African Telecoms and Internet Market Profiles

African Telecoms and Internet Market Profiles will contain the following coverage:

Key issues: A summary of the main issues facing the Telecoms and Internet sector in each country.

Country background and economic data: Size of country, state of the Government, key drivers of the economy.

Summary description of the telecoms and Internet sector: Main players in the telecoms and Internet sector describing the key players, their business strategies and the relative strengths in the market.

Fixed: A more detailed description of the number of fixed line subscribers (broken down by operator) plus descriptions of any recent service developments like fixed wireless roll-outs.

Mobiles:A description of the number of mobile subscribers broken down by operator.

VoIP: If it is legal in the market, who are the operators that offer specific VoIP services: their tariffs, user numbers and business strategy. If there is only a grey market, an estimate of its size (preferably from the Incumbent) and the tariffs that can be found.

Number of ISPs: A count of the number of operating ISPs with brief descriptions of the major players: how they were formed, who’s behind them, which market they target and their business strategy.

Dial-up and broadband subs: A count of the total number of Internet subscribers with a breakdown of dial-up and broadband components and the cost of a monthly subscription in local currency for dial-up and broadband for different capacities.

Cyber-cafes and hot-spots: The total number of cyber-cafes, their geographic distribution and the cost per hour of using them between two figures (eg USD1-1.50 per hour).

Local web content and services: An estimate of the number of web sites (for example, how many names are registered with the country domain registry) and a description with URLs of useful sites for those wishing to understand what is happening in the country (newspapers, background research, directory sites, etc).

Bandwidth and backbone:

· Domestic: A description of the main domestic networks describing key elements including: the transition to IP, different elements of fibre, microwave and copper, the state of the network and the geographic extent of the network

· International: A description of the country’s main international links including: the amount of international bandwidth used and any plans for future international connections.

Policy and regulation: A summary of the key regulatory and policy issues and describe what changes the Government and regulator have planned over the next three years.

Digital divide initiatives:

A brief summary of major government or donor-funded initiatives, particularly those expanding access, encouraging business development or seeding new content and services.

The section on the growth potential in each country market will look at:

• The growth curve of different products in the market, particularly mobiles and Internet subscriptions.

• The geographic extent of different types of coverage and the percentage of the population covered and the degree to which these populations are addressable.

• In larger markets, “proxies” for addressable markets including: TV ownership, pay TV subscriptions and home ownership.

• Market estimates of the total potential market from industry players and from our own estimates.

• Three to five market barriers that if removed would allow for increased market growth.

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