African Telecoms and Internet Markets – Part 1: West Africa

CONTENTS FOR PART 1

Contents

Introduction

West Africa – An overview of data and significant trends

IP-TV – Will the pioneers get the arrows or the land?

West African mobile calling rates – Inter-operator comparisons

Country Profiles
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

Appendix A: West Africa – Mobile rate data gathering methodology

Appendix B: West Africa – Mobile rates and comparisons

Appendix C: Comparative regional data in spreadsheet (2003 and 2007)

List of charts, tables and maps

Charts

Chart 1: Growth of mobile subscribers in Burkina Faso

Chart 2: Growth of fixed and mobile subscribers in Cote d’Ivoire (1997-2006)

Chart 3: Mobile market by number of subscribers in Cote d’Ivoire (1998-2006)

Chart 4: Growth and market share of Internet subscribers in Cote d’Ivoire (1998-2004)

Chart 5: Mobile operator market share in Ghana (December 2006)

Chart 6: Growth of mobile market in Ghana by operator (March 2005-December 2006)

Chart 7: Mobile operators percentage market share in Guinea (Q4, 2006)

Chart 8: Liberia’s LTC – revenues and withdrawals

Chart 9: Growth of mobile subscribers in Liberia (2003-2006)

Chart 10: Change in the number of fixed lines in Mauritania (2001-2004)

Chart 11: Growth in mobile subscribers in Mauritania (2001-2004)

Chart 12: Growth of mobile players by subscribers in Niger (2002-2006)

Chart 13: Market share by operator in Niger (2007)

Chart 14: Mobile market share in Nigeria (2007)

Chart 15: Growth of Nigerian GSM market (July 1998-2005)

Chart 16: The Galaxy Backbone Network Architecture (Nigeria)

Chart 17: Fixed vs Mobile Growth in Nigeria (2001-2006)

Chart 18: Lower Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) in Nigeria (2001-2006)

Chart 19: PC usage in Nigeria (2001-2007)

Chart 20: Amount willing to pay for home Internet access in Nigeria

Chart 21: Growth of fixed line subscribers in Senegal (2000-2006)

Chart 22 : Growth of total mobile subscribers and market share in Senegal (2000-2006)

Chart 23 : Growth of Internet subscribers in Senegal (2000-2006)

Chart 24 : Growth of ADSL subscribers in Senegal (2003-2006)

Chart 25: Mobile operators market share in percentages in Sierra Leone (Q4, 2006)

Chart 26: Growth of GSM market in Sierra Leone (2000-2005)

Chart 27: Fixed line subscribers in Togo (2000-2005)

Chart 28: Growth of mobile subscribers by market share in Togo (2000-May 2007)

Tables

Table 1: Calls to Washington DC (per minute), 2007

Table 2: Number of mobile operators per country in West Africa (2007)

Table 3: Mobile operators in West Africa by ownership (2007)

Table 4: Key market leaders in West Africa (2007)

Table 5: Mobile off peak rate comparisons in West Africa (2007)

Table 6: Mobile peak rate comparisons in West Africa (2007)

Table 7: Onatel’s regional expansion plans (2005-2008)

Table 8: Cost of ISDN, leased line, national and international circuits in Cape Verde(1999-2004)

Table 9: Dial-up and DSL costs in Cote d’Ivoire (2007)

Table 10: Internet set-up costs and monthly access charges in Gambia (2007)

Table 11: Technologies deployed by mobile operators in Ghana

Table 12: Guiné Telecom Internet tariffs (2007)

Table 13 : Eguitel Communications Internet tariffs (2007)

Table 14: Liberia - fixed Teledensity 1990-2006

Table 15: Liberia – Selected Internet access charges

Table 16: Nigeria’s top 10 Internet Markets – By population

Table 17 : Fixed phone rates in Senegal (2007)

Table 18 : Fixed line international tariffs in Senegal (2007)

Table 19 : Changes in broadband pricing in Senegal in FCFA (2003 – 2006)

Table 20: Growth in Café Informatique’s international VoIP minutes in Togo (2003-2005)

Maps

Each country profile has a full page map showing population centres, transmission routes and mobile coverage.

Map 1: Onatel’s national backbone network

Map 2: Moov Togo’s coverage map

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