industry Forecast Scenario
- Mobile
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Mobile - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Fixed-Line - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Internet
- Table: Telecoms Sector - Internet - Historical Data & Forecasts
- Business Environment Rankings
- Africa
- South Africa
- Table: Africa Business Environment Rankings
- SWOT Analysis
- South Africa Telecommunications Sector - SWOT
- Company Profiles
- Regional Case Study: Ericsson
- Table: Sony Ericsson Sales (EURmn)
- Operator Profiles
- Telkom
- Vodacom
- Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN)
- Cell C
- Appendix: Competitive Landscape
- Market Structure
- Competitor Analysis
- Table: Key Players: South Africa Telecoms Sector
- Table: Selected Operators Financial Indicators
- Key Players
- Fixed-Line
- Internet
- Mobile
- Macroeconomic Climate
- Table: South Africa - Economic Activity
- BMI Forecast Modelling
- How we generate our industry forecasts
- Telecommunications Industry
- Sources
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