PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1040139
PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1040139
Vanuatu - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Improved international connectivity driving broadband service uptake
For many years, GSM was the primary mobile technology for Vanuatu's 300,000 people. Recent infrastructure projects have improved access technologies, with a transition to 3G and, to a limited degree, to LTE. Vanuatu has also benefitted from the ICN1 submarine cable and the launch of the Kacific-1 satellite, both of which have considerably improved access to telecom services in recent years. Vanuatu's telecom sector is liberalised, with the two prominent mobile operators Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (operating as TVL) and Digicel Vanuatu offering effective competition.
While fixed broadband penetration remains low, the incumbent operator is slowly exchanging copper fixed-lines for fibre. A number of ongoing submarine cable developments will also assist in increasing data rates and reduce internet pricing in coming years.
BuddeComm notes that the outbreak of the Coronavirus is continuing to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally. The telecoms sector to various degrees is likely to experience a downturn in mobile device production, while it may also be difficult for network operators to manage workflows when maintaining and upgrading existing infrastructure. Overall progress towards 5G may be postponed or slowed down in some countries.
On the consumer side, spending on telecoms services and devices is under pressure from the financial effect of large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes. However, the crucial nature of telecom services, both for general communication as well as a tool for home-working, will offset such pressures. In many markets the net effect should be a steady though reduced increased in subscriber growth.
Key developments:
- Launch of the Kacific-1 satellite to improve broadband capacity and access;
- ICN2 cable expected to be ready for service later in 2021;
- Gondwana-2 international submarine cable due for completion in early 2022;
- Report update includes an assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, regulator's market data for 2018, recent market developments.
Companies covered in this report include:
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATH), Vodafone Vanuatu (formerly Telecom Vanuatu), Digicel Vanuatu.
Table of Contents
Key statistics
Country overview
Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
- Economic considerations and responses
- Mobile devices
- Subscribers
- Infrastructure
- Impact on Vanuatu
Telecommunications market
- Historical Overview
Regulatory environment
- Historic overview
- Regulatory projects
- Regulatory authority
- Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR)
- Privatisation of Telecom Vanuatu
- Market liberalisation
- Interconnect
- Spectrum
- National ICT Policy
- Universal Access Policy (UAP)
- Competition issues
- SIM card registration
Mobile market
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile broadband
- Mobile infrastructure
- GSM, 3G
- 4G (LTE)
- Major mobile operators
- Vodafone Vanuatu
- Digicel Vanuatu
Fixed-line broadband market
- Introduction and statistical overview
- Market analysis
Fixed network operators
- Vodafone Vanuatu
Telecommunications infrastructure
- National telecom network
- International infrastructure
- Submarine
- Satellite broadband
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports
List of Tables
- Table 1 - Top Level country statistics and telecoms authorities - Vanuatu - 2020 (e)
- Table 2 - Evolution of GDP in Vanuatu - 2013 - 2022
- Table 3 - Total gross telecom revenue - 2014 - 2019
- Table 4 - Mobile revenue by service (VUV million) - 2014 - 2019
- Table 5 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Table 6 - Mobile traffic by service - 2014 - 2019
- Table 7 - Percentage of mobile connections by technology - 2018; 2025
- Table 8 - Smartphone penetration - 2018; 2025
- Table 9 - Mobile broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2026
- Table 10 - Mobile data traffic - 2014 - 2019
- Table 11 - Vodafone Vanuatu - key financials - 2018 - 2020
- Table 12 - Total international outbound call minutes traffic - 2014 - 2019
- Table 13 - Mobile ARPU by service (VUV per user per month) - 2017 - 2019
- Table 14 - Development of Vodafone Vanuatu's financial data - 2018 - 2020
- Table 15 - Vanuatu -Fixed internet ARPU - 2016 - 2020
- Table 16 - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Table 17 - Development of fixed line revenue - 2016 - 2019
- Table 18 - Total fixed line call traffic - 2014 - 2019
- Table 19 - Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
- Table 20 - International internet bandwidth - 2014 - 2017
List of Charts
- Chart 1 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 2 - Mobile broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 3 - Development of Vodafone Vanuatu's financial data - 2018 - 2020
- Chart 4 - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 5 - Development of fixed line revenue - 2016 - 2019
- Chart 6 - Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1 - Telecom Vanuatu Limited - historical snapshot
- Exhibit 2 - Major submarine cables with landing points in Vanuatu- 2020
- Exhibit 3 - Kacific satellite broadband
