(MENAFNEditorial)
Bangladesh's telecommunications market continues to be challenging. There is no clear delineation between the regulatory duties of the government and the independent regulatory authority making it difficult for new services and products to be approved in a timely manner. The over-complex licensing regime - and the excessive one-off and annual fees associated with licences - represent a further barrier to improving confidence. However the government intends to overhaul the regulatory system and bring greater clarity to routes to market for all players. BMI does not expect rapid progress to be made particularly while the state-owned players continue to benefit from government support. Meanwhile newly-launched 3G services continue to be rolled out enabling operators to launch new value-added services to Bangladesh's under-developed broadband sector. However intense price competition means that success will not translate into attractive returns and we believe the sector would benefit most from competition as well as regulatory reform .
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Key Data
* Mobile penetration reached 73.7% in 2013 and BMI forecasts this to rise to 87.2% by 2018. However many consumers own multiple SIMs and it is likely that millions of registered accounts accumulated through seasonal price-led campaigns may be technically inactive. A new tax on replacement SIMs should curtail further multi-subscription accumulation and it seems likely that inactive SIM elimination will cause us to downgrade our five-year forecasts.
* Mobile remains the main point of access for broadband services as the incumbent's ADSL rollout programme has stalled and interest in WiMAX is receding. With 3G now bolstering the broadband market and with ambitious next-generation access wireline investments planned BMI forecasts subscription numbers to rise to 2.213mn by 2018 a mere 1.4% penetration.
Key Trends And Developments
In September 2014 Bangladesh Telecommunications Company (BTCL)...
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Bangladesh's ICT market covering the fixed-line mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news including investment activity mergers and acquisitions joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled highlighting their quarterly financial performance capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.
BMI's Bangladesh Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers operators equipment suppliers and vendors corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Bangladesh.
Key Benefits
* Benchmark BMI's independent telecoms industry forecasts for Bangladesh to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Bangladeshi telecoms market.
* Target business opportunities and risks in Bangladesh's telecoms sector through our reviews of latest industry trends regulatory changes and major deals projects and investments in Bangladesh.
* Assess the activities strategy and market position of your competitors partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs KPIs and latest activity).
Coverage
BMI Industry View
Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts and views covering the ICT fixed-line mobile (including 3G) internet and broadband markets.
Industry SWOT Analysis
Analysis of the major Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats within the wireline and wireless sectors and within the broader political economic and business environment.
Business Environment Rankings
BMI's Telecommunications Business Environment Rankings provides a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (vendors operators and suppliers) in the regional telecoms market.
The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of more than 40 industry economic and demographic data points.
BMI Industry Forecast Scenario
Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry indicators (see list below) supported by explicit assumptions plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast.
* Fixed-Line Telephony - Telephone lines ('000); telephone lines/100 inhabitants.
* Cellular Telephony - Mobile phone subscribers ('000); mobile phone subscribers/100 inhabitants; mobile phone subscribers/100 fixed line subscribers.
* Internet Markets - Internet users ('000); internet users/100 inhabitants; broadband internet subscribers ('000); broadband internet subscribers/100 inhabitants.
Market Data Analysis
Detailed market analysis of the mobile mobile content fixed line and internet segments broken down into:
* Market Data - Analysis of market size operator shares dominant trends competitive landscape and key quarterly data.
* Technology/Service Rollout - Analysis of rollout/adoption of new technology such as 3G WiMAX IPTV pay-TV LTE and value-added handset services (gaming music video apps etc.).
* Mobile Content - The latest trends in content and services available and being introduced by mobile operators. Including a timeline of all the latest major mobile content developments.
* Company Database - A comprehensive breakdown of KPIs of the leading mobile operators including subscriber figures by type (pre-paid and post-paid); 3G subscriber figures; net additions; market share; ARPU; churn rates; minutes of use; voice and non-voice revenue; financial figures (including operating revenues net profits and EBITDA).
Regulatory Environment
Details of the regulatory bodies and their responsibilities as well as a special focus on the rules surrounding competition and interconnection. The latest updates in the market's development and regulatory rulings.
Company Profiles
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