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Online Resources from African Telecommunications Regulators

A major difficulty for regulatory authorities across the African continent has been problems around attracting expertise to advise on the sector’s oversight. In the same vein, there are limited resources for collecting and maintaining statistics and indicators resulting in huge information asymmetries. This situation is gradually being addressed by the efforts of national regulatory authorities (NRAs), research networks such as Research ICT Africa (RIA!), and international organisations such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

The following table also includes country reports by ITU and prepared for the Telecommunications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (TRASA), in addition to resources available at the African national regulatory authorities’ websites. Other resources about the continent are listed after the table.

[Updated June 2008]

Legislation, Communication, Annual Reports

Statistical and other Reports

Angola
Angolan Institute of Communications (INACOM)
www.inacom.og.ao

Lei Básica: Lei nº8/01 - Lei de Bases das Telecomunicações

Regulamento Geral de Interligação de Redes e Serviços de Telecomunicações de Uso Público

Regulamento de preços dos serviços públicos de Telecomunicações

Novo Estudo sobre Qualidade e Satisfação nas Telecomunicações (September-2006) (pdf)

Estudo comparativo dos preços de serviços de telecomunicações na SADC (April-2006) (pdf)

Regulação de preços em 2005 e perspectivas para 2006 (January-2006) (pdf)

Estudo sobre Qualidade e Satisfação nas Telecomunicações

Evolução do nº de Usuários activos do serviço móvel celular e fixo (1975-2005) (pdf)

Online Statistics

Botswana
Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA)
http://www.bta.org.bw

Annual Report 2007.pdf

Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf, 14 mb, 101 pp.)

Previous Annual Report from 2002-2003

Botswana Telecommunications Policy (pdf, 128Kb)

Botswana Telecommunications Act - 1996 (pdf, 63.8Kb) & Amedment - 2004 (doc, 44kb)

Telecommunications regulation (pdf, 36.1Kb)

New Licensing Framework - licensing framework in the era of convergence 2007 (pdf)

Guide and Tariffs.pdf

Burkina Faso
Autorité Nationale de Régulation des Télécommunications (ARTEL)
http://www.artel.bf/

Déclaration de Politique Sectorielle des Télécommunications (1999)

Loi n°051/98/AN portant Réforme du Secteur des Télécommunications au Burkina Faso

Rapport Activites 2000.html

Cameroon

Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications (ART)

http://www.art.cm

Loi N° 2005/013 Du 29 Decembre 2005 Modifiant Et Completant Certaines Dispositions De La Loi N° 98/014 Du 14 Juillet 1998 Regissant Les Telecommunications Au Cameroun (pdf)

Cote d´Ivoire
Agence des Télécommunications de Côte d’Ivoire (AGCI)
http://www.atci.ci/

Telecom code.html

http://www.atci.ci/pages/code_telecom.html

Statistique du marché des Mobiles -

Premier semestre 2006

Statistique du marché des Mobiles de 2005

Telephone evolution.html

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC)
http://www.ethionet.et/

Company profile 2006.pdf

Internet from the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia Case Study (2002) (pdf, 610 kb, 49 pp.)

Ethiopian Telecommunication Sector Performance Review (2004) by Lisham Adam (pdf, 461 kb, 57 pp.)

Gabon
Agence de Régulation des télécommunications (ARTEL)
http://www.artel.ga/

Loi portant réglementations du secteur des telecommunications - 005/2001 (pdf)

Ghana
National Communications Authority
http://www.nca.org.gh/index.asp

Telecommunications Policy of Ghana 2005 (pdf)

Subscriber Base of Voice Telephony Operators Statistics - first & second quarter 2007

Sector Overview

Kenya
Communications Commission of Kenya
http://www.cck.go.ke/

Annual Reports 2006-2007.pdf

Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf, 4803 kb, 32 pp.)

The Kenya Communications Regulations, 2001 (pdf, 387 KB)

Kenya Communications Act, 1998

Online Statistics

Market information-telecommunications

Lesotho
Lesotho Telecommunications Authority
http://www.lta.org.ls/

Lesotho Telecommunications Act N0. 5 2000 (pdf) & Amendment Act N0. 7 2001 (pdf)

Regulatory Framework to the Provision of Internet Services In Lesotho (2004) (pdf)

Lesotho Telecommunications Authority Regulations 2001 (pdf)

Madagascar
Office Malagasy d’Etudes et de Régulation des Télécommunications (OMERT)
http://www.omert.mg/

Rapport d’activités de l’OMERT pour l’année 2005 (zip)

LOI N° 2005-023 Portant refonte de la loi n°96-034 du 27 janvier 1997 portant Réforme institutionnelle du secteur des Télécommunications (rtf, 21 pp.)

Les données sur le secteur des Télécommunications à Madagascar

Malawi
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)
http://www.macra.org.mw/

Communications Act No 41 of 1998 (pdf)

Draft Malawi Rural Telecommunication Policy (pdf)

Malawi Communications Sector Policy Statement (pdf)

Mauritania
Autorité de Régulation
http://www.are.mr/

Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2006

Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2005

Rapport d’activité de l’Autorité pour l’année 2004 (pdf, 1888 kb, 80 pp.)

Loi N° 2001-18 Portant Sur L’autorite de Regulation Multisectorielle

Rapport de la mission de contrôle de la qualité de service des opérateurs mobiles du 30 avril au 15 mai 2007 (pdf)

Revue Semestrielle N° 12/ Mars 2007

Mauritius
Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA)
http://www.icta.mu/

Telecommunication Order 1 of 2006, 12 January 2006 (pdf)

Information and Communication Technologies Act 2001 (pdf) & Amendment 2002 (pdf)

The Telecommunication Directive 1 of 2008

The Fifth Pillar: Republic of Mauritius ICT Case Study (2004) - ITU

(pdf, 3709 kb, 60 pp.)

Analysis of Contributions on the “Implementation of the Universal Service for ICTs in Mauritius” (pdf)

Determination of a Basket of Services to be regulated in the Mauritian ICT Market (pdf)

Corporate Plan ICTA 2005-2008.pdf

Mozambique
Instituto Nacional das Comunicaçaes de Moçambique (INCM)
http://www.incm.gov.mz/

Lei Base das Telecomunicações, Lei nº 8/2004 (pdf)

Estatuto Orgânico do INCM

Relatório e Contas 2007 (pdf)

Relatório e Contas 2005 (pdf)

Namibia
Namibian Communications Commission (NCC)
www.ncc.org.na

MISA Namibia_Communications Bill 2007 cjd.pdf

Tarirffs2006.pdf

Nigeria

Nigerian Communications Commission

www.ncc.gov.ng

The Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (pdf)

National Policy on Telecommunications

Survey Report: Opinion Poll on the Regulatory Transparency and Effectiveness of Nigerian Communications Commission (2007)

(pdf)

Trends in Telecommunications Market in Nigeria 2003-2004 (pdf)

Universal Access and Universal Service Regulations (pdf)

Online Statistics

Senegal
Agence de Régulation des télécommunications (ART)
http://www.artp-senegal.org/

Rapports annuels

Loi N°2002-23 Portant Cadre de Regulation pour les Entreprises Concessionnaires de Services Publics

Lettre de politique sectorielle des télécommunications

Rapport sur le marché des télécommunications en 2006 (pdf)

Rapport sur le marché des télécommunications en 2005 (pdf)

Les Télécoms au Sénégal

Observatoires: Le marché des télécoms

South Africa
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
www.icasa.org.za

Telcommunications Act 2006 (pdf)

ICASA Amendment Act 2006

ICASA Annual Reports

Mobile Number Portability Regulations 2006 (pdf)

Swaziland

Posts and Telecommunications Corporation

http://www.sptc.co.sz/

Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corp.Annual report 2004-2005

Post and Telecommunications Corp. Act 1983

Sudan

National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC)

http://www.ntc.org.sd

Telecom Act 2001 (pdf)

Telecom sector- market status.htm

Tanzania

Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority - TCRA

www.tcra.go.tz

National ICT Policy of 2003 (pdf)

Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Act of 2003 (pdf)

Trends of Telephone Subscribers in Tanzania 1995 - June 2007

Togo

Autorite de Reglementation des Secteurs de Postes et Telecommunications (ART&P

www.artp.tg

Rapports annuels

LOI N° 2004-011 Complétant les articles 57 et 63 de la loi n° 98-005 du 11 février 1998 sur les télécommunications

La Régulation des Télécommunications au Togo ~(pdf)

La Régulation et l’Internet au Togo ~(pdf)

Uganda
Uganda Communications Commission
www.ucc.co.ug

A Review of The Postal and Telecommunications Sector June 06- June 07 (pdf, 34 pp.)

Uganda Communications Act Cap 106 Laws of Uganda 2000 (pdf)

Uganda Digital Plan 2006 (pdf)

The Internet in a African LDC: Uganda Case Study (2001) - ITU

(pdf, 4010 kb, 56 pp.)

Proposed Review of the Telecommunications Sector Policy (2004)

(doc, 1460 kb, 61 pp.)

Online Statistics

Zambia

Communications Authority (CAZ) Regulator

www.caz. zm/

National ICT Policy - Launched 28th March 2007 (pdf)

Telecommunications Act (pdf)

Zimbabwe
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ)
http://www.potraz.gov.zw/

Additional Resources:

ResearchICTAfrica.net

Towards An African e-Index: SME e-Access and Usage in 14 African Countries (2006)

Recommendations on the Proposed Review of the Telecommunications Sector Policy, Uganda (2005)

VSAT Case Studies (Nigeria, Algeria and Tanzania) (2004)

ICT Sector Performance in Africa: A Review of Seven African Countries (2004)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Implementation of the Istanbul action plan (2002-2005) (Including activity report 2004-2005)

Final Report of the 8th Forum on Telecommunications /ICT Regulation in Africa (FTRA-2007) (French only)

Online Statistics

World Bank Africa Development Indicators 2006

Completing the Revolution the Challenge of Rural Telephony in Africa (2004) (pdf, 965 kb, 44 pp.)

Afridigital

Assessing consumer activity in the telecoms and Internet sectors in Africa (2005) (doc, 578 kb, 109 pp.)

Global Telecom Research

Telecommunications market research reports on selected country or regional overview (Africa overview).

African Internet Service Provider Associations (AfRISPA)

AfrISPA Database (IXPs, ISPAs and ISPs)

Réseau francophone de la régulation des télécommunications.

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

African Telecommunications Union (ATU)

Telecommunications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (TRASA)

Communications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)

Telecommunications Regulators Association of Africa

West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA)