2007 Central Asian - Telecoms Statistics and Market Overview: Industry Report

2007 Central Asian - Telecoms Statistics and Market Overview

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
Published: August 2007
Product Code: R170-891

Description

This market report covers eight countries in the Central Asia sub-region. It takes an overall look at the various telecoms markets, together with a particular look at the telecom statistics which describe the market in each of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The nations of Central Asia, following the winning of independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, were characteristically suffering from poor and inadequate infrastructure. Their respective telecom networks were in particularly bad condition at the time, in some cases on the verge of total collapse. The process of building and rebuilding crumbling telecom infrastructures has been a long and difficult one. Fixed-line penetration remains low across the sub-region, with no country having more than 20% fixed teledensity. More critically, a large proportion of these networks are yet to be fully converted to or replaced by digital equipment. Of course, the ability to address the need for infrastructure is closely linked to the economic prosperity of a country; whilst none of these countries is classed as a Least Developed Country, the majority have had major economic challenges to address.

The state of the fixed-line networks made it inevitable that mobile services would be seen by the governments and operators alike as the way to provide much needed communications and essentially offer a quick solution to ‘filling the gap’. It still took time for the momentum to develop, but over the last few years it has finally started to happen. Right across the sub-region, mobile markets have been booming; Kazakhstan, the most highly penetrated mobile market in Central Asia (49%), has been through a major growth surge and was continuing to grow at more than 30% per annum coming into 2007. At the other end of the scale is the lowly penetrated Tajikistan (5%), whose subscriber numbers have jumped sharply, growing by almost 150% in 2006.

One of the major challenges for these markets has been to introduce the much-needed regulatory reforms and to generally open the respective markets up to competition. Considerable progress has been made right across the sub-region on the regulatory reform front, although inevitably some countries are dong better than others. Kyrgyzstan, for example, was one the fastest of the CIS to liberalise its economy and was the first Central Asian Republic to join the WTO in 1998. Turkmenistan, while steadily rebuilding its economy, has prompted questions to be raised about governance matters. Tajikistan, which has also finally made some economic progress, suffers from the illegal drug trade and the resulting corruption within government.

Table of Contents

1. FORECASTS

1.1 Fixed-line market forecasts

1.1.1 Notes on scenario forecasts

1.1.2 Azerbaijan forecasts - fixed-line services

1.1.3 Georgia forecasts - fixed-line services

1.1.4 Kazakhstan forecasts - fixed-line services

1.1.5 Uzbekistan forecasts - fixed-line services

2. ARMENIA

2.1 Telecommunications market

2.1.1 Overview of Armenia’s telecom market

2.2 Fixed network operators in Armenia

2.2.1 Armenia Telephone Company (ArmenTel)

2.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

2.3.1 Local and national

2.3.2 International

3. AZERBAIJAN

3.1 Telecommunications market

3.1.1 Overview of Azerbaijan’s telecom market

3.2 Fixed network operators in Azerbaijan

3.2.1 Aztelekom

3.2.2 AzEuroTel

3.2.3 Terracom Inc (Fire Telecom) - EurAsiaCom

3.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

3.3.1 National telecom network

3.3.2 International infrastructure

4. GEORGIA

4.1 Telecommunications market

4.1.1 Overview of Georgia’s telecom market

4.2 Fixed network operators in Georgia

4.2.1 Akhali Kselebi Ltd (NewNet Telecommunications)

4.2.2 Egrisi

4.2.3 Sakartvelos Elektrokavshiri (United Telecom of Georgia)

4.2.4 Sakartvelos Telekomi (Telecom Georgia)

4.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

4.3.1 National telecom network

4.3.2 International infrastructure

5. KAZAKHSTAN

5.1 Telecommunications market

5.1.1 Overview of Kazakhstan’s telecom market

5.2 Fixed network operators in Kazakhstan

5.2.1 Astel

5.2.2 Ducat (formerly Kazintel)

5.2.3 Kazakhtelecom

5.2.4 KazInformTelecom (KIT)

5.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

5.3.1 National telecom network

5.3.2 International infrastructure

6. KYRGYZSTAN

6.1 Telecommunications market

6.1.1 Overview of Kyrgyzstan’s telecoms market

6.1.2 Government projects

6.2 Fixed network operators in Kyrgyzstan

6.2.1 Kyrgyztelecom

6.2.2 Others

6.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

6.3.1 National telecom network

6.3.2 International infrastructure

7. TAJIKISTAN

7.1 Telecommunications market

7.1.1 Overview of Tajikistan’s telecom market

7.2 Fixed network operator in Tajikistan

7.2.1 Tajiktelecom

7.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

7.3.1 National and international

7.3.2 Infrastructure developments

8. TURKMENISTAN

8.1 Telecommunications market

8.1.1 Overview of Turkmenistan’s telecom market

8.2 Telecommunications infrastructure

8.2.1 National and international

9. UZBEKISTAN

9.1 Telecommunications market

9.1.1 Overview of Uzbekistan’s telecom market

9.2 Fixed network operators in Uzbekistan

9.2.1 Uzbektelecom

9.2.2 Buzton

9.2.3 East Telecom

9.3 Telecommunications infrastructure

9.3.1 National telecom network

9.3.2 Satellite communications

10. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Sakartvelos Elektrokavshiri’s Tbilisi network infrastructure

Exhibit 2 - Kazakhtelecom’s modernisation program for telecommunications - 2004 - 2007

Exhibit 3 - Construction of the National Information Highway (NIH) backbone

List of Tables

Table 1 - Forecast fixed-line growth Azerbaijan - lower forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 2 - Forecast fixed-line growth Azerbaijan - upper forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 3 - Forecast fixed-line growth Georgia - lower forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 4 - Forecast fixed-line growth Georgia - upper forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 5 - Forecast fixed-line growth Kazakhstan - lower forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 6 - Forecast fixed-line growth Kazakhstan - upper forecast - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 7 - Forecast fixed-line growth Uzbekistan - low growth scenario - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 8 - Forecast fixed-line growth Uzbekistan - high growth scenario - 2006; 2010; 2015

Table 9 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Armenia - 2005

Table 10 - Telephone network statistics in Armenia - 2006

Table 11 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Armenia - 1991 - 2006

Table 12 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Azerbaijan - 2005

Table 13 - Telephone network statistics in Azerbaijan - 2006

Table 14 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Azerbaijan - 1995 - 2006

Table 15 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Georgia - 2005

Table 16 - Telephone network statistics in Georgia - 2006

Table 17 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Georgia - 1995 - 2006

Table 18 - Telephone network statistics in Kazakhstan - 2006

Table 19 - Kazakhtelecom urban and rural fixed-line subscribers - August 2006

Table 20 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Kazakhstan - 1995 - 2006

Table 21 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Kyrgyzstan - 2005

Table 22 - Telephone network statistics in Kyrgyzstan - 2006

Table 23 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Kyrgyzstan - 1991 - 2006

Table 24 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics in Tajikistan - 2005

Table 25 - Telephone network statistics in Tajikistan - 2006

Table 26 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Tajikistan - 1995 - 2006

Table 27 - Telephone network statistics in Turkmenistan - 2006

Table 28 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Turkmenistan - 1991 - 2006

Table 29 - Telephone network statistics in Uzbekistan - 2006

Table 30 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Uzbekistan - 1991 - 2006

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