The “Ghana – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Ghana’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors.
Ghana’s telecom market has benefited from the privatisation of the incumbent telco Ghana Telecom and its rebranding as Vodafone Ghana. The company is the principal fixed-line provider and also the third largest player in the mobile services sector, after MTN and the recently merged AirtelTigo. It remains a key investor in telecom infrastructure, supported by various government-funded schemes to extend the reach of telecom services nationally. Recent upgrades have included an extension to the Eastern Corridor as well as a new cable connecting to Burkina Faso operated by Vodafone Wholesale.
The launch of LTE services by Vodafone Ghana in March 2019 and the extension of LTE-A services by MTN Ghana have greatly improved the quality of mobile data services for end-users. This has been reflected in a number of areas, including the strong m-commerce and m-banking sectors. The vibrant mobile market has retained steady subscriber growth.
Ghana has a highly competitive internet market, and though there is a large number of licensed ISPs most subscribers are customers of only a few operators. In common with other markets in the region, the vast majority of internet accesses are via mobile networks.
Key Developments:
- Eastern Corridor project completed
- Facebook and Vodafone Ghana launch Express Wi-Fi program
- Ghana Investment Fund sets out national telecom coverage goals
- Vodafone Ghana secures a block of 800MHz spectrum for $30 million, launches LTE services
- MTN Ghana lists on the Ghanaian stock exchange
- Government to set up an additional 600 towers to provide basic mobile services
- M-money interoperability launched
- Merger of networks of Tigo Ghana and Airtel Ghana nears completion
- Regulator’s fines on MNOs for QoS issues stimulate additional investments
- Report update includes the regulator’s market data to September 2018, telcos’ operating data to Q4 2018, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments
Key Topics Covered:
1. Key statistics
- Country overview
2. Telecommunications market
- Market analysis
- Regional Africa Market Comparison
- TMI vs GDP
- Mobile and mobile broadband
- Fixed and mobile broadband
3. Regulatory environment
- Regulatory authority
- West African Common Regulatory Framework 2005
- Competition framework 2006
- Electronic Communications Act
- Electronic Transaction Act
- Universal service
- Ghana Investment Fund for Telecommunications (GIFTEL)
- The eCARE project
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Fixed-line licence conditions
4. Fixed network operators
- Vodafone Ghana
- Privatisation
- Network infrastructure
- Airtel Ghana (Zain, Westel)
- Nationalisation 2006
- Re-privatisation 2007
- Capital Telecom (defunct)
5. Telecommunications infrastructure
- Overview of the national telecom network
- Fibre backbone infrastructure
- Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
- International infrastructure
- Submarine fibre optic cables
- Satellite services
- Data centres
6. Broadband market
- Introduction and statistical overview
- Broadband statistics
- Forecasts – fixed broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
- Public Internet Access Venues (PAVs)
- Shared access centres
- Mobile Telecentre To-Go
- Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA)
- Ghana Internet Exchange Point (GIX)
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP)
- Other fixed broadband services
- Fixed wireless broadband
- Powerline Communication (PLC)
- Satellite broadband
- O3b
- Domestic backbone network infrastructure
- Ghana National Public Data Network (DataNet)
- FastNet
- VoltaCom
- Internet Solutions (IS)
- Phase3 Telecom
- Electronic Data Interchange
7. Digital economy
- E-commerce
- E-government, e-Ghana project
- E-learning
- E-health
8. Mobile communications
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- General statistics
- Mobile broadband
- SMS
- Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
- Regulatory issues
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Licensing
- Spectrum
- Roaming
- Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- Network sharing
- Taxation
- SIM card registration
- Mobile infrastructure
- Analogue networks
- Digital networks
- Other infrastructure developments
- Major mobile operators
- Vodafone Ghana (Ghana Telecom, OneTouch)
- MTN Ghana (formerly ScanCom, Spacefon Areeba)
- Tigo Ghana (Millicom Ghana, Mobitel)
- Expresso
- Airtel Ghana (Zain/Celtel, Westel)
- Glo Mobile
- Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
- M2M
- Mobile content and applications
- M-banking
- M-health Source: globenewswire.com