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African Mobile Market Forecast (2007-2011)

African Mobile Market Forecast (2007-2011)

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Publish Date : Aug, 2007| No. of Pages : 90

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The RNCOS' report, "African Mobile Market Forecast (2007-2011)", provides an extensively researched objective analysis on the growing marketplace for the global mobile handset industry, technologies, and impact on the market. This report helps the clients to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the growing mobile handset market throughout the world in general, and Africa in particular. Detailed data and analysis helps handset manufacturers, service providers, and investors navigate the evolving market of mobile handsets smoothly.

Key Technologies 

Key mobile technologies, including the most recent ones such as GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G and Bluetooth, have been analyzed in the report. The data is supplemented with the facts like mobile handset sale, subscriber base, and growth rate.

Growing Markets Covered

This section covers the economic background and the number of operators in each segment of the worldwide mobile device and handset market. It includes countries like Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia.

Key Findings

  - Africa is the fastest growing mobile market (GSM) in the world. 
  - The continent's subscriber base grew to over 137 Million in 2005 and a majority share was captured by GSM mobile users.
  - Total mobile subscribers in the African region are expected to increase at a CAGR of approximately 13.36% during 2007-2011, resulting in a mobile subscriber base of over 351.93 Million by the end of 2011. 
  - The mobile penetration rate for the region is forecasted to increase from 15.37% at the end of 2005 to almost 31% by the end of 2011.

Key Issues and Facts 

The research report addresses the issues and facts that are critical to the success in African mobile handset market, like:

  - How does the competitive market landscape look like for the mobile industry? 
  - What is the mobile subscriber base in industrialized and developing countries?
  - What is the region-wise mobile subscriber base in Africa?
  - What is the mobile subscribers penetration rate in Africa?
  - What are the main factors that are driving the mobile market in the African region? 
  - What are the potential opportunities for African mobile handset industry? 
  - What are the existing and potential challenges in the African mobile handset industry?

Forecast and Analysis

The report gives an idea of the competitive landscape of the mobile industry through a detailed market sizing and a four-year forecast of the worldwide mobile handset market. The most optimistic and pessimistic approach of the market analysis helps the manufacturers and service providers to anticipate the future scenario of the African Mobile Industry. 

Key Players 

This section provides an overview of the facts and figures of key competitors, including Mobile Manufacturers, like Nokia OYJ, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., BenQ Corporation, Alcatel, Ericsson Inc., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd; Mobile Phone Service Providers like Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), Safaricom, Millicom International Cellular, Telkom SA Limited, MTN Group, CelTel Zambia, AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, NTT DoCoMo, Inc; and Mobile Device Manufacturers like Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Sun Microsystems, Zarlink Semiconductor Inc., Infineon Technologies AG, Intel Corporation, RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) and Mitsubishi Electric.

Research Methodology Used

Information Sources
The information has been compiled from authentic and reliable sources like Books, Newspapers, Trade Journals, and White papers, Industry portals, Government Agencies, Trade associations, Monitoring Industry News and developments, and Access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis Method
Methods like Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis have been used in the report for prudent analysis.

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