Senegal - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Jan. 13, 2010 - 36 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

2.1 Country overview (economy)

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Senegal’s telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Telecom sector reform

4.2 Telecommunications Act 2001

4.3 Universal Service Fund

4.4 Regulatory authority

4.4.1 Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP)

4.5 West African common regulatory framework 2005

4.6 Electronic Transactions Bill

4.7 Taxes

4.8 Telecom sector liberalisation

4.8.1 Second national operator (SNO) licence

5. Fixed network operators in Senegal

5.1 Sonatel (Orange)

5.1.1 Subsidiaries

5.1.2 Privatisation

5.1.3 Financial results

5.1.4 Network infrastructure and services

5.1.5 Fixed-line statistics

5.1.6 Expansion into rural areas

5.1.7 Telecentres

5.1.8 International expansion

5.2 Expresso

6. International infrastructure

6.1 Satellite

6.2 Terrestrial fibre and microwave

6.3 Submarine fibre

6.3.1 SAT-3/WASC

6.3.2 New international submarine fibre optic cables, 2009-2011

7. Internet market

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Internet statistics

7.2 Internet connectivity

7.2.1 National Research and Education Network (NREN)

7.3 Low-cost computers

7.4 ISP market

7.4.1 Orange (Sonatel)

7.4.2 ARC Informatique

7.4.3 Expresso

7.4.4 Other ISPs

8. Broadband market

8.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

8.2 WiFi

9. Convergence

9.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony

9.2 Broadband television (IPTV), triple play

9.3 E-health

9.4 E-government

9.5 Smart grids, Broadband over Powerlines (BPL, PLC)

10. Mobile communications

10.1 Overview of Senegal’s mobile market

10.1.1 Mobile statistics

10.2 Regulatory issues

10.2.1 Mobile number portability (MNP)

10.2.2 Registration of customer details

10.2.3 Per-second billing (PSB)

10.2.4 MVNO licences

10.2.5 Sentel licence dispute

10.3 Major mobile operators

10.3.1 Orange (Sonatel Mobiles)

10.3.2 Tigo (Sentel GSM)

10.3.3 Expresso (Sudatel)

10.4 Mobile data services

10.4.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

10.4.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

10.4.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

10.4.4 Evolution-Data Optimised (EV-DO)

10.4.5 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

10.4.6 BlackBerry, iPhone

10.4.7 Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)

10.4.8 Third Generation (3G)

10.5 Mobile content and applications

10.5.1 Manobi

10.5.2 M-payments and m-banking

11. Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Senegal - 2010

Table 2 - Fixed-line network statistics - September 2009

Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2009

Table 4 - Internet statistics - 2009

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - September 2009

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Sonatel financial overview - 2004 - 2009

Table 8 - Sonatel fixed-line ARPU - 2004 - 2008

Table 9 - Fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2010

Table 10 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1996; 1998 - 2010

Table 11 - Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2009

Table 12 - International Internet bandwidth - 2002 - 2008

Table 13 - ADSL subscribers - 2004 - 2009

Table 14 - Sonatel/Orange ADSL pricing - 2009

Table 15 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2010

Table 16 - Mobile subscribers by operator, technology, annual change - September 2009

Table 17 - Sonatel Mobiles subscribers - 1999 - 2009

Table 18 - Orange mobile ARPU, prepaid versus postpaid - 2004 - 2008

Table 19 - Orange GPRS pricing - 2009

Table 20 - Expresso E-express mobile Internet pricing - 2009

Exhibit 1 - Graph of fixed lines, Internet users and mobile subscribers - 1999 - 2010

Exhibit 2 - Map of Senegal

Exhibit 3 - West African common regulatory framework 2005

Exhibit 4 - Quarterly fixed-line growth - 2008 - 2009

Exhibit 5 - New international submarine fibre optic cables in West Africa - 2009 - 2011

Abstract

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