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Sizing Digital Markets in Bangladesh Nash Islam CEO Director Friday, January 11, 2013

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Page 1: Sizing digital markets in Bangladesh

Sizing  Digital  Markets    in  Bangladesh  

Nash  Islam  CEO  

 Director  

 Friday,  January  11,  2013  

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Source:  h;p://www.investorwords.com/6576/market_size.html  

Market  Size    

the  number  of  buyers  &  sellers  in  a  parMcular  market  

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Market  Size  is  ESSENTIAL  in  your  business  pitch  

 It  defines  the  potenAal  of  your  business  opportunity  

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Market  Sizing  is  soC  science  and  it  can  be  hard,  parAcularly  with  

lack  of  research  

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Online  Market  in  Bangladesh  

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Bangladesh  Internet  Subscribers  July  2012  

Category   Subscribers  

Mobile  Internet   27.8  million  

ISP  +  PSTN    1.2  million  

WiMax    400k  

TOTAL   29.4  million  

Source:  Bangladesh  TelecommunicaMon  Regulatory  Commission  (Jul  2012)  

Mobile  accounts  for  94%  of  Bangladesh’s  internet  subscripMons  

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EsMmated  desktop  internet  users  in  Bangladesh  

8  million  

Source:  h;p://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-­‐details.php?nid=241836  

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Source:  BCG,  2010  

20  million  Projected  growth  in  desktop  

internet  users  by  2020  

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Facebook  users  in  Bangladesh  

3.35  million  

Source:  h;p://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-­‐staMsMcs/bangladesh  

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of  visitors  to  top  Bangladeshi  websites  are  from  other  countries  

52%  

Source:  G&R  Ad  Network  (Nov  2012)  

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Mobile  Market  in  Bangladesh  

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Bangladesh  Mobile  Phone  Subscribers  October  2012  

Operators   AcAve  Subscribers  Grameenphone   40.7  million  

Banglalink   26.6  million  Robi   21.1  million  Airtel      6.9  million  CityCell      1.6  million  Teletalk      1.4  million  TOTAL   98.3  million  

Source:  Bangladesh  TelecommunicaMon  Regulatory  Commission  (Oct  2012)  

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Source:  Business  Monitor  InternaMonal  (Q4  2012),  US  Census  Bureau  (Nov  2012)    &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Mobile  PenetraAon    in  Bangladesh:  

63%  

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Source:  Business  Monitor  InternaMonal  (Q4  2012)    &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Bangladesh  added  more  than  

50,000  new  mobile  subscripMons  every  day  in  the  first  six  

months  of  2012  

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Influences  on  mobile  user  behavior  

Source:  UNESCO,  as  cited  in  Infosaid  (May  2012)  &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Adult  literacy  rate    in  Bangladesh  

56%  

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Source:  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Bangla  characters  are    not  supported    

on  most  handsets  

Influences  on  mobile  user  behavior  

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Source:  Nielsen  Media  &  Demographics  Survey  2011,  as  cited  in  Infosaid  (May  2012)  &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Bangladeshi  mobile  subscribers  sent  just  1  SMS  per  month  in  2011  

That’s  400  Ames  fewer  than  the  Filipino  average  

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Radio  Access  is  Mostly  Mobile  

of  Bangladesh’s  radio  listeners  use  a    

mobile  phone    to  access  radio  programming  

73%  of  Bangladesh’s  radio  

listeners  use  a    radio  set  

 to  access  to  radio  programming  

34%  VS  

Source:  Nielsen  Media  &  Demographics  Survey  2011,  as  cited  in  Infosaid  (May  2012)  &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

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Mobile  Internet  Market  in  Bangladesh  

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of  mobile  subscribers  have  data  access  

28%  

Source:  Bangladesh  TelecommunicaMon  Regulatory  Commission  (Oct  2012)  

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Source:  Ericsson,  as  cited  in  Daily  Star  (May  2012)  &  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

amongst  Urban  subscribers  

58%  amongst  Rural  subscribers  

39%  

Awareness  of  mobile  internet  in  Bangladesh  remains  relaMvely  low  

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Source:  G&R  ad  network,  Nov  2012  

of  mobile  visitors  to  Bangladeshi  sites  used  the  Opera  Mini  browser  

71%  

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Mobile  Web  Pla\orm  Overview  for  Bangladesh  

Pla\orm   Pros   Cons  

Mobile  Web  

•  Largest  reach,  works  across  most  devices  

•  Large  community  of  web  developers  

•  Not  as  powerful  as  naMve  applicaMon  plaiorms  

Android  

•  Most  powerful  plaiorm  for  development.  Lots  of  tools  

•  Strong  distribuMon  via  Play  store  

•  Android  adopMon  sMll  relaMvely  low  in  Bangladesh  

Java  ME  •  Works  on  feature  phones  •  Greater  reach  than  Android  

or  Symbian  

•  DistribuMon  problemaMc  as  no  popular  app  stores  

Symbian  •  NaMve  app  plaiorm  with  

greater  reach  than  Android  •  Ovi  Store  for  distribuMon  

•  Nokia  phones  with  Ovi  are  decreasing  in  popularity  relaMve  to  Android  

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Source:  We  Are  Social  (Nov  2012)  

Don’t  forget  about  Aming  

 Is  now  the  moment  that  market  

opportunity,  distribuMon,  demand  &  other  factors  all  coincide  so  your  

business  can  be  successful?  

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Thank  You  &  Good  Luck!  

Please  feel  free  to  get  in  touch  

[email protected]   [email protected]  

Can’t  wait  to  see  the  great  businesses  you  all  create  J