[March 18, 2005] Research and Markets: Phenomenal Growth in African Mobile Communications Market Set To Continue Tweet DUBLIN, Ireland, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14197) has announced the addition of 2005 -- African Mobile Communications Market to their offering. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH ) Africa's cellular market is the fastest-growing in the world, gaining more than 50% in 2002, almost 40% in 2003 and more than 40% in the first three quarters of 2004 alone. The fact that 20 African countries have achieved triple-digit compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for the period 1998-2003 shows that this phenomenal growth is not just short-lived. It is primarily due to the small number and high cost of fixed-line connections, which seldom extend beyond the major urban centres. In early 2004, the last two countries on the continent, Guinea-Bissau and Eritrea, launched mobile services. As early as 2001, Africa became the first continent as a whole where mobile phones outnumbered fixed telephone lines, which individually is the case in most African countries now. Despite this, owning a mobile phone remains a luxury afforded by less than 8% of Africa's 840 million people. This compares to only 3% penetration of fixed-line telephony. The mobile market is open to competition in the majority of the countries, featuring between two and four operators, and it is largely private sector driven. However, developments are still hampered by regulatory environments. Mobile licences frequently require that operators rely on a fixed network operator for interconnection, and relatively few countries allow their mobile operators to operate their own international gateways. The report offers a wealth of information on the Mobile market, covering: - Trends - Analysis - Players - Revenues - Subscribers - Prepaid - Spectrum Auctions - Developments - Government Policies - Infrastructure - GSM - CDMA - 3G - Mobile Data - Market Issue - Paging - Dedicated Services - SIM - SMS - MMS - GPRS - EDGE - WAP - M-Commerce - Telemetry - Location Services - Bluetooth - PMR - TMR - Mobile Satellite Services Countries covered include: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkino Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14197 Laura Wood Senior Manager Research and Markets [email protected] Fax: +353 1 4100 980 Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCHAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk, [email protected] Research and Markets CONTACT: Laura Wood, Senior Manager of Research and Markets,[email protected], Fax: +353-1-4100-980 Web site: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c141 97 [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]