DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Gambia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Gambia's telecom market is dominated by the incumbent telco Gamtel, which retains a monopoly on fixed-line telephony services. There are four mobile networks providing effective competition.
The market's leader is Africell, with about 65% market share, while Comium and QCell compete closely for second and third place. Gamtel's mobile unit Gamcel is by far the smallest operator, with about 10% share. Mobile penetration is well above the African average, itself a testament to the poor condition of the fixed-line infrastructure and the lack of availability of fixed services in many rural areas of the country.
Although the incumbent has a relatively well-developed national fibre backbone network, low fixed-line penetration has hindered internet usage. There are only three licensed ISPs, which are small operators serving local areas, and so competition is minimal. The government has embarked on a National Broadband Network program aimed at closing the digital divide affecting many parts of the country, though in mid-2018 the terms of a loan required to continue work on the network were rejected by Parliament.
Key Developments:
- Government agrees to splitting off Gamcel from Gamtel;
- Africell launches LTE services, competing with QCell;
- Government announces liberalisation of the international gateway;
- QCell launched its Qodoo Mobile Money service, follows with LTE;
- Gamtel reports further declines in revenue;
- Legislation prepared to create a new National ICT Agency;
- Government launches National Broadband Network project;
- International Network Management Center (IINMC) opens, facilitating traffic on ACE cable;
- Africell contracts Alepo for Data Solutions;
- Gamtel contracts Huawei for fibre backbone project;
- Report update includes Gamtel financial data, ITU data for 2017, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Key statistics
2 Country overview
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Historical overview
4 Regional Africa Market Comparison
4.1 TMI vs GDP
4.2 Mobile and mobile broadband
4.3 Fixed and mobile broadband
5 Regulatory environment
5.1 National Communications and Information Policy (NACIP)
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 2009 ICT Act
5.4 Interconnection
5.5 Universal Access Fund (UAF)
5.6 Telecom sector liberalisation
5.7 Privatisation
6 Fixed network operator
6.1 Gambia Telecommunications (Gamtel)
7 Telecommunications infrastructure
7.1 Overview of the national telecom network
7.2 International infrastructure
8 Fixed-line broadband market
8.1 Introduction and statistical overview
8.2 Market analysis
8.3 Broadband statistics
8.4 Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
8.5 Fixed-line broadband technologies
9 Digital economy
9.1 e-government
10 Mobile market
10.1 Market analysis
10.2 Mobile data
10.3 Mobile broadband
10.4 Regulatory issues
10.5 Mobile infrastructure
10.6 Major mobile operators
10.7 Mobile content and applications
Companies Mentioned
- Gambia Telecommunications (Gamtel)
- Gamcel
- Africell
- Comium
- QCell
- Globacom
- Thuraya
- GamNet
- QuantumNet
- Netpage
- Airtip
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