DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Gabon
– Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses”
report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s
offering.
Gabon remains one of the wealthiest nations in Africa in terms of GDP
per capita, with the economy largely buttressed by oil revenue.
The telecom market was liberalised in 1999 when the government awarded
three mobile telephony licences and two Internet Service Provider (ISP)
licences and established an independent regulatory authority. Gabon
Telecom was privatised in 2007 when Maroc Telecom bought a 51% stake in
the operator. In June 2016 Maroc Telecom merged Gabon Telecom with Moov
Gabon, thereby reducing the number of mobile network operators from four
to three.
The 2009 entry of USAN (operated by Bintel Group under the brand name
Azur) into a competitive market with high penetration triggered a price
war that saw falling revenue and profits, forcing the operators to
streamline their businesses and to look for new income streams.
Following more than a year of delays, a licence to offer 3G mobile
broadband services was awarded in late 2011. Azur failed to weather
competition and ceased trading in late 2017, encumbered by debts and
fined by the regulator for failing to observe its quality of service
obligations.
Both Airtel Gabon and Gabon Telecom Mobile (Libertis) have launched LTE
services in a bid to develop revenue from mobile broadband and data
services.
In contrast with the mobile market, Gabon’s fixed-line and internet
sectors have remained underdeveloped due to a lack of competition and
high prices. The country has sufficient international bandwidth on the
SAT-3/WASC/SAFE submarine cable but this facility is monopolised by
Gabon Telecom. The arrival of the ACE submarine cable, combined with
progressing work on the CAB cable, has increased backhaul capacity
supporting mobile data traffic.
Key Developments:
- Gabon Telecom and Airtel Gabon renew mobile licences for ten years;
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Government commits XAF150 billion in backbone infrastructure work
through to 2020; -
Universal service project gets underway, aiming to deliver telecom
services to 2,700 villages; -
Korea Telecom secures XAF6 billion contract to build two fibre
segments as part of the Central African Backbone project; - New legal and regulatory framework comes into play;
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Gabon Telecom reduces cost of connecting to its fibre network by up to
90%; - Maroc Telecom merges Gabon Telecom and Moov Gabon;
- E-Gabon project launched to improve e-health services;
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Axione contracted to extend and maintain national telecoms
infrastructure; - MNOs register SIM cards to comply with new regulations;
- Airtel Gabon opens submarine link between Libreville and Port-Gentil;
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Report update includes the regulator’s market data to Q2 2018,
operator data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Key statistics
2 Telecommunications market
2.1 Market analysis
3 Regulatory environment
3.1 Historical overview
3.2 Regulatory authority
3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
3.4 Interconnection
4 Fixed network operator
4.1 Gabon Telecom
5 Telecommunications infrastructure
5.1 Overview of the national telecom network
5.2 International infrastructure
6 Fixed-line broadband market
6.1 Introduction and statistical overview
6.2 Market analysis
6.3 Broadband statistics
6.4 Fixed-line broadband technologies
7 Digital economy
7.1 e-health
7.2 e-learning
8 Mobile market
8.1 Market analysis
8.2 Mobile statistics
8.3 Mobile data
8.4 Mobile broadband
8.5 Mobile infrastructure
8.6 Major mobile operators
8.7 Mobile content and applications
Companies Mentioned
- Gabon Telecom (Maroc Telecom
- Libertis)
- Bharti Airtel (Zain)
- Moov (Telecel Gabon)
- Bintel (USAN
- Azur)
- Internet Gabon
- Solsi
- IBN Corporate.
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