Budde Comm

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For a small island nation, Fiji has a reliable and efficient telecom system with access to the Southern Cross cable that links New Zealand, Australia and North America. Fiji’s telecom industry has been made up primarily of three major monopolies, which were all protected through exclusivity licences until 2014, up until the new regulatory changes announced in November 2007, when the interim government passed a New Telecommunications Bill that fully deregulated the country’s telecommunication sector. Telecom Fiji Ltd had the exclusive licence to provide domestic voice and data services; Vodafone Fiji Ltd has been the sole provider of mobile services; and Fiji International Telecommunications Ltd (FINTEL) had the monopoly on the supply of international voice and data services. By July 2007, Paclink’s WiMAX installation had seen FINTEL claim 68% of its Phase 1 target market. In February 2008, according to local press reports, Digicel Fiji Limited was awarded a licence to provide mobile services in competition with Vodafone Fiji.

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Fiji’s telecom market
    
  • 3.2 Fijian telco workers flock to New Zealand – January 2008
    
  • 3.3 New ICT taskforce appointed
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Interim government announces de-regulation of Fiji’s telecommunication system
    
  • 4.2 Commerce Minister sets deadline for new licences
    
  • 4.3 Fiji prepares for new telecoms competition
    
  • 4.4 Digicel awarded mobile licence in Fiji
    
  • 4.5 Price cuts in voice mobile and Internet charges
    
  • 4.6 Events leading up to deregulation
    
    • 4.6.1 Deregulation talks in mid 2007
      
    • 4.6.2 Vodafone challenge against new mobile operator
      
    • 4.6.3 Background to Vodafone challenge
      
  • 4.7 Developments in 2005
    
    • 4.7.1 Ruling by Commerce Commission for reduced rates
      
• 5. Fixed network operators in Fiji
  
  • 5.1 Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Ltd (ATH)
    
    • 5.1.1 ATH acquires ownership in Vodafone Fiji from Telecom Fiji
      
    • 5.1.2 Financial results for 2008
      
    • 5.1.3 Financial results for 2006
      
    • 5.1.4 Telecom Fiji Ltd (TFL)
      
    • 5.1.5 Challenges faced by TFL
      
    • 5.1.6 Fiji International Telecommunications Ltd (FINTEL)
      
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
    • 6.1.1 Fixed line infrastructure improvements
      
    • 6.1.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
    • 6.1.3 Fixed wireless access system
      
    • 6.1.4 VSAT project
      
    • 6.1.5 New telephone network for Ministry of Health
      
  • 6.2 Next Generation Network (NGN) developments
    
    • 6.2.1 Overview
      
    • 6.2.2 ATH to undergo major infrastructure upgrade
      
    • 6.2.3 University of the South Pacific connects to AARNet
      
  • 6.3 International infrastructure
    
• 7. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  
• 8. Broadband and Internet market
  
  • 8.1 Internet market
    
    • 8.1.1 Internet statistics
      
    • 8.1.2 Internet access locations
      
  • 8.2 Broadband market
    
    • 8.2.1 Fixed wireless broadband services
      
    • 8.2.2 ADSL fixed broadband services
      
    • 8.2.3 Wireless broadband network
      
    • 8.2.4 WiMAX rollout for FINTEL
      
    • 8.2.5 Connect Broadband for SMEs
      
• 9. Mobile communications
  
  • 9.1 Overview of Fiji’s mobile market
    
    • 9.1.1 Third Generation mobile (3G)
      
  • 9.2 Major mobile operators
    
    • 9.2.1 Vodafone Fiji Ltd
      
    • 9.2.2 Other (potential) operators
      
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2005
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2007
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – Mar 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2006
• Table 8 – Internet users and annual change – 1996 - 2007
• Table 9 – Broadband subscribers – 2004 - 2007
• Table 10 – Broadband subscribers – mid 2008
• Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and annual change – 1995 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – TFL – product & marketing strategy – market segmentation

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