African Telecoms and Internet Market’s Part 3: East Africa

Contents

Introduction

East Africa - An overview of data and significant trends

Comparisons of ICT up-take in Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion - Looking at the shape of the future

Africa’s incumbent telco privatisations - what opportunities exist at the bottom of the barrel?

Country Profiles

Burundi

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Mauritius

Mayotte

Reunion

Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia

Tanzania

Uganda

Other publications

About the authors

Consultancy services

Appendix A: Comparative regional data in spreadsheet (2004 and 2008)

List of charts, tables and maps

Charts

Chart 1: East Africa - Mobile subscribers by country (2008)

Chart 2: Mauritius - Percentage access to PC, Internet, mobile and Pay-TV in the home (2003-2008)

Chart 3: Madagascar - Percentage access to PC, Internet, mobile and Pay-TV in the home (2003-2008)

Chart 4: Reunion - Percentage access to PC, Internet, mobile and Pay-TV in the home (2003-2008)

Chart 5: Africa’s incumbents - Fixed and mobile subscribers

Chart 6: Burundi - Breakdown of mobile vs fixed subscribers (1999-2007)

Chart 8: Burundi - Growth of Africell subscribers (2000-2007)

Chart 9: Burundi - Growth of Econet subscribers (1999-2007)

Chart 10: Ethiopia - Growth of GSM market (1999-2008)

Chart 11: Ethiopia - Internet growth (2004-2008)

Chart 12: Kenya - Mobile subscribers (2007-2008)

Chart 13: Kenya - KIXP bandwidth (2007/2008)

Chart 14: Geographic distribution of Kenyan Internet subscribers by district

Chart 15: Kenya - Uplink and downlink capacity (2001/2002 - 2005-2006)

Chart 16: Reunion-Mayotte: Breakdown of mobile operators’ interconnection costs

Chart 17: Reunion - Technology adoption (2003-2008)

Chart 18: Reunion - Access to PC (2003-2008)

Chart 19: Reunion - Cost of Internet access (2004-2008)

Chart 20: Rwanda - Mobile vs Fixed growth (2002-2008)

Chart 21: Rwanda - Breakdown of Internet market share (September 2008)

Chart 22: Somalia - Growth of fixed lines (2003-2008)

Chart 23: Somalia - Mobile operator market shares

Chart 24: Uganda - Mobile telephony market shares

Chart 25: Uganda - Fixed telephony market shares

Chart 26: Uganda - Growth projections (2008/9-2010/11)

Tables

Table 1: East Africa - Mobile operators by country (2008)

Table 2: Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion: Internet, Mobile and Pay TV use in the home (2008)

Table 3: Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion - Frequency of PC use in the home

Table 4: Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion - Type of Internet connection

Table 5: Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion - Type of mobile payment

Table 6: African incumbent telco privatisations - what opportunities exist at the bottom of the barrel?

Table 7: Incumbents to be sold

Table 8: Burundi - Name and activities of Government ICT promotion agencies

Table 9: Comoros - Growth of mobile subscribers (2005-2008)

Table 10: Kenya - Breakdown of fixed wireline and fixed wireless subscribers

Table 11: Kenya - Breakdown of fixed voice traffic

Table 12: Kenya - Impact of mobile competition on tariffs

Table 13: Kenya - Breakdown of mobile traffic by category (Sept-Dec 2008)

Table 14: Kenya - Internet price comparisons (2008)

Table 15: Kenya - Comparative international wholesale bandwidth charges (2005-2007)

Table 16: Kenya - KIXP members

Table 17: Kenya - Broadband and CDMA Internet subscribers (2008)

Table 18: Kenya - Where Internet accessed (2007)

Table 19: Kenya - Growth in M-Pesa subscribers (2007-2009)

Table 20: Kenya - Growth in domain names

Tables 21A & 21B: Kenya - International gateway bandwidth (Mbps) (2008) and breakdown by user type

Table 22: Kenya - Number of planned Pasha Centres (2009-2011)

Table 23: Madagascar - Turnover of different sectors (2000-2007)

Table 24A: Madagascar - Breakdown of traffic types (Fixed) (Millions of minutes)

Table 24B: Madagascar - Breakdown of traffic types (Mobile) (Millions of minutes)

Table 25: Madagascar - Fixed lines in service (1999-2008)

Table 26: Madagascar - Growth of mobile subscribers (1999-2007)

Table 27: Madagascar - Growth of Internet subscribers (1999-2008)

Table 28: Mauritius - International Voice traffic estimates (million minutes) (2001-2007)

Table 29: Mauritius - Growth of fixed lines (2001-2008)

Table 30: Mauritius - Line rental costs and fixed call tariffs (2001-2008)

Table 31: Mauritius - Growth in mobile subscribers (2001-2008)

Table 32: Mauritius - Tariffs for local mobile calls - Prepaid package

Table 33A: Mauritius - Off-peak international voice tariffs (2001-2008)

Table 33B: Mauritius - Comparison of cheapest international voice tariffs (2001 vs 2008)

Table 34A: Mauritius - Comparisons of Dial-up Internet tariffs (2001-2008)

Table 34B: Mauritius - Comparisons of Broadband Internet tariffs (2001-2008)

Table 35: Mauritius - Growth of Internet subscribers (2001-2008)

Table 36: Mauritius - SAFE international capacity prices from 2006 ICTA determination

Table 37: Population densities in Reunion-Mayotte

Table 38: Mayotte - Dates 2G licences were issued

Table 39: Reunion - Percentage of pre and post paid subscribers

Table 40: Reunion - Types of mobile use beyond voice

Table 41: Rwanda - Level of Government access to telecommunications services by province

Table 43: Rwanda - MTN local call rates per minute and per second

Table 44: Rwanda - MTN broadband tariffs monthly

Table 45: Seychelles - Growth in the number of PCs and laptops (1998-2008)

Table 46: Seychelles - Growth of fixed lines (2003-2008)

Table 47: Seychelles - Growth of mobile subscribers (1998-2008)

Table 48: Seychelles - Intelvision VoIP charges

Table 49: Seychelles - Growth of Internet subscribers (1999-2009)

Table 50: Somalia - Number, type and geographic spread of operators

Table 51: Somalia - Fixed line operator market share

Table 52: Somalia - Mobile growth trend and geographic coverage

Table 53A: Tanzania - Fixed voice tariffs (2000-2006)

Table 53B: Tanzania - Mobile voice tariffs on-network (2000-2006)

Table 53C: Tanzania - Mobile voice tariffs off-network (2000-2006)

Table 53D: Tanzania - Mobile voice tariffs to fixed networks (2000-2006)

Table 54: Tanzania - Fixed line customers (2000-2008) TTCL vs Zantel

Table 55: Tanzania - Growth in mobile subscribers by operator (2000-2008)

Table 56: Tanzania - Monthly Internet price comparisons (2008)

Table 57: Tanzania - Where Internet accessed (2007)

Table 58: Tanzania - Licensing categories within the converged framework (2006)

Table 59: Uganda - GDP growth rates

Table 60: Uganda -Contribution of the ICT sector to GDP

Table 61: Uganda - VSAT and Leased Line Pricing for Internet Access

Maps

Map 1A: Countries connected to the EASSy project

Map 1B: TEAMS cable route

Map 2: Kenya: KDN’s existing and planned network

Map 3A: Antananarivo fibre backbone

Map 3B: Madagascar’s National Fibre Backbone

Map 4: Mayotte - Guet@li WiMAX coverage zones

Map 5: Reunion - DSL and WiMAX coverage

Map 6: Tanzania - Zain Coverage Map (September 2008)

Maps 7A & B: Tanzania - Extent of existing fibre and planned network

Map 8: Tanzania - Zain network backbone (2008)

Map 9: Uganda’s National Fibre Backbone

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

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