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Tanzania Telecommunications Report Q4 2012

  • Published: September 2012
  • 82 pages
  • Business Monitor International

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The Tanzania Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Tanzania's telecommunications industry.

BMI View: The Tanzanian telecoms market has strong growth potential, most notably in traditional mobile and wireless data services with mobile penetration reaching 56.1% in Q112. The VAS market is also showing great potential, with Vodacom’s M-PESA service reaching 3.6mn users in Q212. However,
set against this potential is the legacy of the price war that followed Airtel’s entry, with the lowest ARPUs in the region. There are large numbers of inactive subscriptions, although the precise figure was not clear at the time of writing. If Vodacom’s discounting of inactive subscriptions in Q212 is an indicator for the reality of the market as a whole, the contraction could be over 25% of subscriptions in Q112.

Key Data:

- The latest TCRA data show strong mobile growth to Q112, with the market expanding 22.5% yo-
y to reach 26.806mn subscriptions and penetration of READ MORE >

Executive Summary 5

SWOT Analysis 6

Tanzania Mobile SWOT 6

Tanzania Fixed-Line and Broadband SWOT 7

Tanzania Political SWOT 8

Tanzania Economic SWOT 9

Tanzania Business Environment SWOT 10

Risk/Reward Ratings 11
Table: Sub-Saharan Africa Telecoms Risk/Reward Ratings, Q412 17

Tanzania 18

Industry Forecast Scenario 20

Mobile 20
Table: Telecoms Sector – Mobile – Historical Data & Forecasts, 2009-2016 20

ARPU 22
Table: Monthly Blended ARPU 22

Fixed Line 24
Table: Telecoms Sector – Fixed Line – Historical Data & Forecasts 24

Internet 25
Table: Telecoms Sector – Internet – Historical Data & Forecasts 25

Market Overview 26

Mobile 26

Regional Perspective 26
Table: Tanzania Mobile Market Regional Comparisons, 2011 26

Key Developments 27

Mobile Growth 28
Table: Tanzania Mobile Market Q112 29

Market Shares And Net Additions 30
Table: Tanzania Mobile Market Net Additions Q112 32

Subscriber Mix 33

Usage (MOU/ARPU) 33

Networks 34

Mobile Content/Value Added Services 36

Mobile Operator Data 39
Table: Market Overview 39
Table: Airtel (formerly Celtel) 39
Table: Vodacom 40
Table: Zantel 40
Table: Tigo 41
Table: TTCL 41
Table: Benson & Sesatel 42

Mobile Content 43

Regional Outlook 43
Table: Major Players Leverage Footprint In VAS Deployment 47

Fixed Line 48

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Internet 50
Table: Internet Subscriptions By Type And Access 51
Table: Bandwith Capacity, June 2010 52

Industry Trends & Developments 55

Regulatory Development 58
Table: Tanzania Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities 58

Competition 58
Table: Number Of Licensed Operators 59

Licensing 59

Recent Developments 59

Competitive Landscape 61

Key Players 61
Table: Key Players – Tanzania Telecoms Sector 61

Company Profiles 62

TTCL 62

Vodacom Tanzania 65

Company Monitor 68

Demographic Outlook 71
Table: Tanzania's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000) 72
Table::Tanzania's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total) 72
Table: Tanzania's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020 73
Table: Tanzania's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020 74

Glossary Of Terms 75
Table: Glossary Of Terms 75

BMI Methodology 77

How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts 77
Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts 77

Telecoms Business Environment Ratings 79

Risk/Reward Ratings Methodology 79
Table: Ratings Indicators 80

Weighting 81
Table: Weighting Of Indicators 81

Sources 81

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