Thursday, April 23, 2009

Zawya: report on Oman telecoms market

Oman Telecom Sector – Highlights (7 pages)

Towards liberalization of Oman telecom sector, the regulatory authority has
awarded second fixed line license to Nawras and has also appointed six mobile
resellers.

Fixed line segment in Oman has reported a CAGR of 2.4% over 2004‐08.

Overall penetration levels are at 9.9% levels by end of Q4FY08.

Growth in fixed line services remains subdued and we expect to see better utility as the focus has shifted from voice to data services like Broadband services.

As of Dec 2008, Total mobile subscribers stood at 3.219 million, representing penetration levels of 113.9%.

In mobile segment, we expect the usage to increase on the back of lower tariffs and enhanced services which would support the lower ARPUs going forward

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