Telecom industry in India has undergone a revolution in the recent years. The country is ranked second worldwide in terms of having the largest telecommunication network, after China. With the ongoing investments into infrastructure deployment, the country is projected to see high penetration of Internet, broadband and mobile subscribers.

According to our new analytical study on the sector “Indian Telecom Analysis (2008-2012)”, mobile telephony continues to fuel growth of the Indian telecom sector, with mobile subscribers projected to grow at a CAGR of around 11% between 2009-10 and 2013-14. Other segments of the industry such as Internet and broadband are also anticipated to witness strong growth in terms of both subscriber addition and network infrastructure deployment over the forecast period.

Tele-density in India has improved significantly over the recent years and has reached around 51% in the fiscal year 2009-10, owing to improving network infrastructure. The launch of advanced telecom services like 3G and IPTV will also drive the growth in Indian telecom subscriber base over the forecast period. Furthermore, mobile handset market is also expected to register a robust growth in near future. In this regard, our report provides rational analysis of the factors which are driving the growth of mobile handset market in India. Also, various factors driving the overall telecom market in market have been thoroughly analyzed in the report.

The report provides a detailed study of the Indian telecom sector and gives an analysis of the competitive environment prevailing in the industry. The report thoroughly studies fixed, mobile, Internet and broadband markets in terms of players and number of subscribers. It also presents the future outlook of the Indian telecom sector to help clients identify the growth opportunities in the market.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Analyst View
2. Research Methodology
3. Middle East ICT Market - An Overview
4. Market Drivers
    4.1 Business Environment
    4.2 Government Initiatives
    4.3 Industrial Growth
    4.4 Network Infrastructure Investments
    4.5 Young Population
    4.6 Consumer Awareness

5. Analysis by Country - Current and Future Outlook
    5.1 Israel
          5.1.1 IT Industry
                  5.1.1.1 Hardware
                  5.1.1.2 Packaged Software
                  5.1.1.3 Services
          5.1.2 ICT Industry
                  5.1.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                  5.1.2.2 Mobile
                  5.1.2.3 Internet and Broadband
    5.2 Turkey
          5.2.1 IT Industry
                  5.2.1.1 Hardware
                  5.2.1.2 Software
                  5.2.1.3 Services
          5.2.2 ICT Industry
                  5.2.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                  5.2.2.2 Mobile
                  5.2.2.3 3G
                  5.2.2.4 Internet and Broadband
    5.3 Saudi Arabia
          5.3.1 IT Industry
                  5.3.1.1 Hardware
                  5.3.1.2 Software
                  5.3.1.3 Services
          5.3.2 ICT Industry
                  5.3.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                  5.3.2.2 Mobile
                  5.3.2.3 3G
                  5.3.2.4 Internet and Broadband
    5.4 UAE
          5.4.1 IT Industry
                  5.4.1.1 Hardware
                  5.4.1.2 Software
                  5.4.1.3 Services
          5.4.2 ICT Industry
                  5.4.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                  5.4.2.2 Mobile
                  5.4.2.3 3G
                  5.4.2.4 Internet and Broadband
    5.5 Egypt
          5.5.1 IT Industry
                  5.5.1.1 Hardware
                  5.5.1.2 Software
                  5.5.1.3 Services
          5.5.2 ICT Industry
                  5.5.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                  5.5.2.2 Mobile
                  5.5.2.3 3G
                  5.5.2.4 Internet and Broadband
    5.6 Others
          5.6.1 Qatar
                  5.6.1.1 IT Industry
                  5.6.1.2 ICT Industry
                             5.6.1.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                             5.6.1.2.2 Mobile
                             5.6.1.2.3 Internet and Broadband
          5.6.2 Bahrain
                  5.6.2.1 IT Industry
                  5.6.2.2 ICT Industry
                             5.6.2.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                             5.6.2.2.2 Mobile
                             5.6.2.2.3 Internet and Broadband
          5.6.3 Oman
                  5.6.3.1 IT Industry
                  5.6.3.2 ICT Industry
                             5.6.3.2.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                             5.6.3.2.2 Mobile
                             5.6.3.2.3 Internet and Broadband
          5.6.4 Jordan
                  5.6.4.1 ICT Industry
                             5.6.4.1.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                             5.6.4.1.2 Mobile
                             5.6.4.1.3 Internet and Broadband
          5.6.5 Iran
                  5.6.5.1 ICT Industry
                             5.6.5.1.1 Fixed-line Telephone
                             5.6.5.1.2 Mobile
                             5.6.5.1.3 Internet and Broadband

6. Potential Growth Areas
    6.1 Arabization of Software Applications
    6.2 PC Penetration
    6.3 3G
    6.4 WiMAX
    6.5 IPTV
    6.6 IT Outsourcing
    6.7 Network Infrastructure Development
    6.8 Education Services Market
    6.9 IT Security

7. Growth Inhibitors
    7.1 Infrastructure Constraints
    7.2 Software Piracy
    7.3 Shortage of Skilled Manpower
    7.4 Lack of ICT R&D

List of Figures:

Figure 4-1: Middle East - Forecast for Real GDP Growth by Country (%), 2010
Figure 4-2: Middle East - Share of Population Aged 15-64 Years in Total Population by Country (2009)
Figure 5-1: Israel - IT Industry (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-2: Israel - IT Hardware Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-3: Israel - Packaged Software Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-4: Israel - IT Services Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-5: Israel - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-6: Israel - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-7: Israel - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-8: Israel - Number of Internet Users (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-9: Israel - Number of Broadband Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-10: Turkey - IT Industry (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-11: Turkey - IT Hardware Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-12: Turkey - Packaged Software Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-13: Turkey - IT Services Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-14: Turkey - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-15: Turkey - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-16: Turkey - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-17: Turkey - Number of Internet Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-18: Turkey - Number of Broadband Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-19: Saudi Arabia - IT Industry (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-20: Saudi Arabia - IT Hardware Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-21: Saudi Arabia - Software Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-22: Saudi Arabia - IT Services Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-23: Saudi Arabia - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-24: Saudi Arabia - Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers by Usage (%), 2009
Figure 5-25: Saudi Arabia - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-26: Saudi Arabia - Share of Prepaid & Postpaid Mobile Subscribers (2009)
Figure 5-27: Saudi Arabia - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-28: Saudi Arabia - Number of Internet Users (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-29: Saudi Arabia - Number of Broadband Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-30: UAE - IT Industry (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-31: UAE - IT Hardware Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-32: UAE - IT Software Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-33: UAE - IT Services Market (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-34: UAE - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-35: UAE - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-36: UAE - Share of Prepaid & Postpaid Mobile Subscribers (2009)
Figure 5-37: UAE - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-38: UAE - Number of Internet Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-39: UAE - Number of Broadband Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-40: Egypt - IT Industry (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-41: Egypt - IT Hardware Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-42: Egypt - Software Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-43: Egypt - IT Services Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-44: Egypt - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-45: Egypt - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-46: Egypt - 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-47: Egypt - Number of Internet Users (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-48: Egypt - Number of Broadband Users (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-49: Qatar - IT Industry (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-50: Qatar - IT Hardware Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-51: Qatar - Software Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-52: Qatar - IT Services Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-53: Qatar - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-54: Qatar - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-55: Qatar - Number of Internet Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-56: Bahrain - IT Industry (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-57: Bahrain - IT Hardware Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-58: Bahrain - Software Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-59: Bahrain - IT Services Industry (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-60: Bahrain - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-61: Bahrain - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-62: Bahrain - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-63: Bahrain - Number of Internet Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-64: Oman - IT Industry (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-65: Oman - IT Hardware Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-66: Oman - Software Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-67: Oman - IT Services Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2013
Figure 5-68: Oman - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-69: Oman - Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers by Type of Service (‘000), 2008 & 2009
Figure 5-70: Oman - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-71: Oman - Mobile Subscribers by Operator (%), 2009
Figure 5-72: Oman - Share of Prepaid & Postpaid Mobile Subscribers (2009)
Figure 5-73: Oman - Number of Internet Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-74: Oman - Internet Subscribers by Mode of Access (%), 2009
Figure 5-75: Oman - Number of Broadband Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-76: Jordan - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-77: Jordan - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-78: Jordan - Number of Internet Subscribers (‘000), 2009-2013
Figure 5-79: Iran - Number of Fixed-line Telephone Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-80: Iran - Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 5-81: Iran - Number of Internet Users (Million), 2009-2013
Figure 6-1: Middle East - Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009 & 2013
Figure 6-2: GCC - IT Security Software & Appliances Market (Million US$), 2009-2013
Figure 6-3: GCC - IT Security Software & Appliances Market by Application (%), 2006

List of Table:

Table 6-1: Middle East - WiMAX Licenses