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This 4-page paper describes what telecommunications supplier Tessco would encounter should it decide to enter the South African market. Topics covered include competition, geo-political atmosphere and Porter's economic analysis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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addition to distributing antennas, transmission lines, powers and other infrastructure products to build and repair wireless communications based sites, the company provides cell phone batteries, speakers, and network test/maintenance equipment
(Hoovers Business Profiles, 2003). Based on potential opening markets in South Africa, the company is making moves to establish a presence in
that nation. This paper will focus on the benefits and threats that might await Tessco-South Africa. South Africa was once considered
"the jewel of African telecommunications," but today, its reputation is not quite as strong (Anonymous, 2002, p. 14). Although the countrys wireless sector is strong (with three cellular service providers)
the main challenges appear to be the fixed-line or land-line markets (Anonymous, 2002). According to experts, the countrys liberalization strategy -- namely, attempting to privatize government-owned telecommunications companies -- has
not been realized (Anonymous, 2002). However as mentioned before, this is on the fixed-line side. On the wireless side, Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) and Vodacom are becoming quite strong
throughout the continent (Anonymous, 2002). However, licensing the third provider, Cell C, took way too long as "allegations of favoritism, and nepotism and outright corruption dogged licensing procedure, as a
bitter court battle broke out between Cell C and its rival, Nextcom" (Anonymous, 2002, p. 15). But now that Cell C is ensconced in the nation, the company
says it plans to invest millions of dollars in its network during the next six years (Anonymous, 2002) -- something that would provide a good opportunity for Tessco. In
fact, there is plenty of opportunity for Tessco to help these wireless companies build a solid infrastructure -- between privatize businesses, and the state-own telecommunications company Telkom, it is estimated
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