Tajikistan - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics

Synopsis

Tajikistan’s telecommunications network is arguably the least developed of all the countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union. With a telecom network that was near total collapse, the government has started the daunting task of bringing it to modern standards. A gradual process of liberalisation is under way and a number of private operators have been allowed to enter the telecom market since 1996, notably in the mobile and Internet sectors. Privatisation of state-owned fixed-line operator, Tajiktelecom, was planned. Despite exponential growth in the mobile sector, total fixed-line and mobile teledensity was estimated at barely 10% in early 2006. Mobile growth was continuing to move ahead; after the subscriber base more than doubled in 2007, it was continuing to expand at an annual rate of more than 50% in 2008/2009. This report looks at the overall state of telecommunications in Tajikistan and provides a selection of pertinent market statistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Tajikistan’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Tajikistan Law on Electrical Communication
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA)
      
  • 4.3 Privatisation of Tajiktelecom
    
  • 4.4 Liberalisation
    
• 5. Fixed network operators
  
  • 5.1 Tajiktelecom
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National and international
    
  • 6.2 Infrastructure developments
    
    • 6.2.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
      
• 7. Internet market
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
  • 7.2 Censorship
    
• 8. Mobile communications
  
  • 8.1 Overview of Tajikistan’s mobile market
    
    • 8.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 8.2 Mobile technologies
    
    • 8.2.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile
      
  • 8.3 Major mobile operators
    
    • 8.3.1 Babilon Mobile
      
    • 8.3.2 Indigo Tajikistan
      
    • 8.3.3 Somoncom
      
    • 8.3.4 Tacom
      
    • 8.3.5 TK Mobile
      
    • 8.3.6 TT Mobile
      
• 9. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics - 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2008
• Table 8 – Internet users – 1999 - 2008
• Table 9 – Internet subscribers (fixed) – 1999 - 2008
• Table 10 – Mobile subscribers and annual change – 1996 - 2009
• Table 11 – Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual change – 2008
• Table 12 – Mobile operators – market share – 2008
• Table 13 – 3G mobile subscribers by operator – 2008