摘要

Ethiopia still practices a monopoly in almost all areas of its telecoms sector. Market penetration is still very low, but major efforts to roll out a national fibre backbone and wireless access networks have resulted in an acceleration of growth in all market segments. Further massive investments into fixed, mobile and Internet services, totalling US$4 billion, are planned for the five years to 2012. The government is intent on eventually privatising the national operator, ETC, and introducing competition in mobile and Internet services. This report provides an overview of the telecommunications sector in Ethiopia, various key statistics, and scenario forecasts for the years 2010 and 2015.

目录及图表

1. Synopsis

2. Key statistics

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Ethiopia’s telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Regulatory authority

4.1.1 Ethiopian Telecommunications Agency (ETA)

4.2 Telecom service licences

4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation

4.4 Privatisation of Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

5. Fixed network operator in Ethiopia

5.1 Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

5.1.1 Telephone traffic

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom network

6.1.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

6.1.2 National IP infrastructure

6.1.3 US$4 billion network development plan 2007-2012

6.2 International communication links

6.3 Forecast – fixed-line market

7. Data market

7.1 Digital Data Network

7.2 PADISnet

7.3 VSAT networks

8. Internet and Broadband market

8.1 Overview

8.1.1 Internet statistics

8.2 National connectivity

8.3 Regulatory issues

8.4 Internet access locations

8.5 ISP market

8.6 Broadband market

8.6.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

8.6.2 Direcway broadband satellite network

8.7 Wholesale

8.8 Forecast – Internet market

9. Mobile communications

9.1 Overview of Ethiopia’s mobile market

9.2 Major mobile operator

9.2.1 Ethio-Mobile

9.3 Mobile voice services

9.3.1 Satellite mobile

9.4 Forecast – mobile market

10. Broadcasting market

10.1 Regulatory overview

10.2 Free-to-Air (FTA) TV

10.3 Satellite TV

11. Notes on scenario forecasts

12. Related reports

Table 1 – Country statistics – 2006
Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2006
Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2006
Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2006
Table 5 – Mobile statistics – March 2008
Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
Table 7 – Domestic and international telephone traffic – 1994 - 2005
Table 8 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2006
Table 9 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
Table 10 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2006
Table 11 – Internet subscribers – 1997 - 2006
Table 12 – Forecast internet users – 2010; 2015
Table 13 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 - 2008
Table 14 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015
Exhibit 1 – Legal status of telecoms services in Ethiopia