Original telecommunications market research and telecommunications sector trend analysis for the national telecommunications industry.

Competitive intelligence, regional telecommunications company rankings and SWOT analyses on international and domestic telecommunications companies.

The Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the national telecommunications industry.

" The Asia Telecommunications Report is used for benchmarking industry views against BMI's independent forecasts; for market research and analysis of industry trends. It also provides competitive intelligence on leading companies. "
Chi-Wen Tsai, Managing Director, ROHDE & SCHWARZ Taiwan Ltd

Key Benefits of Report

-Benchmark BMI's Independent 5-Year Telecommunications Industry Forecast to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the national telecommunications market.
-Target Business Opportunities & Risks in the Telecommunications Sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes, and major deals, projects and investments.
-Exploit Latest Competitive Telecommunications Intelligence & company SWOTS on your competitors and peers through company rankings by sales, market share, investments and leading products and services.

Executive Summary
Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts and trend analysis, covering ICT, fixed-line, mobile and internet markets, and headline news of key industry events from the latest quarter.

Market Overview
At-a-glance outlook of the structure, size and value of the industry, including an overview of key players and a snapshot of regional penetration rates for fixed-line, mobile and internet markets.

Business Environment Rankings
BMI provides a cross-border analysis of telecoms regulatory systems across regional markets, and their investor prospects, discussing the merits and downfalls of each country's business environment, and ranking them in order of competitiveness. The rankings take into account industry factors, such as Market Maturity, Growth Potential, Competitive Environment and Licensing Framework in addition to BMI's political and economic risk ratings.

BMI 5-Year Industry Forecast
Historic data series and 5-year forecasts to end-2012 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast.

Fixed-Line Telephony - Telephone Lines ('000); Telephone Lines/100 Inhabitants;
Cellular Telephony - Phone Subscribers ('000); Mobile Phone Subscribers/ 100 Inhabitants; Mobile Phone Subscribers/100 Fixed Line Subscribers;
Internet Markets - Internet Users ('000); Internet Users/100 Inhabitants; Broadband Internet Subscribers ('000); Broadband Internet Subscribers/100 Inhabitants;
Multimedia Markets - PCs ('000); PCs/100 Inhabitants; TV households ('000s); Pay-TV subscribers ('000s); Pay-TV subscribers/100 inhabitants; Cable TV subscribers ('000s); Direct-to-Home Subscribers ('000s)
BMI 5-Year Macroeconomic Forecast
BMI forecasts for all headline macroeconomic indicators, including real GDP growth, inflation, fiscal balance, trade balance, current account and external debt.

Competitive Landscape & Rankings
Commentary on key operators highlighting ownership structures, latest available revenue figures, market share analysis and ARPU counts.

Company Profiles & SWOTS
Company profiles, including SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analyses, fully researched senior executives and contact details, business activity, leading products and services, and a record of all recent foreign direct investments and projects.

The Sector At A Glance

Key Insights On The Telecomunications Sector of the Caribbean

As a part of BMI's ongoing analysis of some of the world's most exciting telecoms growth opportunities, BMI's new Caribbean Telecommunications Report examines 10 different markets and assesses the growth potential. Reflecting the generally low level of fixed-line penetration rates throughout much of the Caribbean - as well as evidence that the demand for fixed-line services is already in decline - the report focuses predominantly on the mobile market, which is currently the main driver of growth in the region's communications services.

Mobile communications services have seen impressive growth in the Caribbean in recent months, especially in countries such as Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, where penetration has risen from around 40% in 2003 to more than 80% at present. Jamaica stands out with a penetration rate that already exceeds 100%. Mobile growth in Jamaica has been assisted by the country's low level of fixedline penetration, but also by the strong competition within the market. Low fixed-line penetration levels have also boosted mobile growth in Haiti, particularly since competition became more intense in mid- 2006. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Cuba's mobile market stands out with its low level of both fixed and mobile penetration.

The high growth in mobile services throughout most of the Caribbean has already attracted the attention of a number of international investors, some of which have been responsible for driving individual market growth trends. The report profiles two of the most important operators in the Caribbean, namely Cable & Wireless (C&W) and Digicel. Both companies have their origins in Europe and both have expanded their businesses in the region to the extent that they can rightly be called 'pan-regional' providers. However, while the presence of C&W in the region has a long history, and is generally associated with the historical legacies of the British Caribbean Empire, Digicel, under the ownership of Irish entrepreneur Denis O'Brien, established its first foothold in the region only in 2000.

Through a process of acquiring mobile licences as well as established mobile operators, Digicel has expanded its Caribbean business and currently operates in 22 markets. Despite the strong presence of C&W and Digicel, numerous other telecoms operators and investors have made their mark in recent months, including Mexico's América Móvil, through its acquisition of Verizon's businesses in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in 2006. Other major operators with a notable presence in the region include France Telecom, with its operations in Guadeloupe, Martinique and the Dominican Republic, and Telecom Italia, which owns 27% of Cuban incumbent telco, ETECSA. In the Business Environment Rankings section of this report, BMI has identified several opportunities for further investment in the Caribbean telecoms sectors, not least in the upcoming privatisation of BTC Bahamas and the possible future privatisation of Telecommunications D'Haiti.