Belarus Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: October 2024

Report Pages: 136

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Belarus’s telcos affected by supply-side difficulties

The government of Belarus has successfully promoted the migration to an all-IP platform as part of a wider effort towards a digital transformation for the economy. In the process, the state-supported infrastructure operator beCloud has built an extensive fibre network which reaches all but the smallest settlements in the country. Belarus has the second highest fibre penetration rate in Europe, behind only Iceland. LTE coverage is almost universal, while considerable progress has also been made in developing 5G services.

On the down side, the country faces considerable political and economic turmoil, and telcos have had to invest in network infrastructure while managing a significant fall in the value of the local currency (particularly against the euro and the US dollar). The depreciation of the currency is expected to continue further into 2022, though at an uncertain rate. Telcos are separately affected by difficulties in securing supplies of equipment as a result of EU sanctions. In addition, Ukrainian mobile operators have stopped roaming with Belarusian networks.

Although the sector has been reformed, this has not yet resulted in the privatisation of the incumbent, despite the government being pressed to sell state enterprises in a bid to reduce overall debt. Revenue growth for Beltelecom is expected to come from the FttP sector, where much of the company’s capex is directed.

Key developments:

beCloud and MTS continue LTE network expansion; A1 Belarus preps for a standalone 5G service;
Regulator ends roaming charges with Eastern Partnership Initiative countries;
Government increases corporate income tax rate for telcos from 18% to 30%, effective to end-2022;
Government announces the country’s readiness to launch 5G-based services;
Report update includes regulator data to December 2021, operator data to Q2 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Beltelecom, Cosmos TV, Minsk TV, and Information Networks (MTIS), Teleradio, Belcel, A1 Belarus (MDC), MTS Belarus, BeST life:)

Key statistics
Regional Europe Market Comparison

Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI versus GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
Telecommunications market
Regulatory environment

Historic overview
Regulatory authority
Fixed-line developments

Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Interconnection
Access

Mobile network developments

Licensing
Radio frequency usage fees
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Mobile infrastructure

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

Major mobile operators

Belcel/Diallog
A1 Belarus
Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
BeST/life :)
MVNOs

Mobile content and applications

M-banking

Fixed-line broadband market

Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Fixed-line broadband technologies

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

Digital economy

E-commerce
E-government

Fixed network operators

Beltelecom
Alternative Digital Network (ADN)

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
beCloud
International infrastructure

Satellite

Smart infrastructure
Data centres

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Belarus – 2022 (e)
Table 2 – Total telecom revenue – 2012 – 2021
Table 3 – Telecom revenue by sector (BYN million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 4 – MTR's by operator (BYN / minute) – 2015 – 2022
Table 5 – Growth in the number of annual mobile numbers ported – 2012 – 2018
Table 6 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2027
Table 7 – Decline in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2021
Table 8 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 9 – Mobile coverage by technology – 2021
Table 10 – Development of A1 Belarus’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 11 – A1 Belarus postpaid, prepaid, and blended annualised ARPU (€ / month) – 2012 – 2022
Table 12 – Change in A1 Belarus’s annualised minutes of use (MOU) – 2012 – 2020
Table 13 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s prepaid subscribers (thousand) – 2012 – 2022
Table 14 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s mobile broadband subscribers, M2M connections – 2012 – 2021
Table 15 – Change in the number of MTS Belarus’s subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 16 – Development of MTS Belarus's financial data (BYN million) – 2014 – 2022
Table 17 – Development of MTS Belarus's financial data (RUB billion) – 2014 – 2022
Table 18 – Development of BeST's financial data (BYN million) – 2015 – 2022
Table 19 – BeST financial data (lira) – 2014 – 2022
Table 20 – BeST mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 21 – Fixed-line and mobile internet subscribers, penetration – 2012 – 2021
Table 22 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 23 – Ethernet lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Table 24 – Change in the number of cable broadband lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Table 25 – Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 26 – Change in the number of DSL broadband lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Table 27 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s fixed-line subscribers by type – 2016 – 2022
Table 28 – Fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 29 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 30 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2021
Table 31 – Historic - A1 Belarus financial data (€ million) – 2007 – 2011
Table 32 – Historic - A1 Belarus postpaid, prepaid, and blended annualised ARPU (€ / month) – 2007 – 2011
Table 33 – Historic - A1 Belarus monthly minutes of use (MOU) – 2007 – 2011
Table 34 – Historic - A1 Belarus prepaid users and share of total (thousand) – 2007 – 2011
Table 35 – Historic - Decline in SMS traffic – 2007 – 2011
Table 36 – Historic - Fixed-line and mobile internet subscribers, penetration – 2007 – 2011
Table 37 – Historic - Change in the number of MTS Belarus’s subscribers – 2009 – 2011
Table 38 – Historic - BeST mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2011
Table 39 – Historic - Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2009 – 2011
Table 40 – Historic - International internet bandwidth – 2009 – 2011

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders
Chart 2 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers
Chart 3 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents
Chart 4 – Europe - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 – Europe – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 – Scandinavia/Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 – Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 – Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Total telecom revenue – 2012 – 2021
Chart 11 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2012 – 2021
Chart 12 – Growth in the number of annual mobile numbers ported – 2012 – 2018
Chart 13 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2027
Chart 14 – Decline in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2021
Chart 15 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 16 – Development of A1 Belarus’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 17 – Change in A1 Belarus’s annualised minutes of use (MOU) – 2012 – 2020
Chart 18 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s total mobile and prepaid mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 19 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s mobile broadband subscribers, M2M connections – 2012 – 2020
Chart 20 – Change in the number of MTS Belarus’s subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 21 – Development of MTS Belarus's financial data – 2014 – 2022
Chart 22 – Development of MTS Belarus's financial data – 2014 – 2022
Chart 23 – Development of BeST's financial data – 2015 – 2022
Chart 24 – BeST financial data (lira) – 2014 – 2022
Chart 25 – BeST mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 26 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 27 – Ethernet lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Chart 28 – Change in the number of cable broadband lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Chart 29 – Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 30 – Change in the number of DSL broadband lines by data rate – 2017 – 2020
Chart 31 – Change in the number of A1 Belarus’s fixed-line subscribers by type – 2016 – 2022
Chart 32 – Fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 33 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 34 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2021

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Europe
Exhibit 2 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 – Europe – Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 – Europe – Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 – Europe – Market Emergents and market developments

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Belarus Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Belarus’s telcos affected by supply-side difficulties

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Europe Market Comparison

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Digital economy

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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