Tunisia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: October 2024

Report Pages: 183

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Summary
Table Of Contents

Tunisia planning nano-satellite launches to 2023

Tunisia has one of the most sophisticated telecom infrastructures in North Africa. Penetration rates for mobile and internet services are 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.

Supported by the Digital Tunisia 2020 program, the MNOs have built extensive LTE infrastructure, and have trialled 5G services, though commercial services are not expected to be launched before 2023.

The political events of 2021 have put into question the country’s economic recovery. Although the economy was severely impacted by the collapse of the tourism sector in 2020, it returned to growth in 2021. Nevertheless, there is high unemployment and emigration, as well as continuing economic pressure on households. These factors have in turn held back the potential for revenue growth in the telecom sector.

The MNOs Ooredoo and Orange Tunisie are also licensed as fixed-line operators and have launched DSL 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.

Key developments:

Tunisia to be connected to the Medusa Submarine Cable System;
Tunisia benefitting from one of the fastest average mobile data rates on the continent;
TelNet launches the first of 30 nano-satellites;
Ooredoo Tunisia contracts Nokia and Huawei to develop 5G networks and systems;
Launch of commercial 5G services expected to be delayed to 2023;
Report updates include the regulator's market data to March 2022, telcos' financial and operating data to Q1 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Tunisie Telecom (Tunicell), Orange Tunisie, Ooredoo (Tunisiana, Orascom, Wataniya, Qatar Telecom/Qtel), Planet Tunisie, 3S GlobalNet, HexaByte, Tunet, Topnet, Divona Telecom, Thuraya, Nokia Networks, Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson.

Key statistics
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 (Tunisiana)
Orange Tunisie
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 Tunisie
Ooredoo Tunisie (Tunisiana)

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

List of Charts

Chart 10 – Telecom sector revenue in Tunisia – 2012 – 2021
Chart 11 – Telecom sector revenue by major operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 12 – Telecom sector revenue by sector – 2012 – 2021
Chart 13 – Telecom sector investment in Tunisia – 2012 – 2020
Chart 14 – Telecom sector investment by major operator – 2012 – 2020
Chart 15 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 16 – Change in the number of mobile prepaid and contract subscribers – 2014 – 2022
Chart 17 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 18 – Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 19 – Increase in the number of mobile base stations by platform – 2015 – 2019
Chart 20 – Increase in the number of M2M connections – 2015 – 2022
Chart 21 – Increase in the number of M2M connections by major operator – 2015 – 2022
Chart 22 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 23 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2022
Chart 24 – Change in operator market share of mobile broadband subscribers (3G/LTE) – 2013 – 2022
Chart 25 – Standard 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers and penetration – 2013 – 2022
Chart 26 – Change in the number of 3G/LTE mobile internet subscribers by operator – 2014 – 2022
Chart 27 – Increase in monthly mobile data traffic by device type – 2015 – 2022
Chart 28 – Increase in annual mobile data traffic by device type – 2015 – 2022
Chart 29 – Change in the number of Tunisie Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 30 – Decline in Ooredoo Tunisia’s blended monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Chart 31 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 32 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisia’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 33 – Development of Ooredoo Tunisia’s financial data – 2015 – 2021
Chart 34 – Change in the number of Orange Tunisie’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 35 – Development of Orange Tunisie’s mobile revenue – 2012 – 2021
Chart 36 – Change in the number of Lycamobile Tunisie’s mobile subscribers – 2015 – 2022
Chart 37 – Development of Lycamobile Tunisie’s mobile revenue – 2016 – 2021
Chart 38 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 39 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers by type – 2017 – 2022
Chart 40 – Decline in the number of public internet kiosks – 2015 – 2022
Chart 41 – Growth in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 42 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2022
Chart 43 – Change in the market share of DSL subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2022
Chart 44 – Increase in the number of FttP/B subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 45 – Change in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers – 2017 – 2022
Chart 46 – Satellite internet subscribers – 2015 – 2021
Chart 47 – Growth in the number of Ooredoo Tunisie’s fixed-line subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 48 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 49 – Fixed line household penetration – 2017 – 2022
Chart 50 – Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 51 – Change in the market share of fixed-lines by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 52 – VoIP lines in service in Tunisia – 2013 – 2022
Chart 53 – Change in the number of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019
Chart 54 – Market share of VoIP lines per operator – 2016 – 2019

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 6 – Map of Tunisia

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Tunisia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Tunisia planning nano-satellite launches to 2023

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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