Subscribers are Expected to Increase at a CAGR of 22.5 Percent During 2005-2011

DUBLIN, Ireland-- (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45040) has announced the addition of African Mobile Handset Market Analysis (2006-2009) to their offering.

The "African Mobile Handset Market Analysis (2006-2009)", report provides extensive research and objective analysis on the growing marketplace for the global mobile handset industry, their technologies, and impact on the market. This report helps clients to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the growing mobile handset market throughout the world. Detailed data and analysis helps handset manufacturers, service providers, and investors navigate the evolving market of mobile handsets.

Key Technologies Analyzed

Key Handset technologies including the most recent one as GSM, CDMA, WiFi VoIP, TDMA, 3G, 4G and Blue Tooth are also analyzed supported by the facts like revenues and the market share.

Key Players Analyzed

This section provides the overview, key facts and numbers and key competitors of several players like Alcatel, Ericsson, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Intel Corporation, Nokia, LG, Sony Ericssion, Motorola, Siemens, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, NTT Docomo, RF Micro Devices, Zarlink Semiconductor Infineon Technologies, Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, Sprint, Nextel, AT & T Wireless, Mobinil (SAE), Safaricom, Millicom International Cellular, Telkom SA Limited, MTN zambia, CelTel zambia and Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd.

Growing Markets Covered

This section covers the Economic Background and number of operators in each segment of the Worldwide Mobile Device and Handset market. It includes countries like Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.

Key Findings

Africa has the fastest growing mobile market in the world. The continent's subscriber base grew by 66% in 2005 to 135 million users, compared with growth of just 11% in Western Europe during the same period. Total mobile subscribers in the region are expected to increase at a CAGR of approximately 22.5 percent during 2005-2011, resulting in a mobile subscriber base of over 378 million by the end of 2011. The corresponding mobile penetration rate for the region is forecast to increase from 14 percent at the end of 2005 to almost 42 percent by the end of 2011.