United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Report Q3 2012

Published : July 2012
No. of Pages : 87

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BMI’s Q312 update to the UAE’s telecommunications market report incorporates market data from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and telecoms providers Etisalat and Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (du) relating to the end of March 2012. It contains an analysis of the mobile, fixed-line and broadband markets, and recent regulatory developments. It also contains our growth estimates for the key sectors during our forecast period, through to 2016.
Perhaps the most notable new development since our last report is the launch of commercial LTE network services by second-ranked du in June 2012. The operator reports the service is capable of speeds of 150Mbps, although existing devices can only support transmission of 100Mbps. The launch follows that of rival Etisalat, which launched LTE services in 2011. du has launched the service using 1,800MHz spectrum, in contrast to the more commonly used 800MHz or 2.6GHz bands.
According to the TRA, there were 12.367mn mobile subscribers in the UAE at the end of March 2012.
This is growth of 5.5% q-o-q, significantly higher than average quarterly growth of 1.8% during 2012. The market recorded net additions of 640,000 subscribers in Q112, equivalent of around 80% of the total net additions of 801,000 recorded in the 12 months to December 2011. Despite the UAE’s relatively high mobile penetration rate, we forecast positive growth in the mobile market over the next five years. We forecast an overall growth of 9.5% during 2012 and average growth of 2.2% for the five years to 2016.
This will bring the mobile subscriber base to around 14mn subscribers, a penetration rate of 165%. We note that the fixed-line market will experience upside pressure from increased competition between Etisalat and du due to the implementation of carrier pre-selection services. However, this will be counterbalanced by increasing fixed to mobile substitution, which we expect to intensify with the roll-out of next generation mobile broadband technologies. We expect fixed-line penetration in the UAE to reach 22.9% at the end of 2012. We also expect positive growth for the remainder of our forecast period, although faster population growth based on BMI data means fixed-line penetration rates are expected to decline from 2012. By 2016, we expect the market to have around 1.908mn fixed-line connections, reflecting a penetration rate of 22.4%.
During Q112, TRA reported a sharp fall in the number of dial-up internet subscriptions. This consequently reduced the total number of internet subscriptions from around 1.3mn at the end of December 2011 to fewer than 960,000 by March 2012. However, we have not changed our internet usage or broadband forecasts as there was no commensurate increase in the number of broadband subscriptions following the contraction of the dial-up segment. We expect the broadband market to grow by 9.5% in 2012 to reach a penetration rate of 11.8%. By the end of 2016, we expect the UAE to have a broadband penetration rate of about 13.8%.

Executive Summary ... 5
SWOT Analysis . 6
UAE Mobile SWOT .. 6
UAE Wireline SWOT . 7
UAE Political SWOT . 8
UAE Economic SWOT ... 9
UAE Business Environment SWOT .. 10
Risk/Rewards Ratings .. 11
Middle East And North Africa ... 11
Table: MENA Telecoms Risk/Reward Ratings, Q312 14
UAE ... 15
Industry Forecast Scenario ... 16
Mobile . 16
Table: Telecoms Sector – Mobile – Historical Data & Forecasts 16
ARPU .. 18
Table: Monthly Blended ARPU .. 18
Fixed Line . 19
Table: Telecoms Sector – Fixed Line – Historical Data & Forecasts 19
Internet ... 20
Table: Telecoms Sector – Internet – Historical Data & Forecasts 20
Market Data Analysis ... 21
Mobile . 21
Table: UAE – Mobile Subscribers, Q112 ... 21
Table: UAE – Mobile Net Additions Market, Q111-Q112 (’000) . 22
Subscriber Divisions And ARPU 24
3G .. 26
Mobile Contract Wins . 28
Table: Mobile Contract Wins . 28
Mobile Operator Data 29
Table: UAE Mobile Market Overview.. 29
Table: Etisalat ... 29
Table: du .. 30
Mobile Content . 31
Regional Outlook ... 31
Country Outlook 35
Value-Added Services Timeline ... 39
Table: Selected VAS Services . 39
Fixed Line . 40
VoIP ... 42
Internet ... 43
Broadband ... 44
LTE 45
FTTH . 46
Market Restrictions 48
Wireline Contract Wins . 49
Table: Wireline Contract Wins .. 49
Regulatory Environment And Industry Developments 51
Table: Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities 51
Legislation And Market Liberalisation 52
Carrier Pre-Selection .. 53
Regulation 53
New Wireless Agency ... 54
Licensing And Spectrum .. 54
Regulatory Developments . 55
Industry Developments 56
Competitive Landscape . 57
Key Players .. 57
Table: Key Players – UAE Telecoms Sector .. 57
Table: UAE Financial Indicators (US$mn) ... 57
Company Monitor . 58
Table: Cisco Financial Performance By Theatre (US$mn), H1 FY12 ... 61
Operator Profiles 62
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) ... 62
Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (du) 69
Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview . 74
Fixed Line . 74
Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview .. 74
Mobile . 75
Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview 75
Broadband 75
Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview . 76
Demographic Outlook .. 77
Table: United Arab Emirates'' Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (''000) ... 78
Table: United Arab Emirates'' Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ... 79
Table: United Arab Emirates'' Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020 . 80
Table: United Arab Emirates'' Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020 80
Glossary Of Terms ... 81
Table: Glossary Of Terms 81
BMI Methodology . 82
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts . 82
Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts .. 82
Telecoms Business Environment Ratings .. 84
Risk/Reward Ratings Methodology .. 84
Table: Ratings Indicators 85
Weighting . 86
Table: Weighting Of Indicators . 86Table: MENA Telecoms Risk/Reward Ratings, Q312 . 14

Table: Telecoms Sector – Mobile – Historical Data & Forecasts . 16

Table: Monthly Blended ARPU . 18

Table: Telecoms Sector – Fixed Line – Historical Data & Forecasts . 19

Table: Telecoms Sector – Internet – Historical Data & Forecasts . 20

Table: UAE – Mobile Subscribers, Q112 . 21

Table: UAE – Mobile Net Additions Market, Q111-Q112 (''000) . 22

Table: Mobile Contract Wins . 28

Table: UAE Mobile Market Overview. 29

Table: Etisalat . 29

Table: du . 30

Table: Selected VAS Services . 39

Table: Wireline Contract Wins . 49

Table: Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities . 51

Table: Key Players – UAE Telecoms Sector . 57

Table: UAE Financial Indicators (US$mn) . 57

Table: Cisco Financial Performance By Theatre (US$mn), H1 FY12 . 61

Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview . 74

Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview . 75

Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview . 76

Table: United Arab Emirates'' Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (''000) . 78

Table: United Arab Emirates'' Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 . 79

Table: United Arab Emirates'' Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020 . 80

Table: United Arab Emirates'' Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020 . 80

Table: Glossary Of Terms . 81

Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts . 82

Table: Ratings Indicators . 85

Table: Weighting Of Indicators . 86

United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Report Q3 2012

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