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Research and Markets: Bahrain Telecommunications Report Q2 2012 - Broadband Subscriptions Will Reach 513,000 by 2016, Equivalent to a Penetration Rate of About 36.1%(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1993d8cd/bahrain_telecommun) has announced the addition of the "Bahrain Telecommunications Report Q2 2012" report to their offering. BMI's Q212 update to the Bahraini Telecommunications report contains analysis and five-year forecasts for the country's mobile, fixed-line and internet sectors based on full-year 2011 market data published by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain and the latest financial and operational data published by the country's two biggest mobile operators - Batelco and Zain Bahrain. Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) published market data relating to the end of 2011 for fixed-line, mobile and internet sectors. The regulator's fixed-line and mobile data are largely in line with BMI estimates.? As a result, fixed-line penetration increased marginally by 0.3pps to reach 18.3% at the end of 2011. The performance of the fixed-line sector in 2011 is remarkable considering the heightened political and economic risk during anti-government protests that lasted for most of the year. According to regulatory data, there were 1.694mn mobile subscribers in Bahrain at the end of 2011, up by 8% year-on-year from 1.567mn at the end of 2010. The main drawback for the mobile sector remains the high incidence of prepaid subscriptions, which accounted for 81.5% of total mobile subscriptions at the end of December 2011. BMI notes that growth in mobile subscriptions in 2011 was driven by a surge in subscriber uptake during H211, which reversed net losses in H111. Over the next five years, we expect growth to be limited by the continued discounting of inactive lines and a shift in focus to high-value postpaid subscriptions. The author, therefore, expects mobile growth to slow in the latter years of the forecast period. BMI expects 1.75mn subscribers by the end of 2016, with penetration sliding to 123.1%. Companies Mentioned - Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) - Zain (Formerly MTC Bahrain) For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1993d8cd/bahrain_telecommun CONTACT: Research and Markets, Laura Wood, Senior Manager. [email protected] Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: 353-1-481-1716 Sector: Telecommunications and Networks (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/categories.asp?cat_id=20&campaign_id=4d5eb4a4) ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |