DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Tanzania
– Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses”
report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s
offering.
The government has actively embraced competition in the telecom market
and has encouraged the private sector despite it having retaken control
of the incumbent telco TTC (formerly TTCL) in June 2016. Foreign
participation has also been encouraged to promote economic growth and
social development. Policy reforms have led to the telecom sector
becoming among the most liberal in Africa. However, high import tariffs
on telecoms equipment and taxes on telephone facilities by various
authorities are still placing a burden on investors and operators.
Tanzania has two fixed-line operators (TTC and Zantel) and eight
operational mobile networks, with four additional players licensed under
a new converged regulatory regime. With four major operators Vodacom,
Bharti Airtel (formerly Zain), Tigo and Zantel mobile penetration has
reached 83% by March 2017. In recent years a price war among these
players has adversely affected the smaller operators, which have
suffered from customer churn.
The converged licensing regime has brought many new players into the
market. The liberalisation of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)
telephony as well as the introduction of third and fourth generation
(3G, LTE) mobile services and wireless broadband networks has boosting
the internet sector which has been otherwise hampered by the low level
of development of the traditional fixed-line network.
Following the launch of mobile broadband services the mobile network
operators have become the leading internet service providers. Operators
are hoping for revenue growth in the mobile data services market, given
that the voice market is almost entirely prepaid and voice ARPU
continues to fall. To this end they have invested in network upgrades. A
fast-developing source of revenue is from mobile money transfer and
m-banking services.
The landing of the first fibre optic international submarine cables in
the country in recent years has revolutionised the market which up to
that point entirely depended on expensive satellite connections. In
parallel, the government is working on the later phases of a national
fibre backbone network aimed at connecting population centres around the
country.
The government has become more determined to manage the telecom sector
more effectively. It has cracked down on counterfeit smartphones, which
were thought to account for up to 30% of devices in circulation at the
start of the campaign, while in early 2016 the telecom regulator’s board
was dismissed after it had failed to update the Telecommunications
Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS). This system was expected to deliver up
to TZS400 billion to the government annually. In late 2016 a new tax
collection system was launched to help generate revenue from telecom
services.
The government in September 2017 completed a long-term process to
reacquire the incumbent, buying out the 35% stake owned by Bharti
Airtel. The company was reformed as the TTC in January 2018, with a
mandate to develop telecom services and manage infrastructure.
Key Developments:
- Regulator consults on IoT/M2M numbering plan;
- Auction for 700MHz spectrum completed;
-
Government orders suspension of licences to telcos failing to list 25%
of shares on the stock market; - New MTRs agreed to 2022;
- Tigo Pesa receives the GSMA Mobile Money Certification;
- Halotel Tanzania launches Halopesa m-banking service;
-
GSMA initiates rural tower sharing partnership to provide services to
rural areas; -
TTC extends LTE-A service, launches investment program for its FttP
project; -
Government sets up Telecommunications Revenue Assurance System (TRASS)
to improve telecom tax raising ability; -
Telecom regulator fines mobile operators for failing to register SIM
cards; -
TTC secures TZS600 billion loan to enable it to improve its telecom
infrastructure and services in rural areas; - Vodacom Tanzania updates M-Pesa service with its G2 platform;
- Tanzanian MNOs improve on full m-money interoperability;
-
Government allocates TZS17.5 billion to improve rural telecom
infrastructure; -
Report update includes regulator’s market data to March 2018, operator
data to Q2 2018, recent market developments.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Key statistics
2 Country overview
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Market analysis
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Regulatory authority
4.2 National Telecommunications Policy 1997
4.3 National ICT Policy
4.4 Regulatory overhaul
4.5 Electronic and Postal Communication Act 2010
4.6 Electronic and Postal Communications Regulations 2018
4.7 Telecom sector liberalisation
4.8 Interconnection
4.9 Universal Communication Services Access Fund (UCSAF)
4.10 Foreign ownership restrictions
4.11 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
4.12 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 TTC
5.2 Zantel
5.3 BOL (Smart)
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 TTC’s fixed-line network
6.2 Wireless local loop (WLL)
6.3 Private networks
6.4 National fibre backbone
6.5 International infrastructure
7 Broadband market
7.1 Introduction and statistical overview
7.2 Broadband infrastructure
8 Digital economy
8.1 E-health
8.2 E-learning
9 Mobile market
9.1 Market analysis
9.2 Mobile statistics
9.3 Regulatory issues
9.4 Mobile infrastructure
9.5 Other infrastructure developments
9.6 Major mobile operators
9.7 Mobile content and applications
9.8 Handsets
Companies Mentioned
- Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTC)
- Zanzibar Telecommunications Corporation (Zantel)
- Vodacom Tanzania
- Bharti Airtel (Zain)
- Millicom (Tigo)
- Benson Informatics Limited (BOL)
- Sasatel (Dovetel)
- Africa Online
- Raha.com
- Tele2
- Alink
- SatCom Networks
- SimbaNet
- Afsat
- Cats-Net.
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