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Qatar Telecommunications Report Q3 2009
Market |
Telecommunications |
Report Type |
Market Research |
Country |
Qatar |
Published |
5 August 2009 |
Number of Pages |
73 |
Download |
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Immediate |
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Publisher |
Business Monitor International |
Qatar Telecoms: By the end of 2013 there will be around 253,000 broadband subscribers in Qatar
The latest update on the Qatari telecoms market includes expanded market data sections covering the country’s fixed-line and internet sectors. Although the market continues to be dominated by incumbent Qatar Telecom (Q-Tel), the country’s second national telecoms operator, Vodafone Qatar, is currently preparing to introduce services with a commercial launch anticipated for late 2009. Vodafone is licensed to offer both wireless and wireline services and is therefore likely to enter the market providing a converged service offering. Q-Tel has already pioneered the market for triple-play and quadruple-play services in Qatar, an initiative which has contributed to both fixed-line and broadband subscriber growth .
The anticipated launch of fixed-line and internet services by Vodafone has influenced BMI’s five-year growth forecasts for the development of Qatar’s fixed-line and broadband subscriber markets. Our longterm broadband subscriber forecast for Qatar anticipates an annual average growth rate of 22.6% over the next five years. By the end of 2013, we estimate that there will be around 253,000 broadband subscribers in Qatar, equivalent to 15.8% penetration.
Meanwhile, the latest data to be published by Q-Tel suggest that there were over 263,000 fixed-line subscribers in Qatar at the end of 2008. This gave the country a penetration rate of 18.2%. By the end of 2013, BMI anticipates Qatar’s fixed-line penetration rate rising to above 22%. Continued fixed-line growth will be sustained by Qatar’s growing population and the country’s expanding economy. However, it will also be driven by the promotion of triple-play and quadruple-play packages by Q-Tel and by Vodafone Qatar. We believe that recent fixed-line growth has been driven by Q-Tel’s tendency to bundle a fixed-line telephony connection as part of a wider package of services which includes broadband internet access and IPTV .
In other developments, Vodafone Qatar announced in May that it would list its shares on the Doha Stock Exchange in July. The move follows the completion of Vodafone’s initial public offering (IPO) in April 2009, which raised US$930mn. The IPO saw approximately 82,000 Qatari individuals subscribe to 65% of the issue. Meanwhile, 273 Qatari institutional investors applied for the other 35% of the Vodafone shares on offer. International investors will be able to buy the shares on the open market once the operator is listed on the Doha market .
Qatar remains in fourth position in BMI’s latest Business Environment Rankings for the Middle East .
The country has seen a slight fall in its telecoms market score. Otherwise, its scores have remained unchanged.
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