2007 Africa - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview

• Key Statistics
• Market and Industry Overviews
• Regulatory environment and structural reform
• Major Players (fixed and mobile)
• Infrastructure development;
• Fixed and mobile voice and data markets
• Internet, including broadband development
• Internet telephony (VoIP)
• Convergence of telecommunications, digital media and broadcasting
• Analyses of key developments shaping the future of telecommunications in Africa

1. TELECOMS, MOBILE AND BROADBAND OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS 2007

1.1 Telecom market overview

1.2 Key developments

1.2.1 Deregulation and privatisation

1.2.2 Infrastructure developments

1.2.3 Mobile mergers & acquisitions - a bubble?

1.2.4 Internet and broadband market

2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

2.1 Overview of Africa’s telecom market

2.1.1 The wireless explosion

2.1.2 The beginning of a fixed-line renaissance

2.1.3 Internet and broadband market

2.2 Foreign investments in telecommunications

2.2.1 The Chinese vendors - Huawei and ZTE

3. REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

3.1 WTO members

3.2 National ICT policies

3.3 Regulatory authorities

3.3.1 Regulatory associations

3.4 Market liberalisation

3.4.1 Converged licensing regimes

3.5 Privatisation

3.6 Universal access

4. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

4.1 Overview

4.2 Domestic infrastructure

4.2.1 Pan African Telecommunications Network (PANAFTEL)

4.2.2 Comtel

4.2.3 East African Community digital transmission project

4.2.4 Intelecom II

4.2.5 Utilities

4.2.6 Eastern Africa Backhaul System (EABs)

4.3 International infrastructure

4.3.1 Satellite networks

4.3.2 Submarine cable networks

5. MAJOR FIXED NETWORK OPERATORS IN AFRICA

5.1 Operating environment

5.1.1 Deregulation and privatisation

5.1.2 Mobile operations

5.2 Major African-based players

5.2.1 Econet Wireless Group

5.2.2 MTN Group Limited

5.2.3 Orascom Telecom Holding

5.2.4 Telkom South Africa Ltd

5.2.5 Vodacom Group

5.3 Major off-shore players

5.3.1 Celtel International

5.3.2 Etisalat

5.3.3 France Telecom/Orange

5.3.4 Millicom International Cellular (MIC)

6. DATA MARKET

6.1 Traffic growth limited by infrastructure

6.2 VSAT networks - an instant infrastructure solution for Africa

6.3 Availability of advanced data services

7. BROADBAND AND INTERNET MARKET

7.1 Overview of Africa’s Internet market

7.1.1 Internet statistics

7.2 African Internet developments

7.2.1 Barriers to Internet development

7.2.2 Internet access locations

7.2.3 African Internet projects sponsored by international agencies

7.2.4 Internet connectivity

7.2.5 African Internet exchange points

7.2.6 African Network Information Center (AfriNIC)

7.3 Africa’s ISP market

7.3.1 Africa’s largest ISP - Africa Online

7.3.2 Internet Solutions (IS)

7.3.3 Average cost of Internet access accounts

7.3.4 Payment models for dial-up Internet access

7.3.5 Email-only services

7.3.6 African ISP Association (AfrISPA)

7.4 VoIP telephony

7.4.1 VoIP cost savings

7.4.2 VoIP regulatory restrictions

7.5 Broadband market

7.5.1 An emerging market

7.5.2 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

7.5.3 Wireless broadband

7.5.4 Powerline Communication (PLC)

7.5.5 Internet via satellite

8. VOIP TELEPHONY IN AFRICA

8.1 Market overview

8.2 Benefits of VoIP

8.3 Brief overview of selected VoIP service providers in Africa

8.3.1 ITXC, Teleglobe, VSNL

8.3.2 iBasis

8.3.3 Net2Phone

8.3.4 VocalTec

8.3.5 IP Planet

8.4 VoIP peering

8.5 VoIP regulatory restrictions and liberalisation

8.6 VoIP telephony in selected African countries

8.6.1 Algeria

8.6.2 Angola

8.6.3 Benin

8.6.4 Botswana

8.6.5 Burkina Faso

8.6.6 Chad

8.6.7 Cote d’Ivoire

8.6.8 Democratic Republic of Congo

8.6.9 Egypt

8.6.10 Ethiopia

8.6.11 Gabon

8.6.12 Gambia

8.6.13 Ghana

8.6.14 Kenya

8.6.15 Lesotho

8.6.16 Madagascar

8.6.17 Malawi

8.6.18 Mali

8.6.19 Mauritius

8.6.20 Morocco

8.6.21 Nigeria

8.6.22 Rwanda

8.6.23 Senegal

8.6.24 South Africa

8.6.25 Sudan

8.6.26 Tanzania

8.6.27 Uganda

8.6.28 Zambia

8.6.29 Zimbabwe

9. DIGITAL MEDIA AND CONVERGENCE

9.1 IP and NGNs in Africa

9.1.1 Developments in various African markets

9.2 VoIP telephony

9.2.1 Market overview

9.3 WiMAX

9.3.1 Developments in various African markets

9.4 Overview of broadcasting market

9.4.1 Problems facing the broadcasting industry

9.4.2 Free-to-air TV

9.4.3 Pay TV

9.4.4 Satellite coverage

9.4.5 Digital TV (DTV)

9.4.6 High Definition Television (HDTV)

9.4.7 Interactive TV (iTV)

9.4.8 Broadband TV, triple play

9.4.9 Personal Video Recorders (PVR)

9.4.10 Mobile TV

10. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

10.1 Analysis of Africa’s mobile market

10.1.1 The impact of mobile phones in Africa

10.1.2 Statistical analysis

10.1.3 More mobiles than fixed lines

10.1.4 Average Revenue per User (ARPU)

10.1.5 Churn

10.2 Mobile technologies

10.2.1 Analogue

10.2.2 Digital

10.2.3 Third Generation mobile (3G)

10.3 Fixed-mobile convergence

10.3.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

10.3.2 Converged licensing regimes

10.4 Pan-African mobile operators

10.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

10.6 Mobile voice services

10.6.1 Prepaid cards

10.6.2 Community phones

10.7 Mobile data services

10.7.1 Overview

10.7.2 Short Message Service (SMS)

10.7.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

10.7.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

10.7.5 EDGE

10.7.6 3G

10.7.7 Evolution Data-Only (EV-DO)

10.8 Mobile banking

10.9 Satellite mobile

10.9.1 Globalstar

10.9.2 Inmarsat

10.9.3 Iridium

10.9.4 Thuraya

11. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Ethiopia - one of the poorest countries going IP

Exhibit 2 - An analysis of Egypt’s third mobile licence valuation

Exhibit 3 - African countries with independent regulators - 2007

Exhibit 4 - Telkom SA major subsidiaries and associates - March 2006

Exhibit 5 - Major Vodacom Group companies - March 2004

Exhibit 6 - Vodacom International subsidiaries - March 2006

Exhibit 7 - Etisalat International subsidiaries - 2006

Exhibit 8 - Countries providing advanced data services - 2007

Exhibit 9 - Countries with more than one mobile network operator - 2007

List of Tables

Table 1 - Telkom South Africa ADSL, dial-up and satellite Internet subscribers - 2003 - 2007

Table 2 - Morocco Internet subscribers, ADSL subscribers - 2004 - 2007

Table 3 - MTN aggregate subscribers - 1998 - 2006

Table 4 - MTN subscribers by region and country - 2004 - 2006

Table 5 - MTN revenue - 2000 - 2006

Table 6 - MTN revenue by service and annual change - 2006

Table 7 - MTN operations - market share and ARPU by region and country - 2006

Table 8 - MTN South Africa operating statistics - 2000 - 2006

Table 9 - Orascom GSM subscribers, annual change and market share by country - 2006

Table 10 - Orascom revenue - 1999 - 2006

Table 11 - Orascom GSM ARPU and annual change by country - 2006

Table 12 - Telkom SA fixed-line statistics - pre and postpaid, ISDN and payphones - 1997 - 2006

Table 13 - Telkom SA fixed-line traffic - 2006

Table 14 - Telkom SA data communication services - 2006

Table 15 - Telkom SA revenue - 1996 - 2006

Table 16 - Telkom SA percentage of revenue by service and annual change - 2006

Table 17 - Vodacom Group subscribers and percent prepaid - 1996 - 2006

Table 18 - Vodacom Group statistics - subscribers, market share and ARPU by country - March 2006

Table 19 - Vodacom Group revenue - 1999 - 2006

Table 20 -Vodacom Group percentage of revenue by service and annual change - 2006

Table 21 - Vodacom Group percentage of revenue by country and annual change - 2006

Table 22 - Vodacom International revenue by country - 2002 - 2006

Table 23 - Vodacom International customers by country - 2002 - 2006

Table 24 - Celtel operating statistics by country - 2006

Table 25 - Orange operations statistics in Africa - subscribers & annual growth - September 2006

Table 26 - Millicom African operating statistics - subscribers & annual increase by country - 2006

Table 27 - Top five African Internet user markets - 2006

Table 28 - Internet users in Africa - 1995 - 2006

Table 29 - Telkom South Africa ADSL, dial-up and satellite Internet subscribers - 2003 - 2007

Table 30 - Morocco Internet subscribers, ADSL subscribers - 2004 - 2007

Table 31 - Naspers pay TV subscribers in Africa - 2004 - 2007

Table 32 - Top 10 countries by annual growth in mobile subscribers - 2006

Table 33 - African mobile subscribers, annual growth and penetration - 1998 - 2006

Table 34 - Top 10 African countries by mobile subscribers - 2006