Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
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Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Independent Consumer Competition Commission concludes inquiry into Papua New Guinea’s broadband market
Broadband prices are extremely high in Papua New Guinea, meaning internet access remains out of the reach of the majority of the population.
The ITU’s ‘Measuring the Information Society Report, 2018’, found Papua New Guinea to be one of the most expensive markets in the world, in terms of broadband prices (ranking it 157th out of the 187 countries surveyed). Only around 22% of the population is connected to the internet, falling far behind the targets recommended in the country’s National Broadband Policy, which was drafted in 2013.
In the fixed line segment, prices are driven by factors including the high costs of network deployments as well as a lack of sufficient competition. Mobile broadband, meanwhile, is gaining traction as a cheaper, more easily accessible alternative, buoyed by operators’ expansion of 3G and 4G networks in recent years. However, costs in this segment are also high, relative to the low-income base of consumers. A deficit of submarine cable infrastructure also weighs on the country’s prospects for cheaper international bandwidth.
In April 2022, the Independent Consumer Competition Commission released the findings from its preliminary inquiry into Papua New Guinea’s broadband market. The inquiry was initiated due to consumers’ complaints about the prices for internet services in the country.
Issues raised by the inquiry include prolonged outages in connectivity from the state’s wholesale data service provider Dataco, as well as high wholesale prices provided by Dataco.
In 2022, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority is also expected to launch its own inquiry into the retail broadband market.
Independent Consumer Competition Commission concludes inquiry into Papua New Guinea’s broadband market
Broadband prices are extremely high in Papua New Guinea, meaning internet access remains out of the reach of the majority of the population.
The ITU’s ‘Measuring the Information Society Report, 2018’, found Papua New Guinea to be one of the most expensive markets in the world, in terms of broadband prices (ranking it 157th out of the 187 countries surveyed). Only around 22% of the population is connected to the internet, falling far behind the targets recommended in the country’s National Broadband Policy, which was drafted in 2013.
In the fixed line segment, prices are driven by factors including the high costs of network deployments as well as a lack of sufficient competition. Mobile broadband, meanwhile, is gaining traction as a cheaper, more easily accessible alternative, buoyed by operators’ expansion of 3G and 4G networks in recent years. However, costs in this segment are also high, relative to the low-income base of consumers. A deficit of submarine cable infrastructure also weighs on the country’s prospects for cheaper international bandwidth.
In April 2022, the Independent Consumer Competition Commission released the findings from its preliminary inquiry into Papua New Guinea’s broadband market. The inquiry was initiated due to consumers’ complaints about the prices for internet services in the country.
Issues raised by the inquiry include prolonged outages in connectivity from the state’s wholesale data service provider Dataco, as well as high wholesale prices provided by Dataco.
In 2022, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority is also expected to launch its own inquiry into the retail broadband market.
Table of Contents
96 Pages
- 1 Key statistics
- 2 Country overview
- 3 Telecommunications market
- 3.1 Market analysis
- 4 Regulatory environment
- 4.1 Historical overview
- 4.2 Regulatory authority
- 4.3 Fixed-line developments
- 4.4 Mobile market developments
- 5 Mobile market
- 5.1 Market analysis
- 5.2 Mobile statistics
- 5.3 Mobile infrastructure
- 5.4 Mobile broadband
- 5.5 Major mobile operators
- 5.6 Mobile content and applications
- 5.7 Mobile handsets
- 6 Fixed-line broadband market
- 6.1 Introduction and statistical overview
- 6.2 Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
- 7 Digital economy
- 8 Fixed network operators
- 8.1 Kumul Telikom Holdings Company
- 9 Telecommunications infrastructure
- 9.1 National telecom network
- 9.2 National Transmission Network (NTN)
- 10 Appendix Historic data
- 11 Glossary of abbreviations
- 12 Related reports
- Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Papua New Guinea 2023 (e)
- Table 2 Evolution of GDP in PNG 2012 2023
- Table 3 Telecom sector development goals 2010; 2015; 2020; 2025; 2030
- Table 4 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 5 Percentage of mobile connections by technology 2018; 2025
- Table 6 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 7 Mobile operators' market share of subscribers 2014; 2016; 2018;2020;2021
- Table 8 Digitec Group financial data (FJD million) 2019 2020
- Table 9 Digicel PNG mobile subscribers 2014 2018
- Table 10 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 11 Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
- Table 12 International bandwidth 2012 2017
- Table 13 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 2011
- Table 14 Historic - International bandwidth 2004 2009
- Table 15 Historic - Digicel PNG and Digicel Group revenue (US$ million) 6M 2015; 2016
- Table 16 Historic - Bmobile mobile subscribers 2014 2016
- Table 17 Historic - Internet users and penetration 2008 2011
- Chart 1 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Chart 2 Percentage of mobile connections by technology 2018; 2025
- Chart 3 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Chart 4 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Chart 5 Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
- Exhibit 1 Map of Papua New Guinea
- Exhibit 2 Privatisation of Telikom PNG historic overview
- Exhibit 3 Papua New Guinea - Mobile operators and technology used
- Exhibit 4 Kumul Telikom (Telecom) Holdings
- Exhibit 5 VSAT connects remote Manus Islands
- Exhibit 6 Major submarine cables with landing points in Papua New Guinea 2020
- Exhibit 7 The laying of APNG-2 a recycled submarine cable
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