Despite the atmosphere of doom and gloom that persists in the telecommunications market, the services market will increase by 6% this year and a similar growth is predicted for 2004.

The Australian telecommunications market will increase by 6% this year and a similar growth is predicted for 2004. Total telecommunications market in Australia (services and equipment) will grow from $38,090 million in 2003 to $40,040 million in 2004.

Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "2003 Australia - Telecommunications Industry - Overview and Statistics" report to their offering.

Despite the atmosphere of doom and gloom that persists in the telecommunications market, the services market will increase by 6% this year and a similar growth is predicted for 2004. This prediction is much more optimistic than those recently made by other industry observers.

One of the reasons that this good news has not been generally recognised is that the main focus has been, and still is, on Telstra. Revenues for Telstra remained 'just above flat with a 5-year aggregated growth figure of only 1.9% over the 2000-2004 period. However, during that same period Optus grew by an average 14%. The star performer has been the independent datacomms industry (ISPs, broadband and corporate datacomms services). Their average annual growth over that period has been just under 50%. This market is now worth over $5 billion.

While Telstra has been able to maintain its share in the fixed market, it has been losing out in every other market. Optus, on the other hand, has been rebalancing its income.

Key Highlights:

Australian market growth: 6%+ in both 2003 and 2004.

Total telecommunications market in Australia (services and equipment) will grow from $38,090 million in 2003 to $40,040 million in 2004.

Services account for 80%, equipment for 20%. In 1999 equipment accounted for 26% of the total telecoms market.

Decline in telecoms equipment market has finally come to a halt, leaving them with a market that has shrunk by close to 40%, with no significant growth expected until 2005/2008.

Calling card operators such as Telecorp have the potential to become key players in this market also.

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REPORT DATA SUMMARY:
2003 Australia - Telecommunications Industry - Overview and Statistics
Number of Pages: 213
Category: Markets
URL: www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/37917

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