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Vodafone and T-Mobile lead with 36.6% and 34.1% of market share (Germany)

  • December 3rd, 2008
  • 5:00 am

The German mobile telecom sector is valued at $6.44Bn in Q3′08, a rise of 2% since Q2′08 but a fall of 1.8% since Q3′07. The revenue rise since Q2′08 is driven by seasonal effects, while the year-on-year fall was due to cuts in mobile termination rates and roaming fees. Vodafone and T-Mobile, the two leading incumbents grabbed 70% of the total revenue market even after strong efforts by E-plus and O2. E-Plus is the only German operator to show a positive result in y-o-y market share, majorly in prepaid segment. The company’s market share advanced 1.2% to 15.3% of revenues in the Q3′08.Comparing the figures of Q3′07, Vodafone’s market share dipped by 0.7% to 35.2%, while T-Mobile fell by 0.2% to 35.3%. O2 slid to fourth place, with its market share down by 0.1% to 14.3%.

The German mobile subscriber base rose by 2.6 million subscribers to a total of 106 million subscribers at Q3′08 end. Market penetration jumped to 129.0% at September-end, from 113.4% the year before. T-Mobile and Vodafone ruled the market with 36.6% and 34.1% of the market respectively. Together, they lost 1.1% of the market to other operators, with E-Plus at no.3 with a market share of 16.1% and O2 at 13.2%.

Nokia fails to compete in Japanese mobile handset market (Japan)

  • November 27th, 2008
  • 9:07 am

Nokia, which a few days back announced to launch mobile services of its own using the network of NTT DoCoMo, plans to stop selling its mobile handsets apart its high-end brand Vertu. Nokia took this descision as the handset maker has been struggling to keep and expand its presence in the Japanese mobile market. Nokia, which on the world map has a market share 40% enjoys only 1% in the Japanese handset market as it fails to compete with the high-performance Japanese-made devices. “We have judged that we cannot continue to invest in product development just for Japan amid the current tough economic conditions,” Nokia executive vice president Timo Ihamuotila said in a statement.
   

Safaricom’s market share to dip from 80% to 65% as competition toughens (Kenya)

  • November 20th, 2008
  • 8:07 am

The evergrowing competition in the Kenyan mobile market is expected to take down Safaricom’s market share which will drop from its dominant 80% to 65% in another four years. The fall will be driven by the launch of rival operators, says Chief Executive Michael Joseph.
“We will have between 65% and 70% market share by 2011,” says Michael. The closest competitor to Safaricom is Zain, which has started offering all new lowered tariffs and products, which targets the lower segment of market, which was earlier captured by Safaricom.
The state owned Telkom Kenya is speedily building up its GSM ntwork under the brand name Orange. In order to stay in competition, Safaricom has invested more in data services and is building a WiMax network, to complement its broadband service launched in August this year.
“We are diversifying our revenue streams, with a shift from the voice market. Which is becoming increasingly unattractive, due to the low tariffs, to data,” says Michael. He additionally said that the operator with its broad network can fight the agressive competition.
   

Brazil ends October with 145Mn registered active mobile lines, Anatel

  • November 20th, 2008
  • 6:35 am

Anatel, the Brazilian telecoms regulator reports an addition of 4Mn new mobile lines in October’08 experiencing a rise of 2.85% in comparison to September’08. At the end of October, the number of registered active mobile lines reached 145Mn. Of the total mobile subscribers in October, 81.24% were prepaid and 18.76% postpaid.
Teledensity in Brazil went up to 75.2, up by 2.73% since September’08 and 24.5% since October’07.
The leader in mobile market share was Vivo with a market share of 29.7%, compared to 30.0% registered in September. Claro stood at the second place with 25.31%, down from 25.33%, and TIM came third with 24.70%, down from a 25.02% market share the month previous. Oi took the fourth position with registered 16.21% in October from 15.53% in September, while Brasil Telecom came in fifth with 3.67%, compared to 3.73%.

   

Asiacell reaches a mark of 6million subscribers (Iraq)

  • November 13th, 2008
  • 5:16 am

Asiacell, Iraq, has doubled its subscriber base in a time span of an year. Asiacell which had a subscriber base of 3.6 million in February’08, has signed up 6 million till date, reports company CEO Diar Ahmad. The operator expects a subscriber base of 6.3 million by 2008 end. Ahmad said that despite Zain Iraq’s dominant share of the market, i.e. 70%, Asiacell is in a strong position to add more subscribersers. “In terms of coverage, Asiacell is the only company that covers the entire Iraqi soil. Zain has no presence in the north of Iraq,” he said. Ahmad attributed Asiacell’s growth to a “heavy and aggressive marketing campaign”, “visible aggressiveness on rolling out the network” and interest in Asiacell’s loyalty program.

   

AIS earns net profit of $130 million in Q3′08 (Thailand)

  • November 12th, 2008
  • 5:51 am

AIS Thailand, posts a 29% rise in Q3′08 earning, calling for larger subscriber base. AIS reported Q3′08 net profits of $130 million up from $100.22 million.
AIS valued at $7 billion holds 50% of the Thai mobile market leading its way ahead of DTAC which has a market share of 30%.

   

France’s subscriber base totals to 56.41 million in Q3, Arcep

  • November 4th, 2008
  • 5:25 am

According to Arcep, the French regulator, the number of mobile subscriber across the country has risen by 0.7% in Q3′08 and by 6.3% on a y-o-y basis. Country’s subscriber base totalled to 56.41 million by September end, adding 370,800 subscribers in Q3.
The penetration rate in France rose to 88.7% from 88.1% in June-end. In metropolitan France, MVNOs market share rose to 4.9% in Q3 from 4.67% at the end of June.
The three mobile network operators are France Telecom, Vivendi, and Bouygues Telecom.

   

du nears 30% market share, meets 2009 end target (UAE)

  • October 21st, 2008
  • 10:28 am

du, UAE, has neared a 30% market share in the country mobile market with end of September, which was targeted for 2009 end. “We have reached close to 30 percent market share at the end of September, ahead of the scheduled end of 2009,” said Osman Sultan, du’s chief executive, citing faster subscription growth.

   

South African mobile market experiences a slow growth in Q2′08 (South Africa)

  • October 13th, 2008
  • 5:11 am

South African mobile market has seen a growth in Q2′08 and added 0.82 million new subscribers taking it’s subscriber base to 43.15 million.
The mobile penetration rate 98.5% was recorded in the country. The annual growth of 10.7% was half of that earned last year and lowest in past six years.
Though Vodacom experienced a loss 0.11 million subscribers, it remained the market leader with a subscriber base of 22.16million subscribers, 6.6 million more in comparison to MTN.
The operator saw a falling market share of 51.4%, the lowest since 2004, driven by MTN’s continous subscriber growth. On an Annual basis, the operator added only 0.21 million subscribers, at a growth rate of 0.9%.
MTN experienced a fall in it’s growth since last one year, falling from  28.4% to 14.6%, though it saw a rise in it’s subscriber growth.
The annual subscriber base growth was recorded as 1.99million.
The third operator, Cell C has seen the the highest quarterly gain in comparison to it’s rivals with an addition of 0.51million. The total subscriber base grew to 5.40million, with a market share of 12.5%. On the annual basis, it added 1.98million with a market share of 57.9%.

   

Mobinil adds 1.31million subscribers despite loosing it’s market share to Etisalat (Egypt)

  • October 8th, 2008
  • 5:47 am

Egypt mobile market has reached a total subscriber base of 33.86million as Q2′08 ends, net addition of 3.01million quaterly and 10.99 million yearly. The penetration rose from 28.5% to 41.5%, seeing a rise of 13% on y-to-y basis. The 9.8% growth in Q2 overpowered the Q1 growth of 6.6%. The annual growth rate of Egyptian mobile market fell acutely to 29.2% compared to last year’s 61.7%.
Mobinil lead the market 16.33million subscribers, adding 1.31million subscribers in the quarter and 4.82million in past one year. Oddly, the market leader Mobinil lost it’s market share to the upcoming mobile operator Etisalat, and posted it’s lowest ever market share of 48.2% and annual growth rate of 59.2%.
Following the footprints of Mobinil, Vodafone also lost 2.7pp of it’s market share coming down to 44.3% by the end of Q2, and this dip came when Vodafone saw a perked up growth of 4.25million in subscriber base, crossing the 15million mark. The operator recorded an annual growth of 25.4%, falling to half since last year.
Etisalat, completing an year in the Egyptian market, had a subscriber base of 2.53million subscribers by the end of Q2, a rise of 94.9% since it’s launch. The mobile operator earned a market share of 7.5% in past one year, rising from 2.6%.