Once referred to as the Pearl of Africa, then devastated by civil war, peace and radical economic reforms have transformed Uganda into one of the fastest-growing economies on the continent. The entry of a second national operator and three mobile networks has revolutionised the telecoms sector. All market segments are experiencing strong growth, while total teledensity is still low at less than 9%. Major initiatives have been launched to bring telecommunication services and the Internet to rural areas of the country, partly funded by the highly successful operators through a universal service fund. A new competition framework has been announced which will include the licensing of a third national operator, a fourth mobile operator and the liberalisation of VoIP telephony.
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| 1. | | Synopsis |
| 2. | | Key statistics |
| 3. | | Telecommunications market |
| 3.1 | | Overview of Ugandas telecom market |
| 4. | | Regulatory environment |
| 4.1 | | Background |
| 4.2 | | Telecommunications Policy 1996 |
| 4.3 | | Uganda Communications Act 1997 |
| 4.4 | | New ICT Policy 2006 |
| 4.5 | | Regulation of Interception of Communication Bill 2007 |
| 4.6 | | Regulatory authority |
| 4.6.1 | | Uganda Communications Commission |
| 4.6.2 | | Licensing regime |
| 4.6.3 | | Rural Development Program |
| 4.7 | | Telecom sector liberalisation in Uganda |
| 4.7.1 | | International gateway licences |
| 4.8 | | Privatisation of Uganda Telecom |
| 4.9 | | New competition framework 2005 |
| 5. | | Fixed network operators in Uganda |
| 5.1 | | Uganda Telecom Ltd |
| 5.2 | | MTN Uganda Ltd |
| 6. | | Telecommunications infrastructure |
| 6.1 | | National telecom network |
| 6.1.1 | | Wireless Local Loop (WLL) |
| 6.1.2 | | Multipurpose Community Telecentres |
| 6.2 | | International infrastructure |
| 7. | | Related reports |
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 |
