Algeria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Algeria’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE, 5G).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- October 2019 (18th Edition)

Executive Summary

Algeria primed to have commercial 5G services in 2020

Algeria has a steadily developing telecom infrastructure with growth encouraged by sympathetic regulatory measures and by government policies aimed at delivering serviceable internet connections across the country. Fixed-line penetration was in decline for a number of years before the trend was reversed in 2015, with the momentum for growth supported by fixed-wireless connections based on LTE which had been introduced in 2014. This was short-lived, however, with subscribers since 2016 migrating from fixed-wireless to mobile LTE services.

Nevertheless, government-funded efforts, including the Universal Service Telecommunications (UTS) program, are continuing to ensure that fixed-line infrastructure is extended to underserved areas and thus the slow growth in the number of fixed-telephony connections should be maintained during the next few years.

Mobile penetration is growing steadily despite the tardiness of the regulator to licence 3G and LTE services. Licence obligations will ensure that LTE services will be extended rapidly in coming years in a bid to secure national internet coverage by the 2022 target.

Intensifying price competition between the three MNOs – Mobilis, Djezzy and Ooredoo Algeria – together with increases in taxes on voice and data services, have had a negative effect on operator revenue. A new roaming agreement with Tunisia will place further pressure on revenue. The MNOs have responded by investing in upgrades to LTE infrastructure, while Mobilis has also trialled 5G and is expected to launch commercial services in 2020.

For many years the development of Algeria’s fixed-line broadband market was hampered by the limited reach of the fixed-line network. This created an environment which encouraged alternative operators to invest in fixed-wireless accesses, though since late 2016 mobile LTE has taken over from fixed-wireless as a platform. In common with other markets in the region, mobile connections account for the vast majority of internet accesses.

This report contains an overview of Algeria’s fixed-line telephony market, including a review of national and international network infrastructure. The report also covers the fixed and fixed-wireless broadband market, providing key statistics, profiles of the major players, and subscriber forecasts to 2024. In addition, the report reviews the mobile market, providing analyses on operator strategies and their operating and financial performance, as well as an assessment of recent spectrum licensing.

Key developments:

Mobilis expecting to launch 5G services in 2020;
LTE subscriber base increased 82% in 2018, year-on-year;
VEON’s increases stake in GTH to 98.2%;
Huawei opens smartphone assembly plant in Algeria;
Regulator allows network operators to extend LTE services to additional provinces;
Algeria and Tunisia agree to end roaming charges for travellers;
ATS select Hughes’s JUPITER System to provide satellite broadband services;
Djezzy Telecom trials smart agriculture concept;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data update for 2018, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q2 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market data developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Algérie Télécom (Mobilis), Optimum Telecom Algérie (Djezzy), Wataniya Telecom (Nedjema, Ooredoo), Djaweb, EEPAD, Swan Informatique, IcosNet, Smart link Communication

Henry Lancaster
October 2019

Table of Contents

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Historical overview
Market analysis
Regional Africa Market Comparison

TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband
Fixed and mobile broadband

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Law of 2000
Regulatory authority
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Universal Service Telecommunications (UTS)
Interconnection
Access

Fixed network operators

Algérie Télécom

Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
National backbone network
Domestic satellite network
Next Generation Networks (NGN)

Lacom (CAT, defunct)

Telecommunications infrastructure

National infrastructure

Algérie Télécom
AETC
CITA

International infrastructure

Submarine cables

Smart infrastructure

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Broadband statistics

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre
Other fixed broadband services

Wireless broadband

Digital economy

E-learning
E-health
E-government
E-payments

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Registration of subscriber details
Interconnection
Licensing
Roaming

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
GSM
GSM-R
Other infrastructure developments

Major mobile operators

Algerie Telecom (Mobilis)
Optimum Telecom Algerie (Djezzy)
Ooredoo Algeria

Mobile content and services

M-payments
Mobile handsets

Appendix – Historic data

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Algeria – 2019 (e)
Table 2 – Telephony market revenue by service (DZD) – 2009 – 2017
Table 3 – Decline in the number of WLL lines – 2008 – 2017
Table 4 – Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2024
Table 5 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2009 - 2017
Table 6 – Increase in national fibre network length – 2012 – 2018
Table 7 – International bandwidth – 2008 – 2018
Table 8 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Table 9 – Fixed-line broadband connections by data rate – 2017 – 2018
Table 10 – DSL broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Table 11 – WiMAX broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Table 12 – Fixed-wireless (LTE) broadband subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Table 13 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2024
Table 14 – Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Table 15 – Proportion of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 16 – Development of mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2009 – 2018
Table 17 – Mobile broadband subscribers by platform – 2010 - 2018
Table 18 – Change in the market share of subscribers by platform – 2014 – 2018
Table 19 – Mobile ARPU – 2009 – 2017
Table 20 – Development of SMS traffic – 2011 – 2019
Table 21 – Change in the number of 3G and LTE mobile broadband subscribers – 2014 - 2018
Table 22 – Change in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2014 – 2024
Table 23 – Mobile termination rates by operator – 2013 – 2016
Table 24 – LTE subscribers by operator –2017
Table 25 – 3G subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2017
Table 26 – 3G subscriber market share by operator – 2013 – 2017
Table 27 – GSM subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2017
Table 28 – GSM subscriber market share by operator – 2013 – 2017
Table 29 – Mobilis subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 30 – Djezzy subscribers – 2002 – 2019
Table 31 – Djezzy financial data (DZD) – 2008 – 2019
Table 32 – Djezzy financial data (USD) – 2013 – 2019
Table 33 – Djezzy blended ARPU – 2012 – 2019
Table 34 – Ooredoo financial data (QAR) – 2009 – 2019
Table 35 – Change in Ooredoo’s mobile ARPU by segment – 2009 – 2019
Table 36 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo’s mobile subscribers by segment – 2005 – 2019
Table 37 – Decline in the number of Ooredoo’s wireless broadband subscriber base – 2014 – 2019
Table 38 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2009
Table 39 – Fixed-line and mobile traffic – 2012 – 2015
Table 40 – Fixed-line traffic per line per month – 2008 – 2015
Table 41 – Historic - Fixed lines in service by type – 2001 - 2009
Table 42 – Telephony market revenue by service (DZD) – 2000 – 2009
Table 43 – Historic - Telephony market revenue by service ($) – 2000 – 2016
Table 44 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 – 2015
Table 45 – Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2003 – 2009
Table 46 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 – 2009
Table 47 – Historic - Mobile ARPU – 2002 – 2009

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telephony market revenue by service (DZD) – 2009 – 2017
Chart 2 – Overall Africa view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita – 2018
Chart 3 – North Africa - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita – 2018
Chart 4 – Africa – Top-tier Telecoms Maturity Index (Market Leaders) – 2018
Chart 5 – North Africa –Telecoms Maturity Index by country – 2018
Chart 6 – North Africa mobile subscriber penetration versus mobile broadband penetration – 2018
Chart 7 – North Africa fixed and mobile penetration rates – 2018
Chart 8 – Decline in the number of WLL lines – 2008 – 2017
Chart 9 – Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2009 – 2024
Chart 10 – Increase in national fibre network length – 2012 – 2018
Chart 11 – Increase in international bandwidth – 2008 – 2018
Chart 12 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Chart 13 –DSL broadband subscribers and penetration – 2003 – 2018
Chart 14 – WiMAX broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Chart 15 – Fixed-wireless (LTE) broadband subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Chart 16 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
Chart 17 – Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Chart 18 – Change in the proportion of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Chart 19 – Development of mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2009 – 2018
Chart 20 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by platform – 2010 – 2018
Chart 21 – Change in the market share of subscribers by platform – 2014 – 2018
Chart 22 – Change in mobile ARPU – 2009 – 2017
Chart 23 – Development of SMS traffic – 2011 – 2019
Chart 24 – Change in the number of 3G and LTE mobile broadband subscribers – 2014 - 2018
Chart 25 – Change in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2014 - 2024
Chart 26 – Change in the number of 3G subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2017
Chart 27 – Change in the 3G subscriber market share by operator – 2013 – 2017
Chart 28 – Change in the number of GSM subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2017
Chart 29 – Change in the GSM subscriber market share by operator – 2013 – 2017
Chart 30 – Growth in the number of Mobilis’s subscriber base – 2009 – 2018
Chart 31 – Change in the number of Djezzy’s mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Chart 32 – Decline in Djezzy’s financial data (DZD) – 2008 – 2019
Chart 33 – Decline in Djezzy’s financial data (US $) – 2013 – 2019
Chart 34 – Decline in Djezzy’s blended ARPU – 2012 – 2019
Chart 35 – Ooredoo financial data (QAR) – 2009 – 2019
Chart 36 – Change in Ooredoo’s mobile ARPU by segment – 2009 – 2019
Chart 37 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo’s mobile subscriber base – 2010 – 2019
Chart 38 – Decline in the number of Ooredoo’s wireless broadband subscriber base – 2014 – 2019

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – North Africa - Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Country

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Algeria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Algeria primed to have commercial 5G services in 2020

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Broadband market

Digital economy

Mobile communications

Appendix – Historic data