Research and Markets: Bosnia-Herzegovina Telecommunications Report Q4 2011 - Higher Value Services Such as Mobile Data and

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/39eb87/bosniaherzegovina) has announced the addition of the "Bosnia-Herzegovina Telecommunications Report Q4 2011" report to their offering.

Business Monitor International's Bosnia-Herzegovina Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Bosnia-Herzegovina's telecommunications industry.

The BMI Q411 report on the telecoms market in Bosnia & Herzegovina includes analyses of the country's mobile, fixed-line and broadband subscriber markets. It also depicts growth in the number of internet users and analyses specific internet usage trends. The report contains five-year growth forecasts that chart how the country's different telecommunications sectors are likely to develop. The five-year forecasts are based on the most recent available figures to be published by Bosnia's telecoms regulator, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and by the country's leading network operators. In addition to the five year growth forecasts for the mobile, fixed-line and internet markets, BMI has updated the ARPU forecasts for the mobile market.

BMI calculates that the Bosnian mobile market grew by 0.9% q-o-q during Q111 to 3.412mn subscribers. This is considerably slower than the two previous quarters when growth exceeded 2%. The report believes the slowdown reflects increasing saturation of the mobile market, with the penetration rate pushing towards 100% and the continuous discounting of inactive SIMs by the country's mobile operators. The report expects annual growth to remain above 4% for most part of the forecast period, with mobile penetration reaching 95% in 2011 and 113% in 2015.

Meanwhile, BMI believes higher value services especially mobile data and postpaid subscriptions will be major growth drivers as operators attempt to capitalise on the improved outlook for economic growth. The operators entered distribution agreements with high-end device manufacturers, including Apple, HTC and Research In Motion. This will help offset the impact of competition and promotional activities on ARPUs in the basic voice segment.

Bosnia's regulator has taken steps to encourage fair competition between the incumbents and the alternative operators in the fixed voice and broadband sectors. No outstanding progress has been made, as the incumbents seem keen to maintain market dominance. Although wireline competition remains limited, Bosnia's broadband sector continued to grow rapidly, with xDSL technologies being the main growth driver. This is encouraging development of advanced data services, such as IPTV.

Meanwhile, the report has revised up the internet penetration forecast to reflect recent regulatory data which showed that internet penetration exceeded 51% by the end of 2010. The report expects internet and broadband penetration rates in Bosnia to reach 68.4% and 17.6% respectively by 2015.

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KEYWORDS:   Bosnia and Herzegovina  Europe

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications

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