Research and Markets: Egypt Telecommunications Report Q4 2011 - Mobile Customer Base to Have Expanded by 9% by End 2011

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/57ef90/egypt_telecommunic) has announced the addition of the "Egypt Telecommunications Report Q4 2011" report to their extensive offering.

BMI's Q411 update on Egypt's telecommunications market contains the latest operational and financial data for Q111. The new data has been published by fixed-line incumbent Telecom Egypt (which also publishes data for the country's largest mobile operator Vodafone Egypt) and Mobinil (which is jointly owned by France's Orange and Egypt's Orascom Telecom). Data published by Telecom Egypt and Mobinil help BMI determine the size of Egypt's mobile telephony sector at the end of June 2011. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has published new data on the number of fixed-line, internet and broadband subscribers at the end of March 2011.

Based on figures published by Mobinil and Vodafone, and an estimate for Egypt's third-ranked mobile operator Etisalat Misr, BMI estimates that the country had 73.3mn mobile customers at the end of June 2011. BMI's estimate means that the mobile sector grew by 2.7% in three months to June 30. Although this growth rate was still relatively low, it was an improvement on the first quarter of the year, when the mobile subscriber base expanded by 1%. The weak performance of Egypt's mobile market in Q111 was due to the shutdown of the country's mobile networks during the period of political unrest in late January and early February.

The new subscriber data has enabled BMI to revise its forecast for the development of Egypt's mobile telephony sector through to the end of 2015. BMI's latest forecast envisages the mobile customer base expanding by 9% in 2011. By the end of the year, BMI expects the subscriber base to increase to just over 77mn, equivalent to a penetration rate of almost 90%.

This quarter also sees revisions to BMI's mobile ARPU forecast for Egypt. Examined as a market average, BMI estimates that the mobile ARPU rate for Egypt fell by 13% in 2011 to reach EGP26.7 (US$5.3). BMI's longterm forecast for Egypt's blended ARPU rates is one of gradual decline. BMI believes that the rate of decline will diminish in the latter years of its forecast as the operators gradually improve their customer mix and establish more stable sources of income from the deployment of data services.

Companies Mentioned:

• Telecom Egypt
• Mobinil
• Vodafone Egypt

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KEYWORDS:   Egypt  Africa

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications  Mobile/Wireless

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