发布时间：2008.7

摘要

Botswana is one of the continent’s wealthiest nations with a thriving economy mainly based on diamond exploitation and tourism. Major steps were taken in 2006 towards full liberalisation of the already competitive telecommunications sector. Mobile penetration has passed the 50% mark which is more than twice the African average, while the government-owned national operator BTC has seen a continued decline in the number fixed-line connections despite the introduction of ADSL broadband services. The government is in the process of privatising BTC which, through a new service-neutral licence, is now also enabled to compete in the mobile sector.

目录及图表

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Botswana’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Historic background
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Botswana Telecommunications Authority
      
  • 4.3 Universal Service and Access Strategy
    
  • 4.4 Botswana to develop its own cyber law
    
  • 4.5 National ICT policy master plan ‘Maitlamo’
    
  • 4.6 Telecom sector liberalisation in Botswana
    
    • 4.6.1 Regulatory reform 2006
      
  • 4.7 Privatisation of Botswana Telecom
    
  • 4.8 Interconnection
    
• 5. Fixed network operator in Botswana
  
  • 5.1 Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
    
    • 5.1.1 Overview of BTC services
      
    • 5.1.2 Unbalanced price structure
      
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
    • 6.1.1 Wireless Local Loop
      
    • 6.1.2 Public payphones
      
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
    
• 7. Data market
  
  • 7.1 Managed data services
    
  • 7.2 VSAT networks
    
• 8. Internet market
  
  • 8.1 Overview of the Internet in Botswana
    
  • 8.2 Botswana’s ISP market
    
    • 8.2.1 Botsnet
      
    • 8.2.2 InfoBotswana (IBIS)
      
    • 8.2.3 UUNet Botswana (formerly Interswana)
      
    • 8.2.4 Gaborone Wireless
      
  • 8.3 Broadband
    
• 9. Convergence
  
  • 9.1 VoIP telephony
    
  • 9.2 Next-Generation Network (NGN)
    
  • 9.3 E-commerce
    
  • 9.4 E-government
    
  • 9.5 Broadcasting
    
    • 9.5.1 Regulatory overview
      
    • 9.5.2 Overview of the broadcasting sector
      
    • 9.5.3 Internet radio
      
• 10. Mobile communications
  
  • 10.1 Overview of Botswana’s mobile market
    
    • 10.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 10.2 Regulatory issues
    
    • 10.2.1 Interconnection
      
  • 10.3 Major mobile operators
    
    • 10.3.1 Mascom Wireless
      
    • 10.3.2 Orange (Botswana) Pty Ltd
      
  • 10.4 Mobile banking
    
• 11. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2006
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 2006
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2006
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2006
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2007
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2006
• Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 - 2006
• Table 9 – Internet host computers – 1995 - 2005
• Table 10 – Mobile subscribers by operator and annual change – September 2007
• Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2007