STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM, MEDIA AND POSTAL SERVICE AS OF THE SECOND QUARTER 2018

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1 STATISTICS AND TARIFF INFORMATION IN TELECOM, MEDIA AND POSTAL SERVICE AS OF THE SECOND QUARTER 2018 Information provided in this report is subject to alteration in case of any revisions or updates deemed necessary

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

3 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Key ICT indicators trend for four quarters... 4 Table 2: Mobile and Fixed Telephone Subscribers as of June Table 3: Number of Smart Phones as of June Table 4: International average roaming subscribers as of June Table 5: Trend of Mobile Money Subscribers from Q to Q Table 6: Trend of Mobile money, number of transactions and Transaction values from Q to Q Table 7: Mobile network coverage per type of technology as of June Table 8: Mobile telephone voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute per operator as of June Table 9: Fixed telephone service tariff structure (in Rwf) per minute as of June Table 10: SMS tariff structure (in Rwf) as of June Table 11: Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 30 th June 2018 per operator (number of calls) Table 12: Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 30 th June 2018 per operator (In Minutes) Table 13: Outgoing and Incoming Roaming traffic per operator as of the 30 th June Table 14: SMS traffic as of 30 th June Table 15: Licensed internet service providers as of June Table 16: Internet Subscribers per category as of June Table 17: International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of 30 th June Table 18: Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of 30 th June 2018 (In Rwf VAT inclusive Table 19: KT Telecom Ltd standard Bandwidth tariff (in Rwf VAT inclusive) Table 20: KTRN Telecom Ltd Device Tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) Table 21: 4G LTE retail tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) as of the second quarter Table 22: Trend in Telecom Revenues (Rwf) in Table 23: Trend in Telecom investment in P a g e

4 Table 24: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of June Table 25: Licensed media operators as of June Table 26: Number of Pay TV Subscribers as of June Table 27: Number of decoders sold as of the second quarter Table 28: Licensed courier and postal operators as of June LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Development of telephone Subscriptions from 2010 to June Figure 2: Trend of roaming subscribers from 3 rd Quarter 2017 to 2 nd Quarter Figure 3: Mobile Telephone subscribers market share per operator as of June Figure 4: Fixed telephone service Market share per operator as of June Figure 5: Trend of average mobile voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute from 2010 to June Figure 6: Outgoing on net, off net and international voice traffic market share per operator as of 30 th June Figure 7: Trend of internet subscribers and penetration rate from 2010 to June Figure 8: Trend of International Internet bandwidth from Q to Q Figure 9: Standard mobile Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of 30 th June Figure 10: Staffs by gender as of June P a g e

5 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS The information compiled in this report is from Telecom companies, Internet Service Providers, Internet retailers, postal operators, Pay TV operators, Media and Newspapers. An active subscriber is defined as one that has generated revenue within three months of the quarter under review. Table 1: Key ICT indicators trend for four quarters INDICATORS Q Q Q Q % Change Q1 and Q2 SUBSCRIPTIONS Mobile Subscriptions 8,592,544 8,819,217 9,047,087 9,226, Fixed Subscriptions 12,645 12,333 12,883 12, Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants Fixed telephone Subscriptions lines per inhabitants VOICE TRAFFIC IN MINUTES On-Net Voice Traffic 3,553,784,787 3,430,027,715 3,456,135,287 3,622,102, Off-Net Voice Traffic 37,795,120 39,483,598 45,210,330 40,702, International Outgoing mobile voice traffic 54,463,949 55,372,938 62,547,280 65,481, International Incoming mobile voice traffic 24,915,079 22,548,234 25,454,557 22,815, ROAMING TRAFFIC Roaming-In (Foreign subscribers) 334, , , , Roaming-Out (Own subscribers) 266, , , , Roaming traffic-in 12,845,758 12,351,230 13,536,624 13,514, Roaming traffic -Out 3,235,056 1,522,958 1,380,091 1,264, SMS TRAFFIC Outgoing SMS On-net 802,601, ,169, ,607, ,328, Outgoing SMS Off-net 26,171,377 14,928,697 14,772,594 12,969, Incoming International SMS 4,645,414 4,562,200 6,362,064 3,962, Outgoing International SMS 6,931,863 4,423,922 4,601,267 8,536, MOBILE MONEY Number of Mobile Money Subscribers 9,536,343 9,912,735 10,154,309 10,736, Number of Mobile Money Transactions 80,461,078 82,333,581 84,229,639 87,982, Value of Mobile Money Transactions 628,754,865, ,234,837, ,497,388, ,206,707, DATA/INTERNET Internet subscribers 4,994,320 5,252,996 5,642,574 5,475, Internet penetration per 100 inhabitants BROADCASTING Number of free-to-air TV channels Number of Radio FM stations POSTAL AND COURIER Licensed Postal and Courier operators P a g e

6 2. MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS As of June 2018, the operators offering mobile telephony services included MTN Rwanda Ltd, TIGO Rwanda Ltd and AIRTEL Rwanda Ltd, and those offering fixed telephone services were Liquid Telecom Ltd, Airtel Rwanda Ltd, Tigo Rwanda Ltd and MTN Rwanda Ltd. Table 2: Mobile and Fixed Telephone Subscribers as of June 2018 Active Subscribers Name of Operator Mobile Active Fixed subscribers Telephony MTN Rwanda Ltd 4,168,582 2,501 TIGO Rwanda Ltd 3,463,263 9,519 Airtel Rwanda Ltd 1,594, Liquid Telecom Ltd N/A 701 Total 9,226,721 12,735 Fixed Tele Mobile Tele General Tele density density density The majority of Rwandan population continuously adopted the use of Mobile Telephones as one of the technology platform to share information rather than Fixed Telephones. Within this move, Mobile Telephone penetration rate recorded at the end of June 2018 was 78.1% while for Fixed Telephone it was 0.1%. Table 3: Number of Smart Phones as of June 2018 Name of the Operator Q Q Q Q MTN Rwanda Ltd 568, , , ,282 Tigo Rwanda Ltd 254, , , ,985 Airtel Rwanda Ltd 328, , , ,383 Total 1,151,239 1,165,115 1,102,461 1,113,650 In the second quarter of 2018, the number of smart phones including 3G and 4G devices increased by 1.0% from 1,102,461 smart phones recorded as of March 2018 to 1,113,650 recorded at the end of June P a g e

7 Mobile Telephone Subscriptions Fixed Telephone Subscriptions Figure 1: Development of telephone Subscriptions from 2010 to June ,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, Jun-18 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 - Mobile telephone subscriptions Fixed telephone subscriptions Mobile telephone subscriptions (90-days revenue generating subscribers) in this quarter showed an increasing trend from 9,047,087 recorded in March 2018 to 9,226,721 recorded as of June The same period recorded a decrease in the number of fixed Telephone subscriptions from 12,883 subscribers that were recorded at the end of March 2018 to 12,735 that was recorded at the end of June Table 4: International average roaming subscribers as of June 2018 Destination MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda ltd Total Incoming 206,243 4, , ,084 Outgoing 224,115 2,233 64, ,937 The international average roaming subscribers for the second quarter of the year 2018 stood at 339,084 for incoming and 290,937 for outgoing subscribers. 6 P a g e

8 Figure 2: Trend of roaming subscribers from 3 rd Quarter 2017 to 2 nd Quarter , , , , , , ,000 50, , , , , , , , ,937 Q Q Q Q Incoming subscribers Outgoing subscribers Source: RURA operators return As of June 2018, the number of roamers out increased by 2.2% from 284,751 recorded in the first Quarter of 2018 to 290,937 as of the second quarter of the year Roamers in decreased by 2.1% from 346,456 as of first quarter 2018 to 339,084 as of the second quarter MARKET SHARE AND COVERAGE Figure 3: Mobile Telephone subscribers market share per operator as of June 2018 Airtel Rwanda Ltd 17% TIGO Rwanda Ltd 38% MTN Rwanda Ltd 45% Source: RURA operators return 7 P a g e

9 In the second quarter of 2018, MTN Rwanda Ltd continued to show the biggest market share in mobile telephone subscribers of 45% followed by Tigo Rwanda Ltd with 38% and Airtel Rwanda Ltd that has the market share of 17% in mobile telephone subscriptions. Figure 4: Fixed telephone service Market share per operator as of June 2018 Airtel Rwanda Ltd, 0.1% Liquid Telecom Ltd, 5.5% MTN Rwanda Ltd, 19.6% TIGO Rwanda Ltd, 74.7% As of the second quarter 2018, Tigo Rwanda Ltd had the largest market share of 74.7% of fixed telephone, followed by MTN Rwanda Ltd with 19.6%, Liquid Telecom has 5.5% and Airtel that has the insignificant market share of 0.1%. 4. MOBILE MONEY SERVICES Mobile Money as a value added service to mobile telephone has continued to be used by many mobile telephone subscribers. Table 5: Trend of Mobile Money Subscribers from Q to Q Q Q Q Q Mobile Money Subscribers 9,536,343 9,912,735 10,154,309 10,736,836 As of the second quarter 2018, the number of active mobile money subscriptions (12-months revenue generating subscribers) stood at 10.7 million from 10.1 million recorded at the end of March P a g e

10 Table 6: Trend of Mobile money, number of transactions and Transaction values from Q to Q Quarter Transactions Transaction Value (Rwf) Value per /transaction (Rwf) Q ,461, ,754,865,863 7,814 Q ,333, ,234,837,762 7,643 Q ,229, ,497,388,213 8,222 Q ,982, ,206,707,444 8,413 Source: RURA As of June 2018, the number of mobile money transactions stood at million while the value of those mobile money transactions were billion Rwandan francs. Table 7: Mobile network coverage per type of technology as of June 2018 Geographical coverage (%) MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd KTRN 2G&2.5g G& 3.5G G 94.2 Population coverage (%) 2G&2.5G G& 3.5G G 96.6 The highest 2G and 2.5G technologies are geographically covering 99.13% and 99.92% of population. Then, 3G and 3.5G technologies were deployed and cover 77.40% geographically & 93.37% of population. 4G LTE Technology is deployed on 94.2% of geographic coverage and 96.6% of population coverage as highlighted in table above. 5. VOICE AND SMS TARIFF STRUCTURE Table 8: Mobile telephone voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute per operator as of June 2018 Destination MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Average Onnet Tariff Offnet Tariff One Area Network US/Canada/China/India P a g e

11 As of June 2018, the average tariff for calling by mobile phone within a telecom operator was 38 Rwf, 38 between telecom operators, 70 for One Area Network, and 45 to call in US, Canada, China, and India. Figure 5: Trend of average mobile voice tariff (in Rwf) per minute from 2010 to June June 2018 Onnet Tariff Offnet tariff One Area Network US/Canada/China/India Table 9: Fixed telephone service tariff structure (in Rwf) per minute as of June 2018 Destination Liquid MTN Rwanda Tigo Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Average Rwanda Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd On net Off net EAC Rest of Africa As of June 2018, the average tariff for calling by fixed telephone within a telecom operator was 27 Rwf, 49 between telecom operators, 74 for EAC, and 230 to call other Africa Countries. Table 10: SMS tariff structure (in Rwf) as of June 2018 SMS Tariff MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda ltd Average Onnet tariff Offnet tariff ONA International Source: RURA, operators returns 10 P a g e

12 6. TRAFFIC STATISTICS 6.1 Voice total outgoing and incoming mobile calls Table 11: Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 30 th June 2018 per operator (number of calls) Voice traffic MTN Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Total Outgoing calls On net 897,179, ,636, ,406,399 1,906,222,410 Off net 21,909,802 12,315,991 17,174,594 51,400,387 International 36,661,078 4,783,195 1,111,154 42,555,427 Incoming calls Off net 31,765,909 4,461,705 20,297,866 56,525,480 International 7,232,171 2,800, ,928 10,629,372 During the quarter under review, the total volume of calls originating from mobile networks was close to 1.9 billion, the total calls originating from own mobile networks to other mobile networks was 51.4 million, while the total call from local mobile networks to international networks was 42.5 million. Table 12: Outgoing and Incoming traffic as of 30 th June 2018 per operator (In Minutes) Voice traffic MTN Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Total Outgoing calls On net 1,749,404, ,185,661 1,310,513,107 3,622,102,795 Off net 14,990,024 8,538,064 17,174,594 40,702,681 International 62,848,359 1,522,002 1,111,154 65,481,515 Incoming calls Off net 28,297,904 2,733,617 12,556,911 43,588,432 International 17,370,169 4,431,948 1,013,217 22,815,335 During the quarter under review, the total volume of minutes originating from mobile networks was 3.6 billion minutes, the total minutes originating from own mobile networks to other mobile networks was 40.7 million, and the total minutes from mobile networks to international networks was 65.5 million. 11 P a g e

13 Figure 6: Outgoing on net, off net and international voice traffic market share per operator as of 30 th June 2018 On net Off net International Tigo Rwan da Ltd 36% Airtel Rwan da Ltd 16% MTN Rwan da Ltd 48% Tigo Rwand a Ltd 42% Airtel Rwand a Ltd 21% MTN Rwand a Ltd 37% Airtel Rwan da Ltd 2% Tigo Rwan da Ltd 2% MTN Rwan da Ltd 96% 6.2 Voice total outgoing and incoming roaming traffic (In Minutes) Table 13: Outgoing and Incoming Roaming traffic per operator as of the 30 th June 2018 MTN Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Total Incoming 9,241,683 4,228,018 45,115 13,514,816 Outgoing 1,008, ,184 55,199 1,264,231 Source: RURA, operators returns Table 14: SMS traffic as of 30 th June 2018 MTN Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Total Outgoing SMS On net 280,313, ,668, ,345, ,328,018 Off net 1,671,931 8,174,940 3,122,879 12,969,750 International 4,223,105 4,188, ,313 8,536,878 Incoming SMS Off net 2,170, ,392 13,718,058 14,586,450 International 2,471,823 1,462,712 2,499,578 3,962, P a g e

14 The total volume of SMS traffic originating from mobile networks was million SMS, the total SMS traffic originating from own mobile networks to other mobile networks was 12.9 million, and the total SMS traffic from mobile networks to international networks was 8.5 million. 7. STATUS OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION 7.1 Licensed Operators Table 15: Licensed internet service providers as of June 2018 SN ISPs Date of issuance Internet Service Providers 1 MTN Rwanda Ltd TIGO Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Liquid Telecom Ltd ISPA Ltd G Networks Ltd Axiom Networks BSC Ltd G LTE Wholesaler 1 KTRN Ltd 2013 Retail Internet Service Providers 1 INTERCOM GMAX NET AFRICA WIRECELL ECOORPONE TWINNING IN COORPORATION PIRAMIE INC SIMBA SUPERMARKET TRUCONNECT LTD POPCONN LTD UNIVERSAL LINKS GROUP TNSP Fastnet Ltd SUKU NSA ISCO ISP LTD BK TELECOM LTD AC Group Limited Zoomnet Ltd CBNET Ltd Smart Broadband Ltd NET LINK LTD RWANDA TELECENTRE NETWORK (RTN) Broadband Digitech System Ltd Afronet NETPRO Limited Mango Telecom 2018 Source: RURA, operators returns 13 P a g e

15 Table 16: Internet Subscribers per category as of June 2018 Fixed internet Mobile Broadband Total Operators Narrowband Broadband internet EDGE&GPRS 3G 4G ( 256kbps) ( 256kbps) subscribers Liquid Telecom ltd 1,353 1,353 MTN Rwanda ltd 179 1,786 2,284, ,885 4,931 3,096,963 Tigo Rwanda ltd 1,589,374 76,418 6,303 1,672,094 Airtel Rwanda ltd 572, , ,276 ISPA Ltd BSC Ltd 2,084 7,309 9,393 Axiom Networks ltd G-max Ltd Popconn Ltd 6,788 6,788 Truconnect 2,316 2,316 TNSP NetAfrica Ltd Universalinks Group Piramie INC 1,338 1,338 Simba Supermarket ISCO ISP Ltd AC group Ltd Fastnet BK TecHouse Ltd Net Link Ltd CBNET Ltd RTN Zoomnet Ltd Total 231 5,537 4,446, ,285 34,922 5,475,448 As illustrated in Table 16, the total number of internet subscriptions stood at 5.47 million at the end of the second quarter P a g e

16 Figure 7: Trend of internet subscribers and penetration rate from 2010 to June ,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000, Mar-18 Jun Internet subscriptions Internet penetration rate The number of internet subscriptions has decreased from 5,642,574 subscribers recorded at the end of March 2018 to 5,475,448 as of June The internet penetration rate at the end of June 2018 was 46.4%. This decrease has come due the acquisition of Tigo Rwanda Ltd by Airtel Rwanda Ltd where the customers are dropping one line and staying with the other. 7.2 International Internet Bandwidth Table 17: International internet bandwidth (Mbps) per operator as of 30 th June 2018 Type MTN Liquid Tigo Airtel ISPA 4G Networks BSC KTRN Axiom Total UP Link 4,899 30,000 1,400 3, ,415 3, ,074 Down Link 4,899 30,000 1,400 3, ,415 3, , P a g e

17 Figure 8: Trend of International Internet bandwidth from Q to Q Q ,074 Q ,130 Q ,370 Q ,842-10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60, Internet Tariff Mobile Internet Tariff Figure 9: Standard mobile Internet tariff (Rwf/Mb) as of 30 th June 2018 AIRTEL RWANDA LTD 51 TIGO RWANDA LTD 51 MTN RWANDA LTD P a g e

18 Wireless Fiber Fixed internet tariff Table 18: Fixed Internet tariffs per operator as of 30 th June 2018 (In Rwf VAT inclusive Liquid Telecom Ltd MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd ISPA BSC Axiom Networ ks Ltd 4G Networks Ltd 128/64 Kbps 64,900 66,150 59,000 Residential 128/64 Kbps 64,900 Business 128/128 Kbps 256/128 Kbps 236, , /256 Kbps 41, /192 Kbps 354, , /512Kbps 210,000 62, /256Kbps 743,400 1Mbps 1,534, , , ,250 1Mbps dedicated 236,000 2 Mbps dedicated 413,000 2 Mbps 480, ,600 3Mbps 720, , , ,400 5Mbps 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 100, Kbps 141, Kbps 177, ,000 1Mbps 250, ,000 2Mbps 461, ,000 3Mbps 600, ,000 4Mbps 730, ,000 5Mbps 853, ,000 6Mbps 971,382 1,650, P a g e

19 Copper Fixed 7Mbps 1,196,112 2,450,000 8Mbps 2,850,000 9Mbps 10Mbps 64 Kbps Data 101,511 Copper-Kigali 64 Kbps Data 185,222 Copper-Up country 128 kbps Data 147,184 Copper-Kigali 128 kbps Data 268,933 Copper-Up country 256kbps- 213,166 DATA(Copper- Kigali) 256kbps-DATA 415,360 (Copper-Up country) 512kbps 296,405 DATA(Cooper) 1024kbps 479,117 DATA(Cooper) 2048kbps 544,079 DATA(Cooper) EVDO 35,000 1Mbps 438,480 2 Mbps 3Mbps 199,420 Source: RURA Operators returns 18 P a g e

20 Table 19: KTRN Ltd standard Bandwidth tariff (in Rwf VAT inclusive) VOLUME BASED TARIFFS 1 st quarter nd quarter GB 2,360 2,360 5GB 12,000 9,000 10GB 23,800 15,000 30GB 65,000 35,000 50GB 106,400 68, GB 210, ,000 1GB Daily Pack Corporate Offers 100GB+UL 227, , GB+UL 413, ,000 VPN Over LTE(Internet included) 512k 50,600 1Mbps 107, ,400 2Mbps 231, ,000 5Mbps 330, ,700 Whole Monthly Products Packs MUP 500 MB 10,500 MUP Smart 500MB+500MB per day 14,700 14,700 MUP 1GB/Day 21,800 21,000 MUP 2GB/Day 57,000 57,000 MUP 4GB/Day 111,600 75,000 Home BB-30GB(Day)+50GB(Night) 45,000 45,000 Home BB-30GB(Day)+100GB(Night) 60,000 60,000 One Network Fixed LTE: 3 Mbps 81,000 81,000 One Network Fixed LTE: 5 Mbps 101, ,000 One Network Vol. based LTE package: 8 Gb/day 90,000 90,000 One Network Vol. based LTE package: 10 Gb/day 110, ,000 Isanzure-5GB (standard) 4,800 Isanzure-10GB (standard) 8,800 Sage One 42,300 Other Dark Fiber lease (Rwf/Core/Km) 46,460 46,460 Domestic Shared capacity 95,934 95,934 International capacity 68,818 68,818 Tower lease 835, , P a g e

21 Table 20: KTRN Ltd Device Tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) 2 nd quarter 2018 Device Price (Standard tariff) Huawei CPE B310s-22+CPE Antenna 75,000 Huawei Router E5573s ,000 Ingrammicro (Model:V7 ZYRO) 90,000 Mediacom Phone PAD (Model:G552) 68,000 Nokia 3 Smartphone (Single SIM) 110,000 Nokia 3 Smartphone (Dual SIM) 110,000 4G LTE Data Sim Card Daily Voucher Source: RURA Operators returns Table 21: 4G LTE retail tariffs (in Rwf VAT inclusive) as of the second quarter 2018 MTN Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Truconnect VOLUME BASED TARIFFS 100 MB/D MB/D 500 1GB/D 1,500 1GB 3,000 (7 days) 3.5 GB 10,000 (Month) 5GB 8,000 (7 days) Axiom Networ ks Ltd POPCONN G-Max 3,500 2,700 2,700 2,900 12,000 12,000 11,000 12,200 6 GB 15,000 (Month) 10GB 22,000 20,000 19,000 21,667 20GB 30,000 (Month) 30GB 82,000 50,000 49,000 54,333 50GB 133,000 90,000 80,000 89,000 98,000 70GB 100 GB 275, , , , GB 460, ,000 (Un limited) (UL) Isanzure 5GB 5,500 5,500 5,500 Isanzure 10GB 10,000 10,000 10,000 Home 30GB Broadband 55,000 55,000 55, P a g e

22 Home Broadband 50 75,000 75,000 74,000 GB 1GB Daily Voucher 1,000 MUP 500MB/Day 20,000 17,000 Unlimited 1GB/D 23,000 25,000 25,000 Unlimited 2GG/D 65,000 Unlimited 4GG/D 134, ,000 95,000 Unlimited 100 GB/D 275, , ,000 Unlimited 200 GB/D 460, ,000 MUP 1GB/Day 30,000 25,500 (Limited) MUP 2GB/Day 50,000 (Limited) MUP 3GB/Day 68,500 MUP 4GB/Day 130,300 (Limited) 104,667 Table 22: Trend in Telecom Revenues (Rwf) in 2018 Category Q Q Q Total MNOs Revenues 36,612,774,719 36,403,879,335 36,646,332,504 Total ISPs, Internet Retailers and 8,327,295,667 6,689,480,616 8,212,363,563 Liquid Revenues Total 44,940,070,386 43,093,359,951 44,858,696,067 Table 23: Trend in Telecom investment in 2018 Category Q Q Q Total MNOs Investment 15,143,006,116 21,988,771,397 8,947,427,096 Total ISPs, Internet retailers and Liquid 3,607,890,517 1,992,623,441 2,200,872,921 Investment Total 18,750,896,633 23,981,394,838 11,148,300, P a g e

23 8. EMPLOYMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR 927 people are employed in Telecommunication sector, 822 are permanent staffs while 105 are temporary staffs and 25% of these staffs are female while 75% are male as it is shown in the following table: Table 24: Number of staffs employed in Telecommunication sectors as of June 2018 Operator Temporary Female Foreign Permanent Outsourced Total staff MTN Rwanda Ltd Tigo Rwanda Ltd Airtel Rwanda Ltd Liquid Telecom Ltd ISPA Ltd G-MAX Truconnect Axiom Networks Ltd NetAfrica Ltd TNSP KT Rwanda Networks Ltd Piramie INC Popconn Ltd BSC Ltd Universalinks Group AC Group Ltd FastNet ISCO Ltd SIMBA Supermarket BK Techouse NET LINK LTD CBNET Ltd RTN Zoom Net Ltd Total P a g e

24 Figure 10: Staffs by gender as of June 2018 Female 25% Male 75% 9. MEDIA The table below shows a list of licensed TV stations, FM Radio Broadcasters, newspapers, and signal distributors registered to operate in Rwanda, by the end of June Table 25: Licensed media operators as of June 2018 Category Q Q Q Q Signal Distributors Pay TV FM broadcasters Free To Air (FTA) Online Media Print Media International Media House Source: RURA database According to the above table, there are 12 licensed Free to Air Televisions, 4 Pay TV Operators, 34 radios, 28 Print Media and 23 online media. Table 26: Number of Pay TV Subscribers as of June 2018 Name of Pay TV Active Subscribers Registered Subscribers Azam Media Ltd 3,628 11,025 Star Africa Media Ltd 66, ,020 Tele 10 Ltd 14,976 23,851 Kwesé Support Services Rwanda Ltd Total 85, , P a g e

25 Table 27: Number of decoders sold as of the second quarter 2018 Number of Decoders Sold Q Q Total Azam Media Ltd ,035 Star Africa Media Ltd 1,681 4,008 5,689 Tele 10 Ltd ,165 Kwesé Support Services Rwanda Ltd COURIER AND POSTAL SERVICES Table 28: Licensed courier and postal operators as of June 2018 SN Name of licensee Type of license 1 Panorama Ltd International Courier License 2 Dove Forwarding And Supply Company Ltd Regional courier License; 3 Shaft Ltd Regional courier License; 4 DHL Express International Courier License 5 Pan Africa Express Transport Ltd (Licensee Of Fedex) International Courier License 6 Stella Express Ltd Domestic courier License 7 Skynet Worldwide Express Ltd International Courier License 8 SOTRA Tour & Travel Agency Ltd Domestic courier License 9 I&T Investment & Supply Company Ltd Intra-city courier License 10 National Post Office Public Postal operator License 11 Sofast Ltd Domestic courier License 12 Horizontal Ltd Domestic courier License 13 Kigali Coach Tours & Travel Ltd Domestic courier License 14 Ukine Ltd Regional Courier License 15 Eagle Net Ltd International Courier License 16 Alpha Express Company Ltd Domestic courier License 17 Excel Travel & Tours Agency Ltd Domestic courier License 18 ISCO Intersec Security International Courier License 19 Kigali Safari Express Domestic courier License 20 Modern Coast Express Uganda Ltd Regional Courier License 21 Omega Ltd Domestic courier License 22 Virunga Courier Express Ltd Domestic courier License 23 Matunda Express Ltd Domestic courier License 24 Common Rock Ltd Domestic courier License 25 Fast Rwanda Courier Ltd Domestic courier License 26 International Express Ltd Domestic courier License 27 Trinity Transporters And Distributors Company Ltd Regional Courier License 28 Target Today Delivery Ltd International Courier License 24 P a g e