African Telecoms and Internet Markets: Part 2 – Central Africa

Introduction

Central Africa – An overview of data and significant trends

Chinese-supplied CDMA 2000 becomes hybrid convergence challenger for African operators

Mobile operator loyalty programmes – An idea whose time has come

Country Profiles

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo-Brazzaville

DRC

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Other publications

About the authors

Consultancy services

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

List of charts, tables and maps

Tables

Table 1: Central Africa – Mobile operators by country (2008)

Table 2: Share of CDMA 2000 contracts by vendor

Table 3: Breakdown of CDMA implementations by variant

Table 4: Summary of various operators offering various versions of CDMA (2005 and 2007)

Table 5: Morocco – Mobile market overview

Table 6: Senegal – Mobile market overview

Table 7: Loyalty programmes in selected mobile operators in Africa

Table 8: Cameroon – Fixed line subscriber growth (2000-2006)

Table 9: Cameroon – CAMTEL fixed line rates for international calls

Table 10: Cameroon – CT Phone call rates

Table 11: Cameroon – Growth in mobile subscribers by operator and overall

(2000-2007)

Table 12: Cameroon – Comparison of CAMTEL and Matrix Telecom Internet access charges

Table 13: Cameroon – CAMTEL’s Internet subscribers broken down by service delivery (2006-2008)

Table 14: Cameroon – Monthly Internet access charges for the five key players

Table 15: Cameroon – CT Phone Internet rates

Table 16: Cameroon – Selected useful web sites

Table 17: Cameroon – National backbone routes and technologies deployed by operators

Table 18: Cameroon – International bandwidth used by key players

Table 19: Chad – Telecommunications indicators (2001-2007)

Table 20: Chad – Cyber-café access prices at CNRA

Table 21: DRC – Breakdown of fixed and mobile subscribers by coverage (cities and provinces) and subscribers

Table 22: DRC – ISPs - Technologies deployed and number of provinces covered (2007)

Table 23: DRC – Telecom operators’ bandwidth usage (2007)

Table 24: ISPs bandwidth usage (2007)

Tablw 25: DRC – Projected telecom operators bandwidth needs

Table 26: DRC – ISPs projected bandwidth needs

Table 27: DRC – Projected public and private sector plus NGOs and diplomatic missions’ bandwidth needs

Table 28: Sao Tome and Principe – Fixed line growth (2004-2007)

Table 29: Sao Tome and Principe – CST’s involvement in its operations (2002-2007)

Table 30: Sao Tome and Principe – CST’s mobile subscribers (November 2004-2007)

Table 31: Sao Tome and Principe - CST’s mobile tariff’s

Table 32: Sao Tome and Principe – Breakdown of CST’s Internet broadband subscribers by capacity

Table 33: Sao Tome and Principe – CST’s broadband pricing by capacity

Charts

Chart 1: Central Africa – Mobile subscribers by country (2005 and 2008)

Chart 2: Central Africa – Internet subscribers by country (2005 and 2008)

Chart 3: Morocco – Post-paid subscribers

Chart 4: Senegal – Post-paid subscribers

Chart 5: Cameroon - CAMTEL fixed line subscribers (June 2002 – September 2006)

Chart 6: Cameroon – Growth of GSM Market (June 2000-September 2007)

Chart 7: Chad – Mobile subscriber growth (2001-2007)

Maps

Map 1: Equatorial Guinea – GETESA/Orange coverage map

Graphics

Graphic 1: Chad – 2nd phase CDMA architecture

Graphic 2: Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline fibre route

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