Last updated: 24 Mar 2025 Update History
Report Status: Current
Report Pages: 157
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Kazakhstan has one of the most developed telecommunications sectors in Central Asia. This is especially true of the mobile segment, where the country has the fastest average mobile data rate in the region. The competing MNOs have built extensive LTE networks: about 76% of Beeline’s mobile subscribers were on LTE as of the beginning of 2025, while the company’s LTE network provided 89% geographic coverage.
This widespread network coverage, as well as the development of 5G networks, has been encouraged by the government keen to see progress with the second stage of its Digital Kazakhstan program, by which most settlements across the country will be furnished with mobile internet connectivity. The government has pressed the MNOs to deliver at least 7,000 5G base stations each by the end of 2025. The more remote rural villages will be covered by satellite services, and to this end the government has licenced Hughes, SpaceX, OneWeb, and Amazon’s Kuiper, and China’s Spacesail to provide satellite connectivity.
At the turn of the century, Kazakhstan had a relatively high fixed-line teledensity thanks to concerted efforts to invest in the fixed-line infrastructure and in next-generation networks. However, as with most developed telecom markets globally, demand for traditional voice services is on the wane as customers are increasingly attracted to the flexibility and ubiquity of the mobile platform for voice as well as data services.
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