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Angola Telecom's Fixed-Line Network Still Serves Less Than 1% of the Population.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f8d09c/angola_telecoms) has announced the addition of the "Angola - Telecoms Market Overview Statistics & Forecasts" report to their offering.

Angola is the second-largest producer of oil in sub-Saharan Africa, and the recent rise of oil prices may push GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine.  growth as high as 35% in 2007. With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment has multiplied. However, Angola Telecom's fixed-line network still serves less than 1% of the population. The licensing of four new fixed-wireless operators in 2002 has introduced competition to this sector, using Third Generation (3G) wireless technologies and WiMAX to provide advanced services. A national fibre optic backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas.  is being implemented. Privatisation of Angola Telecom Angola Telecom is a telecommunications and Internet service provider of Angola.

Subsidiaries of Angola Telecom include:
  • Movicel, offering cell phone service;
  • ELTAngola, Empresa de Listas Telefonicas de Angola, an online telephone directory;
 and the licensing of a third mobile operator is expected in the not too distant future. Market forecasts are also included.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Key statistics

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Angola's telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Historic background

4.2 Basic Telecommunications Law 2001

4.3 Department of Telecommunications

4.4 Regulatory authority Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency

administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
 

4.4.1 Angola Institute of Communications (INACOM)

4.5 National Telecommunications Council

4.6 National Commission for Information Technology

4.7 Universal Service Fund

4.8 Value-added services

4.9 Privatisation of Angola Telecom

4.10 Interconnection

4.11 Telecom sector liberalisation n. 1. Same as liberalization.

Noun 1. liberalisation - the act of making less strict
liberalization, relaxation

alleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse
 in Angola

5. Fixed network operators in Angola

5.1 Angola Telecom

5.2 Fixed wireless operators

5.2.1 Mercury Telecom (MS Telcom)

5.2.2 Mundo Startel

5.2.3 Telesel/Nexus

5.2.4 Wezacom

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom network

6.1.1 Wireless local loop

6.1.2 Domestic satellite network

6.2 International infrastructure

6.3 Forecast fixed-line market - 2010; 2015

7. Broadband and Internet market

7.1 Initial development

7.2 Overview

7.2.1 Proposed e-government policy

7.3 Broadband market

7.4 Angola's ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
 market

7.4.1 Ebonet

7.4.2 NetAngola

7.4.3 Snet

7.4.4 Angonet

7.4.5 University Agostinho Neto António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979) served as the first President of Angola (1975–1979), leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence and the civil war.  

7.5 Internet access locations

7.6 Internet Exchange Point See IXP and NAP.  (IXP (1) (Internet EXchange Processor) See IXA.

(2) (Internet eXchange Point) A public junction point on the Internet that provides an on-ramp to the Internet as well as a location for carriers to exchange traffic.
)

7.7 Forecast Internet users - 2010; 2015

8. Convergence

8.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony

8.2 broadcasting market

8.3 Radio

8.4 Television

8.5 Broadband over Cable TV (CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. )

9. Mobile communications

9.1 Overview of Angola's mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Mobile technologies

9.2.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile systems

9.3 Major mobile operators

9.3.1 Angola Telecom (Movicel)

9.3.2 Unitel

9.4 Mobile voice services

9.4.1 Satellite mobile

9.5 Forecast mobile market - 2010; 2015

10. Notes on scenario forecasts

11. Related reports

Tables

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f8d09c/angola_telecoms
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