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REPUBLIC OF RWANDA

RWANDA UTILITIES REGULATORY AGENCY

STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM SECTOR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2012

CONTENTS

1.

MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICE .................................................................................................... 3 1.1. SUBSCRIPTIONS, MARKET SHARE EVOLUTION AND COVERAGE.................................................. 3 1.2. TARIFF STRUCTURE .............................................................................................................................................. 7 1.3. TRAFFIC STATISTICS ........................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1.

BROADBAND INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS............................................................................................... 14

1.2.

BROADBAND INTERNET MARKET SHARE ......................................................................................... 15

1.3.

INTERNATIONAL INTERNET BANDWIDTH ....................................................................................... 15

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscribers per operator .................................... 3 Table 2: Mobile telephone network coverage as of September 2012 per type of coverage and per operator ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 3. Evolution of the volume of terminated telephone calls as of September 2012 in minutes per type of call......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 4. Licensed internet service providers as of September 2012 .............................................................. 13 Table 5. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of September 2012....................................... 14 Table 6. International internet bandwidth per operator as of September 2012 ....................................... 15

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Development of the subscriber base per type of telephone service. .............................................. 4 Figure 2: Evolution of the number of postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers per operator as of September 2012 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3: Evolution of mobile telephone service market share per operator. ............................................... 6 Figure 4. Evolution of mobile telephone voice tariff structure per operator as of September 2012. . 7 Figure 5: Per minute fixed line tariff as of September 2012 (in RWF).......................................................... 10 Figure 6: Evolution of the voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call ......................... 11 Figure 7: Evolution of the market structure on international voice traffic ................................................... 12 Page 2 of 15

1. MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICE 1.1. SUBSCRIPTIONS, MARKET SHARE EVOLUTION AND COVERAGE As of September 2012, the major players in mobile telephony included MTN Rwandacell, TIGO Rwanda Ltd and AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd which is the new entrant. The penetration rate continues to grow but on a lower rate compared to previous years while the fixed telephone subscriptions growth remains almost stagnant.

Table 1: Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscribers per operator Operators

Active subscribers

Fixed Mobile Teledensit Teledens y ity

Mobile Active subscribers

0.41%

MTN Rwanda

Fixed Telephony

44.4%

General teledensity

44.81%

12,255 3,033,421

TIGO Rwanda 1,615,585 AIRTEL RWANDA LTD RWANDATEL Total

110,304 -

31,371

4,759,310

43,626

Table above indicates that mobile penetration rate reached 44.81% as of September 2012 against 41.6% on March 2012 representing 7.1% increase.

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Figure 1: Development of the subscriber base per type of telephone service.

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Figure 2: Evolution of the number of postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers per operator as of September 2012

It can be noticed that Tigo postpaid subsribers decreased from 6,276 to 5,487 subscribers.

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Figure 3: Evolution of mobile telephone service market share per operator.

MTN Rwanda is still leading in terms of mobile subscribers with 63.7% of the market share followed by Tigo which has 33.9%, Airtel Rwanda the new entrant in the telecom sector has the lowest market share of 2.3%. The coverage for each network is depicted from the table below: Table 2: Mobile telephone network coverage as of September 2012 per type of coverage and per operator Geographical coverage

Population coverage

MTN Rwanda

97.9%

97.73%

TIGO

74.37%

90.90%

Airtel Rwanda LTD

3%

9%

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1.2. TARIFF STRUCTURE a) Mobile telephone Network In general, the tariffs for mobile telephone calls remained stable for the period under review as described below ; Figure 4. Evolution of mobile telephone voice tariff structure per operator as of September 2012.

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The above figures indicate the following: •

Airtel is the cheapest in terms of onnet, regional and international calls.



MTN and Airtel Rwanda LTD remain the cheapest in terms of offnet calls for both postpaid and prepaid option. Tigo charges the highest offnet tariff.



Airtel Rwanda LTD has many promotional tariffs which includes Rwf 10 for onnet tariff, Rwf 30 for offnet, Rwf 60 for Regional and Rwf 35 for international calls.

b)Fixed telephone network Rwandatel is the active fixed line voice service provider. Below is the tariff structure for fixed line telephone as of September 2012.

Rwandatel is leading the fixed telephony market with 72% market share.

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Figure 5: Per minute fixed line tariff as of September 2012 (in RWF)

Rwandatel is cheaper on net and International fixed telephony calls and MTN is 33% cheaper on offnet and 56% on regional fixed telephony calls. 1.3. TRAFFIC STATISTICS a) Total outgoing mobile calls(in minutes) and quarterly traffic market share The table below indicates the actual total number of minutes terminated within the last two quarters:

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Table 3. Evolution of the volume of terminated telephone calls as of September 2012 in minutes per type of call. JulySeptember 2011 Onnet calls

OctoberDecember 2011

JanuaryMarch 2012

1,079,260,1 26 1,138,861,688 1,055,324,525

ArprilSeptember 2012 976,083,706

Offnet calls 11,185,090

11,892,467

12,490,430

14,383,405.00

23,040,564

35,664,450

28,729,397

29,576,597 1,020,043,708

International calls Total

The outgoing onnet traffic kept on decreasing in the third quarter of 2012, it decreased by 8.1%. The voice traffic market share for the two quarters is illustrated hereunder: Figure 6: Evolution of the voice traffic market share per operator and per type of call

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As per the above graphs, during the period under review, and contrary to the previous periods, MTN has gained the biggest market share on both onnet and offnet markets, that is 51% and 53% for the onnet and offnet markets respectively against 48.8% and 36% for TIGO and 0.2% ,10.9% for Airtel respectively. b) Total incoming mobile calls(in minutes) as of September 2012 Figure 7: Evolution of the market structure on international voice traffic

MTN still has a bigger market share in terms of international call volumes with 94% traffic market share as of September 2012. Page 12 of 15

INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION There are ten (10) licensed Internet Service Providers in the country including National telecommunication service operators (fixed and mobile). The table below is a list of all the operators providing Internet Services (ISPs) as well as the internet penetration trend since 2003. Table 4. Licensed internet service providers as of September 2012 ISPs

LICENSED FROM(Year)

STATUS

MTN Rwandacell S.A.R.L

2006

Operational

RWANDATEL S.A

2008

Operational

TIGO Rwanda S.A

2008

Operational

New Artel

2004

Operational

ISPA

2006

Operational

Altech Stream

2007

Operational

4G NETWORKS

2009

Not yet Operational

BSC

2010

Operational

4G Rwanda

2011

Not yet Operational

AIRTEL Rwanda LTD

2011

New entrant

Augere which has not been operational since 2008 when it was licensed applied for the cancelation of their license in September 2012.

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Figure 8. Development of the internet penetration rates

1.1. BROADBAND INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS The table below illustrates the breakdown of internet subscribers per category and per operator: Table 5. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of September 2012 Fixed internet

RWANDATEL MTN TIGO New Artel ISPA Altech stream BSC Airtel Rwanda

Mobile internet

Narrowband(≤256kbps) Broadband(≥256kbps) 1,017 1624 445 381 0 0 22 47 25 19 251 269 0 685 0 1760

0 3,025

Total

0 505,263 235234

2641 506,089 235,234 69 44 520 685

8,874

8,874 754,156

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1.2. BROADBAND INTERNET MARKET SHARE The figures below compare broadband market shares in terms of subscribers for the last two quarters: Figure 9. Evolution of fixed broadband market share for the last two quarters

Rwandatel and New Artel market share decreased by 11% and by 21% respectively. BSC market share increased by 39% in the third quarter 2012. 1.3. INTERNATIONAL INTERNET BANDWIDTH Table 6. International internet bandwidth per operator as of September 2012 Below is the international bandwidth per operator as of September 2012 Type Uplink Downlink

MTN Rwanda 777 Mbps 777 Mbps

Rwandatel 43 Mbps 148 Mbps

NEW ARTEL 155 Mbps 155 Mbps

ALTECH STREAM 313 Mbps 322 Mbps

TIGO ISPA RWANDA 90 6 Mbps Mbps 90 Mbps 8 Mbps

BSC 620 Mbps 620 Mbps

Airtel Rwanda 20 Mbps 20Mbps

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