Middle Eastern Mobile Opportunities (3rd Edition)

• Comprehensive regional summary - providing an invaluable insight into the current status and future developments of Middle Eastern mobile markets
• 11 in-depth country profiles - focussing on all leading markets and key operators, providing a market snapshot, analysing essential market data including subscribers, market share and forecasts, and key technology, license and investment developments in the country
• Expert commentary - putting the figures and forecast in to context whilst identifying trends and explaining what they mean for the market
• Up-to-date and accurate market data - independent statistics based on the latest topline subscriber figures from Informa Telecoms & Media, with forecasts offering the most comprehensive assessment of the shape of the future market
• Details of new license awards and technology developments - reviewing all the latest developments and planned launches in the region
• Forecasts to 2011 - focus on all country markets profiled in the report, with topline subscriber numbers for each country

• Key market intelligence
• Subscriber growth to end-2005 by country
• Topline subscriber forecasts to 2010
• Historical subscriber numbers per operator between 2Q05 and 2Q06
• Market share
• Licensing opportunities available in the region
• Technology launches and status (GPRS, MMS, UMTS)
• Other significant developments in the region, including mergers and acquisitions, branding, market segmentation and local content development.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Regional liberalisation and networkevolution

Regional definition

Subscriber review

Figure 1.1: Middle Eastern subscribers andgrowth (2Q 2005 to 2Q 2006)

Licensing opportunities

Mergers & acquisitions

3G deployments gather pace

Figure 1.2: Middle Eastern 3G deployments

CHAPTER 2 AFGHANISTAN

Figure 2.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

New licence

Operators

Figure 2.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

AWCC

Figure 2.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Roshan

Investcom

Etisalat

Forecasts

Figure 2.4: Afghanistan forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 3 IRAN

Figure 3.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

Second licence

Handsets

Operators

Figure 3.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

TCI

Figure 3.3: TCI’s net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Irancell

MTC Esfahan

Forecasts

Figure 3.4: Iranian forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 4 IRAQ

Figure 4.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

Licence awards

Operators

Figure 4.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Iraqna

Asiacell

Atheertel

Figure 4.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Kurdish operators

Forecasts

Figure 4.4: Iraqi forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 5 ISRAEL

Figure 5.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

2.5G and 3G developments

Operators

Figure 5.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Cellcom

Figure 5.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Partner

Changes in ownership

Pelephone

MIRS

Forecasts

Figure 5.4: Israeli forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 6 JORDAN

Figure 6.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

Push to talk

2.5G and 3G developments

Operators

Figure 6.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Fastlink

MobileCom

Umniah

Figure 6.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Xpress

Forecasts

Figure 6.4: Jordanian forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 7 LEBANON

Figure 7.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

Ownership wrangles

Management contracts

Privatisation

2.5G developments

Operators

Figure 7.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Alfa Telecom (Formerly FTML)

MTC Touch (Formerly Libancell)

Figure 7.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Liban Telecom

Forecasts

Figure 7.4: Lebanese forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 8 SAUDI ARABIA

Figure 8.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Regulatory developments

2.5G and 3G developments

2.5G

3G

Operators

Figure 8.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

STC

Mobily

Figure 8.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Bravo (PTC)

Forecasts

Figure 8.4: Saudi Arabian forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 9 SYRIA

Figure 9.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

New licence

2.5G and 3G developments

2.5G

3G

Operators

Figure 9.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Syriatel

Spacetel Syria/Areeba

Figure 9.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Forecasts

Figure 9.4: Syrian forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 10 TURKEY

Figure 10.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

2.5G and 3G developments

2.5G

3G

Operators

Figure 10.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Turkcell

Telsim

Figure 10.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Avea

Forecasts

Figure 10.4: Turkish forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 11 UAE

Figure 11.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Subscriber mix

Regulatory developments

2.5G and 3G developments

2.5G

3G

Operators

Figure 11.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Etisalat

Figure 11.3: Etisalat’s net additions,3Q05-2Q06

EITC

Forecasts

Figure 11.4: UAE forecasts

Contacts

CHAPTER 12 YEMEN

Figure 12.1: Country profile and telecomsmarket

Country and market overview

Subscriber growth

Regulatory developments

2.5G developments

Operators

Figure 12.2: Operator market shares,2Q05-2Q06

Sabafon

Spacetel Yemen

Yemen Mobile

Figure 12.3: Operator net additions,3Q05-2Q06

Forecasts

Figure 12.4: Yemeni forecasts

Contacts

APPENDIX

Middle Eastern subscribers by country(2Q 2005 to 2Q 2006)

Middle Eastern subscribers by operator andnetwork (2Q 2005 to 2Q 2006)