Angola - Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Angola is the second-largest producer of oil in sub-Saharan Africa, and the recent rise of oil prices has led to continuous GDP growth of around 20% for the past three years. With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment has multiplied and the mobile market has soared. Competition was also introduced in the underdeveloped fixed-line market and several 3G wireless technologies and WiMAX networks are being rolled out. Growth in the Internet sector is being held back by monopolistic pricing of international bandwidth, but this is expected to change with the arrival of new fibre optic submarine cables reaching the country from 2009. Privatisation of Angola Telecom, which is currently implementing a US$500 million national fibre optic backbone, and the licensing of a third mobile operator is also expected in the not too distant future. This report includes an overview and analysis of Angola’s telecom market, key statistics, profiles of major players, and scenario forecasts for the fixed-line, Internet and mobile sectors to 2010 and 2015.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Angola’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Historic background
    
  • 4.2 Basic Telecommunications Law 2001
    
  • 4.3 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.3.1 Angola Institute of Communications (INACOM)
      
  • 4.4 Universal Service Fund
    
  • 4.5 Interconnection
    
  • 4.6 Telecom sector liberalisation in Angola
    
• 5. Fixed-line statistics
  
• 6. Fixed network operators in Angola
  
  • 6.1 Angola Telecom
    
    • 6.1.1 Privatisation
      
    • 6.1.2 Fixed-line infrastructure
      
    • 6.1.3 Wireless local loop
      
  • 6.2 Fixed-wireless operators
    
    • 6.2.1 Mercury Telecom (MS Telcom)
      
    • 6.2.2 Telesel/Nexus
      
    • 6.2.3 Mundo Startel
      
    • 6.2.4 Wezacom
      
• 7. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 7.1 National backbone network
    
  • 7.2 International infrastructure
    
    • 7.2.1 Submarine cable networks
      
    • 7.2.2 Domestic satellite network
      
• 8. Internet market
  
  • 8.1 A difficult beginning in war times
    
  • 8.2 Internet statistics
    
  • 8.3 Public telecentres and cybercafes
    
  • 8.4 Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
    
  • 8.5 Angola’s ISP market
    
    • 8.5.1 Nexus
      
    • 8.5.2 Angola Communication Systems (ACS)
      
    • 8.5.3 MoviNet
      
    • 8.5.4 Snet
      
    • 8.5.5 Multitel
      
    • 8.5.6 Maxnet
      
• 9. Broadband market
  
  • 9.1 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
    
  • 9.2 Wireless broadband
    
• 10. Convergence
  
  • 10.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony
    
  • 10.2 Broadband over Cable TV (CATV)
    
  • 10.3 Proposed e-government policy
    
• 11. Mobile communications
  
  • 11.1 Overview of Angola’s mobile market
    
    • 11.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 11.2 Major mobile operators
    
    • 11.2.1 Angola Telecom (Movicel)
      
    • 11.2.2 Unitel
      
  • 11.3 Mobile voice services
    
    • 11.3.1 Satellite mobile
      
  • 11.4 Mobile data services
    
• 12. Forecasts
  
  • 12.1 Forecast fixed-line market to 2015
    
  • 12.2 Forecast Internet users to 2015
    
  • 12.3 Forecasts mobile market to 2015
    
  • 12.4 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 13. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – December 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1996 - 2008
• Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2008
• Table 9 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – December 2008
• Table 10 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2008
• Table 11 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 12 – Forecast Internet users – 2010; 2015
• Table 13 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015