Ethiopia - Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Ethiopia still practices a monopoly in almost all areas of its telecoms sector. Market penetration is still very low, but major efforts to roll out a national fibre backbone and wireless access networks have resulted in an acceleration of growth in all market segments. Further massive investments into fixed, mobile and Internet services, totalling US$4 billion, are planned for the five years to 2012. The government is intent on eventually privatising the national operator, ETC, and introducing competition in mobile and Internet services. This report provides an overview of the telecommunications sector in Ethiopia, a profile of ETC, key statistics, and scenario forecasts for the years 2010 and 2015.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Overview of Ethiopia’s telecom market
  
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.1.1 Ethiopian Telecommunications Agency (ETA)
      
  • 4.2 Telecom service licences
    
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
    
  • 4.4 Privatisation of ETC
    
• 5. Fixed network operator
  
  • 5.1 Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation
    
    • 5.1.1 Fixed-line statistics
      
    • 5.1.2 Fixed-line infrastructure
      
    • 5.1.3 Rural area networks
      
    • 5.1.4 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
    • 5.1.5 Telephone traffic
      
    • 5.1.6 Leased lines, data services
      
    • 5.1.7 VSAT
      
    • 5.1.8 National backbone network
      
    • 5.1.9 Next Generation Network (NGN)
      
    • 5.1.10 International infrastructure
      
    • 5.1.11 US$4 billion network development plan 2007-2012
      
• 6. Internet and Broadband market
  
  • 6.1 Overview
    
  • 6.2 Internet statistics
    
  • 6.3 National connectivity
    
  • 6.4 Internet access locations
    
  • 6.5 ISP market
    
    • 6.5.1 EthioNet
      
  • 6.6 Broadband market
    
    • 6.6.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
      
    • 6.6.2 WiMAX
      
    • 6.6.3 Broadband via satellite
      
  • 6.7 Wholesale
    
• 7. Mobile communications
  
  • 7.1 Overview of Ethiopia’s mobile market
    
    • 7.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 7.2 Mobile technologies
    
    • 7.2.1 3G
      
  • 7.3 Major mobile operator
    
    • 7.3.1 Ethio-Mobile
      
  • 7.4 Mobile data services
    
  • 7.5 Mobile voice services
    
    • 7.5.1 Satellite mobile
      
• 8. Forecasts
  
  • 8.1 Forecasts – fixed-line services to 2015
    
  • 8.2 Forecasts – Internet users to 2015
    
  • 8.3 Forecasts – mobile subscribers to 2015
    
  • 8.4 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 9. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 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 – ETC revenue and profit – 2006 - 2008
• Table 8 – Fixed-lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2008
• Table 9 – Domestic and international telephone traffic – 1994 - 2005
• Table 10 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2008
• Table 11 – Internet subscribers – 1997 - 2006
• Table 12 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 - 2008
• Table 13 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 14 – Forecast Internet users – 2010; 2015
• Table 15 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015