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New Report Available: Nigeria Telecommunications Report Q4 2014
[October 23, 2014]

New Report Available: Nigeria Telecommunications Report Q4 2014


(ReleaseWire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Nigeria Telecommunications Report Q4 2014", is now available at Fast Market ResearchBoston, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/23/2014 -- Although there remains considerable growth potential in Nigeria's telecoms market, with mobile penetration still below 75%, capturing these opportunities will depend on further price competition between operators and potentially expensive network expansion to underserved areas. At the same time, operators must encourage greater use of data services and differentiate themselves by enriching their value added services (VAS) portfolios. As a means of achieving greater operational efficiencies and in order to ensure their ability to continue investing in greater quality and breadth of services, in Q214 mobile operators began offloading their tower assets to independent towers firms. This creates an important competitive advantage for first movers Etisalat and MTN and BMI expects other operators to follow their lead in order to benefit from the same operational savings.



View Full Report Details and Table of Contents Key Data - Mobile subscriptions grew by 2.9% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q214, bringing total growth in the 12 months to June 2014 to 9.1%.

- Mobile ARPU declined by 4.6% in Q214.


- The fixed-line sector grew by 5.5% in Q214 and 6.8% in the 12 months to June 2014. This was the strongest quarter of growth since Q212.

- The number of mobile data users grew by more than 39% in the 12 months to June 2014 to account for just over half of total mobile subscriptions.

Risk/Reward Ratings Nigeria retained the top position this quarter on BMI's Q4 2014 Risk/Reward Ratings (RRR) for Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria's aggregate score of 54.0 out of a possible 100 is boosted by comparatively high Industry Rewards, Industry Risk and Country Risk scores, reflecting high voice and data services growth potential, regulatory independence and strong private consumption growth outlook. However, Nigeria's Country Rewards score is held back by a low GDP per capita and high unemployment rate.

Key Trends And Developments In July 2014 Etisalat sold its towers infrastructure in...

The Nigeria Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Nigeria's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Nigeria Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Nigeria.

Key Benefits - Benchmark BMI's independent telecoms industry forecasts for Nigeria to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Nigerian telecoms market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in Nigeria's telecoms sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Nigeria.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs, KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage BMI Industry View Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts and views, covering the ICT, fixed-line, mobile (including 3G), internet and broadband markets.

Industry SWOT Analysis Analysis of the major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats within the wireline and wireless sectors and within the broader political, economic and business environment.

Business Environment Rankings BMI's Telecommunications Business Environment Rankings provides a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (vendors, operators and suppliers) in the regional telecoms market.

The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of more than 40 industry, economic and demographic data points.

BMI Industry Forecast Scenario Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry indicators (see list below) supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast.

- Fixed-Line Telephony - Telephone lines ('000); telephone lines/100 inhabitants.

- Cellular Telephony - Mobile phone subscribers ('000); mobile phone subscribers/100 inhabitants; mobile phone subscribers/100 fixed line subscribers.

- Internet Markets - Internet users ('000); internet users/100 inhabitants; broadband internet subscribers ('000); broadband internet subscribers/100 inhabitants.

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