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TMCNet: Research and Markets: Examine the African Telecommunications Market Regulatory and Infrastructure

[October 03, 2008]

Research and Markets: Examine the African Telecommunications Market Regulatory and Infrastructure

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:03102008

Dublin - Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eeaa19/africa_telecommu)
has announced the addition of the "Africa - Telecommunications Market
Regulatory and Infrastructure Overview" report to their offering.

While being the worlds most rapidly growing market for mobile telephony
and also home to the fastest growing fixed telephony markets in the
world, Africa still has some of the world s lowest penetration rates.
Foreign investors are scrambling for positions in this very lucrative
market as privatisation and liberalisation are progressively being
introduced. Explosive growth in the mobile sector has meant that by
early 2007 mobile users constituted almost 90% of all African telephone
subscribers. Other wireless solutions are also used to serve as
substitutes for inadequate fixed-line infrastructure. A surge in demand
for Internet access and broadband capabilities is expected to drive
these developments further in the coming years. Several international
fibre projects currently under development will deliver the necessary
bandwidth to Africa and bring down costs. Overall, Africa s telecoms
future looks very promising and offers great opportunities to service
providers, equipment vendors and investors.
Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Telecommunications market

2.1 Overview of Africa s telecom market

2.1.1 The wireless explosion

2.1.2 The beginning of a fixed-line renaissance

2.1.3 Internet and broadband market

2.2 Foreign investments in telecommunications

2.2.1 The Chinese vendors, Huawei and ZTE

3. Regulatory environment

3.1 WTO members

3.2 National ICT policies

3.3 Regulatory authorities

3.3.1 Regulatory associations

3.4 Market liberalisation

3.4.1 Converged licensing regimes

3.5 Privatisation

3.6 Universal access

4. Telecommunications infrastructure

4.1 Overview

4.2 Domestic infrastructure

4.2.1 Pan African Telecommunications Network

4.2.2 Comtel

4.2.3 East African Community digital transmission project

4.2.4 Intelecom II

4.2.5 Utilities

4.2.6 Eastern Africa Backhaul System (EABs)

4.3 International infrastructure

4.3.1 Satellite networks

4.3.2 Submarine cable networks

5. Related reports

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eeaa19/africa_telecommu

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e-mail: press@researchandmarkets.com

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