Lebanon - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Description

Lebanon sees limited progress in the telecom sector

Lebanon’s newly installed government has a range of economic difficulties to address, not least being to create conditions by which the country’s telcos can function effectively, and so provide telecom services.

Some progress had been made in recent months, with the Ministry of Telecommunications having taken over management of the MNOs Alfa and Touch Lebanon. There has also been some success with the government’s 2020 Telecom Vision initiative, aimed at improving telecoms infrastructure. The initiative was intended to make Lebanon fully connected to fibre networks by the end of 2020, and to have national LTE coverage in preparation for the development of 5G. In addition, funds were allocated to upgrade some existing DSL networks with o VDSL2 technology. The Ministry set aside around $700 million for the initiative, but its hope to attract additional foreign investment has been hampered by the poor economic conditions, and the goals have only partially been reached.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Middle East Market Comparison

2.1 TMI versus GDP
2.2 Market Leaders
2.3 Market Challengers
2.4 Market Emergents
2.5 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.6 Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
2.7 Market characteristics

3 Country overview

4 Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

4.1 Economic considerations and responses
4.2 Subscribers
4.3 Infrastructure

5 Telecommunications market

5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Market overview

6 Regulatory environment

6.1 Historical overview
6.2 Regulatory authority
6.3 Fixed-line developments
6.4 Mobile network developments

7 Mobile market

7.1 Market overview
7.2 Mobile statistics
7.3 Mobile infrastructure
7.4 Major mobile operators

8 Fixed broadband market

8.1 Market analysis
8.2 Fixed broadband statistics
8.3 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

9 Fixed network operator

9.1 Ogero Telecom

10 Telecommunications infrastructure

10.1 National telecom network
10.2 International infrastructure

11 Smart infrastructure

12 Appendix Historic data

13 Glossary of abbreviations

14 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities Lebanon 2021 (e)
Table 2 Evolution of GDP and inflation in Lebanon 2011 2021
Table 3 Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
Table 4 Change in mobile operator market share 2009 2020
Table 5 Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers 2011 2026
Table 6 Change in the number of Touch's mobile subscribers (million) 2011 2020
Table 7 Growth in the number of Alfa's mobile subscribers 2009 2019
Table 8 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
Table 9 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2011 2026
Table 10 International internet bandwidth 2010 2020
Table 11 Historic - Lebanon - mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1995 2010
Table 12 Historical - Touch mobile subscribers (million) 2005 2010
Table 13 Historic - Lebanon - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2006 2010
Chart 1 Map of Middle East's Telecoms Maturity Index
Chart 2 Middle East Telecoms Maturity Index by Country
Chart 3 Middle East - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 4 Middle East mobile subscriber versus mobile broadband penetration
Chart 5 Middle East Fixed broadband penetration versus mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
Chart 7 Change in mobile operator market share 2009 2020
Chart 8 Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers 2011 2026
Chart 9 Change in the number of Touch's mobile subscribers 2011 2020
Chart 10 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
Chart 11 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2011 2026
Chart 12 International internet bandwidth 2010 2020
Exhibit 1 Middle East Country TMI rank and industry description
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 The evolution of fixed internet in Lebanon

Lebanon - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses