STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM, MEDIA AND POSTAL SERVICE AS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER 2016

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1 STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM, MEDIA AND POSTAL SERVICE AS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS SUMMARY MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS MARKET SHARE AND COVERAGE VOICE AND SMS TARIFF STRUCTURE TRAFFIC STATISTICS Voice total outgoing and incoming mobile calls (In Minutes) Voice total outgoing and incoming roaming traffic (In Minutes) STATUS OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION Licensed Operators Internet Subscribers International Internet Bandwidth Internet Tariff Mobile Internet Tariff EMPLOYMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR MEDIA P a g e

3 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscriptions per operator as of December Table 2.International average roaming subscribers as of December Table 3.Mobile telephone network coverage per type of technology and per operator as of December Table 4. Mobile telephone voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute per operator as of December Table 5: Fixed telephone service tariff structure... 9 Table 6 : SMS tariff structure Table 7. Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 31 st December 2016 per operator Table 8.Outgoing and Incoming Roaming traffic as of the 4 th Quarter 2016 per operator Table 9. Licensed internet service providers as of December Table 10. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of December Table 11: International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of 4 th Quarter Table 12. Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of December 2016 (In Rwf VAT inclusive) Table 13: KT Telecom Bandwidth tariff (in Rwf VAT inclusive) Table 14: KTRN Telecom Device Tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) Table 15: 4G LTE retail tariffs as of the fourth (in Rwf VAT inclusive) quarter Table 16: Trend in Telecom Revenues in Table 17: Trend in Telecom investment in Table 18: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of December Table 19: Licensed media operators as of December Table 20: Pay TV subscribers as of December Table 21: Tariff Structure in Frw for pay TV operators as of December Table 22: Licensed postal operators as of December P a g e

4 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Development of Mobile telephone Subscriptions per annum from Figure 2: Development of fixed telephone Subscribers per annum from Figure 3: Mobile Telephone subscribers market share per operator as of December Figure 4: Fixed telephone service Market share per operator as of December Figure 5: Average Mobile Voice Tariff Trend (Frw per minute) per annum from Figure 6: Outgoing on net, off net and international voice traffic market share per operator as of December Figure 7: Trend in total internet Subscribers from Figure 8: Internet penetration rate trend from Figure 9: Trend in International Internet bandwidth Figure 10: Standard mobile Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of December Figure 11: Staffs by gender as of December P a g e

5 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS The information compiled in this report is from telecom companies, Internet Service Providers, 4G retailers, RURA database, postal operators, Pay TV operators, Media and Newspapers. Subscription in this context, an active subscriber is defined as one that has generated revenue within three months of the quarter under review. 2. SUMMARY This is a fourth quarter report for 2016; it covers the period from October to December 2016, and it gives the annual trends of some indicators. This report includes information on mobile telephone, fixed telephone, internet, tariffs (voice and data), traffic, revenues, investment and employment in telecommunication sector, licensed operators in postal and Media. In the period under review, the mobile telephone subscriptions increased from 8,853,301 recorded in the third quarter 2016 to 8,932,108 recorded in the fourth quarter 2016, this portrays a 1% increase. Mobile telephone penetration rate rose from 78.6% recorded in the third quarter of 2016 to % that was recorded at the end of the fourth quarter Fixed telephone subscriptions in this quarter increased by 2% from 13,143 recorded in the third quarter 2016 to 13,403 in this quarter under review. On internet data segment, the number of internet subscriptions as of December 2016 increased by 3% and this implies that they increased from 3,984,323 recorded in the third quarter 2016 to 4,119,928. Internet penetration rate continued to be 36.6%. In the media there are 14 licensed Free to Air Televisions, 3 licensed pay TV operators, 31 radio stations, 50 print media and 80 online operators and in the postal service there are 24 licensed operators as of December P a g e

6 3. MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS As of December 2016, operators offering mobile telephony services included MTN Rwanda, TIGO Rwanda and AIRTEL Rwanda, and those offering fixed telephone services were Liquid Telecom, Airtel Rwanda, Tigo Rwanda and MTN Rwanda. Table 1.Number of mobile and fixed telephone service subscriptions per operator as of December 2016 Operators Name Active Subscribers Fixed Teledensity Mobile Teledensity General Teledensity Mobile Active subscribers Fixed Telephony MTN Rwanda 4,072,523 2,494 TIGO Rwanda 3,252,625 9,464 Airtel Rwanda 10 1,596,385 Liquid Telecom 1,435 N/A Total 8,921,533 13,403 The number of fixed telephones subscriptions increased from 13,143 recorded in the third quarter 2016 to 13,403 in this quarter under review. Figure 1: Development of Mobile telephone Subscriptions per annum from ,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000, Subscriptions 2,429,252 3,548,761 4,446,194 5,690,751 6,689,254 7,747,019 8,759,619 8,932,108 % Change In the year 2016, mobile telephone subscribers increased by 2% from 8,759,619 mobile subscribers recorded in 2015 to 8,932,108 recorded in P a g e

7 Figure 2: Development of fixed telephone Subscribers per annum from ,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 - (10,000) Subscriptions 33,451 39,664 38,801 44,363 45,338 49,612 16,983 13,143 % Change Due to the diffusion of mobile telephones which made people to shift from using fixed phones to mobile telephones, during the year 2016 fixed telephones decreased by 22.6%. The number of subscribers dropped from 16,983 connections in the year 2015 to 13,143 connections in Table 2.International average roaming subscribers as of December 2016 Destination MTN Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Airtel Rwanda ltd Total Incoming 169,882 8,935 95, ,519 Outgoing 185,912 14, , , MARKET SHARE AND COVERAGE Figure 3: Mobile Telephone subscribers market share per operator as of December 2016 Airtel Rwanda 18% TIGO Rwanda 36% MTN Rwanda 46% Source: RURA operators return In the fourth quarter of 2016, MTN Rwanda continued to show the biggest market share of 46% followed by Tigo Rwanda followed with 36 % and Airtel Rwanda has the market share of 18% in mobile telephone subscriptions. 7 P a g e

8 Figure 4: Fixed telephone service Market share per operator as of December 2016 Airtel Rwanda 0% Liquid Telecom 11% MTN Rwanda 18% TIGO Rwanda 71% As of the fourth quarter 2016, Tigo Rwanda has the largest market share of 71%, followed by MTN Rwanda with 18%, Liquid Telecom has 11% and Airtel has the insignificant market share close to zero. Table 3.Mobile telephone network coverage per type of technology and per operator as of December 2016 OPERATOR 2G 2.5G 3G 3.5G 4G LTE GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE MTN Rwanda 99.13% 99.13% 76.03% 76.03% TIGO Rwanda 90.81% 90.81% 22.41% 22.41% AIRTEL Rwanda 92.02% 92.02% 17.00% 17.00% KT Rwanda Networks 51% POPULATION COVERAGE MTN Rwanda 99.92% 99.92% 92.08% 92.08% TIGO Rwanda 99.89% 99.89% 58.92% 58.92% AIRTEL Rwanda KTRN Rwanda Networks 62% Geographically MTN 2G and 2.5 Network covers 99.13% of the total land area, followed by Airtel Rwanda with % and % for TIGO Rwanda. This geographic network gives the opportunity to 99.92% of the population to access 2G and 2.5G networks of MTN Rwanda, 99.89% of TIGO Network and 93.45% of AIRTEL network. 8 P a g e

9 Average tariff in Rwf 3G and 3.5G mobile technologies were deployed geographically by MTN Rwanda at the level of 76.03%, Tigo Rwanda at 22.41%, and 17% for Airtel Rwanda as of fourth quarter, KTRN Rwanda deployed 4G geographically by 51% and this network is accessed by 62% of the population. 5. VOICE AND SMS TARIFF STRUCTURE Table 4. Mobile telephone voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute per operator as of December Destination MTN Rwanda Tigo Airtel Prepaid Postpaid Rwanda Rwanda Onnet Tariff Offnet tariff One Network Area US/Canada/China/India /Belgium[2] Table 5: Fixed telephone service tariff structure Fixed Telephone Tariff Liquid Rwanda MTN Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Airtel Rwanda On net Off net EAC Rest of Africa Figure 5: Average Mobile Voice Tariff Trend (Frw per minute) per annum from Onnet Tariff Offnet Tariff One Network Tariff Source: RURA, operators returns 9 P a g e

10 Table 6 : SMS tariff structure SMS On net Tariff Off net tariff One Network Area MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Lt d Source: RURA, operators returns 6. TRAFFIC STATISTICS 6.1 Voice total outgoing and incoming mobile calls (In Minutes) Table 7. Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 31 st December 2016 per operator Destination MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Total Outgoing traffic On net 842,074, ,879,480 1,426,837,400 2,748,791,690 Off net 13,234,003 11,462,331 13,418,292 38,114,626 International 34,821,722 2,499,340 1,757,520 39,078,582 Incoming traffic Off net 24,945,897 3,603,309 13,945,467 42,494,673 International 14,739,526 9,766,560 4,676,191 29,182, Voice total outgoing and incoming roaming traffic (In Minutes) Table 8.Outgoing and Incoming Roaming traffic as of the 4 th Quarter 2016 per operator Destination MTN Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Airtel Rwanda ltd Total Incoming 1,806, , ,328 2,752,933 Outgoing 377,689 57, , ,693 Source: RURA, operators returns 10 P a g e

11 Figure 6: Outgoing on net, off net and international voice traffic market share per operator as of December 2016 ON NET MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Tigo Rwanda OFF NET MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Tigo Rwanda INTERNATIONAL MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Tigo Rwanda 6% 5% 31% 35% 35% 52% 17% 30% 89% 7. STATUS OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION 7.1. Licensed Operators Table 9. Licensed internet service providers as of December 2016 ISPs Licensed From(Year) Status Internet Service Providers MTN Rwanda 2006 Operational Liquid Telecom 2014 Operational TIGO Rwanda 2008 Operational New Artel 2004 Operational ISPA 2006 Operational 4G NETWORKS 2009 Operational BSC 2010 Operational AIRTEL Rwanda 2011 Operational 11 P a g e

12 AXIOM 2014 Operational 4G LTE Wholesaler KTRN 2013 Operational 4G LTE Retailers GMAX 2014 Operational Intercom Technologies 2014 Not yet Operational 4Net Africa 2014 Operational Piramie Inc 2014 Not yet Operational Twinning in Corporation 2015 Not yet Operational Simba Supermarket 2015 Operational TRUCONNECT ltd 2015 Operational POPCORN 2015 Operational Suku NSA 2015 Not yet Operational Universalinks Group Operational 7.2. Internet Subscribers The table below illustrates the breakdown of internet subscribers per category and per operator Table 10. Internet subscribers per category per operator as of December 2016 Fixed internet Narrowband( 256kbps) Broadband( 256kbps) Mobile internet Total internet subscribers 12 P a g e Internet penetratio n rate (%) Liquid Telecom ltd % MTN Rwanda ltd ,269 1,613,789 1,633,228 Tigo Rwanda ltd 254 1,505,634 1,505,888 New Artel ltd ISPA ltd G Networks ltd BSC ltd 1,273 2,671 3,944 Axiom Networks ltd Airtel rwanda ltd , ,443 Gmax Popconn 1,726 1,726

13 Truconnect Tnsp's NetAfrica Universalinks Group 1,135 1,135 Piramie INC Total ,721 4,097,978 4,119,928 Figure 7: Trend in total internet Subscribers from Subscriptions % Change 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000, ,000 - (500,000) Figure 8: Internet penetration rate trend from P a g e

14 7.3. International Internet Bandwidth Table 11: International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of 4 th Quarter 2016 Type MTN Liquid New Artel Tigo Airtel ISPA 4G Networks BSC KTRN Axiom Total UP Link ,110 2, ,024 Down Link ,810 2, Figure 9: Trend in International Internet bandwidth 19,024 15,352 8,108 10,222 11,934 4, Internet Tariff Mobile Internet Tariff Figure 10: Standard mobile Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of December P a g e

15 Airtel Rwanda 51 Tigo Rwanda Ld 50 MTN Rwanda Fixed Internet Tariff Table 12. Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of December 2016 (In Rwf VAT inclusive) 128/64 Kbps Residential Liquid Teleco m MTN Rwand a Tigo Rwanda ISP A 64,900 66,150 59,0 00 New Artel BSC Axiom Networ ks 4G Networks Wireless 128/64 Kbps 64,900 Business 128/128 59,000 Kbps 256/128 Kbps 236, , /256 Kbps 118, , /192 Kbps 354, , /512Kbp s 210, , /256Kbp 743,400 s 1Mbps 1,534,00 264, ,00 297, , Mbps dedicated 236,000 2 Mbps 413,000 dedicated 2 Mbps 480, , P a g e

16 Fiber Copper 3Mbps 720,000 5Mbps 180,000 Dedicated 4Mbps 840,000 5Mbps 1,050,000 6Mbps 1,260,000 7Mbps 1,470,000 8Mbps 1,680,000 9Mbps 1,890,000 10Mbps 2,100, Kbps 50, Kbps 59, Kbps 106, Kbps 177, , ,000 1Mbps 354,000 2Mbps 460,200 3Mbps 826, ,000 4Mbps 649,000 5Mbps 708,000 6Mbps 826,000 7Mbps 944,000 8Mbps 1,062,00 0 9Mbps 1,180, Mbps 1,298, Kbps 101,511 Data Copper- Kigali 64 Kbps 185,222 Data Copper-Up country 128 kbps 59,000 Data Copper- Kigali 128 kbps 59,000 Data 594, , P a g e

17 Copper-Up country 256kbps- 106,200 DATA(Cop per-kigali) 256kbps- 106,200 DATA(copp er -Up country) 512kbps 177,000 DATA(Coo per) 1024kbps 479,117 DATA(Coo per) 2048kbps 544,079 DATA(Coo per) EVDO 35,000 1Mbps 534, ,480 2 Mbps 900,579 3Mbps 1,134,003 Source: RURA Operators returns Fixed Table 13: KT Telecom Bandwidth tariff (in Rwf VAT inclusive) VOLUME BASED TARIFFS 1 st quarter nd quarter rd quarter P a g e 4 th quarter GB or less(price per 1GB) 3,226 3, GB(Price per 1GB) 3, GB(Price per 1GB) 2, GB(Price per 1GB) 2,710 Above 100GB and unlimited(price per 1GB) 2,581 1GB 2,360 2,360 2,360 5GB 12,000 12,000 17,200 10GB 23,800 23,800 34,500 30GB 65,000 65,000 92,300 50GB 106, , , GB 210, , ,600 MUP smart 500MB+500MB per day 17,208 14,700 14,700 14,700

18 MUP 1GB/Day 30,973 21,800 MUP 2GB/Day 61,946 57,000 MUP 4GB/Day 123, , , , GB+UL 413,000 VPN Over LTE (Internet Included) 1 Mbps 107,400 3 Mbps 231,000 5 Mbps 330,700 Table 14: KTRN Telecom Device Tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) 1 st Quarter nd Quarter rd Quarter th Quarter 2016 Huawei CPEs(E6172) 83,298 68,000 68,000 72,000 Huawei CPEs(Outdoor ) 240, , , ,000 Alcatel Mobile Router Y800 62,701 52,000 52,000 50,000 Alcatel Mobile Router Y855V 62,701 40,000 40,000 40,000 Alcatel Dongles l850v 33,746 25,000 25,000 25,000 Franklin Routers R702 56,096 40,000-39,000 Source: RURA Operators returns Table 15: 4G LTE retail tariffs as of the fourth (in Rwf VAT inclusive) quarter 2016 MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Truconne ct BSC Piramie G-Max VOLUME BASED Q 4 Q 4 Q 4 Q4 Q4 Q 4 TARIFFS 0.5GB 4,000 2,200 1GB 18,600 3,500 2,700 3,000 3,800 2,900 2G 8,200 5GB 18,600 16,000 13,700 16,500 14,600 ( Month) 10GB 37,000( 30,500 28,500 29,100 36,499 29,000 Month) 12GB 20GB 72,000 62,000 60,500 (Month) 30GB 82,000 78,000 80,000 79,000 40GB 118, ,000 50GB 181, , , , P a g e

19 (Month) 60GB 212,999 70GB 218, GB 345,000 (Month) 325, , ,000 (Limited) New 100GB 100GB 260, , , , ,000 (Un limited) 200GB 687, , , , ,000 (Un limited) MUP 500MB/Day 25,000 17,000 19,000 MUP smart 25,000 14, MB+500MB per day MUP 1GB/Day 39,000 21,800 32,500 MUP 2GB/Day 77,000 57,000 65,000 MUP 4GB/Day 123, , ,500 36,000 70,000 Smart Business 100GB/Month 197,885 - Table 16: Trend in Telecom Revenues in 2016 Category Revenues in Rwf Total MNOs Revenues 37,362,558,762 Total ISPs, 4G retailers and Liquid Revenues 5,201,339,716 Total 42,563,898,478 Table 17: Trend in Telecom investment in 2016 Investment in Rwf Total MNOs Investment 9,284,829,432 Total ISPs, 4G retailers and Liquid Revenues 7,148,500 Total 9,291,977, P a g e

20 8. EMPLOYMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR 933 people are employed in Telecommunication sector, 809 are permanent staffs and 124 are temporary staffs and 37% of these staff are female and 63% are male as it is shown in the following table; Table 18: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of December 2016 Operator Temporary Female Foreign Permanent Outsourced Total staff MTN Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Liquid Telecom BSC G Networks ISPA New Artel GMAX TRUCONNECT Axiom Networks NetAfrica TNSP KTRN Piramie INC POPCONN Total Figure 11: Staffs by gender as of December 2016 Male 63% Female 37% 20 P a g e

21 9. MEDIA With the new mandate of RURA to regulate media industry, and following the enactment of the media law of 2013, RURA in addition to TVs and radios, licensed Internet and Print Media organs. The table below shows a list of licensed TV stations, FM Radio Broadcasters, newspapers and online media registered to operate in Rwanda, by the end of the fiscal year under review Table 19: Licensed media operators as of December 2016 Category Number of Licensed Operators Pay Tv 3 FM broadcasters 31 Free To Air (FTA) 14 Online Media 80 Print Media 50 Source: RURA database According to the table above there are 14, Free to Air licensed Televisions and 3 Pay Tv Operators, 31 radios, 50 Newspapers and 80 online media. Table 20: Pay TV subscribers as of December 2016 Azam Media Star Africa Media Tele 10 Total Active Subscribers 1,884 41,649 12,896 56,429 Registered Subscribers 4, ,187 19, ,126 Table 21: Tariff Structure in Frw for pay TV operators as of December 2016 Star Africa Media Nova 2, Basic 4, Classic 9, Unique 18, Sport Play 2,500 2 Sport Plus 4,500 4 Smart Super New Chinese India Sport Plus 4, P a g e

22 Azam Media English Bouquet 6, French Bouquet 9, India Bouquet 6, Add On 2, Full Bouquet 15, Tele 10 N/A Installations fees Initial Access Fees (Canal) Initial Access Fees (DSTV) Canal 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A Canal 2 DSTV 61, POSTAL SERVICES Table 22: Licensed postal operators as of December Panorama International Courier License 2 Dove Forwarding and Supply Company Regional courier License 3 Shaft Regional courier License 4 DHL Express International Courier License 5 Pan Africa Express Transport (Licensee of FedEX) International Courier License 6 Stella Express Domestic courier License 7 Skynet Worldwide Express International Courier License 8 Sotra Tour & Travel Agency Domestic courier License 9 I&T Investment & Supply Company Intra-city courier License 10 National Post Office Public Postal operator License 11 Sofast Domestic courier License 12 Horizontal Domestic courier License 13 Kigali Coach Tours & Travel Domestic courier License 14 Ukine Regional Courier License 15 Eagle Net International Courier License 16 Alpha Express Company Domestic courier License 17 Excel Travel & Tours Agency Domestic courier License 18 ISCO Intersec Security International Courier License 19 Kigali Safari Express Domestic courier License 20 Modern Coast Express Uganda Regional Courier License 21 Omega Domestic courier License 22 Virunga Courier Express Domestic courier License 23 Matunda Express Domestic courier License 24 Common Rock Domestic courier License 22 P a g e