South Africa Mobile Phones - Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2017-2026
Summary
Mobile Phones in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value 2017-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The Mobile Phones market includes mobile phone service revenues and average minutes of use (MOU). Market values are made up of total mobile revenues containing revenues from mobile service providers and other members of the mobile service value-chain for the provision of mobile telephony services, excluding revenues from the sale of devices. Market volumes are made up of two segments: prepaid and postpaid, which consist of prepaid average monthly MOU and postpaid average monthly MOU. Minutes of use are made up from the average of voice minutes used in mobile subscriptions, including both incoming and outgoing calls, but not including M2M/IoT voice services.
- The South African mobile phones market had total revenues of $7.2 billion in 2021, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.7% between 2016 and 2021.
- Market consumption volumes declined with a CARC of -0.8% between 2016 and 2021, to reach a total of 485.8 average MOU in 2021.
- Data usage has been increasing due to the expansion of smartphones, the availability of various rate plans, and the proliferation of high-speed data services.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the mobile phones market in South Africa
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the mobile phones market in South Africa
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key mobile phones market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Africa mobile phones market with five year forecasts
- What was the size of the South Africa mobile phones market by value in 2021?
- What will be the size of the South Africa mobile phones market in 2026?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Africa mobile phones market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- Who are the top competitiors in South Africa's mobile phones market?
Companies Mentioned
Vodacom Group Limited
MTN Group Limited
Telkom SA SOC Limited
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Market volume
- 1.4. Market volume forecast
- 1.5. Market rivalry
- 1.6. 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 Outlook
- 4.1. Market value forecast
- 4.2. Market volume forecast
- 5 Five Forces Analysis
- 5.1. Summary
- 5.2. Buyer power
- 5.3. Supplier power
- 5.4. New entrants
- 5.5. Threat of substitutes
- 5.6. Degree of rivalry
- 6 Competitive Landscape
- 6.1. Who are the leading players?
- 6.2. What strategies do leading players follow?
- 7 Company Profiles
- 7.1. Vodacom Group Limited
- 7.2. MTN Group Limited
- 7.3. Telkom SA SOC Limited
- 8 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 8.1. Country data
- 9 Appendix
- 9.1. Methodology
- 9.2. Industry associations
- 9.3. Related MarketLine research
- 9.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: South Africa mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2017–21
- Table 2: South Africa mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2017–21
- Table 3: South Africa mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2021–26
- Table 4: South Africa mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2021–26
- Table 5: Vodacom Group Limited: key facts
- Table 6: Vodacom Group Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 7: Vodacom Group Limited: Key Employees
- Table 8: MTN Group Limited: key facts
- Table 9: MTN Group Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 10: MTN Group Limited: Key Employees
- Table 11: MTN Group Limited: Key Employees Continued
- Table 12: Telkom SA SOC Limited: key facts
- Table 13: Telkom SA SOC Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 14: Telkom SA SOC Limited: Key Employees
- Table 15: South Africa size of population (million), 2017–21
- Table 16: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 17: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 18: South Africa inflation, 2017–21
- Table 19: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 2017–21
- Table 20: South Africa exchange rate, 2017–21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: South Africa mobile phones market value: $ billion, 2017–21
- Figure 2: South Africa mobile phones market volume: Average MOU, 2017–21
- Figure 3: South Africa mobile phones market value forecast: $ billion, 2021–26
- Figure 4: South Africa mobile phones market volume forecast: Average MOU, 2021–26
- Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
- Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
- Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
- Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
- Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the mobile phones market in South Africa, 2021
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