Botswana is one of the continent’s wealthiest nations with a thriving economy mainly based on diamond exploitation and tourism. Major steps were taken in 2006 towards full liberalisation of the already competitive telecommunications sector. Mobile penetration has passed the 50% mark which is more than twice the African average, while the government-owned national operator BTC has seen a continued decline in the number fixed-line connections despite the introduction of ADSL broadband services. The government is in the process of privatising BTC which, through a new service-neutral licence, is now also enabled to compete in the mobile sector.
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| 1. | | Synopsis |
| 2. | | Key statistics |
| 3. | | Telecommunications market |
| 3.1 | | Overview of Botswana’s telecom market |
| 4. | | Regulatory environment |
| 4.1 | | Historic background |
| 4.2 | | Regulatory authority |
| 4.2.1 | | Botswana Telecommunications Authority |
| 4.3 | | Universal Service and Access Strategy |
| 4.4 | | Botswana to develop its own cyber law |
| 4.5 | | National ICT policy master plan ‘Maitlamo’ |
| 4.6 | | Telecom sector liberalisation in Botswana |
| 4.6.1 | | Regulatory reform 2006 |
| 4.7 | | Privatisation of Botswana Telecom |
| 4.8 | | Interconnection |
| 5. | | Fixed network operator in Botswana |
| 5.1 | | Botswana Telecommunications Corporation |
| 5.1.1 | | Overview of BTC services |
| 5.1.2 | | Unbalanced price structure |
| 6. | | Telecommunications infrastructure |
| 6.1 | | National telecom network |
| 6.1.1 | | Wireless Local Loop |
| 6.1.2 | | Public payphones |
| 6.2 | | International infrastructure |
| 7. | | Data market |
| 7.1 | | Managed data services |
| 7.2 | | VSAT networks |
| 8. | | Internet market |
| 8.1 | | Overview of the Internet in Botswana |
| 8.2 | | Botswana’s ISP market |
| 8.2.1 | | Botsnet |
| 8.2.2 | | InfoBotswana (IBIS) |
| 8.2.3 | | UUNet Botswana (formerly Interswana) |
| 8.2.4 | | Gaborone Wireless |
| 8.3 | | Broadband |
| 9. | | Convergence |
| 9.1 | | VoIP telephony |
| 9.2 | | Next-Generation Network (NGN) |
| 9.3 | | E-commerce |
| 9.4 | | E-government |
| 9.5 | | Broadcasting |
| 9.5.1 | | Regulatory overview |
| 9.5.2 | | Overview of the broadcasting sector |
| 9.5.3 | | Internet radio |
| 10. | | Mobile communications |
| 10.1 | | Overview of Botswana’s mobile market |
| 10.1.1 | | Mobile statistics |
| 10.2 | | Regulatory issues |
| 10.2.1 | | Interconnection |
| 10.3 | | Major mobile operators |
| 10.3.1 | | Mascom Wireless |
| 10.3.2 | | Orange (Botswana) Pty Ltd |
| 10.4 | | Mobile banking |
| 11. | | Related reports |
Table 1 – Country statistics – 2006 |
| Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 2006 |
| Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2006 |
| Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2006 |
| Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2006 |
| Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities |
| Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2006 |
| Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 - 2006 |
| Table 9 – Internet host computers – 1995 - 2005 |
| Table 10 – Mobile subscribers by operator and annual growth – 2006 |
| Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2006 |
