The report ``Middle East and Africa Broadband Sector Analysis (2007)” provides extensive research and objective analysis of the Broadband Market in the Middle East and Africa. This report has been written to help clients in analyzing the opportunities critical to the growth of the Broadband market in Middle East and Africa. Detailed data and analysis will help investors to comprehend the rapidly changing dynamics of the Broadband industry.

Key Findings

§ The Broadband market across the world is seeing unprecedented growth. Quarterly growth rates in the number of Broadband market across the world in Q1 2005, Q2 2005 and Q3 2005 were 8.65%, 7.33% and 8.43% respectively.
§ On a worldwide level some of the countries, which are showing high growth are India, Morocco, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Vietnam, and Turkey etc.
§ Middle East and Africa constitute 2 % of the total worldwide broadband Market followed by Eastern Europe at 3%. Middle East and Africa is the fastest growing regions of the world growing by 89.1% between Q1 2005 and Q1 2006
§ Digital Subscriber lines or DSL is the dominant technology in the Middle East and the African region with a subscriber base of 3.45 Million in 2005.
§ The VSAT market holds great potential in rural and underdeveloped areas wherever there is lack of adequate infrastructure like copper lines for Broadband access.
§ Some of the countries in the Middle East and Africa region showing high growth are Turkey, Israel, Morocco, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and others.

Key Issues and Facts Analyzed

The research report also addresses the issues and facts that are critical to business success, such as:

§ What are the emerging trends in the Broadband sector in Middle East and Africa?
§ What is the future outlook of the Broadband market in Middle East and Africa?
§ Who are the key players in the Broadband Market in Middle East and Africa?
§ What opportunities exist for the Broadband market?
§ What challenges are faced by the industry?
§ How is the market is affected by other factors prevailing in the economy?
§ What are the emerging technologies in the Broadband Sector?

Key Players Analyzed

This section provides the overview, key facts financial information future plans and business strategies of prominent players in the Middle East and African Broadband market like Soudi Telecom, Batelco, Omantel. Emirates Integrated Telecom Company, Telkom South Africa, Maroc Telecom and Orascom Telecommunications.

Research Methodology Used

Information Sources
Information has been sourced from namely, books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, industry news and through access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis Methods
The analysis methods includes the following: Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis.

1. Analyst View
2. Market Overview
3. Industry Overview
3.1 Broadband Market: Global Perspective
3.2 Broadband Market of Middle East & Africa in comparison to Rest of the World
4. Industry Performance
4.1 Performance by Regions
4.1.1 Middle East
4.1.1.1 Iran
4.1.1.2 Israel
4.1.1.3 Saudi Arabia
4.1.1.4 United Arab Emirates
4.1.1.5 Turkey
4.1.2 Africa
4.1.2.1 Kenya
4.1.2.2 South Africa
4.1.2.3 Morocco
4.2 By Access Technology
5. Key Industry Drivers
6. Opportunities and Challenges
7. Future Outlook, 2010
7.1 Future Trends
7.2 Regional Forecast (2006-2010)
8. Recent News and Developments
9. Key Players
9.1 Saudi Telecom Company
9.2 BATELCO
9.3 Omantel
9.4 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company
9.5 Telkom SA Limited
9.6 Maroc Telecom
9.7 Orascom Telecommunications

List of Figures:

Figure 3-1: Worldwide - Number of Broadband Lines (in Million), Q1 2005 & Q1 2006
Figure 3-2: Worldwide - Quarterly Growth of Subscribers (%), Q1 2005 to Q1 2006
Figure 3-3: Worldwide - Top 10 Broadband Countries by Subscribers (in Thousand), Q1 2005 & Q1 2006
Figure 3-4: Worldwide -Top 10 Countries by Broadband Subscription Growth (%), Q1 2005 to Q1 2006
Figure 3-5: Worldwide - Broadband Technology Penetration (%), Q1 2006
Figure 3-6: Top 10 Broadband Countries by Population Penetration (%), Q1 2005 & Q1 2006
Figure 3-7: Top 10 Broadband Countries by Household Penetration (%), Q1 2005 & Q1 2006
Figure 3-8: Worldwide - Broadband Market Share (%) by Region, Q1 2006
Figure 4-1: Middle East and Africa - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Million), Q1 2005 & Q1 2006
Figure 4-2: Iran - Number of Internet Users (in Thousand), 2000-2005
Figure 4-3: Iran - Population by Age Segmentation (%), 2005
Figure 4-4: Israel - Number of Internet Users (in Thousand), 2000-2005
Figure 4-5: Israel - Internet Penetration (%), 2000-2005
Figure 4-6: Israel - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2000-2005
Figure 4-7: Israel - Broadband Penetration (%), 2000-2005
Figure 4-8: Saudi Arabia - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2001-2005
Figure 4-9: Saudi Arabia - Percentage of Population by Age, 2005
Figure 4-10: UAE - Number of Internet Users (in Thousand), 2000-2004
Figure 4-11: UAE - Number of Dial Up & Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2000-2004
Figure 4-12: Turkey - Number of Internet Subscribers (in Thousand), 2000-2005
Figure 4-13: Turkey - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2000-2005
Figure 4-14: Turkey - Broadband Penetration (%), 2003-2005
Figure 4-15: South Africa - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2000- Sep. 2005
Figure 4-16: Morocco - Number of Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2004 & 2005
Figure 4-17: Middle East and Africa - Regional Share of DSL Broadband Market (%), Q3 2005
Figure 4-18: Middle East and Africa - Growth in Broadband DSL Subscribers (in Million), 2004 & 2005
Figure 5-1: Africa - Internet Penetration (%), Q1 2006
Figure 5-2: Middle East and Africa - Internet Subscribers Growth (%), 2000 to 2005
Figure 6-1: Middle East and Africa - Demand for Voice Services based on Satellite (2006-2015)
Figure 7-1: South Africa - Forecast for Broadband Subscribers (in Million), 2006-2015
Figure 7-2: Egypt - Forecast for Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2006-2010
Figure 7-3: Nigeria - Forecast for Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2006-2010
Figure 7-4: Morocco - Forecast for Broadband Subscribers (in Million), 2006-2015
Figure 7-5: Jordan - Forecast of Internet Revenue (in Million US $), 2006-2010
Figure 7-6: Jordan - Forecast for Internet Subscribers (in Million), 2006-2010
Figure 7-7: Israel - Forecast of Broadband Market (in Thousand), 2006-2010
Figure 7-8: Saudi Arabia - Forecast for Broadband Subscribers (in Thousand), 2006-2010
Figure 7-9: UAE - Forecast of Internet Accounts (in Thousand), 2006-2010

List of Tables:

Table 4-1: UAE - Internet Market Snapshot, 2004
Table 9-1: Saudi Telecom Company - Key Financial Information, 2005
Table 9-2: Omantel - Key Financial Information, 2005
Table 9-3: Telkom SA Limited - Key Financial Information, 2006