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 Uganda - Broadband and Internet Market, Convergence and Forecasts
Synopsis
Uganda was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to gain full Internet connectivity. Being landlocked, the country depended entirely on satellites for its international connectivity until 2009 when several international submarine fibre optic cables landed on the African east coast. Uganda is now connected via a national fibre backbone extending to its borders, implemented by Uganda Telecom and MTN Uganda. By 2010, prices for international bandwidth had plummeted to a fraction of their original cost. In parallel, wireless technologies such as WiMAX and 3G mobile services have brought the Internet within reach of a much wider part of the population than the limited fixed-line DSL services ever have. These improvements in infrastructure will revolutionise the market by making broadband access more affordable and enabling converged voice, data and video/entertainment services.
Last Update: 27 Sep 2010 Number of Pages: 12
Single User: USD $170.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Uganda - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-line Telecoms Overviews and Forecasts
Synopsis
Once referred to as the Pearl of Africa, then devastated by civil war, peace and economic reforms have transformed Uganda into one of the fastest and most consistently growing economies on the continent. The entry of MTN as the second national operator to compete with Uganda Telecom in all telecom services, including fixed lines and a total of five mobile networks has revolutionised the sector. At around 30%, total teledensity is still below the African average, and all market segments are experiencing strong growth. A simplified and converged licensing regime has significantly reduced barriers to market entry and increased competition, but this has also led to price wars.
Fixed-line and DSL penetration is low but has seen a renaissance recently on the back of wireless local loop (WLL) rollouts, prepaid services and an increasing demand for broadband access. The cost of international bandwidth has been reduced dramatically following the landing of the first international submarine fibre optic cables on the African east coast in 2009/10 to which landlocked Uganda is now connected via a national fibre backbone extending to its borders with neighbouring countries. On the access network level, 3% of fixed lines are using fibre for the last mile.
Revenues in Uganda's telecom sector reached UGS1.2 trillion (US$560 million) in 2009, generating tax revenues of UGS183 billion. With GDP growth forecast to remain in the range between 6 and 8% per annum until at least 2015, growth prospects for the sector are excellent.
Last Update: 27 Sep 2010 Number of Pages: 15
Single User: USD $155.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Uganda - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics and Forecasts
Synopsis
The introduction of mobile telephony has revolutionised Uganda's telecommunications industry since Celtel (now Zain/Bharti) launched the first network in 1995, followed by MTN in 1998, Uganda Telecom in 2001, Warid Telecom in 2008 and HiTS Telecom, in which France Telecom's mobile unit Orange bought a majority stake in 2009. The intensified competition has led to an unsustainable price war which has accelerated subscriber growth but also the fall of average revenue per user. However, with market penetration still well below the African average, hundreds of millions of US dollars are being invested into new infrastructure. At the same time, the operators are trying to find ways of generating additional revenue streams. Mobile data and 3G broadband services as well as mobile money transfer and m-banking services are at the forefront of this development in a country where less than 20% of the population currently has Internet access or holds bank accounts.
Last Update: 27 Sep 2010 Number of Pages: 18
Single User: USD $210.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
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