African Broadband Markets

Introduction

Glossary

1. Key Trends

2. ‘Classic’ Fixed-line Broadband
2.1. Cable television (CATV)
2.2 ADSL
2.3 VSAT
2.4 ISPs and Wireline Broadband Service
2.5 Local Loop Unbundling (LLU): ‘Sharks vs Fishes’
2.6 Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Operators.

3 'Unorthodox' Wireless Broadband Deployments
3.1 WLAN/WiFi
3.2 Mobile operators
3.3 WBS (South Africa)
3.4 FWA
3.5 WiMAX
3.6 VSAT

4. Pricing

5. Broadband and Implications for International Transmission Capacity
Forecasts

6. Survey: Deployments of Broadband Access Networks in Africa, 2005

Table 1: Broadband Deployments, By Type of Operator. Survey of 100 Selected African Operators
Table 2: Telkom South Africa, Uptake of ADSL (March 2005)
Table 3: Vodacom, Uptake of GPRS and W-CDMA
Table 4: Comparison of Monthly ADSL Access Charges, Advertised Tariffs Local Currency (August 2005)
Table 5: Comparison of Monthly ADSL Access Charges, Advertised Tariffs US$ (August 2005)
Table 6: Wireline Broadband Deployments and International Connectivity

Chart 1: Broadband Access Zones of Advantage Analysis
Chart 2: Sonatel, Uptake of ADSL (December 2004)
Chart 3: Internet Ghana ADSL Subscribers, March 2005

African Broadband Markets is aimed at people working in the following categories of organisations:

• Internet Service Providers
• Bandwidth sellers
• Data carriers
• Telephone companies (both fixed line and mobile)
• Government and regulatory organizations
• Development agencies, universities and NGOs.

About the authors:

Paul Hamilton, an independent consultant specialising in African telecommunication markets, is an associate of Balancing Act. Formerly the Telecoms Research Manager at World Markets Research Centre (WMRC), he has undertaken a range of research, analysis and consulting assignments for operators, vendors, NGOs and regulators. He continues to write for WMRC as the African telecom analyst, and other key publications.

Russell Southwood is the Chief Executive of Balancing Act and the Editor of its weekly e-letter on telecoms, internet and computing News Update. As a consultant, he has worked for a variety of clients looking at: the demand for fibre infrastructure in Africa over the next five years; the creation of a regional internet exchange point; the future for VoIP services in Africa ; the development of local internet content and services; and policy development.

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