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Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband Market Trend In South Africa: Recent Press Release Updates
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Mergers and acquisitions in Africa’s leading telecoms market
South
Africa’s telecom sector boasts the continent’s most advanced networks
in terms of technology deployed and services provided. In a virtually
saturated voice market, four mobile networks – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and
Telkom SA – are competing for market share in the next growth wave,
mobile broadband. 3G/4G mobile services now rival DSL fixed-line
offerings in terms of both speed and price and have consequently
outpaced them in terms of subscriber growth. Five different LTE networks
have been launched, although their introduction was initially back by
delays with suitable frequency spectrum allocations.Browse Full Report With Toc: http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis-details/south-africa-telecoms-mobile-broadband-and-forecasts
Mobile
SIM card penetration is well above 100% of the population, driven by
separate subscriptions for voice and data services. There has been
speculation about mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among the smaller
players, and major infrastructure sharing deals have been concluded.
Several Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) are preparing to enter
the market in 2014, although the few existing ones have so far failed to
have a major impact.
South Africa’s Internet and Broadband
market has taken off after years of stagnation due to an expensive
operating environment created by Telkom SA’s dominance in the fixed-line
and international bandwidth market. A new converged licensing regime
has created hundreds of companies licensed to offer Internet services.
There has been consolidation in the sector which is expected to
continue. Wireless broadband services have carved out market share from
existing ADSL offerings, but several WiMAX networks are now being shut
down as consumers migrate to 3G and 4G mobile services.To Get Download Full Report with Toc: http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/sample/sample/92577
While
emerging as the country’s leading broadband providers, the major mobile
operators are also branching out into fixed services, fibre backbone
networks, international fibre connectivity, mobile banking and
entertainment in a rapidly converging environment. With its fixed-line
network reaching less than 10% of the population, Telkom has reacted by
launching its own mobile network. Following years of delays with its
licensing, second national operator (SNO) Neotel has been gaining market
share in competition with the fixed-line incumbent. It is using
wireless technologies such as CDMA-2000, WiMAX and LTE to provide
alternatives to Telkom’s copper access network. Neotel is now in the
process of being acquired by Vodacom, the country’s leading mobile
network operator.To Read Complete Report with Toc: http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis/92577
All
of the major players are involved in various international submarine
fibre optic cables that have reached the country in the past few years,
despite regulatory hurdles. Following the end of Telkom’s monopoly in
this area, this has brought down the cost of international bandwidth
dramatically. Several additional terabit cables are scheduled to go live
in 2014, connecting Africa directly to the Americas. In addition, the
government has created Broadband InfraCo, a national infrastructure
company to provide cheap backbone network capacity to service providers.
Despite the significantly increased competition between different
service providers, many municipalities in South Africa, including the
country’s largest cities, are implementing their own metropolitan fibre
and wireless broadband networks. Several Fibre to the Home (FttH)
deployments are underway.
With its relatively well developed and diverse infrastructure, South Africa is also taking a regional lead role in the convergence of telecommunication and information technologies with the media and entertainment sector, promising reductions in telecommunication costs and better availability of information and services. Telecom carriers and ISPs are moving into delivering video and other entertainment content over their networks, while in turn the traditional electronic media carriers have discovered the potential of their infrastructure for telecommunications service delivery. Triple play offerings are available that combine voice, data and IPTV services. The migration to DTT is scheduled to be completed by 2014/15.
Digital media and social media have reached a level of development that is fostering an associated advertising and marketing industry. The FIFA World Cup held in the country four years ago has boosted these developments. While South Africa lags behind other countries on the continent in the development of e-government, e-health and e-learning applications, it is a regional leader in the areas of online retail, electronic banking, mobile banking, social media and cloud computing.
Market highlights:
• Consolidation among smaller mobile operators;
• Neotel takeover by Vodacom;
• Five commercial LTE services launched, more to follow;
• Several MVNOs are preparing to enter the market;
• Legal battle around interconnection charges;
• Telkom writes off legacy assets, invests billions into broadband infrastructure;
• Many national and metropolitan fibre network rollouts, including FttH;
• Cost of international fibre bandwidth has collapsed since monopoly ended;
• New international fibre optic submarine cables planned for 2014;
• Innovative wireless broadband services amidst spectrum allocation delays;
• Google tests wireless broadband using 'White Space' spectrum;
• Switchover to Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) in 2014/15;
• Very competitive mobile banking sector;
• Emerging cloud services.
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