Summary
Telecommunication Services in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The Telecommunication Services market is defined as the total volume and value of both the Fixed Line Telecommunications market and the Wireless Telecommunications market. The market volume here is defined as number of fixed-line and wireless subscriptions.The fixed-line telecommunications market is valued as the revenues obtained by operators for voice telephony and internet fixed lines (wirelines), rather than wireless systems. Only revenues from end-users are included, with revenues from other operators, as in wholesale transactions, excluded. This market consists of voice telephony segments Circuit-Switched and VoIP (packet-switched voice subscriptions); and internet segments Narrowband (transmission speed < 128 Kbps) and Broadband (transmission speed > 128 Kbps). Volume figures are defined as fixed-line subscriptions to each of these services.The wireless telecommunications services market is defined here as including cellular (mobile) phones, pagers, and any other wireless or cellular telecommunication service.
- The South African telecommunication services market had total revenues of $6.9bn in 2020, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -5.5% between 2016 and 2020.
- Market consumption volume increased with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6% between 2016 and 2020, to reach a total of 201.6 million total subscriptions in 2020.
- The poor historic availability and level of service of fixed-line networks has encouraged the growth of the mobile sector.
Scope
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the telecommunication services market in South Africa
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the telecommunication services market in South Africa
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key telecommunication services market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Africa telecommunication services market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
- What was the size of the South Africa telecommunication services market by value in 2020?
- What will be the size of the South Africa telecommunication services market in 2025?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Africa telecommunication services market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- What are the main segments that make up South Africa's telecommunication services market?
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Market rivalry
1.8. Competitive Landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
3.2. Market volume
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
5.2. Market volume forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.3. How has the regulatory environment affected the Singaporean market?
7.4. How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the market going forward?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Cell C (Pty) Ltd
8.2. MTN Group Limited
8.3. Telkom SA SOC Limited
8.4. Vodacom Group Limited
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: South Africa telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Table 2: South Africa telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Table 3: South Africa telecommunication services market category segmentation: million total subscriptions, 2020
Table 4: South Africa telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 5: South Africa telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 6: South Africa telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Table 7: Cell C (Pty) Ltd: key facts
Table 8: Cell C (Pty) Ltd: Key Employees
Table 9: MTN Group Limited: key facts
Table 10: MTN Group Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 11: MTN Group Limited: Key Employees
Table 12: MTN Group Limited: Key Employees Continued
Table 13: Telkom SA SOC Limited: key facts
Table 14: Telkom SA SOC Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 15: Telkom SA SOC Limited: Key Employees
Table 16: Vodacom Group Limited: key facts
Table 17: Vodacom Group Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 18: Vodacom Group Limited: Key Employees
Table 19: South Africa size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 20: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 21: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 22: South Africa inflation, 2016-20
Table 23: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 24: South Africa exchange rate, 2016-20
List of Figures
Figure 1: South Africa telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2016-20
Figure 2: South Africa telecommunication services market volume: million total subscriptions, 2016-20
Figure 3: South Africa telecommunication services market category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2020
Figure 4: South Africa telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 5: South Africa telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 6: South Africa telecommunication services market volume forecast: million total subscriptions, 2020-25
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the telecommunication services market in South Africa, 2020
