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Political Uncertainties Won’t Hamper Iran’s Telecom Growth,
Finds Pyramid Research
PRNewswire
January 22, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., - Despite formidable regulatory and legal hurdles,
Iran's telecom market will grow to $12.9 billion by 2014, a CAGR of
6.9 percent, according to a new report from Pyramid Research
(www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). |
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Iran: Strong Telecom
Growth Expected, Despite Political Uncertainties offers a precise,
incisive profile of the country's converged telecommunications,
media, and technology sectors based on proprietary data from our
research in the Iranian market. This 30-page report provides
detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors,
tracks the market shares of technologies and services, and monitors
the introduction and spread of new technologies, such as WiMax,
IPTV, and VoIP. It provides a comprehensive view of the Iranian
communications market by analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term
opportunities, and assessing upcoming risks factors. Download an
excerpt of this report here
(http://www.pyr.com/downloads.htm?id=18&sc=PRN012110_IRAN).
From a revenue point of view, Iran is one of the most attractive
markets in the Middle East region given its size – by year-end 2009,
it was the fourth-largest market in the region at $9.2 billion and
is expected to grow to $12.9 billion by 2014 at a CAGR of 6.9
percent, notes Dearbhla McHenry, Senior Analyst at Pyramid Research
and author of the report. "However, regulatory and legal hurdles
forbid foreigners from owning majority stakes in telecom companies,
and with most of the fixed sector still under the monopoly of the
government-owned incumbent, TCI, the Internet sector in particular
is still only beginning to enter the growth phase," she adds.
"The country's comparatively late introduction of competition means
that the market is still in a rapid-growth phase, with the data
segment in particular (both fixed and mobile) developing very fast
in terms of number of users and amount of use," says McHenry. "We
expect data's share of total revenue to double over the next five
years, reaching $4.5 billion by 2014; important drivers of new
growth in both segments will keep the split between fixed and mobile
services steady over the forecast period," continues McHenry. "On
the mobile side, Pyramid expects the launch of a third operator to
boost adoption and revenue, while on the fixed side, the launch of
new WiMax operators will herald the beginning of Iran's broadband
era."
Iran: Strong Telecom Growth Expected, Despite Political
Uncertainties is part of Pyramid Research's Africa & the Middle East
Country Intelligence Report Series. Pyramid Research's premium
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and technology industries. Our analysis is uniquely positioned at
the intersection of emerging markets, emerging technologies and
emerging business models, powered by the bottom-up methodology of
our market forecasts for over 100 countries – a distinction that has
remained unmatched for more than 25 years. As the telecom research
arm of the Light Reading Communications Network, Pyramid Research
works with Heavy Reading, providing the communications industry's
most comprehensive market data, trusted research and insightful
technology analysis.
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Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading
online media, research, and focused event company serving the $3
trillion worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the
ultimate source for technological and financial analysis of the
communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of
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communications research, market data, and technology analysis in
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mobile, and wireline executives in the U.S., Europe, India, and
China. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August
2005 and operates as a unit of TechWeb.
About TechWeb
TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus), the
global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers
and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and
consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more
than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage
in our communities created around our global face-to-face events,
Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as
the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise,
InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology
Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek,
TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology
magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including
next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research,
and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business
Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist
information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5
billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly
connections
About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide
information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the
development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's
businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial
communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to
jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated
events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500
staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams
that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together,
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and efficiently. For more information, go to
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com. |
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