Telecommunications Market in Southern Africa Analyzed in New Report Published at MarketPublishers.com

The launch of limited services as well as expected this month launch of full commercial services by Mozambique’s third mobile operator, the rollout of mobile money services by Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe, the completion of the Liquid Telecom-CEC fibre-optic network rollout in Zambia and the expansion of Orange Botswana’s 3G network are among the key recent developments in Southern Africa’s telecoms markets.

In the meantime, the trend towards rural rollout seems to be acquiring vogue in the region with some operators announcing considerable network investment plans during 2012. Though, successful network expansion to underserved areas in tandem with ongoing downward pressure on mobile tariffs and devices poses danger to the subscriber growth forecasts.

New market research report “Southern Africa Telecommunications Report Q1 2012” prepared by Business Monitor International (BMI) gives true and unbiased insights into the mobile, fixed-line and internet markets in Southern Africa’s key countries – Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The study provides granular SWOT analysis of the overall region’s telecommunications industry as well as each respective country’s business environment and offers five-year forecasts for the three sectors, which reflect recent regulatory and industry developments along with subscriber growth trends during the first nine months of 2011.