{"id":1764,"date":"2011-05-09T11:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2011-05-09T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T11:01:39","slug":"malawi-telecoms-mobile-broadband-and-forecasts-buddecomm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/09\/malawi-telecoms-mobile-broadband-and-forecasts-buddecomm\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi &#8211; Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts (BuddeComm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/moi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1681\" title=\"moi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/moi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_custom_content_list_box\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_custom_content_pr_headline\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.companiesandmarkets.com\/img\/q1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Malawi mobile penetration is less than half the African average, and displays excellent growth potential<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.companiesandmarkets.com\/img\/q2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Market: <strong>Telecommunications<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Published Date: <strong>04 May 2011<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Report Type: <strong>Market Report<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Country: <strong>Malawi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of Pages: <strong>26<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>View Table of Contents<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.companiesandmarkets.com\/table-of-contents-for-malawi-telecoms,-mobile,-broadband-and-forecasts-556686.aspx\">Malawi &#8211; Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_custom_content_probox\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_custom_content_probox_title\">Market Report Topics A to Z<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_custom_content_probox_text\">\n<p><a title=\"Market Reports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.companiesandmarkets.com\/market-report-topics-a-to-z-p277.aspx\">Market Report Topics A to Z<\/a>:  Companiesandmarkets.com offers a wide range of market research reports.  Browse industry sectors of interest below to view market reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Malawi &#8211; Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts<\/strong> &#8211; Malawi is one of the world&#8217;s least developed countries, but its  economy continues to grow at around 6 to 7% per year. Mobile penetration  is less than half the African average, which means there is excellent  growth potential once the market moves beyond the duopoly held by Bharti  Airtel (formerly Zain) and Telecom Networks Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>A third  mobile operator, G-Mobile was licensed in 2008 but the rollout of the  new network has experienced delays and the operator is fighting against  the revocation of its licence in the courts. A fourth licence has also  been awarded, then withdrawn and retendered under non-transparent  circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>To finally introduce more competition to the  market, the government has now decided to follow in the footsteps of  several of its neighbours and introduce a converged licensing regime  which will allow the two fixed-line operators, Malawi Telecommunications  and Access Communications to enter the mobile market as well. Both are  already operating CDMA-based fixed-wireless networks which also support  broadband access using EV-DO technology.<\/p>\n<p>The internet sector is  reasonably competitive with 15 licensed ISPs, but the limited  availability and high cost of international bandwidth has held back  growth and kept broadband prices high. DSL services are available, and  several ISPs are rolling out WiMAX wireless broadband networks.<\/p>\n<p>The  two incumbent mobile networks have launched third generation mobile  services based on W-CDMA\/HSPA technology in 2009 and 2010, respectively.  A national fibre backbone is being implemented, and the country is set  to gain access to international submarine fibre optic cables for the  first time when a transit link via neighbouring countries is completed.  Provided a suitable regulatory regime is put in place, this will bring  down the cost of international bandwidth and deliver a boost to the  broadband market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Third mobile network promises to finally launch under new management contract;<br \/>\nFourth mobile licence in limbo;<br \/>\nConverged licensing regime expected to boost competition;<br \/>\nMobile market forecasts for 2013 and 2016;<br \/>\nProfiles of major players in all market sectors;<br \/>\nNational fibre rollout;<br \/>\nInternational fibre access will boost broadband market<br \/>\nEstimated market penetration rates in Malawi&#8217;s telecoms sector &#8211; end 2011<br \/>\nNew licensing regime promises boost to competition<\/p>\n<p>This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Malawi&#8217;s telecommunications market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subjects covered include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key statistics;<br \/>\nMarket and industry overviews;<br \/>\nGovernment policies affecting the telecoms industry;<br \/>\nMarket liberalisation and regulatory issues;<br \/>\nTelecoms operators &#8211; privatisation, acquisitions, new licences;<br \/>\nMajor players (fixed, mobile and broadband);<br \/>\nInfrastructure development;<br \/>\nMobile voice and data markets;<br \/>\nInternet and broadband development and growth;<br \/>\nConvergence (voice\/data, fixed\/wireless\/mobile);<br \/>\nMobile data services and pricing, including 3G;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi mobile penetration is less than half the African average, and displays excellent growth potential Market: Telecommunications Published Date: 04 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[448,449,288,450],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-3g","tag-broadband","tag-internet","tag-telecoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}