Angola - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Angola’s fourth Unified Global licensee expected to launch services within 18 months

Angola’s telecom sector has showed consistent recovery following the end of a decades-long civil war in 2002. Political stability has encouraged foreign investment while the government and regulator have started the process of opening up the telecom sector to new competitors. The mobile market remained a duopoly between Unitel and Movicel for many years: although Angola Telecom had a share in the market it did not launch LTE services until mid-2018. There has been slow progress in LTE network development, with only about 12% of the country covered by network infrastructure by early 2019. A new unified licensing regime introduced in late 2017 has allowed for two additional licensees to operator across all sectors. One of these licenses is expected to be awarded in early 2019, after some delay. Angola Telecom is also in the process of being part-privatised, with the government aiming to sell a 45% interest in the company.

The government has aimed to develop telecom infrastructure in a bid to diversify the country’s economy and lessen its dependence on offshore crude oil production, which accounts for almost all exports and up to 80% of tax revenue. By extending and upgrading telecom networks the government expects businesses to become more efficient and for e-commerce to become a more prominent feature of economic growth. In addition, networks will facilitate rural access to education and health care. However, there is much progress to be made if the country is to improve the business climate and attract investors.

Competition has been introduced in the underdeveloped fixed-line market but launch delays and consolidation among the newly licensed players have led to a duopoly in this sector as well, between Angola Telecom and Mercury Telecom. After three years of loss-making operations, Telecom Namibia pulled out of its investment in fixed-wireless operator Mundo Startel, citing regulatory obstacles. The market is expected to undergo considerable change into 2019 following the expected launch of services from the fourth Unified Global licensee and the improved competition offered across all sectors.

Key developments:

Government makes progress on Angola Telecom restructure plans, aims to retain a 45% stake;
Telstar is awarded a fourth Universal Services Licence;
Angosat-2 satellite expected to be ready in 2021;
M-commerce services to be launched later in 2019;
Regulator to issue a fourth Unified Global licence;
INFOSI aiming to connect an additional 160,000 people to free Wi-Fi;
Regulator cracks down on informal SIM card sales;
Regulator auctions 800MHz spectrum;
Unitel trials 450Mb/s LTE-A technology and VoLTE services;
Angola Cables signs MoU with South Africa's Broadband Infraco;
Multitel migrates network from WiMAX to TD-LTE;
Report updates include the regulator's market data for 2017, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Angola Telecom, Movicel/MoviNet, Unitel, Mercury Telecom (MS Telecom), Telesel, Nexus, Mundo Startel (Telecom Namibia) , Wezacom, Main One, Angola Cable, Angola Communication Systems (ACS), Snet, Multitel, Maxnet, Net One, Internet Technologies Group (ITG), TV Cabo (Visabeira), Portugal Telecom.

Table of Contents

Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market

Historical overview
Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Basic Telecommunications Law 2001
Regulatory authority
Universal Service Fund
Universal licences
Interconnection
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Foreign ownership

Fixed network operators

Angola Telecom

Company restructure

Mercury Telecom (MS Telcom)

National backbone network

Telesel/Nexus
Mundo Startel
Wezacom

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
International infrastructure

Satellite
Submarine cable networks

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview
Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – fixed broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Internet Exchange Points (IXP)
Fixed-line broadband technologies

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Digital economy

E-government

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General Statistics
Mobile broadband
Regulatory issues
Roaming

Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Mobile infrastructure

LTE (4G)
3G

Major mobile operators

Movicel (Angola Telecom)
Unitel

Mobile content and applications

m-payments

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List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Angola – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Fixed-line telecom market share by operator – 2016 – 2017
Table 3 – Telecom market revenue in Angola – 2011 – 2016
Table 4 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Angola - 2000-2009
Table 5 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Angola – 2010 – 2018
Table 6 – International bandwidth – 2000 – 2016
Table 7 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate in Angola – 1999 – 2009
Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate in Angola – 2010 – 2022
Table 9 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration in Angola – 2006 – 2018
Table 10 – Forecast fixed broadband subscribers in Angola – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 11 – DSL broadband subscribers in Angola – 2011 – 2018
Table 12 – Fibre broadband subscribers– 2012 – 2018
Table 13 – Satellite broadband subscribers in Angola – 2011 – 2018
Table 14 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate in Angola – 1999 – 2009
Table 15 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate in Angola – 2010 – 2018
Table 16 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009- 2018
Table 17 – Forecast mobile subscribers in Angola – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 18 – Movicel mobile subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Table 19 – Unitel mobile subscribers – 2014 – 2017

List of Charts

Chart 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Angola – 2000 – 2018
Chart 8 – Internet users and penetration rate in Angola – 2005 – 2022
Chart 9 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration in Angola – 2006 – 2018
Chart 10 – Mobile subscribers in Angola – 2005 – 2018
Chart 11 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009- 2018

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Last updated 16 Apr 2019
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Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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