Research and Markets Offers Report: South Africa - Broadband and Internet Market and Forecasts.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "South Africa - Broadband and Internet Market and Forecasts" report to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:

South Africa's Internet and broadband market has finally taken off after years of stagnation due to an expensive operating environment created by Telkom SA's dominance in the fixed-line and international bandwidth market. Wireless broadband, including 3G mobile data services now rival available ADSL offerings in terms of both speed and price, and consequently subscriber numbers. With its fixed-line network reaching less than 10 percent of the population, the incumbent has reacted by launching its own 3G network and the country's first commercial WiMAX service, but various competitors are hard on its heels rolling out the same technology, including second national operator Neotel.

A new converged licensing regime has created hundreds of companies licensed to offer Internet services. There has been consolidation in the sector which is expected to continue.

The arrival of the Seacom and EASSy international submarine fibre-optic cables in South Africa in 2009 and 2010 has brought down the cost of international bandwidth. Previously, Telkom had been monopolising access to the only major cable serving the country, SAT-3/WASC/SAFE. More international cables are scheduled to go live in 2011 and 2012.

Report information:

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1a1bb4/south_africa_bro

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