Tunisia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 16 Oct 2024 Update History

Report Status: Current

Report Pages: 207

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Table Of Contents

Tunisia prepping for 5G spectrum auction by end-2024

Tunisia has one of the most sophisticated telecom infrastructures in North Africa. This has helped propel the country in various league tables, including for e-governance where it ranks fifth highest within Africa and third highest among Arab countries. Penetration rates for mobile and internet services are also among the highest in the region. A number of regulatory measures and infrastructure projects have been instituted in recent years as the government continues to extend broadband infrastructure to remote areas and develop a digital economy. This will be a digital transformation program focussed on the expansion of fibre networks, the commercial launch of 5G services anticipated by the end of 2024, and the deployment of additional international internet capacity to manage the sharp increase in data traffic.

However, Tunisia is also wracked by high unemployment and an unsteady economic landscape which the authoritarian government may well mismanage as it negotiates a bail-out by the IMF which would require commitments to policies bound to be unpopular with the public.

The MNOs Ooredoo and Orange Tunisia are also licensed as fixed-line operators and have launched VDSL and FttP services. In addition, a dozen public and private ISPs compete in this sector, supported by a nationwide fibre backbone network and international access via submarine and terrestrial fibre. The mobile sector is dominated by three MNOs but also has room for a small number of MVNOs, of which Lycamobile and Asel Mobile are the most prominent though they have thus far secured only a small (but growing) market share.

Key developments:

Three MNOs apply for 5G licences.
Telecom regulator calls for network operators to deactivate unidentified SIM cards.
Tunisia opens the Ifriqiya submarine cable.
Tunisie Telecom launches its Fibre Rapido 1Gb/s service.
Report updates include the regulator's market data to June 2024, telcos' financial and operating data to Q2 2024, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Tunisie Telecom, Orange Tunisia, Ooredoo Tunisia, Planet Tunisie, GlobalNet, HexaByte, Asel Mobile (3C), Topnet, Divona Telecom, Thuraya, Nokia Networks, Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson.

Key statistics

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

Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authorities

Fixed-line developments

Telecommunications Act 2001
Telecom sector liberalisation
Number Portability (NP)

Mobile network developments

Network sharing
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
LTE spectrum
800MHz spectrum auction
OTT applications
Roaming

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
GSM-R
Other infrastructure developments
IoT and M2M networks
Mobile data
SMS, MMS
Mobile broadband

Major mobile operators

Tunicell (Tunisie Telecom)
Ooredoo Tunisia
Orange Tunisia
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

M-money

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview
Broadband statistics
Public Internet access locations
Agence Tunisienne d’Internet (ATI)
Fixed-line broadband technologies

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

Digital Economy

E-commerce
E-learning
E-government

Fixed network operators

Tunisie Telecom

Privatisation

Orange Tunisia
Ooredoo Tunisia

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
VoIP
International infrastructure

Submarine fibre
Terrestrial
Satellite

Data centres
Cloud services
Smart infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Tunisia – 2024 (e)
Table 2 – Development of telecom sector revenue – 2012 – 2023
Table 3 – Telecom sector revenue by major operator (TND million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 4 – Change in telecom sector revenue by sector (TND million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 5 – Change in the market share of telecom sector revenue by sector – 2020 – 2023
Table 6 – Change in retail and wholesale revenue (TND million) – 2017 – 2023
Table 7 – Development of telecom sector investment – 2012 – 2023
Table 8 – Telecom sector investment by major operator (TND million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 9 – Annual mobile numbers ported – 2016 – 2024
Table 10 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 11 – Change in the number of mobile prepaid and contract subscribers (million) – 2014 – 2024
Table 12 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator (million) – 2012 – 2024
Table 13 – Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2024
Table 14 – Change in mobile ARPU by operator (QAR/month) – 2012 – 2018; 2021 – 2023
Table 15 – Development of mobile revenue by operator (TDN million) – 2019 – 2023
Table 16 – Increase in LTE coverage – 2016 – 2020
Table 17 – Increase in the number of mobile base stations by platform – 2015 – 2019
Table 18 – Increase in the number of M2M connections – 2015 – 2024
Table 19 – Increase in the number of M2M connections by major operator – 2015 – 2024
Table 20 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 21 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers (3G/LTE with key) – 2012 – 2024
Table 22 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Table 23 – Change in operator market share of mobile broadband subscribers (3G/LTE) – 2013 – 2024
Table 24 – Change in the number of standard 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers – 2013 – 2024
Table 25 – Change in the number of 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers by operator – 2014 – 2024
Table 26 – Increase in monthly mobile data traffic by device type (TB) – 2015 – 2024
Table 27 – Increase in annual mobile data traffic by device type (TB) – 2015 – 2024
Table 28 – Development of mobile data revenue by operator (TDN million) – 2019 – 2023
Table 29 – Change in the proportion of mobile data revenue by type – 2019 – 2023
Table 30 – Change in the number of Tunisie Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 31 – Decline in Ooredoo Tunisia’s blended monthly ARPU (QAR/month) – 2012 – 2024
Table 32 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data (QAR million) – 2012 – 2024
Table 33 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisia’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2024
Table 34 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data (TND million) – 2016 – 2024
Table 35 – Change in the number of Orange Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 36 – Development of Orange Tunisia’s mobile revenue – 2012 – 2023
Table 37 – Development of Lycamobile Tunisia’s mobile revenue – 2015 – 2023
Table 38 – Change in the number of Lycamobile Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2015 – 2024
Table 39 – Development of Asel Mobile’s subscribers – 2021 – 2024
Table 40 – Development of Asel Mobile’s mobile revenue – 2021 – 2023
Table 41 – Change in the number of fixed-line broadband connections: lower data speed – 2014 – 2022
Table 42 – Change in the proportion of fixed-line broadband connections: lower data speed – 2014 – 2022
Table 43 – Change in the number of DSL broadband connections: higher data speed – 2014 – 2024
Table 44 – Change in the proportion of fixed-line broadband connections: higher data speed – 2014 – 2024
Table 45 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 46 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers by type (million) – 2017 – 2024
Table 47 – Change in the proportion of fixed-broadband revenue by type – 2019 – 2023
Table 48 – Decline in the number of public internet kiosks – 2015 – 2024
Table 49 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 50 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Table 51 – Change in the market share of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Table 52 – Increase in the number of VDSL subscribers – 2021 – 2024
Table 53 – Increase in the number of FttP/B subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 54 – Change in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers – 2017 – 2024
Table 55 – Satellite internet subscribers – 2015 – 2024
Table 56 – Decline in the number of public payphones – 2012 – 2024
Table 57 – Development of Tunisie Telecom’s revenue (TND billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 58 – Development of Orange Tunisia’s revenue – 2012 – 2023
Table 59 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisia’s fixed-line subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Table 60 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 61 – Fixed-line household penetration – 2017 – 2024
Table 62 – Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2024
Table 63 – Change in the market share of fixed-lines by operator – 2012 – 2024
Table 64 – Development of fixed-line revenue by operator (TDN million) – 2019 – 2023
Table 65 – Increase in the number of VoIP lines in service – 2013 – 2024
Table 66 – Change in the number of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019
Table 67 – Market share of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019
Table 68 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2024
Table 69 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Tunisia – 1996 – 2011
Table 70 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate in Tunisia – 1999 – 2015
Table 71 – Historic - Ooredoo Tunisia mobile subscribers – 2002 – 2011
Table 72 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate in Tunisia – 1996 – 2011
Table 73 – Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2002 – 2011
Table 74 – Historic - PC household penetration – 1999 – 2011
Table 75 – Historic - DSL subscribers – 2002 – 2011
Table 76 – Historic - Increase in the number of FttP/B subscribers – 2008 – 2011
Table 77 – Historic - Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2006 – 2011

List of Charts

Chart 10 – Telecom sector revenue in Tunisia – 2012 – 2023
Chart 11 – Telecom sector revenue by major operator – 2012 – 2023
Chart 12 – Change in telecom sector revenue by sector – 2012 – 2023
Chart 13 – Change in the market share of telecom sector revenue by sector – 2020 – 2023
Chart 14 – Change in the market share of telecom sector revenue by sector – 2017 – 2023
Chart 15 – Development of telecom sector investment – 2012 – 2023
Chart 16 – Telecom sector investment by major operator – 2012 – 2023
Chart 17 – Annual mobile numbers ported – 2016 – 2024
Chart 18 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 19 – Change in the number of mobile prepaid and contract subscribers – 2014 – 2024
Chart 20 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2024
Chart 21 – Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2024
Chart 22 – Increase in the number of mobile base stations by platform – 2015 – 2019
Chart 23 – Increase in the number of M2M connections – 2015 – 2024
Chart 24 – Increase in the number of M2M connections by major operator – 2015 – 2024
Chart 25 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 26 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Chart 27 – Change in operator market share of mobile broadband subscribers (3G/LTE) – 2013 – 2024
Chart 28 – Change in the number of standard 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers – 2013 – 2024
Chart 29 – Change in the number of 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers by MNO – 2014 – 2024
Chart 30 – Increase in monthly mobile data traffic by device type – 2015 – 2024
Chart 31 – Increase in annual mobile data traffic by device type – 2015 – 2024
Chart 32 – Change in the number of Tunisie Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 33 – Decline in Ooredoo Tunisia’s blended monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2024
Chart 34 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data – 2012 – 2024
Chart 35 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 36 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data – 2015 – 2024
Chart 37 – Change in the number of Orange Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 38 – Development of Orange Tunisia’s mobile revenue – 2012 – 2023
Chart 39 – Development of Lycamobile Tunisia’s mobile revenue – 2015 – 2023
Chart 40 – Change in the number of Lycamobile Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2015 – 2024
Chart 41 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 42 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers by type – 2017 – 2024
Chart 43 – Decline in the number of public internet kiosks – 2015 – 2024
Chart 44 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 45 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Chart 46 – Change in the market share of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2024
Chart 47 – Increase in the number of FttP/B subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 48 – Change in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers – 2017 – 2024
Chart 49 – Satellite internet subscribers – 2015 – 2024
Chart 50 – Decline in the number of public payphones – 2012 – 2024
Chart 51 – Development of Tunisie Telecom’s revenue – 2012 – 2023
Chart 52 – Development of Orange Tunisia’s revenue – 2012 – 2023
Chart 53 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisia’s fixed-line subscribers – 2012 – 2024
Chart 54 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 55 – Fixed-line household penetration – 2017 – 2024
Chart 56 – Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2024
Chart 57 – Change in the market share of fixed-lines by operator – 2012 – 2024
Chart 58 – Increase in the number of VoIP lines in service – 2013 – 2024
Chart 59 – Change in the number of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019
Chart 60 – Market share of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019

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Tunisia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Tunisia prepping for 5G spectrum auction by end-2024

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

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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