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Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts
Published on May 2010

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Executive summary
Kuwait is one of the wealthier members of the GCC, ranking third in GDP per capita behind Qatar and the UAE. The vast majority of
its government income is derived from oil revenues. Like the other smaller GCC members, it has a very high expatriate population,
forming at least two-thirds of the whole. As in other similar countries, this makes its total population very fluid and thus all penetration
statistics very unreliable and distorted.
Kuwait's telecoms industry is something of an anachronism in the region due to the lack of liberalisation of the market. Not only does
Kuwait not have an independent regulator, the Ministry of Communications is both the regulatory entity and also the operating entity
for fixed-line services. Plans were drafted for the establishment of a telecommunications regulatory authority in 2007 but have yet to
come to fruition.
The Ministry does not charge customers for calls made from fixed lines to mobile phones. It also controls the international gateway
and does not have an interconnection system with any of the mobile operators. As the Ministry controls all international charges, this
prevents local mobile operators from offering promotions and discounts on overseas calls. It has also preventing mobile operator Zain
from extending its 'One Network' service, which gives free voice and data roaming for subscribers across most of its network, to its
subscribers in its home base of Kuwait.
A further problem with the lack of independence and corporatisation in the fixed-line sector is a lack of available information on the
sector.
Competition does exist in the Internet provision sector, with four major ISPs, but again it is limited. In July 2009 the Ministry of
Communications stated that it would suspend the licences of a number of ISPs who had begun providing WiMAX services. The
Ministry said it was preparing to submit a fresh tender for wireless Internet and WiMAX services.
Kuwait's mobile sector presents a different picture to its fixed-lines sector. For many years two very strong operators have shared a
comfortable duopoly. They have enjoyed high tariffs in their home market and have used this base to extend internationally. MTC,
known as Zain, had extended its operations to 24 countries by mid-2009. However, its profits from its Kuwaiti operations still made up
around 50% of its total Group profit at end-2008. In March 2010 it sold its African operations, with the exception of those in Sudan and
Morocco, to Bharti Airtel of India, leaving it with operations in just 9 countries.
Zain's competitor Wataniya, now a subsidiary itself of Qtel of Qatar, has extended into six countries in total but its Kuwaiti profits were
slightly higher than its Group profits at end-2009.
The two incumbent mobile operators, who have shared the market for the past ten years, were joined in December 2008 by a third
operator, Kuwait Telecom Company ' known as Viva, with Saudi Telecom Company as a major investor. All three mobile operators
have the government as a major shareholder, owning approximately 25% in each case.
By end-2009 Viva would appear to have gained a market share of over 10%. Based on numbers reported by Zain and Wataniya,
Viva's gain would appear to have come mostly at Zain's expense. The introduction of more competition has had a substantial effect
on reducing ARPU levels.




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1. Executive summary



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2. Key statistics
2.1 Country overview
3. Telecommunications market
3.1 Overview of Kuwait's telecom market
4. Regulatory environment
4.1 Background
4.2 Regulatory authority
4.3 Privatisation of Mobile Telecommunications Co
5. Telecom operators in Kuwait
5.1 Ministry of Communications
5.2 Hits Telecom
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 National telecom network
6.1.1 Next Generation networks (NGN)
6.2 International infrastructure
6.2.1 Submarine cable networks
6.2.2 Satellite networks
7. Broadband access market
7.1 Overview
7.1.1 Broadband and Internet statistics
7.2 Broadband subscriber forecasts
7.3 ISP market
7.3.1 Overview
7.3.2 Qualitynet
7.3.3 Zaji /KEMS
7.3.4 Fast Telecommunications Company
7.3.5 United Networks
7.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
7.5 Wireless broadband
7.5.1 WiMAX
7.5.2 Internet via satellite
7.6 VoIP
8. Digital economy/digital media
8.1 Overview
9. Digital broadcasting
9.1 Overview of broadcasting market
9.1.1 Orbit Showtime Network (OSN)
10. Mobile communications
10.1 Overview of Kuwait's mobile market
10.1.1 Mobile statistics
10.2 Mobile subscriber forecasts
10.2.1 Scenario 1 ' higher growth
10.2.2 Scenario 1 ' lower growth
10.2.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
10.3 Regulatory issues
10.3.1 Third mobile operator
10.4 Mobile technologies
10.4.1 Analogue
10.4.2 Digital
10.4.3 3G


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10.4.4 HSPA
10.5 Major mobile operators
10.5.1 Mobile Telecommunications Co (MTC) / Zain
10.5.2 National Mobile Telecommunication Co (NMT)/Wataniya Telecom
10.5.3 Kuwait Telecom Company (KTC)/Viva
10.6 Mobile voice services
10.6.1 Prepaid
10.6.2 Satellite mobile
10.7 Mobile messaging
10.7.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
10.7.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
10.8 Mobile broadband (access)
10.9 Mobile content and applications
10.9.1 Mobile TV
11. Related reports
Table 1 ' Country statistics Kuwait ' 2010
Table 2 ' Telephone network statistics ' 2009
Table 3 ' Internet user statistics ' 2009
Table 4 ' Broadband statistics ' 2009
Table 5 ' Mobile statistics ' 2009
Table 6 ' National telecommunications authority
Table 7 ' GDP growth and inflation ' 2005 - 2011
Table 8 ' Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2011
Table 9 ' Internet user and penetration estimates ' 1995 - 2011
Table 10 ' Internet subscribers - 2003 - 2011
Table 11 ' Broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2011
Table 12 ' Mobile subscribers and penetration rates ' 1994 - 2011
Table 13 ' Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change ' 2009
Table 14 ' Mobile operators' subscribers and market share ' 2005 - 2009
Table 15 ' Forecast mobile subscribers in Kuwait ' higher growth scenario ' 2014; 2019
Table 16 ' Forecast mobile subscriber in Kuwait ' lower growth scenario ' 2014; 2019
Table 17 ' 3G subscribers as a percentage of total subscribers ' 2007 - 2009
Table 18 ' Zain Group subscribers, revenue and profit ' 2002 - 2010
Table 19 ' Zain Kuwait revenue and ARPU ' 2005 - 2009
Table 20 ' Wataniya Group subscribers, revenue and profit ' 2005 - 2010
Table 21 ' Wataniya Kuwait subscribers and revenue - 2006 - 2010
Table 22 ' Wataniya Kuwait monthly pre and postpaid ARPU ' 2005 - 2010
Table 23 ' Zain pre and postpaid subscribers ' 2005 - 2009
Table 24 ' Wataniya pre and postpaid subscribers ' 2005 - 2010




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Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts

  • 1. Find Industry reports, Company profiles ReportLinker and Market Statistics >> Get this Report Now by email! Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts Published on May 2010 Report Summary Executive summary Kuwait is one of the wealthier members of the GCC, ranking third in GDP per capita behind Qatar and the UAE. The vast majority of its government income is derived from oil revenues. Like the other smaller GCC members, it has a very high expatriate population, forming at least two-thirds of the whole. As in other similar countries, this makes its total population very fluid and thus all penetration statistics very unreliable and distorted. Kuwait's telecoms industry is something of an anachronism in the region due to the lack of liberalisation of the market. Not only does Kuwait not have an independent regulator, the Ministry of Communications is both the regulatory entity and also the operating entity for fixed-line services. Plans were drafted for the establishment of a telecommunications regulatory authority in 2007 but have yet to come to fruition. The Ministry does not charge customers for calls made from fixed lines to mobile phones. It also controls the international gateway and does not have an interconnection system with any of the mobile operators. As the Ministry controls all international charges, this prevents local mobile operators from offering promotions and discounts on overseas calls. It has also preventing mobile operator Zain from extending its 'One Network' service, which gives free voice and data roaming for subscribers across most of its network, to its subscribers in its home base of Kuwait. A further problem with the lack of independence and corporatisation in the fixed-line sector is a lack of available information on the sector. Competition does exist in the Internet provision sector, with four major ISPs, but again it is limited. In July 2009 the Ministry of Communications stated that it would suspend the licences of a number of ISPs who had begun providing WiMAX services. The Ministry said it was preparing to submit a fresh tender for wireless Internet and WiMAX services. Kuwait's mobile sector presents a different picture to its fixed-lines sector. For many years two very strong operators have shared a comfortable duopoly. They have enjoyed high tariffs in their home market and have used this base to extend internationally. MTC, known as Zain, had extended its operations to 24 countries by mid-2009. However, its profits from its Kuwaiti operations still made up around 50% of its total Group profit at end-2008. In March 2010 it sold its African operations, with the exception of those in Sudan and Morocco, to Bharti Airtel of India, leaving it with operations in just 9 countries. Zain's competitor Wataniya, now a subsidiary itself of Qtel of Qatar, has extended into six countries in total but its Kuwaiti profits were slightly higher than its Group profits at end-2009. The two incumbent mobile operators, who have shared the market for the past ten years, were joined in December 2008 by a third operator, Kuwait Telecom Company ' known as Viva, with Saudi Telecom Company as a major investor. All three mobile operators have the government as a major shareholder, owning approximately 25% in each case. By end-2009 Viva would appear to have gained a market share of over 10%. Based on numbers reported by Zain and Wataniya, Viva's gain would appear to have come mostly at Zain's expense. The introduction of more competition has had a substantial effect on reducing ARPU levels. Table of Content 1. Executive summary Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts Page 1/5
  • 2. Find Industry reports, Company profiles ReportLinker and Market Statistics 2. Key statistics 2.1 Country overview 3. Telecommunications market 3.1 Overview of Kuwait's telecom market 4. Regulatory environment 4.1 Background 4.2 Regulatory authority 4.3 Privatisation of Mobile Telecommunications Co 5. Telecom operators in Kuwait 5.1 Ministry of Communications 5.2 Hits Telecom 6. Telecommunications infrastructure 6.1 National telecom network 6.1.1 Next Generation networks (NGN) 6.2 International infrastructure 6.2.1 Submarine cable networks 6.2.2 Satellite networks 7. Broadband access market 7.1 Overview 7.1.1 Broadband and Internet statistics 7.2 Broadband subscriber forecasts 7.3 ISP market 7.3.1 Overview 7.3.2 Qualitynet 7.3.3 Zaji /KEMS 7.3.4 Fast Telecommunications Company 7.3.5 United Networks 7.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 7.5 Wireless broadband 7.5.1 WiMAX 7.5.2 Internet via satellite 7.6 VoIP 8. Digital economy/digital media 8.1 Overview 9. Digital broadcasting 9.1 Overview of broadcasting market 9.1.1 Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) 10. Mobile communications 10.1 Overview of Kuwait's mobile market 10.1.1 Mobile statistics 10.2 Mobile subscriber forecasts 10.2.1 Scenario 1 ' higher growth 10.2.2 Scenario 1 ' lower growth 10.2.3 Notes on scenario forecasts 10.3 Regulatory issues 10.3.1 Third mobile operator 10.4 Mobile technologies 10.4.1 Analogue 10.4.2 Digital 10.4.3 3G Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts Page 2/5
  • 3. Find Industry reports, Company profiles ReportLinker and Market Statistics 10.4.4 HSPA 10.5 Major mobile operators 10.5.1 Mobile Telecommunications Co (MTC) / Zain 10.5.2 National Mobile Telecommunication Co (NMT)/Wataniya Telecom 10.5.3 Kuwait Telecom Company (KTC)/Viva 10.6 Mobile voice services 10.6.1 Prepaid 10.6.2 Satellite mobile 10.7 Mobile messaging 10.7.1 Short Message Service (SMS) 10.7.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) 10.8 Mobile broadband (access) 10.9 Mobile content and applications 10.9.1 Mobile TV 11. Related reports Table 1 ' Country statistics Kuwait ' 2010 Table 2 ' Telephone network statistics ' 2009 Table 3 ' Internet user statistics ' 2009 Table 4 ' Broadband statistics ' 2009 Table 5 ' Mobile statistics ' 2009 Table 6 ' National telecommunications authority Table 7 ' GDP growth and inflation ' 2005 - 2011 Table 8 ' Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2011 Table 9 ' Internet user and penetration estimates ' 1995 - 2011 Table 10 ' Internet subscribers - 2003 - 2011 Table 11 ' Broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2011 Table 12 ' Mobile subscribers and penetration rates ' 1994 - 2011 Table 13 ' Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change ' 2009 Table 14 ' Mobile operators' subscribers and market share ' 2005 - 2009 Table 15 ' Forecast mobile subscribers in Kuwait ' higher growth scenario ' 2014; 2019 Table 16 ' Forecast mobile subscriber in Kuwait ' lower growth scenario ' 2014; 2019 Table 17 ' 3G subscribers as a percentage of total subscribers ' 2007 - 2009 Table 18 ' Zain Group subscribers, revenue and profit ' 2002 - 2010 Table 19 ' Zain Kuwait revenue and ARPU ' 2005 - 2009 Table 20 ' Wataniya Group subscribers, revenue and profit ' 2005 - 2010 Table 21 ' Wataniya Kuwait subscribers and revenue - 2006 - 2010 Table 22 ' Wataniya Kuwait monthly pre and postpaid ARPU ' 2005 - 2010 Table 23 ' Zain pre and postpaid subscribers ' 2005 - 2009 Table 24 ' Wataniya pre and postpaid subscribers ' 2005 - 2010 Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts Page 3/5
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