Malaysia Telecommunications Report Q2 2015 - New Market Study Published

Although the mobile penetration in Malaysia is high, BMI believes that there is still scope for growth. Strong competition between the operators on the telecommunications sector will erode ARPU, but value-added product offerings, such as data heavy bundles, will add buoyancy. Wireless and wireline non-voice services account for an increasingly large proportion of operators' revenues, and this is encouraging them to reinvest heavily in next-generation infrastructure, including fibre-to-the-home and 4G LTE. However, unlike at other relatively mature market, operators such as Digi , have managed to increase their subscriber base by bundling their data offers in with prepaid SIM-cards.

Key Data

* Operator and regulatory data showed that the mobile market expanded within BMI's expectations in 2014. By the end of our five year forecast period to 2019, the weighted industry average blended mobile ARPU should reach MYR44. The latest data obtained from the regulator show there were 3.701mn direct exchange lines in service in Malaysia at the end of September 2014. This is part of a long-term declining trend in the fixed-line sector and there is no let-up in the contraction of the fixed-line telephony business.

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Key Trends & Developments

In October 2014, Telekom Malaysia (TM) completed an investment agreement for its partnership with local firm Green Packet Berhad and South Korea-based SK Telecom (SKT). Under the terms of the agreement, the three firms will share the ownership in Malaysian wireless broadband provider Packet One Networks (P1) and will collaborate in the future growth of P1. The deal has been signed after securing applicable approvals from the relevant regulatory bodies and Green Packet shareholders. TM now owns a 55.3% stake in P1, while Green Packet and SKT hold 31.1% and 13.6%, respectively. In January 2014, mobile network operators (MNOs) Celcom and DiGi agreed to extend their network-sharing agreement to 2017, according to...

The Malaysia Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Malaysia's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Malaysia Telecommunications 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 telecoms industry in Malaysia.

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