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Algeria ranks 15th worldwide in oil reserves, it has the eighth largest reserves of natural gas and is the fourth largest gas exporter. This has exposed the country more than others to the global economic crisis.

At over 80%, Algeria’s mobile market penetration is one of the highest in Africa. The downward trend of average revenue per user (ARPU) had already appeared to be stabilising in 2008 as subscriber growth flattened, but then it dropped by more than 10% in the first half of 2009.

BuddeComm has released a new report, Algeria – Mobile Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts which contains an overview of the market, analysis and key statistics, profiles of the major players, and scenario forecasts for the period 2009 – 2013 of subscriber growth, ARPU, and the mobile services market size in terms of revenue, illustrated by seven tables and three charts.

However, the report also shows that the market still has enormous potential, if the mobile networks succeed in ending their price war and transforming themselves into converged service providers, absorbing much of the broadband Internet market on top of the mobile voice market. The analysis can be used as a model for other developing markets where subscriber growth is approaching saturation and operators are trying to reverse the downward trend in ARPU.

For more information, see:

Algeria – Mobile Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts.

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Hamilton-based Velocity Networks and the Hamilton Network have formed an alliance with lines company WEL Networks to propagate fibre deployment in New Zealand’s Waikato region.

The three parties hope that the government’s regional broadband focus will result in a productivity and economic boost for the region.

They feel they know the local needs when it comes to fast communication networks and that their working together can get ultra fast broadband to more people and businesses throughout the Waikato in a speedier timeframe than could have been achieved by traditional telco companies.

They are ready to invest in local and rural infrastructure which in many cases, is already in place and ready to use. The regional roll out will model itself from the 45km Hamilton Fibre Network.

See also:

New Zealand – Ultra-fast broadband network

New Zealand – FttH Planning

New Zealand – Broadband – Statistics, Overview & Providers

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The separation of Telstra’s wholesale business from retail means a fair go and a positive future for the reseller market according to Telecommunications resellers.

In a separated environment, Telstra Wholesale should be in a position to offer its resale customers the full range of Telstra retail services at a fair price.

It is felt that Telstra Wholesale has been limited for far too long by only being able to offer its resale customers a limited suite of ‘Value Added Service’ products at full retail rates leaving the small telco service providers who service the business community little room to make a margin.

Under the current model resellers are required to wear the costs of acquisition, service set up, support and billing for these services. Despite this, resellers are not in a position to provide the products and services at the same retail price while at the same time make a fair margin.

It is predicted that services and products such as line hunt, fax duet, calling number display and calls to 13 and 1300 numbers should now be accessible to resellers with a fair margin under the rules of separation. It may also be that Telstra Wholesale would be in a better position to resell the Next G mobile services to their wholesale customers, which they currently cannot do.

See also: Australia – Competition and Regulation Issues – 2008-2009

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