摘要

Ghana led the way in telecommunications liberalisation and deregulation in Africa when it privatised Ghana Telecom as early as 1996. Following the exit of the investor in 2007, the company is currently being re-privatised. Similarly, the second national operator, Westel, was re-privatised in 2007. An initial public offering is expected from both companies in the near future. The highly competitive bidding for both companies indicates the huge potential that is seen in the market despite the intense competition from six licensed mobile networks. New submarine fibre optic cables set to reach the country in 2009 will create competition with the current monopoly provider of international bandwidth and support the ongoing convergence of technologies and services.

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Ghana led the way in telecommunications liberalisation and deregulation in Africa when it privatised Ghana Telecom as early as 1996. Following the exit of the investor in 2007, the company is currently being re-privatised. Similarly, the second national operator, Westel, was re-privatised in 2007. An initial public offering is expected from both companies in the near future. The highly competitive bidding for both companies indicates the huge potential that is seen in the market despite the intense competition from six licensed mobile networks. New submarine fibre optic cables set to reach the country in 2009 will create competition with the current monopoly provider of international bandwidth and support the ongoing convergence of technologies and services.

  • 1. Synopsis
  • 2. Key statistics
  • 3. Telecommunications market
    • 3.1 Overview of Ghana’s telecom market
  • 4. Regulatory environment
    • 4.1 Regulatory authority
      • 4.1.1 National Communications Authority (NCA)
    • 4.2 West African common regulatory framework 2005
    • 4.3 New competition framework 2006
    • 4.4 Electronic Communications Bill
    • 4.5 Electronic Transaction Bill
    • 4.6 Universal service
      • 4.6.1 The eCARE project
    • 4.7 Telecom sector liberalisation
    • 4.8 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    • 4.9 Fixed-line licence conditions
  • 5. Fixed network operators in Ghana
    • 5.1 Ghana Telecom
      • 5.1.1 Privatisation
      • 5.1.2 Services
      • 5.1.3 Tariffs
      • 5.1.4 Network infrastructure
    • 5.2 Western Telesystems Ghana Ltd (Westel, Celtel)
      • 5.2.1 Nationalisation 2006
      • 5.2.2 Re-privatisation 2007
    • 5.3 Capital Telecom Ltd
  • 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
    • 6.1 National telecom network
      • 6.1.1 National fibre backbone
      • 6.1.2 Public payphones
    • 6.2 International infrastructure
      • 6.2.1 Submarine cables
  • 7. Related reports
  • Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
  • Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2007
  • Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2007
  • Table 4 – Internet user statistics – March 2008
  • Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2007
  • Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
  • Table 7 – Fixed-lines in service and teledensity – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2007