Tunisia is Expected to Have a Penetration Rate of 108% in the Mobile Industry by 2010 as the goVernment Allows New Operators Enter the Market.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27604 ) has announced the addition of Africa & Middle East Market Perspective / Vol. 5, Issue 13, October Edition to their offering.

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Tunisia: Ending Monopolistic Habits

Since the entry of the second mobile operator, Tunisiana, the Tunisian mobile market has experienced outstanding growth. As of June 2005, mobile penetration stood well over 47 percent, compared to about 38 percent at YE2004. The Tunisian government is likely to license an additional mobile operator, which will certainly allow for a mobile penetration exceeding 100 percent over the next 3-4 years. Analyst Bigue Sagna forecasts a 108 percent mobile penetration by 2010 in Tunisia, which will by then be one of the highest mobile penetrations in the African region. Meanwhile, on the fixed segment, Tunisie Telecom (TT) has been the main provider of fixed services. TT has behaved as the classic monopoly operator and maintained its competitive advantage in the market, but all of this is about to change....

FIXED COMMUNICATIONS

Bahrain: Big Fish in a Small Pond

Bahrain's incumbent Batelco faces increased domestic competition in its home market, but expands in the region on the basis of broadband technology. Join Associate Analyst Joachim Kolb as he sheds some light on Batelco's regional aspirations along with providing an update on the domestic competition facing the incumbent.

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