Research and Markets: Uganda - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts - Operators Started To Increase Their Tariffs Aga

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3a1a7d/uganda_telecoms) has announced the addition of the "Uganda - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to their offering.

This annual report (10th Edition) provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Uganda's telecommunications market.

Fibre, mobile broadband and mobile banking are revolutionising Uganda's telecom sector. Uganda is one of the fastest and most consistently growing economies in Africa. The introduction of mobile telephony has revolutionised its telecommunications sector since Celtel/Zain (now Bharti Airtel) launched the first network in 1995, followed by MTN in 1998, Uganda Telecom in 2001, Warid Telecom in 2008 and HiTS Telecom, in which France Telecom's mobile unit Orange bought a majority stake in 2009. The intensified competition has led to a price war which has accelerated subscriber growth but also the fall of average revenue per user (ARPU).

A simplified and converged licensing regime has significantly reduced barriers to market entry and increased competition. MTN also competes with Uganda Telecom in the fixed-line market. Penetration is low in this sector but has seen a renaissance recently on the back of wireless local loop (WLL) network rollouts, prepaid services and an increasing demand for broadband access. 3% of fixed lines are using fibre for the last mile.

Being landlocked, the country depended entirely on satellites for its international Internet connectivity until 2009 when several international submarine fibre optic cables landed on the African east coast, to which Uganda is now connected via a national fibre backbone extending to its borders. By 2010, prices for international bandwidth had plummeted to a fraction of their original cost.

With GDP growth forecast to remain stable at around 7% per annum until at least 2016, growth prospects for Uganda's telecoms sector are excellent.

Companies Mentioned:

• Uganda Telecom (UTL)
• MTN
• Bharti Airtel (Zain, Celtel)
• Warid Telecom
• Orange (HiTS Telecom)
• i-Tel
• Simba Telecoms
• Seacom
• Infocom (Altech)
• Internet Solutions
• UTL Online
• Africa Online
• Spacenet
• The Broadband Company (TMP)
• Wateen Telecoms
• Smile Telecom
• Foris Telecom
• Talk Telecom
• Mo Telecom
• Goal Technology Solutions (GTS)
• UMEME
• WBS Television
• NTV Uganda
• MultiChoice
• Jump TV
• Wananchi

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KEYWORDS:   Uganda  Africa

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications  Mobile/Wireless

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