Research and Markets :Forecasts Indicate Bahrain's Communications Market Will Be Heavily Influenced By Competitive Market Dynamics

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13648) has announced the addition of Bahrain Communications Projections Report 2005 to their offering.

(PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- The TRA has already awarded 17 entities licenses in different telecom segments. The future shape of the market will be heavily influenced by the competitive market dynamics. Moreover, Bahrains thriving mobile duopoly has propelled the countrys GSM penetration rate to 91% by end of year 2004.

The 56-pages report, which has 44 detailed exhibits, provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the telecommunications markets in Bahrain and the main operators there including Batelco and MTC Vodafone.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13648) has announced the addition of Bahrain Communications Projections Report 2005 to their offering.

Our analysis shows that cellular revenues had already become almost double the PSTN revenues in 2004 in Bahrain. The projects that the current breakdown will slightly change over the forecast period since the fixed line market is expected to undergo a competitive transformation in 2005." Research Analyst wrote in the report.

Bahrains embrace of full telecom liberalization was swift: Until October 2002, the Ministry of Transportation was the regulatory authority in the country and had full control of all the regulations and rules governing the telecommunications sector in the country. In October 2002, a public authority called the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)" was established by the Telecommunications Law Section 2A.

The TRA is charged with promoting and balancing the interests of subscribers and other users, and promoting effective and fair competition among new and existing licensed operators. It is also responsible for granting new licenses and managing existing ones. A board, appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, oversees the TRA and day-to-day functioning of which vests in a General Director.

The TRA has awarded licenses in the following categories: Individual Mobile Telecommunications License, International Telecommunications Facility License (IFL), International Telecommunications Services License (ISL), Individual National Fixed Service License, VSAT License, Individual Paging Services License, Value Added Services (VAS) "Class" License, Individual Public Access Mobile Radio Service License and Internet Service Provider License (ISP).

The Contents Of This Report Are As Follows:
Section I: Executive summary 2
Section II: Projections 5
Section III: Regulatory landscape and investment rules and regulations6
Section IV: Communications Market Segments 13
Section V: Brief country background 46

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