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Country Report: SOMALIA

Since 1991, no central government has controlled the entirety of the

country, despite several attempts to establish a unified central

government. The northwestern part of the country has been relativelystable under the self-declared, but unrecognized, sovereign state of

Somaliland. During the two decades of war and lack of government,

Somalia has maintained an informal economy, based mainly on livestock,

remittance/money transfer companies, and telecommunications. The TFG

formed with the help of IGAD, AU and the UN, which is based in Mogadishu

is the only government entity regonized by the UN and the international

community.

1. STRATEGY, POLICIES AND REGULATION

ICT Strategic vision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_recognitionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalilandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transferhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunicationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalilandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transferhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunicationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition


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1. In order to bring the access of general public of rural and urban areas

of the country to the telecommunication service, arrangement shall be

made in a manner that the telecommunication service shall be

available within the short distance in the inhabitant areas.

2. The telecommunication service shall be made available to meet the

demand in the urban areas of the country. Arrangement shall be made

in a manner that the corporate telecommunication service shall be

available to the business areas.

3. Opportunity shall be provided to the consumers of the urban areas tochoose service from various providers. Arrangement of opportunity to

choose service accordingly shall be gradually extended in the rural

areas also.

4. Arrangement shall be made for getting opportunity to use appropriate

information and communication technology for poverty alleviation and

development of the rural areas.

Universal Service (US) has been identified as having a postal office and a

public telecom booth in every village in Somalia. Mechanisms for financing

US are still being developed through consultation between MIPT and the

Somali operators, including the possibility of establishing a US fund to be

financed through a percentage of telecom revenues. No final decision has

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were more than 100 thousand users of Internet services2 in the country

with few established ISP and cyber cafes with growth of 4% per year.

There are five telecoms companies. They include:

Al-Barakaat and the Somali Telecom Group, an umbrella for a

number of companies. Both have mobile operations in addition to

fixed line,

Somtel and Telecoms Somalia, are looking at setting up mobileoperations.

Three of the companies provide internet services. The number of

companies providing mobile services reached 12 in 2010.

Mobile

Operators

Operator Technolo

gy

Subscribe

rs (000)

Ownership

1 SOMAFONE GSM 201 Somafone FZ LLC2 Nationlink GSM 139 Bintel3 Hormuud

TelecomGSM 133 Hormuud Telecom

Somalia Inc4 Telsom Mobile GSM 125 Telsom Mobile Somalia5 Golis Telecom

SomaliaGSM n/a Golis Telecom Somalia

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SOMAFONE&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somafone_FZ_LLC&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationLink_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bintel&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuud_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuud_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud_Telecom_Somalia_Inc&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud_Telecom_Somalia_Inc&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telsom_Mobile&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telsom_Mobile_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SOMAFONE&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somafone_FZ_LLC&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationLink_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bintel&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuud_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuud_Telecomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud_Telecom_Somalia_Inc&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud_Telecom_Somalia_Inc&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telsom_Mobile&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telsom_Mobile_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_the_Middle_East_and_Africa#Somalia


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There is no national telecommunications operator in Somalia at the

moment. In the ensuing political turbulence, that infrastructure was

destroyed, along with its Public Switch Transmission Network. This left

Somalis without the means to connect to the large expatriate community

of friends and relatives outside the country.

In time, VSAT was installed by private operators and the services of

international companies such as AT&T and Telia were employed to provide

transit facilities for incoming and outgoing calls. Satellite services aremainly provided through Kenya to connect Somalia to the world. It was

quite useful in achieving quite competitive costs for international outgoing

traffic (USD 0.3-0.7 depending on destination). However, incoming

international calls as quite high (more than USD 1.2 per minute).

Infrastructure had to be built from scratch but the situation has developed

quickly off a low base. In 2010, there were an estimated 1.1 fixed lines per100 people and 7 mobile subscriptions per 100 people4. Due to lack of

interconnection framework, mobile subscribers are not capable of calling

one another across different service providers. Users have to have a

mobile line from each operator in order to be able to call subscribers on

the same network5.

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In Somalia, the telecom companies haven't competed only for customers.

They have also cooperated with each other to maintain their networks and

set prices to ensure that competition doesn't become too fierce.

Regulatory Trends and Evolution

Regulation doesnt exist in Somalia. Yet its air wave is crowded withseveral mobile networks. And there is no interconnection between all

operators. The Somali government has planned to regulate its mobile

phone market to stimulate the growth of the market and finance roll out of

services in rural areas.6

In 1998, the Somali Telecommunications Association (STA) was formed as

a means for self-regulation, collaboration, in-house training and technical

assistance in the absence of a government. The STA, comprised of

concerned telecommunication companies, has been largely responsible for

improving key issues such as standards, interconnection and coordination.

This was an ITU sponsored initiative but did not deliver the expected

outcomes. In fact, this has contributed to the further fragmentation and

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2. REGULATION FRAMEWORKS, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Up till now there is no National regulatory authority in Somalia, or

regulations. This has lead to an increase in the number of mobile

operators as there is no need for licensing and the market is widely open.

Other countries have to deal with massive obligations to legacy investors,

employee pensions and legal and political issues. While quality voice calls

are important customers in sophisticated economies now demand

broadband and other advanced services that Somalia and the like cannot

provide. Another positive outcome of this situation is that Somalia has

some of the lowest domestic and international rates in all of Africaan

international call costs just USD .30/min. as there are no taxes to be paid

by the operators.

In addition, Somalias telecom sector enjoys a speedy three days for

installation of a landline, compared with waiting many years in

neighboring Kenya. Nevertheless, the absence of regulator and a legal

framework has created ambiguity in the investment environment and has

resulted in incomplete interconnectivity agreements. The government

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its contents are internationally-geared with little relevance to local issues,

thereby sacrificing immense readership. When national events occur,

Somali websites exceedingly outpace traditional media in breaking news,

sometimes with video clips. Leaders of the Transitional Federal

Government (TFG) routinely rely on websites for complete coverage when

visiting international destinations. More importantly, websites report from

remote parts of Somalia, often with digital images- another area where

traditional media, for all its constraints, underperformed. Reciprocating

such images for extended period of times, stirred a virtual communityand an unforeseen national solidarity.

Online business within the Somali community is also at advanced stage, as

all the Somali remittance services use online service to receive and send

money from around the world to Somalia.

New Regulatory challenges

The biggest regulatory challenge Somalias telecom sector is facing is

having no regulation at all for such a long time.along with no regulator.

Although this comes with the privilege of free entry to the market and low

prices to consumers promoting a highly competitive environment, yet

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3. BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

Somalia was one of the last African countries to get connected to the

Internet after the country established its first ISP in 1999. But today the

country has internet connectivity to almost 53% of the whole area of the

country and the Internet business is mushrooming in the country and

becoming one of the fastest growing services along with telephony.

Dial up internet services in Somalia is the fastest growing internet services

in Africa as Somalia enjoys landline growth of more than 12.5% per year

compared to Horn and eastern Africa countries where landline is

experiencing a serious decline due vandalism and increase cost of copper

cables in the international market. This growth is attributed to the unique

services policy adopted by the Somali telcom operators that is based onfree local calls within each town of in the country. Landline has become

the product of choice and most affordable telecommunication service in

the local market. By just paying a flat rate of US$ 10 per month for

unlimited calls and US0.005 per minute for Internet connections, with one

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The biggest challenge for Internet services in Somalia is the cost of

bandwidth as most of the customers are currently paying between US$

2500-3000 per Mbs per month.


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4. SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND

INTEGRATED SERVICES

The government has drafted rules for spectrum management, numbering

plan and interconnection. The Finance Ministry is also formulating details

of the taxes, although a timeline for the passing of the necessary laws

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5. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND REGULATORY CAPACITY NEEDS

After complete destruction of the government controlled

telecommunications infrastructure, the private sector took the risk and

began a nascent telecoms sector to respond to the needs of the Somali

people.

The result is that today Somali companies have invested in GSM cellular

telephony and satellite networks, and provide the lowest international

calling rates in the African continent. It is estimated that within Somalia,

the private sector have invested more than US$ 390 million in the Somali

telecommunication sector over the last ten years.

Somalia has the opportunity to leap-frog over several generations ofintermediate technologies. Recent market entrants to Somalia in fibre-

optic cables and the positioning of underwater fibre-optic cables along the

coast of Somalia reflect this potential.

In order to reach its full and profitable potential, the sector needs are as

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2. http://www.mipt.gov.so/

3. http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/18/somali-government-to-regulate

4. http://www.unescap.org/idd/events/2009_sRW-MDG-WSIS-SEAsia%20and

%20Pacific/2010-04-20_UN_ESCAP_Telecom_Seminar_Report.pdf

5. http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2006/apr/somali_websites.aspx

6. http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Somalia-Telecom-Rev-Afri-

Pol-Econ.pdf

7. http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-345/top-

story/somalia-s-civil-war/en

8. http://somalitalk.com/2010/may/istambul/telecom.pdf

9. http://www.somaliawatch.org/archivedec01/020111101.htm

10.http://www.uneca.org/aisi/NICI/country_profiles/Somalia/sompol.htm

11.http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.428.html
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Series Code Series Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

I4214 International Internet bandwidth(Mbit/s)

3 .. .. .. .. ..

I81 Annual investment in telecomservices

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I81$ Annual investment in telecomservices (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I652 Average annual exchange rate perUS$

15,484 14,406 .. .. 33,000 ..

I4213CAB Cable modem Internetsubscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I271MD Dedicated mobile datasubscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I911MD Dedicated mobile datasubscriptions per 100 inhabitants

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213D Dial-up Internet subscriptions .. .. .. .. .. ..

I965S Direct-to-Home (DTH) satelliteantenna subscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I131M Domestic fixed-to-fixed telephone

traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I133WM Domestic mobile telephone traffic(minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213DSL DSL Internet subscriptions .. .. .. .. .. ..

I143 Faults per 100 fixed telephone linesper year

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213FTTH/B Fibre-to-the-home/building Internetsubscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213TFB Fixed (wired) broadband Internetsubscriptions

0 0 0 0 .. ..

I992 Fixed (wired) broadband Internetsubscriptions per 100 inhabitants

0 0 0 0 .. ..

I4213BS_CPFixed (wired) broadband price ofexcess usage (per additional GB) .. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213 Fixed (wired) Internet subscriptions .. .. .. .. .. ..

I993 Fixed (wired) Internet subscriptionsper 100 inhabitants

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213BC Fixed broadband Internetconnection charge

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213BC$ Fixed broadband Internet .. .. .. .. .. ..

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connection charge (US$)

I4213BS_C Fixed broadband Internet monthlycap

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213BS Fixed broadband Internet monthlysubscription

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213BS$ Fixed broadband Internet monthlysubscription (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213BS_S Fixed broadband Internet speed(Mbit/s)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I112 Fixed telephone lines 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000

I91 Fixed telephone lines per 100inhabitants

1.20 1.17 1.15 1.12 1.10 1.07

I83 Fixed telephone service investment .. .. .. .. .. ..

I83$ Fixed telephone service investment(US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1313WM Fixed-to-mobile telephone traffic(minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I841F Foreign investment .. .. .. .. .. ..I51F Full-time telecommunication

employees: Female

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I51W Full-time telecommunicationemployees: Mobile

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I51 Full-time telecommunicationemployees: Total

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I62 Households 1,356,000 1,393,000 1,426,000 1,468,000 1,502,000 1,539,000

I151B Installation fee for businesstelephone service

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151B$ Installation fee for businesstelephone service (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151 Installation fee for residentialtelephone service

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151$ Installation fee for residentialtelephone service (US$) .. .. .. .. .. ..

I132MI International incoming fixedtelephone traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I132TI International incoming totaltelephone traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1335WM International incoming traffic tomobile network (minutes)

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I994U International Internet bandwidth perInternet user

33.31 .. .. .. .. ..

I132M International outgoing fixedtelephone traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I132T International outgoing totaltelephone traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1191 International telephone circuits .. .. .. .. .. ..

I28 ISDN subscriptions 400 .. .. .. .. ..I281 ISDN subscriptions: Basic rate .. .. .. .. .. ..

I282 ISDN subscriptions: Primary rate .. .. .. .. .. ..I28C ISDN voice channel equivalents 800 .. .. .. .. ..

I4213L Leased line subscriptions .. .. .. .. .. ..

I1311M Local fixed telephone traffic(minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I133MMS MMS sent .. .. .. .. .. ..

I153CO Mobile cellular - price of 3 minutelocal call (off-peak)

318.2 .. .. .. .. ..

I153CO$ Mobile cellular - price of 3 minutelocal call (off-peak) (US$)

0.021 .. .. .. .. ..

I153C Mobile cellular - price of 3 minutelocal call (peak)

636.4 .. .. .. .. ..

I153C$ Mobile cellular - price of 3 minutelocal call (peak) (US$)

0.041 .. .. .. .. ..

I152C Mobile cellular monthly subscriptioncharge

.. .. 0 .. .. ..

I152C$ Mobile cellular monthly subscriptioncharge (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151C Mobile cellular postpaid connectioncharge

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151C$ Mobile cellular postpaid connectioncharge (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153POO Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, off-net)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153POO$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, off-net) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PON Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, on-

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net)

I153PON$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, on-net) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153POF Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, tofixed)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153POF$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (off-peak, tofixed) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PO Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, off-net)

.. 1680.7 .. .. .. ..

I153PO$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, off-net)(US$)

.. 0.12 .. .. .. ..

I153PN Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, on-net)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PN$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, on-net)(US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PF Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, to fixed)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PF$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute (peak, to fixed)(US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PWO Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute(weekend/evening, off-net)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PWO$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute(weekend/evening, off-net) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PWN Mobile cellular prepaid price of

local call per minute(weekend/evening, on-net)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PWN$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute(weekend/evening, on-net) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PWF Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute(weekend/evening, to fixed)

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I153PWF$ Mobile cellular prepaid price oflocal call per minute(weekend/evening, to fixed) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153SMS_PO Mobile cellular prepaid price ofSMS (off-net)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153SMS_PO$ Mobile cellular prepaid price ofSMS (off-net) (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153PSMS Mobile cellular prepaid price ofSMS (on-net)

.. 288.12 .. .. .. ..

I153PSMS$ Mobile cellular prepaid price ofSMS (on-net) (US$)

.. 0.02 .. .. .. ..

I151P Mobile cellular prepaid connectioncharge

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I151P$ Mobile cellular prepaid connectioncharge (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I2712 Mobile cellular subscriptions: Digital .. .. .. .. .. ..

I271 Mobile cellular telephonesubscriptions

500,000 550,000 600,000 627,000 641,000 648,200

I911 Mobile cellular telephone

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

5.98 6.43 6.87 7.03 7.03 6.95

I841M Mobile communication investment .. .. .. .. .. ..I841M$ Mobile communication investment

(US$).. .. .. .. .. ..

I152B Monthly subscription for businesstelephone service

31,820 .. .. .. .. ..

I152B$ Monthly subscription for businesstelephone service (US$)

2.06 .. .. .. .. ..

I152 Monthly subscription for residentialtelephone service

31,820 .. .. .. .. ..

I152$ Monthly subscription for residentialtelephone service (US$)

2.055 .. .. .. .. ..

I965M Multi-channel TV subscriptions .. .. .. .. .. ..

I1312M Long distance fixed to fixedtelephone traffic (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I4213OB Other fixed (wired) broadbandInternet subscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1332WMF Outgoing mobile traffic to fixednetworks (minutes)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

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international (minutes)

I141 Percentage of fixed telephone faultscleared by next working day

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1142 Percentage of fixed telephone linesconnected to digital exchanges

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I1162 Percentage of fixed telephone linesin urban areas

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I116 Percentage of fixed telephone lineswhich are residential

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH4_IDI Percentage of households with acomputer

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH3F Percentage of households with afixed line telephone

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH3M Percentage of households with amobile cellular telephone

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH1 Percentage of households with aradio

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH2 Percentage of households with aTV

.. .. .. .. .. ..

XHHR1 Percentage of households withelectricity .. .. .. .. .. ..

XHH6_IDI Percentage of households withInternet access at home

.. .. .. .. .. ..

YHH5 Percentage of individuals using acomputer

.. .. .. .. .. ..

YHH10 Percentage of individuals using amobile cellular telephone

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I99H Percentage of individuals using theInternet

1.08 1.10 1.12 1.14 1.16 ..

I1163% Percentage of localities withtelephone service

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I271POP Percentage of the populationcovered by a mobile cellularnetwork

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I271G Percentage of the populationcovered by at least a 3G mobilenetwork

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I6111 Percentage of the population inurban areas

35.2 35.64 36.08 36.52 36.96 ..



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I61 Population 8,359,859 8,547,497 8,733,493 8,922,260 9,119,848 9,330,872

I271P Prepaid mobile cellular telephonesubscriptions

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I153O Price of a 3-minute fixed telephonelocal call (off-peak rate)

1591 .. .. .. .. ..

I153O$ Price of a 3-minute fixed telephonelocal call (off-peak rate) (US$)

0.10 .. .. .. .. ..

I153 Price of a 3-minute fixed telephonelocal call (peak rate)

1591 .. .. .. .. ..

I153$ Price of a 3-minute fixed telephonelocal call (peak rate) (US$)

0.10 .. .. .. .. ..

I1112 Public payphones .. .. .. .. .. ..I98 Public payphones per 1000

inhabitants.. .. .. .. .. ..

I75 Revenue from alltelecommunication services

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I75$ Revenue from alltelecommunication services (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I71 Revenue from fixed telephone

services

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I71$ Revenue from fixed telephoneservices (US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I741 Revenue from mobile networks .. .. .. .. .. ..

I741$ Revenue from mobile networks(US$)

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I133SMS SMS sent .. .. .. .. .. ..I271MB_USE Standard mobile subscriptions with

use of data communications atbroadband speeds

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I911MB_ACTIVE Standard mobile subscriptions withuse of data communications atbroadband speeds per 100inhabitants

.. .. .. .. .. ..

I271MW Terrestrial mobile wirelesssubscriptions

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I911MW Terrestrial mobile wirelesssubscriptions per 100 inhabitants

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I965C Terrestrial multi-channel TVsubscriptions

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I117 Total capacity of local publicswitching exchanges

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I123 Waiting list for fixed telephone lines .. .. .. .. .. ..



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Somali Operators

Company Name URL Services Notes

fixed mobile Internet Money

Transfer

VoIP

DALKOM Telecom carrier &

Capacity provider Somalia

http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/compan

y-info.html

Golis Telecom Somalia http://www.golistelecom.com/

Somali Telecom Group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Telecom_Group

Dalkom http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/

Hormuud http://www.hortel.net/home.php

Telcom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telcom

OnkoTel http://www.onkotel.com/

NationLink Telecom http://www.nationlinktelecom.com/

Netco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netco_(Somalia)

Somafone http://www.somafone.com/index.htm

Telesom Company http://www.telesom.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DALKOM_Telecom_carrier_%26_Capacity_provider_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DALKOM_Telecom_carrier_%26_Capacity_provider_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/company-info.htmlhttp://www.dalkomsomalia.com/company-info.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://www.golistelecom.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Telecom_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Telecom_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galkom&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galkom&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galkom&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galkom&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.hortel.net/home.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OnkoTel&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OnkoTel&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.onkotel.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationLink_Telecomhttp://www.nationlinktelecom.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netco_(Somalia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netco_(Somalia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somafonehttp://www.somafone.com/index.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesom_Company&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.telesom.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DALKOM_Telecom_carrier_%26_Capacity_provider_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DALKOM_Telecom_carrier_%26_Capacity_provider_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/company-info.htmlhttp://www.dalkomsomalia.com/company-info.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golis_Telecom_Somaliahttp://www.golistelecom.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Telecom_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Telecom_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galkom&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.dalkomsomalia.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hormuud&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.hortel.net/home.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OnkoTel&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.onkotel.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationLink_Telecomhttp://www.nationlinktelecom.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netco_(Somalia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netco_(Somalia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somafonehttp://www.somafone.com/index.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesom_Company&action=edit&redlink=1http://www.telesom.net/


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And this is what we told them. And therefore the official list.

The following are the properly certified operators so far in Somalia that are members of the GSMA according to your public records:

1. Golis Telecommunications Company LtdGolis - GSM 900 SOMALIA2. Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc Hormuud Telecom Somalia - GSM 900 SOMALIA3. Nationlink Nationlink - GSM 900 - SOMALIA, Nationlink - GSM 900 SOMALIA4. Somafone FZLLC SOMAFONE - GSM 900/1800 Somalia5. SOMTEL - GSM 900/1800 SOMALIA6. Telcom MobileTelcom Mobile - GSM 900 SOMALIA7. Telesom CompanyTelesom - GSM 900 - SOMALIA

Section 74 of the Somali Telecommunications Law, 2007 states that no person shall operate a telecommunications network or provide telecommunication services except in

accordance with a license issued by the Authority in accordance with this Law. Pursuant to this law, the Ministry is working to prohibit further operation by several GSMwireless operators in outside the national territory which continue to operate without such a valid Ministry license.

Please use the above information if you feel it is relevant and useful to the paper.


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