Juniper Research presents a new research

The recent report of Juniper Research has showed that in 2013 the e-market can expect a rise in Africa & Middle East region to more than $107 billion of revenues. According to the research this rise will be pre-conditioned with the growth of mobile service. But at the same time Juniper Research notes that regional operator-billed voice revenues will probably peak in 2011 and then go down in view of the competitive pricing in that sector.

"While the downward trend in regional ARPU will continue as adoption increases amongst lower-usage customers, we expect the decline in voice ARPU to be partially offset by an increase in data revenues, both amongst 2.5G and 3G customers," Dr Windsor Holden in his report.

Being more precise in figures the author says that between 2008 and 2013 the mobile user base in the Middle East and Africa will increase on average at rate of 10.5% per annum. The mobile data services are expected to contribute 24% of operator-billed service revenues in 2013, against the available 9% in 2008. Saudi Arabia will provide the largest share of cumulative regional revenues over the forecast period, followed by Nigeria.