DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Mobile Services in the Middle East and North Africa: Trends and Forecasts 2017-2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.
"Smartphone adoption remains strong across the Middle East and North Africa and is helping to increase public awareness and use of LTE, particularly in Gulf Cooperation Council countries that are already deploying pre-5G technologies."
Its expected that 67.1% of total telecoms service revenue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2022 will come from mobile services. In this report, it examines key trends and drivers and provide comprehensive mobile telecoms market forecasts for the MENA region and for 12 individually modelled countries, including country views for Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
This report provides:
- a 5-year forecast of 127 mobile KPIs for the MENA region and for 12 key countries
- an in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for each type of mobile service, and for six key countries
- an overview of operator strategies and country-specific topics, highlighting similarities and differences between countries
- a summary of results, key implications and recommendations for mobile operators.
Data coverage
Mobile connections
- Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
- Prepaid, contract
- 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
- Smartphone, non-smartphone
Mobile revenue
- Service, retail
- Prepaid, contract
- Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
- Handset voice, messaging, data
Mobile ARPU
- SIMs, handset
- Prepaid, contract
- Handset voice, data
Voice traffic
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Outgoing minutes, MoU
Key Topics Covered:
- Executive summary
- Service revenue in MENA will grow to USD73 billion in 2022, as competition increases despite a weaker economic outlook
- Worldwide trends
- Worldwide: Mobile service revenue will continue to increase during the forecast period, reaching USD863 billion in 2022
- Regional trends
- Mobile data services will drive revenue growth, but mobile voice revenue will continue to dominate in MENA
- Maturing markets and enforced SIM registration policies have led to a slow down in numbers of new mobile connections
- 42% of all connections will be 3G by 2022, while LTE will account for nearly 31% of connections (excluding M2M)
- The 4G/5G user base in the region will reach 174.4 million in 2022, with growing opportunities for data monetisation
- Growth in data and migration to postpaid connections will help to reduce the rate of decline of ARPU
- 4G connectivity and digital services will help to offset a slowdown in the growth of legacy services revenue
- Country-level trends
- Iran: Adoption of smartphones and 4G services, combined with MVNO entry in 2017, will underpin future growth
- Kuwait: Revenue growth will be hampered by market saturation and ARPU erosion, despite strong take-up of data
- Oman: Data revenue will grow strongly against the backdrop of increasingly challenging commercial conditions
- Qatar: The market still has potential for growth, provided that the regional blockade does not stretch beyond a few months
- Saudi Arabia: Revenue contracted in 2016, but will remain largely stable over the next 5 years, due to data usage
- UAE: Steady growth, driven by a healthy economy and operators' investment in infrastructure and digital initiatives
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4gtbbw/mobile_services
