Haiti telecoms sector keeps afloat in the face of relentless calamities
Haiti's economic, political, and social structures continue to be beset by problems that keep the country near the bottom of the world order. Most of these are caused by external forces and devastating hurricanes and major earthquakes that tear apart what exists of the country's infrastructure, including its communication systems. The COVID-19 pandemic was just one of the more recent events to have plagued the populace. But endemic corruption and ongoing political strife can also take a fair share of the blame for keeping Haiti's long-suffering citizens in abject poverty.While Haiti is in desperate need of maintaining effective communication services to enable it to keep going through the countless natural disasters, the country's telecoms sector is really only surviving on the back of international goodwill to repair and replace the systems destroyed in the latest upheaval. Haiti's fixed-line infrastructure is now practically non-existent, having been torn apart by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. What aid and additional investment has been forthcoming has been directed towards mobile solutions. Yet only just over half of the country can afford a mobile handset or the cost of a monthly subscription. And mobile broadband penetration is half of that again and an estimated 28% in 2022.
International aid continues to flow in to try and help the country's telecoms sector recover and the World Bank has released a further $120 million to go on top of the $60 million grant provided after the last major 7.2 earthquake in August 2021. But Haiti will be justifiably praying for an easing-up of the calamities being inflicted on the small country if it is to have any chance of creating a more hopeful future for its beleaguered citizens.
Key Developments:
World Bank provides a further $120 million grant to the Haiti Resilient Connectivity and Urban Transport Accessibility Project.This product will be updated with the latest data at the time of order. Consequently, dispatch time for this product will be 7-10 business days.
Table of Contents
- Key statistics
- Country overview
- Telecommunications market
- Regulatory environment
- Regulatory authority
- Interconnection
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Privatisation
- SIM card registration
- Mobile market
- Mobile infrastructure
- 4G (LTE)
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
- Digicel
- Comcel (Voilà )
- Haiti Telecommunications International (HaiTel)
- Natcom
- Rectel (Teleco)
- Mobile content and applications
- Mobile commerce
- Fixed-line broadband market
- Fixed network market
- Major network operator
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- National telecom network
- International infrastructure
- Appendix - Historic data
- Related reports
Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Haiti - 2022 (e)
Table 2 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Table 3 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2014 - 2027
Table 4 - Fixed broadband subscribers - 2015 - 2027
Table 5 - Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2000 - 2011
Table 6 - Historic - Internet users and user penetration rate - 2000 - 2011
Table 7 - Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 2000 - 2011
Table 8 - Historic - Digicel financial data - 2012; 2014 - 2015
Table 9 - Historic - Digicel mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2015
List of Charts
Chart 1 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Chart 2 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2014 - 2027
Chart 3 - Fixed broadband subscribers - 2015 - 2027
Companies Mentioned
- Natcom
- Digicel
- HaiTel
- Comcel
- Rectel.
