STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM SECTOR AS OF JUNE 2013 Prepared by: ICA
CONTENTS I. preliminary remarks... 4 II. summary... 4 1. MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS... 5 1.1. SUBSCRIPTIONS, MARKET SHARE AND COVERAGE... 6 1.2. MOBILE TELEPHONE TARIFF STRUCTURE... 8 2. FIXED TELEPHONE NETWORK... 9 3. TRAFFIC STATISTICS... 10 3.1. TOTAL OUTGOING AND INCOMING MOBILE CALLS(IN MINUTES)... 10 3.2. SMS TRAFFIC... 11 4. INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION... 11 4.1. INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS... 12 4.2. BROADBAND INTERNET MARKET SHARE... 13 4.3. MOBILE INTERNET MARKET SHARE AS OF JUNE 2013... 13 5. INTERNATIONAL INTERNET BANDWIDTH... 14 6. INTERNET TARIFF... 14 6.1. MOBILE INTERNET TARIFF... 14 6.2. FIXED INTERNET TARIFF... 14 7. EMPLOYMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR AS OF JUNE 2013... 17 Page 2 of 17
LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscriptions per operator... 5 Table 2: Mobile telephone network coverage as of June 2013 per type of technology and per operator as of June 2013... 7 Table 3: International roaming subscribers as of June 2013... 7 Table 4. Outgoing and Incoming traffic for the 2 nd Quarter 2013... 10 Table 5: SMS traffic per operator as of June 2013... 11 Table 6. Licensed internet service providers as of June 2013... 11 Table7. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of June 2013... 12 Table 8. International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of June 2013... 14 Table 9: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of June 2013... 17 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Development of mobile telephone Subscribers as of June 2013... 6 Figure 2: Evolution of postpaid and prepaid mobile subscriptions market share per operator as of June 2013... 6 Figure 3: Evolution of total mobile telephones market share per operator.... 7 Figure 4. Mobile telephone voice tariff structures, per operator as of June 2013.... 8 Figure 5: Mobile telephones tariffs as of June 2013... 8 Figure 6: Fixed telephone Market share by operators as of June 2013... 9 Figure 7: Outgoing voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call as of June 2013... 10 Figure 8: Incoming voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call as of June 2013... 10 Figure 9: Trend in internet penetration rate... 12 Figure 10: Evolution of fixed broadband market share for the last two quarters 2013... 13 Figure 11: Mobile internet market share as of June 2013... 13 Figure 12: Mobile normal Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of June 2013... 14 Figure 13: Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of June 2013 (In Rwf VAT Inclusive)... 14 Figure 15: Employment status in Telecommunication Sector as of June 2013 (by gender)... 17 Page 3 of 17
I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS The information compiled in this report is from telecom companies and Internet Service Providers. This report is subject to alteration in case of any updates from the operators. Subscription in this report is defined as active subscribers that have generated revenue within three months. II. SUMMARY This is a second quarter 2013 report; it covers the period from March up to June. It includes information on mobile telephone, fixed telephone, internet, and tariff (voice call tariff, and data tariff), traffic, revenues, investment and employment. In this period under review the mobile telephone subscribers increased from 6,039,615 to 6,415,343. This portrays an increase of 5.9%. Similarly, the quarter recorded growth in mobile penetration rate to reach 60.9% from 57.3 % recorded at end of the previous quarter. This is mainly attributed to the new mobile telephone subscriptions. Fixed telephone subscriptions in this quarter under review were found to be 42,800 which represents 0.40 penetration rate. On internet data segment, the number of internet subscriptions is 1,232,389 that represents the internet penetration rate 0f 12.2. This shows an increase of 27% in internet penetration rate; this increase is mainly brought about by the widespread of use of mobile data. Page 4 of 17
1. MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS As of June 2013, the major players in mobile telephony include MTN Rwandacell, TIGO Rwanda Ltd and AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd. Table 1: Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscriptions per operator Operators Active subscribers Fixed Teledensity Mobile Teledens ity General teledensity Mobile Active subscribers Fixed Telephony MTN Rwanda 3,599,540 10,925 TIGO Rwanda 1,900,693 0.40% 60.9% 61.3% AIRTEL 915,110 RWANDA LTD RWANDATEL - 31,875 Total 6,415,343 42,800 The above table indicates that mobile penetration rate reached 60.9% as of June 2013 against 57.3% on March 2013. This is mainly due to the increase in mobile telephone subscriptions. Page 5 of 17
1.1. SUBSCRIPTIONS, MARKET SHARE AND COVERAGE Figure 1: Development of mobile telephone Subscribers as of June 2013 Figure 2: Evolution of postpaid and prepaid mobile subscriptions market share per operator as of June 2013 Page 6 of 17
Figure 3: Evolution of total mobile telephones market share per operator. MTN Rwanda is still leading in terms of mobile subscribers with 56% of the market share followed by Tigo which has 30%, Airtel Rwanda has the lowest market share of 14%. The coverage for each network is depicted in the table below: Table 2: Mobile telephone network coverage as of June 2013 per type of technology and per operator as of June 2013 Geographic coverage 2G 2.5G &3G 3.5G MTN Rwanda Ltd 98.83 98.83 19.07 TIGO Rwanda Ltd 78.97 5.3 5.3 AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd 73.5 3 Population coverage MTN Rwanda Ltd 98.74 98.74 22.12 TIGO Rwanda Ltd 98.99 5.3 5.3 AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd Table 3: International roaming subscribers as of June 2013 3 rd Quarter 2012 4 th Quarter 2012 1 st Quarter 2013 2nd Quarter 2013 Incoming outgoing Incoming outgoing Incoming outgoing Incoming outgoing MTN LTD 760,061 209,983 357,913 70,309 293,339 191,816 242,346 609,411 TIGO LTD 15,772 49,841 92,883 33,246 35,324 51,952 97,024 169,399 AIRTEL 29,833 0 167,740 75,560 LTD Page 7 of 17
1.2. MOBILE TELEPHONE TARIFF STRUCTURE In general, the tariffs for mobile telephone calls remained stable for the period under review as described below ; Figure 4. Mobile telephone voice tariff structures, per operator as of June 2013. MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Onnet Tariff 36 25 20 Offnet tariff 60 60 60 Promotional tariff 22 45(on offnet), 35(USA, Canada, China) 10 East Africa tariff 120 165 120 Rest of Africa tariff 165 240 US/Canada/China/India 49.8 40 35 International Tariff 250.2 195 240 Figure 5: Mobile telephones tariffs as of June 2013 Page 8 of 17
2. FIXED TELEPHONE NETWORK Rwandatel and MTN Rwanda Ltd are the main fixed line voice service providers. Below is the tariff structure for fixed line telephone as of June 2013. Figure 6: Fixed telephone Market share by operators as of June 2013 Page 9 of 17
3. TRAFFIC STATISTICS 3.1. TOTAL OUTGOING AND INCOMING MOBILE CALLS(IN MINUTES) Table 4. Outgoing and Incoming traffic for the 2 nd Quarter 2013 MTN Rwanda Ltd AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd TIGO Rwanda Ltd Total OUTGOING MINUTES On net 582,111,641 133,166,676 701,576,802 1,416,855,119 Off net 15,214,205 13,435,956 14,106,201 42,756,362 International 23,225,222 1,779,655 2,362,056 27,366,933 INCOMING MINUTES off net 27,228,996 5,172,665 13,916,457 46,318,118 International 17,947,512 3,662,255 1,472,965 23,082,732 Figure 7: Outgoing voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call as of June 2013 Figure 8: Incoming voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call as of June 2013 Page 10 of 17
3.2. SMS TRAFFIC Table 5: SMS traffic per operator as of June 2013 MTN AIRTEL Tigo Rwanda Ltd Total outgoing messages On net 112,045,473 4,766,827 111,251,168 228,063,468 Off net 2,085,758 2,893,477 1,437,210 6,416,445 International 350,001 1,181,253 429,756 1,961,010 Incoming SMS Off net 4,841,517 535,567 1,780,749 7,157,833 International 595,168 946,571 106,533 1648,272 4. INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION There are ten (10) licensed Internet Service Providers in the country including National telecommunication service operators (fixed and mobile). The table below depicts licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as of June 2013 while the graph below depicts the internet penetration evolution since 2003. Table 6. Licensed internet service providers as of June 2013 ISPs LICENSED FROM(Year) STATUS MTN Rwandacell S.A.R.L 2006 Operational RWANDATEL S.A 2008 Operational TIGO Rwanda S.A 2008 Operational New Artel 2004 Operational ISPA 2006 Operational Altech Stream 2007 Operational 4G NETWORKS 2009 Operational BSC 2010 Operational 4G Rwanda 2011 Not yet Operational AIRTEL Rwanda LTD 2011 Operational Page 11 of 17
4.1. INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS The table below illustrates the breakdown of internet subscribers per category and per operator: Table7. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of June 2013 Mobile internet Total Fixed internet Narrowband( 256kbps ) Broadband( 256kbps ) RWANDATEL 350 1249 0 1,599 MTN 501 404 517,938 518,843 TIGO 0 0 562,000 562,000 New Artel 16 44 0 60 ISPA 34 26 0 60 Altech stream 215 278 0 493 4G Networks 31 0 31 BSC 615 0 615 Airtel Rwanda 0 0 198,688 198,688 1,116 2,647 1,278,626 1,282,389 Figure 9: Trend in internet penetration rate Page 12 of 17
4.2. BROADBAND INTERNET MARKET SHARE The figures below compare broadband market shares in terms of subscribers for the last two quarters: Figure 10: Evolution of fixed broadband market share for the last two quarters 2013 4.3. MOBILE INTERNET MARKET SHARE AS OF JUNE 2013 Figure 11: Mobile internet market share as of June 2013 Page 13 of 17
5. INTERNATIONAL INTERNET BANDWIDTH Table 8. International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of June 2013 Type MTN LTD RWAN DATEL NEW ARTEL ALTECH STREAM TIGO LTD ISPA BSC 4G Network AIRTEL LTD TOTAL Up link 465 255 60 400 217.5 6 2600 30 20 Downlink 465 255 60 400 217.5 8 2600 30 20 8,109 6. INTERNET TARIFF 6.1. MOBILE INTERNET TARIFF Figure 12: Mobile normal Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of June 2013 6.2. FIXED INTERNET TARIFF Figure 13: Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of June 2013 (In Rwf VAT Inclusive) Altech Stream Rwanda Limited Connection speeds(download/upload) Pricing (per month) Residential Class 128/64Kbps Rwf 67,800 256/128kbps Rwf 114,400 Business Class 128/64Kbps Rwf 135,000 512 kbps Rwf 300,000 1mbps Rwf 600,000 Installation fees Residential Clients Rwf 50,000 Business class Corporate clients Rwf 75,000 RWANDATEL Wireless Page 14 of 17
128/64 Kbps Residential 64,900 128/64 Kbps Business 64,900 256/126 Kbps 236,000 384/192 Kbps 354,000 512/256Kbps 743,400 1Mbps 1,534,000 Fiber 64 Kbps 50,150 128Kbps 100,300 256Kbps 141,600 512Kbps 177,000 1Mbps 354,000 2Mbps 590,000 3Mbps 826,000 4Mbps 1,062,000 5Mbps 1,298,000 6Mbps 1,534,000 7Mbps 1,770,000 8Mbps 2,006,000 9Mbps 2,242,000 10Mbps 2,478,000 Copper 64 Kbps Data Copper-Kigali 101,511 64 Kbps Data Copper-Up country 185,222 128 kbps Data Copper-Kigali 147,184 128 kbps Data Copper-Up country 268,932 256kbps-DATA(Copper-kigali) 213,165 256kbps-DATA(copper -Up country) 415,360 512kbps DATA(Cooper) 296,405 1024kbps DATA(Cooper) 479,117 2048kbps DATA(Cooper) 544,079 EVDO 35,000 ISPA 128Kbps-64Kbps 59,000 256Kps-128Kbps 118,000 BSC VPN ( Unit price per 3 Mbps) 180,000/Mbps Fiber Internet connection 1 Mbps 270,000 3 Mbps 630,000 Page 15 of 17
WiBro Services Unit price CPE Device 85,000 EGG Device 72,000 USB Device 20,000 USB monthly subscription 20,000 Monthly fee EGG and CPE 30,000 Collocation services Unit Price 150,000 Web and Mail Hosting services PLAN A 150,000 PLAN B 250,000 PLAN C 600,000 PLAN D 1,000,000 PLAN E 1,500,000 PLAN F 2,000,000 Virtual Hosting Services Set up fee 50,000 Bronze 125,000 Silver 168,000 Gold 225,000 Plantinum 360,000 NEW ARTEL(Mbps) 128/128Kbps 65,551 256/256 Kbps 131,103 1 Mbps Kbps 524,410 4G NETWORKS 256kbps Wireless 30,250 512kbps Wireless 45,375 1 Mb Wireless 75,000 2Mb Wireless dedicated 200,000 2Mb Wireless 350,000 3Mb Wireless 450,000 Source: RURA Operators returns Page 16 of 17
7. EMPLOYMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR AS OF JUNE 2013 994 people are employed in Telecommunication sector, 783 are permanent staffs and 44 staffs are temporary staffs. 17% of these staff are women and 83% are men as it is shown in the following figure. Table 9: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of June 2013 Staffs Female 167 Permanent 783 Temporary Staff 44 Total 994 Figure 14: Employment status in Telecommunication Sector as of June 2013 (by gender) Page 17 of 17