Tunisia Sample

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Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in the Northern

African region, with some of Africa's highest market penetration rates, and information

technology is projected to contribute 13.5% of GDP in 2011. Mobile phone subscription rates

have continued to grow since over the last decade, showing a CAGR of 8.57% during 2005-

2008, while fixed-line subscribers have declined slightly at a CAGR of -0.30% over the same

period.

The former government-owned telecom operator Tunisie Telecom was part-privatized in 2006,

opening up the industry to competition from other providers. France Telecom-owned Orange

was licensed as the country's second fixed-line and third mobile operator in June 2009 and

began providing 3G services in May 2010. The internet sector has developed rapidly, supportedby a nationwide optical fiber backbone and some of the lowest broadband prices in Africa.

Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in the North African

region and sports some of the continent's highest market penetration rates. The mobile sector

has experienced exceptional growth since the introduction of competition in 2002. A nationwide

optical fiber backbone and international access via submarine cables, coupled with some of the

lowest broadband prices in Africa have supported rapid development of the Internet sector.

Table 2 provides an overview of country's key indicators in the telecom sector.

Table 2: Tunisia - Telecom Industry Snapshot

Segment Subscribers(million) Penetration (%)

Fixed-line 1.279 12.35%

Internet 3.5 33.40%

Mobile 9.754 95.38%

A. Mobile Market

Tunisia has one of the more developed mobile markets in Africa as indicated by thehigh level of mobile penetration, which has exceeded 93 percent.

There are three mobile operators in the country - Tunisie Telecom, Ooredoo(FormerlyTunisiana), and most recently Orange, who began operating the firstcountry-wide 3G network in May 2010. As a state-owned utility, until 2001 TunisieTelecom enjoyed being the only operator in a monopoly market, but competitionwas finally introduced in 2002 by the launch of mobile services from Ooredoo(Formerly Tunisiana), and in this more competitive market prices came down,stimulating growth.


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B. Market Size

Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in the North

African region and sports some of the continent's highest market penetration rates. The

mobile sector has experienced exceptional growth since the introduction of competition in

2002. A nationwide optical fiber backbone and international access via submarine cables,coupled with some of the lowest broadband prices in Africa have supported rapid

development of the Internet sector.

The total number of mobile subscribers in Tunisia at the end of 2010 wasapproximately 10.95 million, with a corresponding mobile penetration rate of 103.5 percent.

During the 1st Quarter of 2011 Tunisia had recorded 11.28 Million Subscribers with thepenetration rate exceeding more than 105%.

Table 3: the mobile subscribers in Tunisia for the period from 2002 to 2011

Year End Subscribers(millions) Penetration (%)

2002 0.56 6 %

2003 1.91 19.3 %

2004 3.73 37.5 %

2005 5.68 56.4 %

2006 7.33 72.1 %

2007 8.77 85.1 %

2008 9.76 93.9 %

2009 10.48 99.8 %

2010 10.95 103.4 %

2011 11.28 105.5 %

Source: Blycroft Publishing

Figure 1 illustrates the trends and forecasts for mobile subscribers and penetration rate in

Tunisia for the 10-year period from 2002 to 2011 .


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Figure 1: Tunisia - Mobile Subscribers and Penetration (2002-2011)

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There are three mobile network operators in Tunisia - the incumbents Tunisie Telecom andTunisiana, which each accounted for approximately half the existing subscribers at the endof 2009, and Orange, which began operating in May 2010.

Figure 2 illustrates the market share of the operators in terms of their subscriber base forJune 2005.

Figure 2: Tunisia - Market Share of Mobile Network Operators (June 2010)

Source: Company Reports

The three operators currently providing mobile services in Tunisia are discussed below.


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Tunisie Telecom was the first mobile operator in Tunisia and was completely owned by theTunisian government until it was part-privatized in July 2006, when a 35 percent stake wassold to a consortium of TECOM Investments and Dubai Investment Group (TECOM-DIG).

Tunisia's telecom market will be one of the fastest-growing markets in the Africa/MiddleEast region with total telecom revenue estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5.4 percent over thenext five years, reaching $2.2 billion in 2014.

Figure 3 illustrates the ownership split of Tunisie Telecom

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The operator's GSM network covers 100 % of the urban population and 85 % of therural population. The operator also provides value-added services, such as SMS, voice

messaging, etc. Tunisie Telecom had 6 million mobile subscribers at 2011.

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