Research and Markets: Australia Telecommunications Report Q4 2010

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Australia Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Australia's telecommunications industry.

The Q4 2010 update on the Australian Telecommunications Market incorporates new data from all three of the country's mobile network operators for H110. Based on this new data, have revised five-year mobile and broadband subscriber forecasts and five-year forecasts for mobile average revenue per user (ARPU).

The new broadband subscriber forecast for Australia has been updated to predict stronger growth from 2010 onwards. New growth expectations are based on the rapid expansion which is taking place in the mobile broadband sector. At the end of June 2010, Australia's three mobile operators reported a combined total of almost 5mn mobile broadband subscribers. This was up by 42% - from 3.5mn subscribers at the start of the year - and was equivalent to approximately 52% of all broadband connections in the country. Going forward, BMIs new forecast for Australia's broadband market envisages annual average growth of 17.3% over the next five years.