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StateofTelecommunica/onsinSudan

SudanTelecommGroup

Khalid M Ali

FortheICTDevelopmentandManagement

Program

September6-17,2010

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IndustryStructureMilestonesWTOAgreementonTelecommunica/onServicesInternetDevelopmente-ReadinessPolicyIssuesIndustryChallengesProfessionalDevelopmentGoals

Overview

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Telecommunica+onsIndustryStructure

PoliciesandLegisla/onCouncilofMinisters-

MinistryofInforma/onandCommunica/on

EstablishedundertheTelecomActof2001Responsibleforplans,policiesandregula/on,

regula/ngtariffs,licensingoperators,frequencymanagementandequipmentapproval

RunsSudansuniversalservicefund

Na/onalTelecommunica/on

Corpora/on

Establishedin1999andlaunchedinSeptember2001undertheCouncilofMinistersinthePrimeMinistersoffice.

PrimarilyconcernedwiththeuseofICTingovernment50projectsinearlystagesofimplementa/on.

Valuedat$1.5billionObjec/veistoaZaine-Government

Na/onalInforma/onCenter

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Regula/onoftheaudio-visualcontent Provisioningofaudio-visualbroadcastservicesSudanRadioand

TelevisionAuthority

Providingthenecessaryinfrastructure Provisioningoflandline,wirelessdataandvoiceservicesOperatorsand

ServiceProviders

Telecommunica+onsIndustryStructure

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Opera+ngEn++es

Operator ServiceProvided Ownership

SudanTelecomGroup Fixedlineoperator,dataandinternetserviceprovider

MobileTelecomOperatorPubliclytradedcompany

CanarTelecom Fixedlineoperator,dataandinternetserviceprovider

LimitedmobilityETISALAT82%GOS+Investors18%

MTN-Sudan MobileTelecomOperatorMobileInternetServiceProvider MTNGroup

ain-Sudan MobileTelecomOperatorMobileInternetServiceProvider ainGroup

Gemtel MobileTelecomOperatorLimitedopera/onsinSouthSudan LAPgreennetworks80%I-Telecom20%

NetworkoftheWorld-NOW MobileTelecomOperatorLimitedopera/onsinSouthSudan Vivacell75%Wawat25%

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IndustryMilestones

April1993priva/sa/onoftheTelecommsector-

endofgovernmentsmonopoly

Sep1996crea/onoftheNTC

June2001ApprovaloftheNa/onal

Telecommunica/onAct

2003establishmentofauniversal

accessfund

June2008establishmentofAfricasfirstna/onal

telecentreacademy-SuNTAinSudan

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SudanandtheWTOAgreementonTelecomm

AworkingpartyontheaccessionofSudanhasbeenestablished,however,SudanisnotyetamemberoftheWTO

ManyofthepoliciesdescribedintheWTOagreementareincludedintheNa/onalTelecommunica/onAct

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Migra/onto3Gwirelesstechnologiesin2007

madeinternetaccessibilitybothaffordableand

availabletowiderpopula/onsacrossthecountry.

Wirelessoperatorsofferedaccessibilityvia

2.5Gtechnologytolimitedpopula/on.

Internetserviceswerefirstofferedby

Sudatelin1998viadial-upnetworks(28-56k)

21licensedISPs,majorplayersareSudatel,

CANARplusthefourwirelessISPs

InternetDevelopmentinSudan.

Operator Dial-up DSL EVDO/

3G

WiMAX

Sudatel 150,000 20,000 15,000

Canar 26,250 4,500

MTN 1,000

Other >5,000

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e-Readiness

TheNICconductedanICTreadinesssurveyin2007.ResultswereusedtobuildanICTstrategyfocusingmainlyongovernment

NICalsocreatedtheICTcomponentofthecountrysna/onalstrategyownedbytheNa/onalCouncilforStrategicPlanning

Theseeffortstoppedshortofformula/ngaclearICTstrategythatspellsoutwhatbothgovernmentandtheprivatesectorsshoulddotodeveloptheICTsectorinthecountry

Sudatelownsandoperatesa7000kmfibrebackboneconnec/ng13majorci/es

EASSyhasalandingsta/oninPortSudanconnec/ngthecountrydirectlytoEuropeandNorthAmericathroughmul/pleinterna/onalsubmarinecablenetworks

EASSyisthehighestcapacitysystemservingsub-SaharanAfrica,witha3.84Tbits,2fibre-pairconfigura/on

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EasternAfricaSubmarineCableSystem

LandingPoints

Sudan PortSudan

Djibou/ Djibou/

Somalia Mogadishu

Kenya Mombasa

Tanzania DaresSalaam

Madagascar Toliary

Mozambique Maputo

SouthAfrica Mtunzini

Land-LockedCountriesServed

Uganda Rwanda

Burundi Malawi

ambia imbabwe

Botswana Swaziland

Lesotho

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e-Commerce,e-governmentande-Literacy

Lessereffortshavebeenexertedbythegovernmentinformula/ngalegalframeworktosupporte-commerce

ShyaZemptsresultedinPOSandafewotherbasicecommerceapplica/onrollouts.

Onlyafewgovernmentalagenciesministrieshaveputservicesonline

egovernmentisamajorNICini/a/ve,howeverwithconflic/nggovernmentpriori/es,thisdoesnotseemtoreceivetheneededaZen/onnorfunding

HundredsofuniversitystudentsgraduatefromICT-relateddisciplineseveryyear

Governmentandtheprivatesectorofferlimitedtrainingandemploymentopportuni/es

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Legal&PolicyIssuesImpac+ngICTAc+vi+esinSudan

Conflic/ngownershipandpriori/es

Fourgovernmentalagenciesaretaskedwithplanning,execu/ngandregula/ngICTini/a/vesinSudan

Minimalhorizontalintegra/onacrossagenciesLackofacomprehensivelegalframeworktoregulatethesector

CentralBankofSudan-forexample-refusestoallowtelecommoperatorstodelivermoney-transferapplica/onsbydenyingthemaccesstothena/onalexchange

Noneoftheregula/ngagenciesisabletoreverseCBoSposi/on

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ChallengesFacingTheTelecommunica+onSector

UNandUSAeconomicsanc/onsonSudan

ImpededresearchanddevelopmentworkMadeitdifficulttofinanceexpansionprograms

Na/onalinfrastructurecoverageandhighprices

Limitedaccesstoelectricityandreliableroadsimpedesexpandingcoverage

Modestpricecompe//onbetweenthetwona/onalbackboneoperators

Lackofprivatesectorengagementinpolicyformula/onanddevelopment

Lackofinvestmentinhumancapital

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ProfessionalDevelopmentGoals

Capacitybuilding

Exchangingexperience

Exposuretopolicy-makingandregulatoryissues

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ThankYou.

khalid@expressotelecom.com