Tunisia planning nano-satellite launches to 2023
Tunisia has one of the most sophisticated telecom infrastructures in North Africa. Penetration rates for mobile and internet services are among the highest in the region. A number of regulatory measures and infrastructure projects have been instituted in recent years as the government continues to extend broadband infrastructure to remote areas and develop a digital economy.Supported by the Digital Tunisia 2020 program, the MNOs have built extensive LTE infrastructure, and have trialled 5G services, though commercial services are not expected to be launched before 2023.
The political events of 2021 have put into question the country's economic recovery. Although the economy was severely impacted by the collapse of the tourism sector in 2020, it returned to growth in 2021. Nevertheless, there is high unemployment and emigration, as well as continuing economic pressure on households. These factors have in turn held back the potential for revenue growth in the telecom sector.
The MNOs Ooredoo and Orange Tunisie are also licensed as fixed-line operators and have launched DSL and FttP services. In addition, a dozen public and private ISPs compete in this sector, supported by a nationwide fibre backbone network and international access via submarine and terrestrial fibre.
Key Developments:
- Tunisia to be connected to the Medusa Submarine Cable System;
- Tunisia benefitting from one of the fastest average mobile data rates on the continent;
- TelNet launches the first of 30 nano-satellites;
- Ooredoo Tunisia contracts Nokia and Huawei to develop 5G networks and systems;
- Launch of commercial 5G services expected to be delayed to 2023;
Table of Contents
- Key statistics
- Country overview
- Telecommunications market
- Market analysis
- Regulatory environment
- Historical overview
- Regulatory authorities
- INT
- ONT
- Fixed-line developments
- Telecommunications Act 2001
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Number Portability (NP)
- Mobile network developments
- Network sharing
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- LTE spectrum
- 800MHz spectrum auction
- OTT applications
- Roaming
- Mobile market
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile infrastructure
- 5G
- 4G (LTE)
- 3G
- GSM-R
- Other infrastructure developments
- IoT and M2M networks
- Mobile data
- SMS, MMS
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
- Tunicell (Tunisie Telecom)
- Ooredoo Tunisia (Tunisiana)
- Orange Tunisie
- Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
- Mobile content and applications
- M-money
- Fixed-line broadband market
- Introduction and statistical overview
- Broadband statistics
- Public Internet access locations
- Agence Tunisienne d Internet (ATI)
- Fixed-line broadband technologies
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- VDSL
- G.fast
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
- Digital Economy
- E-commerce
- E-learning
- E-government
- Fixed network operators
- Tunisie Telecom
- Privatisation
- Orange Tunisie
- Ooredoo Tunisie (Tunisiana)
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- Overview of the national telecom network
- VoIP
- International infrastructure
- Submarine fibre
- Terrestrial
- Satellite
- Data centres
- Cloud services
- Smart infrastructure
- Appendix - Historic data
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Related reports
List of Tables
List of Charts
List of Exhibits
Companies Mentioned
- Tunisie Telecom (Tunicell)
- Orange Tunisie
- Ooredoo (Tunisiana
- Orascom
- Wataniya
- Qatar Telecom/Qtel)
- Planet Tunisie
- 3S GlobalNet
- HexaByte
- Tunet
- Topnet
- Divona Telecom
- Thuraya
- Nokia Networks
- Huawei Technologies
- ZTE
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Ericsson.
