This 36-page report will give you a complete snap-shot of South Africa's telecom environment, providing you with all the information you need to be successful in this market.

It initially defines the country's economic and political environment keeping you abreast of any events that could impact the business environment in the near future. It then provides an overview of the country's regulatory environment, including information on regulators, ministries and the liberalisation status of each telecom markets. In this section, you will also come across the country's WTO commitments as well as the latest regulatory events.

The telecom statistics and forecast section for 2002-2011 is filled with valuable data on telecom revenues, telecom investments as well as number of subscribers, penetration and growth for the fixed, mobile, broadband and Internet markets. It also contains International traffic and termination rates information.

This exclusive report then provides you with an analysis of the country’s competitive environment, analyzing the fixed, mobile and Internet markets in terms of players, number of subscribers, market share. It also covers the trends and key events in each sector.

Last but not least, it also provides you with a detailed profile of Telkom South Africa, Vodacom Group, MTN South Africa and Cell C, giving you information on their latest activities, key contacts, service offering, financial and market shares.

TABLE OF CONTENT


Economic and Political Environment

Basic country data
Economic summary
Key economic data
Political summary
Key political data


Regulatory Environment

Regulator
Policy maker
Regulatory environment


Telecom Statistics and Forecasts, 2002-2011

Telecom service revenue
Fixed
Mobile
Internet
Broadband
International traffic
International termination rates


Competitive Environment

Telecom market overview
Fixed market overview
Mobile market overview
Internet market overview


Key Players Profile

Telkom South Africa
Vodacom Group
MTN South Africa
Cell C


LIST OF TABLES

Key economic data, 2003-2007F
Telecom statistics and forecasts, 2002-2011F
Number of mobile subscribers by operator, 2005-2Q 2007
Number of 3G mobile subscribers by operator, 2005-2Q 2007
Number of pre-paid/post-paid subscribers by operator, 2Q 2007
Number of Internet subscribers by operator, 2005-2006
Number of broadband subscribers by operator, 2005-2Q 2007


LIST OF FIGURES

Growth rate: Real GDP vs. Inflation
South Africa telephone subscribers, 2002-2011F
South Africa International telephone traffic, 2002-2011F
South Africa Internet market, 2002-2011F
South Africa Outpayment with US vs. Termination rate, 2002-2011F
South Africa number of subscribers by market, 2002-2011F
South Africa telecom market growth (subscribers), 2002-2011F
South Africa mobile market share by operator, 2Q 2007
South Africa mobile subscriber growth by operator, 2Q 2007
South Africa post-paid market share, 2Q 2007
South Africa pre-paid market share, 2Q 2007
South Africa 3G market share by operator, 2Q 2007
South Africa 3G subscriber growth by operator, 2005-2Q 2007
South Africa Internet market share by operator, 2006
South Africa Internet subscriber growth by operator, 2005-2006
South Africa broadband market share by operator, 2Q 2007
South Africa broadband subscriber growth by operator, 2005-2Q 2007