Belarus - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts

Synopsis

This report provides an overview of Belarus’ telecom market, accompanied by numerous insightful statistics, profiles of services providers and significant coverage of market and regulatory developments. Fixed-line services are offered by monopoly operator Beltelecom, which has investing in modernising and deploying network infrastructure. Steady growth in the country’s developing fixed-line market has been outstripped by the mobile market’s rapid rise, with mobile penetration surpassing that of fixed lines. Three GSM and one CDMA operator offer services with EDGE and CDMA 1x EV-DO data services available, the latter of which is being marketed as a fixed line alternative in Belarus’ broadband market, which is currently served by ADSL, cable and WiFi broadband platforms.

1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Telecommunications market
- 3.1 Overview of Belarus’ telecom market
4. Regulatory environment
- 4.1 History
- 4.2 Regulatory authority
  - 4.2.1 Ministry of Communications and Informatization (MCI)
- 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Belarus
  - 4.3.1 Privatisation
  - 4.3.2 Interconnection
  - 4.3.3 Access
5. Fixed network operator in Belarus
- 5.1 Beltelecom
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 6.1 National telecom network
- 6.2 International infrastructure
- 6.3 Infrastructure developments
- 6.4 Telecoms & IT
7. Internet market
- 7.1 Overview
  - 7.1.1 Belarus’ emerging Internet economy
  - 7.1.2 Government programs
  - 7.1.3 Internet statistics
- 7.2 Internet access locations
8. Broadband market
- 8.1 Overview
  - 8.1.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  - 8.1.2 Cable modems
  - 8.1.3 Wireless broadband
9. Convergence
- 9.1 Overview of broadcasting market
- 9.2 Digital TV
  - 9.2.1 Broadband TV (IPTV)
  - 9.2.2 Cable TV
  - 9.2.3 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
10. Mobile communications
- 10.1 Overview of Belarus’ mobile market
  - 10.1.1 Mobile statistics
- 10.2 Regulatory issues
  - 10.2.1 First GSM licence awarded
  - 10.2.2 Second GSM licence awarded
  - 10.2.3 Third GSM licence awarded
  - 10.2.4 CDMA licence awarded
  - 10.2.5 Radio frequency usage fees introduced
  - 10.2.6 3G licence
- 10.3 Mobile technologies
  - 10.3.1 Analogue
  - 10.3.2 Digital - GSM
  - 10.3.3 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
  - 10.3.4 Third generation mobile
- 10.4 Major mobile operators
  - 10.4.1 Belcel / Diallog
  - 10.4.2 Mobile Digital Communications (MDC) / Velcom
  - 10.4.3 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
  - 10.4.4 BeST / life :)
- 10.5 Mobile data services
  - 10.5.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
  - 10.5.2 GPRS, WAP and MMS
  - 10.5.3 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
  - 10.5.4 Mobile broadband
- 10.6 Mobile content and applications
11. Forecasts – Fixed broadband market to 2019
- 11.1 Scenario 1 – higher fixed broadband subscriber growth
- 11.2 Scenario 2 – lower fixed broadband subscriber growth
- 11.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
12. Related reports

Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2009
Table 4 – Internet subscriber statistics – 2009
Table 5 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2009
Table 6 – Mobile statistics – March 2009
Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
Table 8 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 - 2009
Table 9 – Internet users, subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2009
Table 10 – Internet users by age group – March 2009
Table 11 – Internet users by monthly income – March 2009
Table 12 – Broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2003 - 2009
Table 13 – ADSL subscribers – 2003 - 2008
Table 14 – Broadcaster population coverage – January 2009
Table 15 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – March 2009
Table 16 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 - 2009
Table 17 – MDC revenue, EBITDA and operating income – 2007 - 2008
Table 18 – MDC postpaid, prepaid and blended ARPU – 2007 - 2008
Table 19 – MDC monthly minutes of use (MOU) – 2007 - 2008
Table 20 – MDC prepaid users – 2007 - 2008
Table 21 – Total mobile broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2006 - 2010
Table 22 – Forecast fixed broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2019
Table 23 – Forecast fixed broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2019