Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market Insights in South Africa Market Reports On South Africa
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Summar y
South Africa's Smart City development showcases progress with Http South Africa retains one of the continent’s most advanced telecoms infrastructures. It enjoys effective competition in all sectors, while operators in recent years have invested to develop cross-platform capabilities and so offer a full range of bundled services. Sweeping liberalization measures have changed the country & rescue's telecoms landscape fundamentally, and resulted in lower prices for consumers. This has been encouraged by the end of Talcum & rescue's monopoly on international submarine fiber optic cables, which dramatically reduced the cost of telecom services.
To encourage competition, the government created Broadband InfraCo as a national infrastructure company to provide cheap backbone network capacity. Vodacom and MTN have also moved into the national fiber sector, as have many municipalities. Several prominent FttP deployments are underway. Cheaper international connectivity and new national fiber infrastructure have stimulated the broadband market. The sector is dominated by mobile network operators, while several WiMAX networks have been shut down as consumers migrate to 3G and LTE networks for internet connectivity.
South Africans vibrant mobile market has seen rapid growth since competition was introduced in the 1990s. SIM card penetration by early 2015 was above 150%, driven by the popularity of multiple card use. The network operators are increasingly encouraged to find innovative ways to distinguish themselves from competitors, and to streamline their operations. There has been continuing activity with mergers and acquisitions, while major infrastructure sharing deals have helped keep control costs while improving network footprints. Several additional MVNOs have entered the market recently, adding to the competitive mix.
Key developments: Telkom makes ZAR2.7 billion bid for BCX; Work begins on the Modderfontein Smart city development; Constantia Fibre Initiative (CFI) to build an open access FttP network in Cape Town; Vodacom to take over Neotel, contracts Alcatel-Lucent to build GPON network; MTN launches FrontRow SVoD service; Vox Telecom owners cancel plans to sell; Vumatel extends open-access network offering 1Gb/s services Nashua Mobile winds down, sells subscriber base to Vodacom and MTN; Vodacom launches VoLTE services; Afrihost launches fixed-wireless LTE services; Oger Telecom considers sale of 75% interest in Cell C; New MTRs set to September 2017; SMS platform facing stiffening competition from WhatsApp and other OTT services;
Table of Contents 1. Key Statistics 2. Telecommunications Market 3. Regulatory Environment 4. Fixed-Line Market 5. Telecommunications Infrastructure 6. Internet Market 7. Broadband Market 8. Digital Media/ Digital Economy 9. Mobile Communications Table 1 Country statistics 2014 Table 2 Fixed-line network statistics 2014 Table 3 Internet provider statistics 2014 Table 4 Internet and broadband statistics 2014 Table 5 Mobile statistics 2014 Table 6 National telecommunications authorities
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