Each country has its own chapter and covers the following subjects:

- Key Statistics
- Market Overview
- Regulatory Environment
- Major Players
- Infrastructure
- Fixed network Services
- Data
- Internet
- Broadband
- Convergence
- Mobile Communications
- Broadcasting

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Africa Telecoms , Mobile and Broadband Southern and Indian Ocean
Region to their offering.
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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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Research and Markets: African Broadband and Internet Markets Analyzed

New operators with fresh capital are
needed to provide broadband connectivity to and within the continent and to
serve what is becoming a very attractive telecom market opportunity for both
equipment and service providers. Several African countries have experienced
triple-digit growth rates in Internet usage in 2003 and 2004, including Cote
d'Ivoire , Morocco, Senegal, Sudan and Tanzania.

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This report examines the Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband markets in Angola,
Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius , Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.researchandmarkets. Growth is slower than world averages and is less than
half the growth rate of mobile. By early-2004, overall Internet penetration in
Africa was around 1.5%, with the highest penetration recorded in Reunion
(over 20%) followed by the Seychelles (around 14%).

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The diversity among the countries in this group is immense, ranging from
South Africa which has the continent's most advanced telecommunications
networks and markets, to countries which have only recently emerged from civil
war like Angola and Mozambique and which are consequently at a very low level
of development, even though their mobile markets are growing very rapidly.com/reports/c14193) has announced the addition
of 2005 - African Broadband and Internet Markets to their offering.newscom. While Internet uptake increased from less than
500,000 in 1995 to over 12 million in early-2004, its use remains
comparatively minuscule due to the lack of telecoms infrastructures in many
regions and high prices.
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the African Broadband
and Internet markets.researchandmarkets.

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In
between are relatively wealthy nations like Botswana and Namibia which benefit
from their close ties with South Africa, and the island nation of Mauritius,
sporting some of the best telecoms indicators of the continent.researchandmarkets. South Africa and Tunisia
were next in line with between 6 and 7%. This compares with over
50% penetration in developed countries.
While Africa is still struggling to ensure universal availability of basic
voice services, the implementation of broadband networks is still very limited
but has picked up momentum during 2003 and 2004.

Subjects include:

- The broadbanding of Africa - policies, initiatives, projects
- Internet statistics and market analyses
- Barriers to Internet development
- Internet and broadband infrastructure
- International bandwidth and local connectivity
- Community telecentres
- The emergence of xDSL in Africa
- Internet via satellite
- Wireless Broadband
- Local, national and regional ISPs
- The role of the mobile networks and 3G
- VoIP telephony liberalisation and grey markets

Countries profiled:

- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkino Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

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Research and Markets: Up-and-Coming Opportunities Investigated in Southern Africa 's Telecom Mobile and Broadband Markets

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Africa remains the least connected continent in the world both from the
view of the total bandwidth feeding the entire continent and from an Internet
penetration perspective.com/reports/c14193

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.