Africa Broadband Forecasts 2007 - 2012

There is a confluence of indicators that suggest that for the first time in more than a decade, broadband growth in the African continent may be on the verge of truly taking off. The list is long: last mile competition, international gateway licensing, submarine cable deployments, domestic fiber backbone deployments, unified licenses, improvements in radio spectral efficiency, economies of scale on 3G radio equipment, emergence of EVDO and WiMAX, increased Internet usage from a younger population, increased availability of capital, Tier 1 mobile players aggressively getting into the Internet business and last but not least, Huawei.

A part of our larger broadband review, this report discusses drivers and obstacles to broadband growth in Africa. It provides an elaborate set of broadband forecasts (including 3G, WiMAX, ADSL and Other) for 33 African markets over the 2007 - 2012 period, with a clear set of assumptions and risks.