New Report Available: Uganda Telecommunications Report Q1 2015
Fast Market Research recommends "Uganda Telecommunications Report Q1 2015" from Business Monitor International, now available
[USPRwire, Wed Jan 07 2015] Although Ugandan mobile market is underdeveloped, BMI believes that it offers significant growth opportunities. Its mobile subscription base has increased 1.65mn over the first six months of 2014. In addition, investment into the sector is slowly forthcoming. This will drive subscriptions growth in the short term through competitive pricing and network expansion to underserved areas. That said, we retain our view that rolling out high value services will remain the main objective of the country's major players as they aim to create new revenue streams and offset the impact of declining growth from traditional services.
Market ARPU in Uganda has been below USD4 since 2011, dragging on operators' revenue and profit growth, thus limiting their ability to reinvest in network upgrades and expansion. BMI believes consolidation would help mitigate further price erosion in the market and enable larger operators to reach greater operational efficiencies and scale in the maintenance and expansion of their networks.
* The mobile market grew by 3.3% q-o-q and 17.4% y-o-y in Q214.
* ARPUs estimated to have risen marginally in 2013, but remain very low, at UGX7,731 (USD3.10).
The figures from the telecommunication regulator suggest that there were 4.2mn mobile internet subscribers and 106,000 fixed internet subscribers at the end of June 2014, up 21.3% and 5.9% respectively y-o-y.. Risk/Reward Rating
Uganda dropped one place to 15th position in BMI's latest RRR table, although its aggregate score remained unchanged at 41.2 out of 100. Uganda continues to outperform many of its peers in the country risks category, which reflects a positive real private consumption growth outlook during our five-year forecast period to 2018. Uganda also scored above average in the Industry Rewards category, as a penetration rate below 60% means its mobile market is likely to continue rapid growth throughout the whole of our forecast period.
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The Uganda Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Uganda'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 Uganda 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 Uganda.
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