Niger: Low Penetration Provides Opportunity for Operator Expansion

Summary 'Niger: Low Penetration Provides Opportunity for Operator Expansion,' a new Country Intelligence Report by Pyramid Research, offers a precise, incisive profile of Niger's mobile telecommunications markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the Nigerien market. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the mobile sectors, in addition to a review of key regulatory trends. Key Findings - Pyramid Research expects the disconnection of about 1.7m SIMs (23% of all subscriptions) to have a significant effect on the population penetration rate. The process is likely to have cleared the market of a large number of inactive SIMs, and we therefore estimate penetration fell from 32.2% to 25.0% in 2013. - We expect voice services to continue to be the main source of revenue for mobile service providers in Niger. Between 2008 and 2013, the overall mobile market grew at a CAGR of 13.4%, driven primarily by the expanded reach of networks in urbanized areas. - With only $7m estimated to have been generated in 2013, mobile data revenue in Niger is significantly lower than that of other regional markets, such as Côte d'Ivoire or Cameroon. Revenue from data services is, however, expected to increase significantly over the forecast period, at an estimated CAGR of 27.8% through 2018. - Given the relatively low level of data usage, we expect ARPS to be dominated by voice, which we estimate reached $5.34 per month in 2013. However, by 2018, as mobile Internet connectivity improves, data ARPS will rise to 5.9% of total ARPS, still less than in neighboring countries, such as Benin. Synopsis “Niger: Low Penetration Provides Opportunity for Operator Expansion” provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in Niger today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2018. It delivers deep quantitative and qualitative insight into Niger's telecom market, analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term opportunities and assessing risk factors, based on proprietary data from Pyramid Research's databases. It provides in-depth analysis of the following: - Niger in a regional context; a comparative review of market size and trends with that of other countries in the region. - Economic, demographic and political context in Niger. - The regulatory environment and trends; a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, number portability and more. - A demand profile; analysis as well as forecasts and historical figures of service revenue mobile voice and data markets. - The service evolution; a look at the change in the breakdown of overall revenue mobile sectors and by voice, data and video in the current year as well as the end of the forecast period. - The competitive landscape; an examination of key trends in competition and service providers' performance, revenue market shares and expected moves over the next 18-24 months. - An in-depth sector analysis mobile voice and data services; a quantitative analysis of service adoption trends by technology/platform as well as operator, average revenue per line/subscription and service revenue through the end of the forecast period. - Main opportunities; this section details the near-term opportunities for operators, vendors and investors in Niger's telecommunications markets. Reasons To Buy - This Country Intelligence Report helps executives build proactive, profitable growth strategies by offering comprehensive, relevant analysis of Niger's telecommunications markets based on insights directly from the local market players. - The report offers a wealth of data on the telecom markets, with the mobile segments examined in detail. - The competitive landscape and the major players are given extra attention, enabling local players or prospective market entrants to gain the insight they need. - The broad but detailed perspective will help operators, equipment vendors and other telecom industry players to succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in Niger. - The report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality that allows it to be turned into presentable material immediately. - The report concludes with an exploration of the opportunities available in the Niger market to operators, vendors and investors.