Laos - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Description

Laos jumps into 5G before achieving widespread 4G coverage

Laos leapt relatively early into the world of 5G with its network trials and launches, but well before being able to build sufficient market penetration with 4G LTE coverage.

Unitel was the first of the country’s four mobile network operators to kick things off with 5G trials in late-2019. This followed similar rounds of testing being conducted by parent company Viettel Group’s other subsidiaries in Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia.

Yet it was Lao Telecom (TLC) who stole the march on the market leader, unveiling a commercial 5G service in areas of the capital city, Vientiane. LTC has plans to extend the service into regional areas, however the extent to which it is able to do so may be limited by the amount of network infrastructure that is already in place around the country to support an upgrade to 5G (as opposed to the much higher cost involved with installing brand new sites in previously unserved areas). And with the coverage of LTE networks in Laos still some ways off from being any near universal, the speed of that rollout may be less than spectacular.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Asia 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 Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

4.1 Economic considerations and responses
4.2 Subscribers
4.3 Infrastructure

5 Telecommunications market

6 Regulatory environment

6.1 Regulatory authorities
6.2 Fixed-line developments
6.3 Mobile network developments

7 Mobile market

7.1 Mobile statistics
7.2 Mobile infrastructure
7.3 Major mobile operators

8 Fixed-line broadband market

8.1 Fixed-line broadband technologies

9 Fixed network market

9.1 Major network operators

10 Telecommunications infrastructure

10.1 National telecom network
10.2 International infrastructure

11 Glossary of abbreviations

12 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities Laos 2022 (e)
Table 2 Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 3 Mobile voice and data traffic 2013 2019
Table 4 Change in the number of base stations in service by technology 2015 2019
Table 5 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 6 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 7 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by access speed 2011 2019
Table 8 Change in the number of DSL subscribers 2011 2020
Table 9 Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers 2010 2020
Table 10 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by type 2014 2021
Table 11 Change in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Table 12 Fibre network by installed route length 2010 2019
Table 13 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration 1996 2011
Table 14 Historic - Mobile operators and systems - 2009
Table 15 Historic - Beeline mobile subscribers 2005 2018
Table 16 Historic - Beeline's mobile ARPU 2011 2016
Table 17 Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers 2003 2011
Table 18 Historic - Internet users and Penetration 2002 2017
Table 19 Historic - Internet bandwidth capacity 2002 2010
Table 20 Historic - Lit/Equipped International Bandwidth Capacity 2015 2017
Table 21 Historic - Fibre network route length by operator 2012; 2014
Table 22 Historic - WLL (fixed wireless) subscribers 2004 2014
Table 23 Historic - Fixed-lines in service and teledensity 1996 2011
Table 24 Historic - Decline in Beeline's revenue and EBITDA (US$ million) 2012 2017
Table 25 Historic - Growth in the number of DSL subscribers 2007 2010
Chart 1 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
Chart 2 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 3 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 4 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 South East Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 South East Asia Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 9 Mobile voice and data traffic 2013 2019
Chart 10 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 11 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 12 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by access speed 2011 2019
Chart 13 Change in the number of DSL subscribers 2011 2020
Chart 14 Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers 2010 2020
Chart 15 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by type 2014 2021
Chart 16 Change in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Chart 17 Fibre network by installed route length 2010 2019
Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Asia Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Asia Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Asia Market Emergents and market developments