Bahrain - Telecoms, Mobile & Broadband

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Bahrain’s telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Background

4.2 Regulatory authority

4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Bahrain

4.3.1 First National Telecommunications Plan

4.3.2 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) licences

4.3.3 Second National Telecommunications Plan and planned measures

4.4 Interconnect

4.5 Access

4.5.1 Reference Access Offer (RAO)

4.6 Number portability

4.7 Privatisation

5. Fixed network operators in Bahrain

5.1 Overview

5.2 Bahrain telecommunications company (Batelco)

5.3 Alternative operators

5.3.1 Mena Telecom

5.3.2 Lightspeed Communications

5.3.3 Kalaam Telecom

5.3.4 2Connect

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom network

6.1.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

6.2 International infrastructure

6.2.1 Submarine cable networks

6.2.2 Satellite networks

6.2.3 Noorsat

7. Wholesaling

7.1 Overview

8. Broadband and Internet market

8.1 Internet market overview

8.1.1 Internet statistics

8.1.2 Bahrain’s ISP market

8.1.3 Internet Exchange

8.2 Internet economy

8.2.1 E-government

8.3 Broadband market overview

8.3.1 Broadband statistics

8.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

8.5 Wireless broadband

8.5.1 Mobile broadband

8.5.2 WiFi

8.5.3 WiMAX

8.5.4 Mobile broadband

8.5.5 Internet via satellite

9. Convergence

9.1 Overview of media convergence

9.2 VoIP

9.3 Triple play

10. Digital media

10.1 Satellite TV

11. Mobile communications

11.1 Overview of Bahrain’s mobile market

11.1.1 Mobile statistics

11.2 Regulatory issues

11.2.1 Second mobile licence

11.2.2 Third mobile licence

11.2.3 Prepaid subscriber registration

11.3 Mobile technologies

11.3.1 Analogue

11.3.2 Digital

11.3.3 Third Generation (3G)

11.4 Major mobile operators

11.4.1 Batelco

11.4.2 Zain Bahrain (formerly MTC Vodafone)

11.5 Mobile voice services

11.5.1 Prepaid

11.6 Mobile data services

11.6.1 Enhanced data for GSM evolution (EDGE)

11.6.2 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

11.6.3 BlackBerry

11.7 Mobile content

11.7.1 Batelco

11.7.2 Zain Bahrain

12. Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Bahrain - 2008

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2008

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2008

Table 4 - Broadband statistics - 2008

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2008

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Total telecommunications market revenue - 2003 - 2008

Table 8 - Telecommunications market revenue by sector - 2008

Table 9 - Fixed-line ARPU - 2007 - 2008

Table 10 - Batelco revenue and profit - Bahrain and other MENA - 2005 - 2008

Table 11 - Batelco revenue by division - 2005 - 2008

Table 12 - Batelco total group mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 13 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008

Table 14 - Internet users and penetration estimates - 1995 - 2008

Table 15 - Internet subscribers - 1999 - 2008

Table 16 - Dial-up Internet subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 17 - Broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 18 - Broadband subscribers by access method - 2004 - 2008

Table 19 - Market share of Internet and broadband by access method - 2004 - 2008

Table 20 - Broadband subscribers by access speed - 2007 - 2008

Table 21 - Business broadband subscribers by access method - 2004 - 2008

Table 22 - Broadband monthly ARPU - 2007 - 2008

Table 23 - Household fixed broadband penetration rate - 2007 - 2008

Table 24 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2008

Table 25 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - 2008

Table 26 - Mobile operators - total subscribers, 3G subscribers and market share - 2008

Table 27 - Mobile operators’ market share - 2004 - 2008

Table 28 - Mobile monthly ARPU - 2007 - 2008

Table 29 - Zain Bahrain: Revenue, ARPU - 2005 - 2009

Table 30 - Prepaid mobile subscribers - 1999 - 2008

Table 31 - Zain Bahrain prepaid subscribers - 2004 - 2009

Table 32 - Average monthly outgoing SMS per subscriber - 2007 - 2008

Table 33 - Mobile data subscribers by service - 2007