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The Future of African Mobile Profitability: Surviving the End of the Mobile Golden Age and the Rise of Digital Applications Platforms - Research and MarketsResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xxz3b3/the_future_of) has announced the addition of the "The Future of African Mobile Profitability: Surviving the End of the Mobile Golden Age and the Rise of Digital Applications Platforms" report to their offering. After more than a decade of market successes and strong bottom line growth, African mobile operators face perhaps the most significant challenges to their business models as they gradually leave the world of circuit-switched, voice and messaging services, for the more uncertain era of data, digital applications and virtualized networks. The Future of African Mobile Profitability report provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the dynamics that underpin mobile profitability in Africa. Building on extensive quantitative analysis, interviews with market players and one of the region's most extensive market projection model, the report offers some answers to some of the most critical questions facing African operators, from voice/data cannibalization to the impact of Over the Top Players (OTT), the purported necessity of 4G, the impact of tower sales, the declining valuation of African mobile assets and more. In the The Future of African Mobile Profitability, the research team lays out the roadmap for African mobile operator transformation from mere telcos into full-fledged digital platforms. Sample key questions explored in this report include: - What has been the evolution of mobile subscriptions and revenues? - What will be the long term contribution of mobile data? - Is Africa's golden age o mobile over? Why? - How are FX fluctuations impacting revenues? - Are African mobile operators profitable? How is their profitability trending? - Will data services cannibalize voice and messaging revenues? - How are OTT players impacting operator revenues? - What are some approaches to dealing with OTTs? - Can African mobile operators monetize data? - Should operators leapfrog 3G to jump into 4G? - Is 4G merely another Trojan horse for OTT players? - What is the outlook for voice revenues? - Is there a future for messaging revenues? - Where is 4G available in Africa? What impact has it had to date? - What has been the evolution of mobile operating expenses? - Does mobile money really make a difference to the bottom line or is it mostly hype? - What is the outlook for African mobile CapEx? - Do Tower Sales really Make a Difference to Operator Performance and Profitability? - How have African mobile operator valuations trended over the past 10 years? - How do Pan-African Players Benchmark against each other? - How does Etisalat's (News - Alert) acquisition of Maroc Telecom Impact the Pan-African Order? Key Topics Covered: Executive Summary: Africa's Great Technology Trek is Underway, from Voice to Digital Platforms Section 1: A Macro View of African Mobile: The Revolution (News - Alert) was not Overstated - But the Golden Age is Over Section 2: A Macro View of African Mobile Profitability Section 3: The Revenue Side: Challenging Times for African Mobile Revenues Section 4: The Cost Side: Opex Up, Capex Stable Section 5: Tackling Africa's Data Monetization Vortex: Of Revenue Cannibalization and OTT Impact Section 6: Our Theory: A Data Monetization in Three Phases - The Bad, the Ugly, and the Very Good Section 7: Tackling Critical Questions Section 8: African Mobile Operator Valuations: The End of the Affair Section 9: Pan-African Player Review Section 10: Charting the Path Ahead: What's Next for the African Mobile Operator? Companies Mentioned - Airtel Africa - Celcom Malaysia - Essar - Etisalat - Globacom - Lap Green - MTN Cote-d'Ivoire - MTN Ghana - MTN Nigeria - MTN SA - Maroc Telecom - Millicom Africa - Mobinil Egypt - Mobitel Sudan - Ooredoo - Orange - Safaricom - Skype - Sonatel - Sudatel - Viber - Vodacom - Vodacom Tanzania - Vodafone Egypt - Warid - XL Indonesia - Zantel For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xxz3b3/the_future_of
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