发布时间：2008.8

摘要

Following more than a decade of civil war, Sierra Leone has enjoyed peace and stability since 2002. The country’s traditional telecommunications infrastructure has suffered damage and neglect, but the mobile sector has experienced excellent growth with now five GSM networks competing for customers and up to three more expected to launch shortly. However, recent government intervention in some regulatory matters has created a degree of uncertainty about market growth in the medium term. At the same time, a rapidly declining ARPU is forcing the operators to improve their services and find new revenue streams, such as Internet access via mobile data services. In this area they are competing with a large number of wireless broadband network operators that have emerged as providers of converged Internet and VoIP telephony services. Overall, penetration rates in all market segments are still well below African averages, leaving ample potential for future growth.

目录及图表

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Country overview
  
• 4. Overview of Sierra Leone’s telecom market
  
• 5. Regulatory environment
  
  • 5.1 Background
    
  • 5.2 West African common regulatory framework 2005
    
  • 5.3 Regulatory authority
    
    • 5.3.1 National Telecommunications Commission (NTC, NATCOM)
      
  • 5.4 Regulatory direction 2008
    
  • 5.5 Telecom sector liberalisation
    
• 6. Fixed network operators in Sierra Leone
  
  • 6.1 Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company (Sierratel)
    
    • 6.1.1 Network infrastructure
      
    • 6.1.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
    • 6.1.3 Privatisation
      
  • 6.2 Other operators
    
  • 6.3 Fixed-line statistics
    
• 7. International infrastructure
  
  • 7.1 International gateways, grey market
    
• 8. Internet and broadband market
  
  • 8.1 Overview
    
    • 8.1.1 Internet statistics
      
  • 8.2 VoIP Internet telephony
    
  • 8.3 Broadband market
    
    • 8.3.1 Overview
      
  • 8.4 ISPs and converged service providers
    
    • 8.4.1 Access Point Africa
      
    • 8.4.2 Afcom
      
    • 8.4.3 AITH
      
    • 8.4.4 Datatel
      
    • 8.4.5 FGC
      
    • 8.4.6 icom.net (Comium)
      
    • 8.4.7 IPTEL/Sierra-Com
      
    • 8.4.8 LimeLine
      
    • 8.4.9 MultiNet
      
    • 8.4.10 Sierratel
      
• 9. Mobile communications
  
  • 9.1 Overview of Sierra Leone’s mobile market
    
  • 9.2 Mobile licence awards
    
  • 9.3 Mobile statistics
    
  • 9.4 Major mobile operators
    
    • 9.4.1 Celtel/Zain
      
    • 9.4.2 Comium
      
    • 9.4.3 Lintel (Africell)
      
    • 9.4.4 Millicom (Tigo)
      
    • 9.4.5 Datatel
      
    • 9.4.6 Cellcom
      
  • 9.5 Mobile voice services
    
    • 9.5.1 Satellite mobile
      
  • 9.6 Mobile data services
    
• 10. Forecasts
  
  • 10.1 Forecasts – fixed-line market to 2015
    
  • 10.2 Forecasts – Internet users to 2015
    
  • 10.3 Forecasts – mobile market to 2015
    
  • 10.4 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 11. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2007
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2007
• Table 4 – Mobile statistics – 2007
• Table 5 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 6 – Fixed and fixed-wireless lines in service and teledensity – 1999 - 2007
• Table 7 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2007
• Table 8 – GSM licences issued in Sierra Leone
• Table 9 – Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration – 2000 - 2007
• Table 10 – Celtel SL subscribers and market share – 2003 - 2008
• Table 11 – Celtel SL monthly ARPU – 2002 - 2008
• Table 12 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 13 – Forecast Internet users – 2010; 2015
• Table 14 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015