Botswana Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report

"Botswana Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report," a new Country Intelligence Report by the analyst, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in Botswana today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2029. Published annually, the report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics, and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband, and mobile segments, as well as a review of key regulatory trends.

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following:

• Demographic and macroeconomic context in Botswana.
• The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation, and more.
• Telecom services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, and mobile data markets.
• The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
• Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications markets.
• Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.

Key Highlights

• The overall telecom services revenue in Botswana will decline at a CAGR of 0.4% during the forecast period 2024-2029.
• Mobile data service revenue will grow at a five-year CAGR of 1.9%,increasing mobile internet subscriptions, increasing 4G subscriptions, projected growth in adoption of higher ARPU-yielding 5G services and operators offering data-centric plans to drive data service ARPU.
• Fixed broadband service revenue will grow at a CAGR of 4.5%, supported by growing fixed broadband adoption, as a result of government’s initiatives to expand fiber network coverage in the country.

Scope

• Total telecom service revenue in Botswana will decline marginally at a CAGR of 0.4% over the forecast period 2024-2029, due to decline in mobile voice, fixed voice and mobile messaging segments, despite growth in mobile broadband and fixed broadband revenues.
• Mobile data service revenue will grow at a five-year CAGR of 1.9%, driven byincreasing mobile internet subscriptions, increasing 4G subscriptions, projected growth in adoption of higher ARPU-yielding 5G services and operators offering data-centric plans to drive data service ARPU.

Reasons to Buy

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following:

• Demographic and macroeconomic context in Botswana.
• The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation and more.
• Telecom services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, and mobile data markets.
• The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
• Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications markets.
• Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.