2006 - African Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data Markets: Industry Report

2006 - African Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data Markets

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
Published: March 2006
Product Code: R170-688

Description

Africa is the world’s second largest continent after Asia, with a total surface area of 30 million square kilometres. The continent consists of 55 countries and territories housing some 840 million people. The social and economic conditions range from poverty to affluence, South Africa being among the most affluent and handling much of the trade for the whole of the southern region.

Many African governments have realised the importance of telecommunications and the fact that private investment is the way forward. Alternative technologies such as satellite, wireless and cellular are now making the task of connecting Africa far easier than it has been with the traditional cable-based services, and growth rates have been phenomenal.

Despite some remarkable changes across the continent over the past ten years, overall teledensities are still low, with the rollout of fixed lines by incumbent operators barely inching forward in most countries, while the uptake of mobile telephony moves rapidly past it. The same can be said of data communications - wireless data services are becoming operational and will similarly usurp fixed-line infrastructure. These trends threaten to undermine Africa’s Public Telecom Operators (PTOs), especially as they are privatised and their valuation comes under the spotlight. As a result, some have opted for protective strategies. Threatened by the growth of mobile, they have been awarded mobile licences, and with recent growth in the Internet sector, many have established Internet divisions. Regulatory issues, such as interconnection and carrier pre-selection, have also impeded the entrance of fixed-line competitors.

Many countries are undergoing sectoral reform and foreign investment is now being actively encouraged across the continent as privatisation and liberalisation are progressively being introduced. More than one-third of all state telcos have already privatised and several more are set to undergo privatisation in the near future. Some of the biggest markets on the continent, including Nigeria and Kenya, have privatisation of their national telcos on the agenda for 2006.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is finally starting to take off in Africa following steady improvements in Internet bandwidth and the growing number of VoIP service providers entering the market. International IP telephony wholesalers have seen a huge surge in voice traffic to and from Africa in the past five years. Through their interconnection capabilities, they enable African operators to quickly gain access to an international network, new revenue and very competitive outbound rates. Several countries have liberalised VoIP, opening up opportunities for many smaller service providers, including South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Tanzania, with many others set to follow in their footsteps.

Several large cable and satellite projects, notably WASC/SAT3/SAFE, Comtel and Rascom have been developed with the goal of meeting the rising needs of the African market for international bandwidth and reducing the continent’s dependence on European traffic hubs. New terrestrial links between some African countries are also being built or existing ones modernised.

This annual report offers a wealth of information on the Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data markets, covering:

Key Statistics
Regulatory issues and government policies
Deregulation and privatisation
National telecom networks
International infrastructure
VSAT networks
Datacomms Infrastructure
Leased Lines, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, DSL
Public and value-added data services
Brief overviews on all of the major telecommunications carriers and service providers in 32 african countries

Table of Contents

1. OVERVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE, FIXED VOICE AND DATA MARKETS: 1.1 Overview of the telecom market; 1.2 Overview of the telecommunications infrastructure; 1.3 Overview of the data market
2. ALGERIA: 2.1 Overview of the telecom market in Algeria; 2.2 Fixed network operator in Algeria; 2.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
3. ANGOLA: 3.1 Overview of the telecom market in Angola; 3.2 Fixed network operator in Angola; 3.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
4. BENIN: 4.1 Overview of the telecom market in Benin; 4.2 Fixed network operator in Benin; 4.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
5. BOTSWANA: 5.1 Overview of the telecom market in Botswana; 5.2 Fixed network operator in Botswana; 5.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 5.4 Data market
6. BURKINA FASO: 6.1 Overview of the telecom market in Burkina Faso; 6.2 Fixed network operator; 6.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
7. CAMEROON: 7.1 Overview of the telecom market in Cameroon; 7.2 Fixed network operators in Cameroon; 7.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 7.4 Data market
8. CHAD: 8.1 Overview of the telecom market in Chad; 8.2 Fixed network operator in Chad; 8.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
9. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: 9.1 Overview of the telecom market in Côte d’Ivoire; 9.2 Fixed network operator in Côte d’Ivoire; 9.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
10. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 10.1 Overview of the telecom market in DRC; 10.2 Fixed network operator; 10.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
11. EGYPT: 11.1 Overview of the telecom market in Egypt; 11.2 Fixed network operators in Egypt; 11.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 11.4 Fixed voice market; 11.5 Data market
12. ETHIOPIA: 12.1 Overview of the telecom market in Ethiopia; 12.2 Fixed network operator in Ethiopia; 12.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 12.4 Data market
13. GAMBIA: 13.1 Overview of the telecom market in Gambia; 13.2 Fixed network operator in Gambia; 13.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
14. GHANA: 14.1 Overview of the telecom market in Ghana; 14.2 Fixed network operators in Ghana; 14.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 14.4 Data market
15. KENYA: 15.1 Overview of the telecom market in Kenya; 15.2 Fixed network operator in Kenya; 15.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 15.4 Data market
16. LESOTHO: 16.1 Overview of the telecom market in Lesotho; 16.2 Fixed network operator in Lesotho; 16.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
17. LIBYA: 17.1 Overview of the telecom market in Libya; 17.2 Fixed network operator; 17.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
18. MADAGASCAR: 18.1 Overview of the telecom market in Madagascar; 18.2 Fixed network operator in Madagascar; 18.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 18.4 Data market
19. MALAWI: 19.1 Overview of the telecom market in Malawi; 19.2 Fixed network operator in Malawi; 19.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
20. MAURITIUS: 20.1 Overview of the telecom market in Mauritius; 20.2 Fixed network operators in Mauritius; 20.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 20.4 Data market
21. MOROCCO: 21.1 Overview of the telecom market in Morocco; 21.2 Fixed network operator in Morocco; 21.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
22. MOZAMBIQUE: 22.1 Overview of the telecom market in Mozambique; 22.2 Fixed network operator in Mozambique; 22.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 22.4 Data market
23. NAMIBIA: 23.1 Overview of the telecom market in Namibia; 23.2 Fixed network operator in Namibia; 23.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 23.4 Data market
24. NIGERIA: 24.1 Overview of the telecom market in Nigeria; 24.2 Fixed network operators in Nigeria; 24.3 Private fixed wireless operators; 24.4 Telecommunications infrastructure; 24.5 Data market
25. SENEGAL: 25.1 Overview of the telecom market in Senegal; 25.2 Fixed network operator in Senegal; 25.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 25.4 Fixed-line market forecast to 2015
26. SOUTH AFRICA: 26.1 Overview of the telecom market in South Africa; 26.2 Fixed network operator; 26.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 26.4 Data market
27. SUDAN: 27.1 Overview of the telecom market in Sudan; 27.2 Fixed network operators in Sudan; 27.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
28. SWAZILAND: 28.1 Overview of the telecom market in Swaziland; 28.2 Fixed network operator in Swaziland; 28.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 28.4 Data communications
29. TANZANIA: 29.1 Overview of the telecom market in Tanzania; 29.2 Fixed network operators in Tanzania; 29.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 29.4 Data market
30. TUNISIA: 30.1 Overview of the telecom market in Tunisia; 30.2 Fixed network operator in Tunisia; 30.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 30.4 Data market
31. UGANDA: 31.1 Overview of the telecom market in Uganda; 31.2 Fixed network operators in Uganda; 31.3 Data market
32. ZAMBIA: 32.1 Overview of the telecom market in Zambia; 32.2 Fixed network operator in Zambia; 32.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
33. ZIMBABWE: 33.1 Overview of the telecom market in Zimbabwe; 33.2 Fixed network operators in Zimbabwe; 33.3 Telecommunications infrastructure; 33.4 Data communications
34. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
List of Exhibits & Tables: Exhibit 1 - South Africa’s ‘Big Bang’ liberalisation 2005; Exhibit 2 - Ethiopia - one of the poorest countries going IP; Exhibit 3 - Countries providing advanced data services - 2005; Exhibit 4 - National and regional fibre networks in Egypt; Exhibit 5 - Eskom’s licence dispute; Exhibit 6 - SNO update - January 2006; Exhibit 7 - Transtel’s communications network; Exhibit 8 - Advanced telecom technologies for rural communities; Exhibit 9 - Tunisia’s new strategy to promote the Information Society 2005; Exhibit 10 - VSAT users in Uganda; Table 1 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Algeria - 1995 - 2004; Table 2 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Angola - 1996 - 2005; Table 3 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Benin - 1995 - 2004; Table 4 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Botswana - 1995 - 2005; Table 5 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Burkina Faso - 1995 - 2004; Table 6 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Cameroon - 1995 - 2004; Table 7 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Chad - 1995 - 2004; Table 8 - Fixed lines in service, teledensity - 1995 - 2004; and ISDN subscribers - 1999-2003 - in Côte d’Ivoire; Table 9 - Fixed telephone lines and teledensity in Democratic Republic of Congo - 1995 - 2004; Table 10 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Egypt - 1995 - 2005; Table 11 - Public payphones in Egypt - 2002 - 2005; Table 12 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Ethiopia - 1995 - 2005; Table 13 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Gambia - 1995 - 2004; Table 14 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Ghana - 1995 - 2005; Table 15 - Fixed lines in service and annual change in Kenya - 1995 - 2005; Table 16 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Lesotho - 1995 - 2004; Table 17 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Libya - 1995 - 2004; Table 18 - Fixed-lines and teledensity - 1995 - 2004; subscribers, public payphones and revenue 1998 - 2004 in Madagascar; Table 19 - Fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscriber forecast inMadagascar - 2005; 2010; 2015; Table 20 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Malawi - 1995 - 2004; Table 21 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Mauritius - 1995 - 2005; Table 22 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Morocco - 1994 - 2005; Table 23 - Fixed lines in service in Mozambique - 1995 - 2004; Table 24 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Namibia - 1995 - 2005; Table 25 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Nigeria - 1995 - 2005; Table 26 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Senegal - 1995 - 2004; Table 27 - Fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscriber forecast in Senegal - 2005; 2010; 2015; Table 28 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in South Africa - 1999 - 2005; Table 29 - Telkom SA’s fixed line data revenue and annual growth in South Africa - 2002 - 2005; Table 30 - Telkom SA ISDN channels - 2000 - 2005; Table 31 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Sudan - 1994 - 2004; Table 32 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Swaziland - 1995 - 2004; Table 33 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Tanzania - 1995 - 2004; Table 34 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Tunisia - 1995 - 2005; Table 35 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Uganda - 1995 - 2005; Table 36 - Total data uplink and downlink capacity in Uganda - 1998 - 2004; Table 37 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Zambia - 1995 - 2004; Table 38 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Zimbabwe - 1995 - 2004

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