IE Market Research Corp.: Vodafone will continue to outpace Telefonica and T-Mobile when it comes to Average Revenue per User in the competitive Czech Republic Mobile operator space, according to new report by IEMR

Vancouver, Aug 04, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- VOD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- IE Market Research Corp. (IEMR), the Canadian-based provider of market intelligence services, announced today the release of its 3Q08 Czech Mobile Forecast.

"The 3Q08 Mobile Forecasts demonstrate IEMR's capability to gather information from a variety of global resources and model it into accurate and timely forecasts for our clients," said Nizar Assanie, Vice President of Research at IEMR. "Clients will find the information easily accessible, comprehensive, and exceptionally relevant to enable them to make sound business and investment decisions about mobile operators and vendors strategies".

IEMR's Czech Mobile Forecast covers up to 65 financial and operational metrics on three wireless operators. Notable highlights of the 3Q08 Czech Mobile Forecast include:

* The wireless penetration level in the Czech Republic will continue to increase and it will reach 131.1% in 2010.

* Our model predicts a relatively competitive scenario in the Czech market. Market shares in the Czech market will remain fairly stable over the next few years with Telefonica O2 CZ, T-Mobile, and Vodafone registering market shares of 39.3%, 40.4% and 20.4% respectively.

* All the three operators will continue to have similar monthly churn rates in the range of 1.3% - 1.6%.

* We forecast that Vodafone will continue to receive the highest ARPU in Czech. Its ARPU will reach US$ 36.27 in 2010 while Telefonica O2 CZ and T-Mobile will receive US$30.44 and US$ 28.73 respectively.

IEMR's Global Mobile Forecast covers up to 65 operational metrics of 213 mobile operators in 50+ countries, making up 80% of the world's population. Forecasts are based on our proprietary, country-specific forecasting models. These models deploy multiple regression analysis and cross-impact matrices that estimate relationships between subscriber data, technology use and deployment data, overall economic and demographic changes expected in a particular country; and relate these to company operational and financial metrics.

For more information, visit http://www.iemarketresearch.com/Members/Reports/ViewReportDetail.aspx?RI D=553&flag=1

CONTACT: Mr. Nizar Assanie, Vice President (Research), IE Market Research Tel: +1 604 327 4367 e-mail: info@iemarketresearch.com WWW: http://www.iemarketresearch.com

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