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Ghana - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts Published on August 2011
Report Summary Mobile penetration has broken the 75% barrierGhana has been a pioneer in African telecommunications: It launched the first cellular mobile network in sub-Saharan Africa in 1992, it was among the first countries on the continent to be connected to the Internet and to introduce ADSL broadband services, and it led the way in market liberalisation and deregulation when it privatised Ghana Telecom (GT) as early as 1996. Since then, Ghana has become one of the continent's most vibrant mobile markets with now six competing operators, including regional heavyweights such as MTN, Vodafone, Millicom (Tigo) and Zain which was taken over by Bharti of India in 2010. The entry of Nigeria's Globacom as the sixth mobile player in 2010 is expected to sustain the strong growth generated by Zain's entry two years earlier. This, however, has come at the expense of the average revenue per user (ARPU) which has fallen below US$5 per month for some of the operators. While the voice market is approaching saturation at more than 75% penetration in mid-2011, enormous potential in both subscriber and ARPU terms exists for the provision of 3G mobile broadband services which have surpassed existing ADSL services within a few months of their launch. Internet user penetration is still low at around 10% of the population, but developments are now speeding up following the introduction of wireless and 3G mobile broadband technologies such as iBurst, WiMAX and HSPA. The arrival of two new international submarine fibre optic cables, Glo-1 and Main One in 2009 and 2010 has finally brought competition to the international bandwidth sector as well which was previously dominated by GT with its shareholding in the SAT-3/WASC cable. This, in combination with national fibre backbone networks that are being rolled out by various players, is revolutionising the country's broadband market and paving the way for convergence of technologies and services. Market highlights: Mobile penetration has broken the 75% barrier; Decreasing ARPU under intense competition between six mobile networks; Mobile market forecasts to 2013 and 2016; Estimates for fixed-line and Internet markets to end-2012; Profiles of major players in all market sectors; Various national fibre backbone rollouts.Estimated market penetration rates in Ghana's telecoms sector ' end-2011 Market | Penetration rate | Mobile | 38% | Fixed | 1% | Internet | 11% | (Source: BuddeComm based on various sources) Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
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1. Key Statistics 2. Telecommunications Market
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>> Get this Report Now by email! 2.1 Overview of Ghana's telecom market 3. Regulatory Environment 3.1 Regulatory authority 3.1.1 National Communications Authority (NCA) 3.2 West African common regulatory framework 2005 3.3 New competition framework 2006 3.4 Electronic Communications Bill 3.5 Electronic Transaction Bill 3.6 Universal service 3.6.1 The eCARE project 3.7 Telecom sector liberalisation 3.8 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 3.9 Fixed-line licence conditions 4. Fixed Network Market 5. Major Operators 5.1 Ghana Telecom (Vodafone) 5.1.1 First privatisation 1997-2007 5.1.2 The Telenor period, 2003-2005 5.1.3 Second privatisation 2008 5.1.4 Services 5.1.5 Tariffs 5.1.6 Network infrastructure 5.1.7 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 5.1.8 National fibre backbone 5.2 Westel (Zain) 5.2.1 Nationalisation 2006 5.2.2 Re-privatisation 2007 5.3 Capital Telecom Ltd (defunct) 6. Telecommunications Infrastructure 6.1 Public payphones 6.2 Fibre backbone infrastructure 6.3 International infrastructure 6.4 Submarine fibre optic cables 6.4.1 SAT-3/WASC 6.4.2 Glo-1 6.4.3 Main One 6.4.4 WACS 7. Internet Market 7.1 Overview of Ghana's Internet Market 7.1.1 Internet statistics 7.2 PC penetration, Affordable computer programs 7.3 Public Internet access locations 7.3.1 Shared access centres 7.3.2 Mobile Telecentre To-Go 7.4 Dial-up 7.5 ISP market 7.5.1 Major ISPs 7.5.2 Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA)
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>> Get this Report Now by email! 7.5.3 Ghana Internet Exchange Point (GIX) 7.6 VoIP telephony 8. Broadband Market 8.1 Overview 8.2 ADSL 8.3 Wireless broadband 8.3.1 iBurst 8.3.2 WiMAX 8.3.3 WiFi 8.3.4 CDMA (Kasapa) 8.4 Powerline Communication (PLC) 8.5 Internet via satellite 8.6 International bandwidth 8.6.1 SAT-3/WASC submarine fibre 8.6.2 Other international fibre projects 8.6.3 O3b 8.7 Domestic backbone network infrastructure 8.7.1 Ghana National Public Data Network (DataNet) 8.7.2 GT FastNet 8.7.3 VoltaCom 8.7.4 Internet Solutions (IS) 8.7.5 Phase3 Telecom 8.7.6 Electronic Data Interchange 8.7.7 VSAT networks 9. Digital Media / Digital Economy 9.1 Broadband TV (IPTV) 9.2 E-commerce 9.3 E-government, e-Ghana project 9.4 E-learning 9.5 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) 10. Mobile Communications 10.1 Overview of Ghana's mobile market 10.1.1 Mobile statistics 10.2 Regulatory issues 10.2.1 Licensing 10.2.2 Tariffs 10.2.3 Interconnect 10.2.4 Taxation 10.2.5 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) 10.2.6 Infrastructure sharing 10.2.7 Registration of subscriber details 10.3 Major mobile operators 10.3.1 Vodafone (Ghana Telecom, OneTouch) 10.3.2 MTN Ghana (formerly ScanCom, Spacefon Areeba) 10.3.3 Millicom Ghana (Mobitel, Tigo) 10.3.4 Kasapa 10.3.5 Zain (Celtel, Westel) 10.3.6 Globacom
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>> Get this Report Now by email! 10.4 Average revenue per user (ARPU) 10.5 Mobile data services 10.5.1 SMS 10.5.2 MMS 10.5.3 GPRS, EDGE, WAP 10.5.4 BlackBerry 10.5.5 Mobile TV 10.6 Third generation (3G) 10.7 Mobile content and applications 10.7.1 Mobile money transfer 10.8 Local handset manufacturing 10.9 Satellite mobile 11. Forecasts 11.1 Forecast ' mobile market 2013; 2016 11.2 Notes on scenario forecasts 12. Glossary of Abbreviations Table 1 ' Country statistics ' 2011 Table 2 ' Fixed-line network statistics ' 2011 Table 3 ' Internet provider statistics ' 2011 Table 4 ' Internet user statistics ' 2011 Table 5 ' Mobile statistics ' 2011 Table 6 ' National telecommunications authority Table 7 ' Fixed lines in service and teledensity ' 1999 - 2012 Table 8 ' Vodafone Ghana prepaid fixed-line tariffs ' August 2010 Table 9 ' Internet users and penetration rate ' 2000 - 2012 Table 10 ' Internet subscribers and penetration rate ' 2005 - 2009 Table 11 ' DSL vs dial-up subscribers ' 2005 - 2009 Table 12 ' Vodafone Ghana ADSL pricing ' August 2010 Table 13 ' Mobile subscribers and penetration rate ' 1999 - 2012 Table 14 ' Mobile subscribers by operator and annual change ' May 2010 Table 15 ' MTN Ghana ARPU ' 2002 - 2010 Table 16 ' MTN Ghana 3G mobile broadband pricing ' August 2010 Table 17 ' Vodafone Ghana 3G mobile broadband prepaid pricing ' August 2010 Table 18 ' Vodafone Ghana 3G mobile broadband postpaid pricing ' August 2010 Table 19 ' Forecast mobile subscribers ' 2013; 2016 Exhibit 1 ' SMS as a weapon against drug counterfeiting
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