Somalia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Description

Somalia's government making strides in improving telecom sector regulation

Having undergone almost three decades in which there was no effective management over Somalia's telecom sector, there have been considerable changes made in recent years. These have mainly been in response to the government, having been newly elected in 2017, being determined to promote ICTs and to bring the country into line with international developments.

This has been manifested in several ways, including the adoption of a National Telecoms Law, the creation of a regulator to oversee the sector, and the introduction of a licensing regime under which all operators must secure one of three types of operating licence. If policed effectively, this should end the free-for-all of former years wherein it was relatively easy for companies to set themselves up and offer services.

These efforts towards inclusion have also benefitted the country's m-money providers. For many years, these services were unregulated and thus did not have the restrictions commonly applied by banks. In addition, the poor currency conversion rate made it easy for locals to make transactions which would otherwise involve large amounts of currency. The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) awarded a country's first m-money licence (to Hormuud Telecom) in February 2021, though such services had already been available for about a decade. The licensing regime has formalised transactions, and made it possible to integrate m-payments with the country's own financial system and with international systems. The majority of adult Somalis use m-money services regularly.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Africa Market Comparison

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

3 Country overview

4 Telecommunications market

4.1 Market analysis

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Overview
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 Unified licenses

6 Mobile market

6.1 Mobile statistics
6.2 Mobile broadband
6.3 Mobile infrastructure
6.4 Mobile content and applications

7 Broadband market

7.1 Market analysis
7.2 Broadband statistics

8 Telecommunications infrastructure

8.1 Overview of the national telecom network
8.2 National infrastructure developments
8.3 International infrastructure

9 Appendix Historic data

10 Glossary of abbreviations

11 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Somalia 2022 (e)
Table 2 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2011 2027
Table 3 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Table 4 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2027
Table 5 Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2011 2027
Table 6 International bandwidth 2012 2017
Table 7 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2000 2010
Table 8 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 1999 2015
Table 9 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1999 2010
Chart 1 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
Chart 2 Africa Market Leaders global ranking
Chart 3 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 4 Africa Market Challengers global ranking
Chart 5 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 6 Africa Market Emergents global ranking
Chart 7 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 8 Africa Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 Africa Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2011 2027
Chart 11 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Chart 12 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Chart 13 Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2011 2027
Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Africa
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Africa Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Africa Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Africa Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 Map of Somalia and Somaliland
Exhibit 7 2Africa landing stations

Somalia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses