African Voice and Data Bandwidth Forecasts (2008–2012) - 3rd edition - Interactive Version

Published annually, African Voice and Data Bandwidth Forecasts is now in its third year and has steadily expanded its coverage to include the whole of the continent. An increasing number of telcos provide data to us in confidence which allows us to put together accurate, aggregated figures on a country-by-country basis.

It brings together both demand for telephony and Internet bandwidth to enable the user to see what the potential traffic will be for satellite and fibre

The Forecasts come in two versions: the static version which is supplied with three different growth scenarios (low, medium and high) and the interactive version where the user can alter the underlying formulas to include their own assumptions and data:

A Static version: In this version, the user gets all of the data but does not have access to the underlying assumptions. Nevertheless it provides an authoritative set of voice and data projects and the user can either accept the growth scenario chosen by our analysts or use one of the two alternative scenarios provided.

An Interactive version: In this version, the users have the ability to change the main assumptions that drive the model. They can also add in their own traffic on a country basis to discover what level of market share they have and indeed might also be able to put in estimates of their competitors market share.

Within the workbooks, there are 14 spreadsheets covering the following: a set of “headline” summary figures; sub-regional forecasts; internet bandwidth forecasts;

broadband internet bandwidth; International IP Internet Bandwidth Forecasts; cyber-café numbers and bandwidth requirements; dial-up bandwidth;

SNO voice and data traffic; grey market VoIP traffic; cellular traffic;

gross forecasts for incumbent operators; international internet bandwidth;

an overview of fibre and micro-wave links; an overview of satellite service;

annual price movements in voice (actual); and annual price movements in voice (projected).

This year’s forecasts offers figures on voice both in minutes and translated into its equivalent data capacity.