Market analyst BMI-TechKnowledge reports that mobile technology is still key to growth in the African telecommunication market.
BMI-T says in its 11th annual Communications Technologies Handbook that mobile is the most favoured telecoms technology in Africa. The report says in most African countries, mobile connections have far outstripped fixed connections, as demand for service remains untapped.
According to the report, countries such as Nigeria have experienced an unprecedented growth, with the number of mobile subscribers increasing from 677 000 in 2002 to over 2 million in 2003, indicating a growth of 195%.
"The rationale behind the publication is to focus on the telecommunications business opportunities with an eye to fostering further development of the ICT landscape across Africa," says Richard Hurst, editor of the BMI-T Communication Technologies Handbook 2003.
"Each year we are able to track the developments in terms of the African telecoms opportunities and potential. However, the so-called `scramble for licences` era appears to be over and the focus has shifted towards the acquisition of a meaningful subscriber base through sustainable investments in network capacity and the roll-out of world-class services to the end-users," says Hurst.
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