DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Democratic Republic of Congo - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Key Developments
- Helios Towers completes major tower infrastructure upgrade;
- Huawei Marine completes second phase of a WACS cable upgrade;
- LTE-suitable licenses issued, with Vodacom and Orange launching limited services;
- European Investment Bank financing the construction of 750 mobile towers in remote areas;
- Incumbent telco SCPT seeking to quadruple fibre capacity from landing station to Kinshasa, addressing a key bottleneck;
- Fibre link between Brazzaville and Kinshasa completed;
- Regulator enforces deactivation of unregistered SIM cards;
- Report update includes operator data to Q4 2018, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Largely due to the country's troubled history, the national telecom system remains one of the least developed in the region. The government can only loosely regulate the sector, and since the national telco SCPT has little capital to invest so much of the investment in infrastructure is from donor countries or from the efforts of foreign (particularly Chinese) companies and banks. Efforts have been made to improve regulating the telecom sector, with a revised Telecommunications Act adopted in May 2018, though the practical implementation of the Act's measures remains questionable.
Given the limited and decrepit condition of fixed-line infrastructure the mobile network operators have become the principal providers of basic telecom services. More than a dozen new licenses were issued in the early years of the century, but many of the licenses failed to launch services and the proliferation of networks, as well as the poor monitoring of also spectrum assets, caused frequent problems with spectrum shortages, interference and compatibility issues. As a result, the mobile entered a period of consolidation, including the acquisition of Tigo Congo by Orange Congo in April 2016, which greatly increased the latter's market share.
The development of the DRC's internet and broadband market has been held back by the poorly developed national and international infrastructure. However, the country was finally connected to international bandwidth through the WACS submarine fibre optic cable in 2013, while SCPT is rolling out a fibre optic national backbone network with support from China. International bandwidth is still limited, and as a result internet pricing is high and backhaul capacity (for both fixed and mobile internet services) is low. An alternative terrestrial international fibre connection exists via neighbouring countries.
The country's first commercial LTE networks were launched, albeit geographically limited, in May 2018 soon after LTE licenses were issued. Mobile operators are keen to develop mobile data services, capitalising on the growth of smartphones usage, but in mid-2016 their attempts to dramatically increase mobile internet pricing was criticised by the regulator.
Companies Mentioned
- Vodacom Congo
- Bharti Airtel (Zain, Celtel)
- Millicom (Tigo)
- Congo Chine Telecom (CCT, Orange Congo)
- Africell (Lintel)
- Socit Congolais des Postes et des Tlcommunications (SCPT)
- Tatem Telecom
- Gecamines
- AfriTel (Starcel)
- Standard Telecom
- Telecel International
- Africanus.net
- Interconnect (Vodanet)
- Microcom
- Cielux Telecom
- Global Broadband Solution (GBS)
- Afrinet
- Congo Korea Telecom
- Geolink
- ICP Net
- Orioncom
- Paconet (Pan African Communication Network)
- RagaNet
- Roffe Hi-Tech
- Sattel
- Socit Internet Congolaise (SIC)
- Sogetel
- Liquid Telecom
- O3b Networks
- Smile Telecom
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Ericsson
- Huawei Technologies
- ZTE
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 Historical overview
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 Competition in the telecom sector
5.4 Interconnection
5.5 Privatisation
6 Fixed network operators
6.1 SCPT (formerly OCPT)
7 Telecommunications infrastructure
7.1 Overview of the national telecom network
7.2 National backbone
7.3 Tatem Telecom
7.4 Other operators
7.5 International infrastructure
8 Fixed-line broadband market
8.1 Introduction and statistical overview
8.2 Broadband statistics
8.3 ISP market
8.4 Internet exchange points (IXP)
8.5 Internet satellite
9 Mobile market
9.1 Market analysis
9.2 Mobile statistics
9.3 Mobile data
9.4 Mobile broadband
9.5 Regulatory issues
9.6 Mobile infrastructure
9.7 Major mobile operators
9.8 Mobile content and applications
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - DRC 2018 (e)
Table 2 Telecom sector revenue 2010 2016
Table 3 Historic - Fixed telephone lines and teledensity in the DRC 1999 2009
Table 4 Fixed telephone lines and teledensity in the DRC 2010 2018
Table 5 International bandwidth 2007 2016
Table 6 International bandwidth per user 2007 2016
Table 7 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate in the DRC 1999 2009
Table 8 Internet users and penetration rate in the DRC 2010 2018
Table 9 Fixed-line broadband subscribers in the DRC 2013 2018
Table 10 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate in the DRC 1999 2009
Table 11 Mobile subscribers and penetration rate in the DRC 2010 2018
Table 12 Major mobile operator launch dates in the DRC
Table 13 Mobile market revenue 2003 2016
Table 14 SMS sent 2009 2018
Table 15 Active mobile broadband subscribers 2012 2018
Table 16 Vodacom Congo subscribers 2002 2018
Table 17 Vodacom Congo active data subscribers 2013 2018
Table 18 Vodacom Congo ARPU 2003 2018
Table 19 Vodacom Congo ARPU (ZAR) 2012 2018
Table 20 Vodacom Congo mobile revenue 2016 2018
Table 21 Airtel mobile subscribers 2014 2018
Table 22 Historic - Tigo subscribers 2010 2015
Table 23 Orange DRC subscribers 2012 2018
Table 24 Orange DRC revenue 2013 2018
Table 25 Africell mobile subscribers 2014 2018
List of Charts
Chart 1 Overall Africa view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita 2018
Chart 2 Central Africa - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita 2018
Chart 3 Africa Bottom-tier Telecoms Maturity Index (Market Emergents) 2018
Chart 4 Central Africa Telecoms Maturity Index by country 2018
Chart 5 Central Africa mobile subscriber penetration versus mobile broadband penetration 2018
Chart 6 Central Africa fixed and mobile penetration rates 2018
Chart 7 Internet users and penetration rate in the DRC 2005 2018
Chart 8 Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2005 2018
Chart 9 Active mobile broadband subscribers 2012 2018
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 Central Africa - Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Country
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