MAP > Internet Providers in Senegal

Senegal has gone on and approved the LLU to be able to stimulate the DSL market competition. The Senegal’s economic development has gone and improved heavily in recent years, with the GDP having developed at about seven percent in the year 2017 to the year 2018. This has gone and translated into a consistent development in telecom market, with some mobile subscribers, having an increase of 4.5% in the year 2018 in June. The Orange Group’s local subsidiary by the name Orange Senegal, has grown on and become the most dominant player in both fixed line as well as the mobile sectors, though there has been a very effective competition in mobile industry from Tigo Senegal, which is now owned by the Saga Africa Holdings as well as the Sudatel’s unit by the name Expresso, that have the 2.4% as well as 22%, market share respectively.

Competition in fixed-line sector got to be introduced when Expresso got to launch the services as a second national operator in the year 2009. A new entrant at the beginning chose the CDMA2000 tech to be able to serve both the market sectors but switched to the GSM technology in the year 2010, and this is including the 3G or HSPA mobile broadband. Well, despite the market entry, Sonatel still commands almost monopoly on the fixed lines. The mobile market has been able to prosper, aided in part by the poor fixed-line systems in some of the rural areas. The Mobile penetration reached close to 106% by the mid- 2018. A wide range of the value-added services have been available to the subscribers, and this is including the mobile broadband access, that has become by far most dominant internet platform, getting to account for close to 99% of all the internet accesses as of the mid-2018.

The recent licensing growth is going to help in propelling LTE sector. In the year 2016 on June, the Sonatel has secured 17-year License and extension to the fixed line, 3G and 2G operating concessions that had been due to expire in the year 2017 for no extra cost. LTE license does include the use of the 10 MHz of the spectrum in 1800 MHz band and the 10 MHz in 800 MHz bands. Sonatel offers 70% population coverage within a period of five years and a ninety percent coverage within ten years.