The island nation of Mauritius sports some of the best telecommunication market indicators in Africa and has been the first with many innovations: It launched Africas first cellular system in 1989, the first commercial Third Generation (3G) mobile service in November 2004, and the worlds first nationwide high-speed wireless broadband network based on the WiMAX standard in 2005. Mauritius is actively pursuing a policy to make telecommunications the fifth pillar of its economy after sugar, textiles, tourism and financial services, and to become a regional telecom hub with Singapore as a role model. The incumbent telco has been partially privatised and all sectors of the market are open to competition. A second fixed-line and third mobile operator launched services in 2006, giving additional impetus to the market moving into 2007.
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| 1. | | Synopsis |
| 2. | | Key statistics |
| 3. | | Telecommunications market |
| 3.1 | | Overview of Mauritian telecom market |
| 4. | | Regulatory environment |
| 4.1 | | Telecommunications Act 1998 |
| 4.2 | | Information and Communication Technology Act 2001 |
| 4.3 | | Regulatory authority |
| 4.3.1 | | Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) |
| 4.4 | | National Telecommunications Policy (NTP 2003, 2004) |
| 4.4.1 | | NTP targets |
| 4.5 | | Telecom sector liberalisation in Mauritius |
| 4.6 | | Privatisation of Mauritius Telecom |
| 5. | | Fixed network operators in Mauritius |
| 5.1 | | Mauritius Telecom Group |
| 5.2 | | Mahanagar Telephone (Mauritius) Ltd. |
| 6. | | Telecommunications infrastructure |
| 6.1 | | National telecom networks |
| 6.1.1 | | Mauritius Telecom |
| 6.1.2 | | Mahanagar |
| 6.2 | | International infrastructure |
| 6.2.1 | | Submarine cable networks |
| 6.2.2 | | Satellite networks |
| 7. | | Data market |
| 7.1 | | Data network infrastructure |
| 7.1.1 | | MauriData |
| 7.1.2 | | ISDN |
| 7.1.3 | | VSAT networks |
| 8. | | Broadband and Internet market |
| 8.1 | | Overview |
| 8.2 | | Internet access locations |
| 8.3 | | ISP market |
| 8.3.1 | | Telecom Plus |
| 8.3.2 | | DCL Internet |
| 8.4 | | Internet Exchange Point (IXP) |
| 8.5 | | Broadband market |
| 8.5.1 | | Overview |
| 8.5.2 | | ADSL |
| 8.5.3 | | Wireless broadband |
| 8.6 | | Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) |
| 9. | | Convergence |
| 9.1 | | NetTV |
| 9.2 | | Broadcasting market |
| 9.2.1 | | Overview of television broadcasting in Mauritius |
| 9.2.2 | | Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation |
| 9.2.3 | | MultiCarrier (Mauritius) Ltd |
| 9.2.4 | | Digital TV |
| 9.2.5 | | IPTV, Triple Play |
| 9.3 | | E-commerce |
| 9.3.1 | | Electronic Transaction Act 2000 |
| 9.3.2 | | Cybercrime Act 2003 |
| 9.4 | | IT incentives |
| 9.5 | | Cyber-City Project |
| 9.6 | | E-government project |
| 10. | | Mobile communications |
| 10.1 | | Overview of the Mauritian mobile market |
| 10.2 | | Mobile technologies |
| 10.2.1 | | 3G |
| 10.3 | | Major mobile operators |
| 10.3.1 | | Cellplus |
| 10.3.2 | | Emtel |
| 10.3.3 | | Mahanagar |
| 11. | | Related reports |
| Exhibit 1 Telecommunications licences in Mauritius 2007 |
Table 1 Country statistics 2006 |
| Table 2 Telephone network statistics 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 1996 - 2006 |
| Table 9 Internet host computers 1996 - 2005 |
| Table 10 Dial-up Internet subscribers 2000 - 2005 |
| Table 11 Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual growth 2006 |
| Table 12 Mobile subscribers 1995 - 2006 |
