MAP > Internet Providers in Bosnia And Herzegovina

The economic prosperity of the Bosnia-Herzegovina has largely rested with the country’s continuous efforts to integrate with the European Union. The GDP growth has been able to recover from slow down seen in the wake of GFC in the year 2008 and the year 200, though the development has been inconsistent until the year 2015, since when the economy had grown at over 3% annually. Other than the  slight dip in the year 2017, the growth for the year 2018, has been expected that it is going to be 3.2%.There remain huge significant challenges, not least of which is the high unemployment rate that has continued to hider the country’s economic growth potential. Telecom market has been liberalized and the regulatory framework which has been created based on the European Union’s regulatory framework for the communications.

Despite Bosnia-Herzegovina being the European Union candidate country, in the year 2017 on July, it got to apply for an amendment of the mobile roaming charges to be able to fit in with the changes that were  introduced across the Union. The market has been characterized by 3 zones, each of them with the incumbent telco. Largest operator by the name BH Telecom has become the dominant provider while the Telekom Srpske gets to operate in Republika Srpska and the HT Mostar being active in Herzegovina.

Fixed-line broadband network has been underdeveloped, with the result which investments have made in the mobile upgrades by the BH Mobile as well as Telekom Srpske being facilitating the broadband connectivity in this country to a much greater extent than is very common elsewhere in the Europe region.

Despite the number of the fixed line operators providing the services, the market has been dominated by 3 incumbent operators that control 99% of the market. All of the three incumbents have been subject to the specific obligations that were designed to enhance competition. Internet services have been available through the current and number of alternative operators. Cable and DSL are chief platforms for the fixed line connectivity, while the fiber broadband as yet has a small market presence.

Three mobile network operators, every one of them affiliated with one of the currently fixed-line operators, offers the national coverage. Upgraded networks have been helping to support broadband in the rural areas where the fixed line infrastructure has been insufficient. Also, the mobile data, as well as the mobile broadband offers, are going to provide future revenue development given limited potential of the mobile voice services.