Analyze the Risk and Critical Success Factors Determining Investment in African Mobile.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51734) has announced the addition of the BroadGroup report: Mobile Africa to their offering. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the economic, social and financial consequences of the boom in mobile phone ownership cascading across the continent. It includes a forecast of subscriber growth for 53 countries in Africa for the five year period from 2006 to 2011, country profiles of the main 51 countries in Africa and profiles of the main and emerging Pan-African mobile providers, who are now becoming substantial global providers as a result of their position in one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world. Key providers covered in the report include MTC mtc - A Modula-2 to C translator. ftp://rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/soft/Unixtools/compilerbau/mtc.tar.Z. (Celtel), MTN MTN A short-form for Medium Term Note. MTN Medium term notes issued by corporations, much like shorter-term commercial paper. MTN See medium-term note (MTN). , Millicom, Atlantique Telecom, Orascom, Orange, Vodacom, Comium Mobile and Wataniya Telecom. Key takeaways of this new report:- -- Identifies new licensees and market entrants in 2007 -- Forecast of privatisations that are likely to occur in 2007 -- Insight into the economic benefits of mobile phone penetration in Africa -- List of barriers to mobile phone usage across the continent -- The importance of micro-finance, phone sharing and reduced handset costs -- A Score Card assessment of the most attractive country markets -- The importance of mobile money transfer services and m-banking -- Risk factors and critical success factors determining investment in African mobile -- Forecasts of subscriber numbers and penetration rates from 2006 to 2011 by country and overall The report details the growth in mobile ownership, the challenges of growth and the criticality of a pan-African solution and development of "One Network" economies of scale. Warning that growth will only occur through regulatory support of more operator licenses, it also proposes the need for "mobile-friendly" policies. This in turn will speed the deployment of mobile services in the poorest countries who are discovering that mobile penetration can be used to jump-start wider economic growth. In conjunction with the new Mobile Tariffs Africa Report, operators, regulators and investors can speedily grasp the growing opportunities, deployment and current pricing regime for mobile businesses in Africa. Topics Covered List of Tables & Charts Acknowledgements Methodology Introduction - The Growing Importance of Africa as new mobile market 1: The Main Mobile Markets in Africa by country: the market opportunity 1.1 Country Profiles: Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (burkē`nə fä`sō), republic (2005 est. pop. 13,925,000), 105,869 sq mi (274,200 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Mali in the west and north, on Niger in the northeast, on Benin in the southeast, and on Togo, Ghana, and ; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde Cape Verde (vûd), Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. ; Central African Republic Central African Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,800,000), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered by Chad (N), Sudan (E), Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) (S), and Cameroon (W). ; Ivory Coast Ivory Coast: see Côte d'Ivoire. ; Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (gĭn`ē), officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (2005 est. pop. 536,000), 10,830 sq mi (28,051 sq km), W central Africa. ; Guinea-Bissau; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Lesotho; Libya; Madagascar; Morocco; Mali; Malawi; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Namibia; Republic of Congo; Rwanda; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (sēĕr`ə lēō`nē, lēōn`; sēr`ə lēōn), officially Republic of Sierra Leone, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,018,000), 27,699 sq mi (71,740 sq km), W Africa. ; Somalia; South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. ; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia & Zimbabwe. 1.2 Main Investment deals to date 1.3 ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. and revenue issues 1.4 Summary 2: The Main Investments in Africa - An Overview 2.1 Reasons for Investment 2.2 Ease of Investment 2.3 Mobile network investment in Africa - case study MTN in Nigeria 2.4 Pan-African mobile operators 2.5 Expanding subscribers in Africa 2.6 African customer requirements of mobile phone providers 2.7 Summary 3: The Main Pan-African mobile providers 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Towards an integrated Pan-African mobile strategy 3.3 Atlantique Telecom profile 3.4 Comium Mobile profile 3.5 Investcom profile 3.6 MTN Group MTN Group is a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Middle Eastern countries. MTN describes itself as "the leader in telecommunications in Africa and the Middle East" and as of early 2007 is active in 21 countries. profile 3.7 Orascom Telecom profile 3.8 Vodacom profile 3.9 Millicom International Cellular profile 3.10 Orange International profile 3.11 MTC Group profile 3.12 Other regional & local player profiles 3.13 Summary 3.14 What is an attractive African mobile market? 3.15 The African mobile country score card 4: The importance of the mobile sector in Africa for Africa 4.1 ARPU changes 4.2 Data network upgrades in Africa 4.3 African country mobile development drivers 4.4 Regulatory climate regulatory climate The extent to which a regulated firm or industry is permitted to earn an adequate return on the stockholders' investment. This term is nearly always used in reference to utilities, which are required to obtain approval for rate changes. 4.5 Infrastructure developments 4.6 Technological developments 4.7 Social developments 4.8 New types of development spurred by mobile networks in Africa 4.9 The growth of economic well being 4.10 The benefits of mobile phone usage can assist wider economic development 4.11 M-banking case study 4.12 Low income shared airtime 4.13 Types of m-commerce and m-payment schemes 4.14 Summary 5: Future growth for the African mobile sector 5.1 The correlation between GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. & mobile penetration rates 5.2 Foreign inward investment Inward investment is the injection of money from an external source into a region, in order to purchase capital goods for a branch of a corporation to locate or develop its presence in the region. 5.3 Liberalisation n. 1. Same as liberalization. Noun 1. liberalisation - the act of making less strict liberalization, relaxation alleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse of mobile markets in Africa 5.4 Mobile telecoms privatisation Noun 1. privatisation - changing something from state to private ownership or control denationalisation, denationalization, privatization social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action in Africa in 2007 5.5 New acquisition & merger activity in Africa 5.6 Growth of new networks in Africa & W-CDMA See WCDMA. deployments 5.7 Growth in subscriber numbers 5.8 Other investment opportunities 5.9 Overall forecast - African mobile subscriber growth 6: African mobile study conclusion 6.1 African mobile - key drivers for market attractiveness and risk 6.2 Risk factors to investors 6.3 Key success factors to investors 6.4 New market opportunities for African mobile operators 6.5 Growth in money transfer services 6.6 The main challenge for mobile operators in Africa 6.7 New licenses and privatisation initiatives 6.8 African mobile subscriber forecasts from 2006 to 2011 6.9 Summary Appendices Appendix I Glossary of Terms Appendix II African Mobile Operator List Appendix III List of our services Companies Mentioned -- MTC (Celtel) -- MTN -- Millicom -- Atlantique Telecom -- Orascom -- Orange -- Vodacom -- Comium Mobile -- Wataniya Telecom. 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