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Broadband market structure
The fixed broadband market is comprised by five players (see table 46).
able 46: Cote d’Ivoire: Fixed br adban mark t structure (2Q2016)
Number of
Subscribers
Market Share
(by Subscribers) (%)
Revenues
(in US$)
Market Share (by
revenues) (%)
MTN
27,966
27.42
2,564,278
20.80
Orange
65,389
64.14
8,111,219
65.79
VIPNET
2,198
2.16
1,224,877
9.94
ALINK
49
0.05
26,388
0.21
Yoomee
6,353
6.23
402,034
3.26
Total
101,955
100
12,328,795
100
Source: Autorité de régulation des télécommunications/TIC de Cote d’Ivoire; Telecom Advisory Services analysis
The market structure, as measured by number of subscribers and revenues, has been quite
volatile. MTN has been consistently losing share since 3Q2014 when it controlled 56% of the
market. Conversely, Orange has increased its share to 66% in 2Q2016 from 42% in 3Q2014
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.
When measuring by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), one can determine that the
Ivoirian fixed broadband market has been gradually become more concentrated in the past
year (see table 47).
Table 47: Cote d’Ivoire: Fixed broadband Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (by number of
subscribers) (2013-2016) (%)
4Q2013
1Q2015
3Q2015 4Q2015 1Q2016 2Q2016
MTN
58.04
47.86
44.80
40.36
36.37
27.42
AVISO
40.28
49.07
48.52
52.43
55.99
64.14
VIPNET
1.54
1.67
2.08
2.03
2.03
2.16
ALINK
0.12
0.12
0.11
0.11
0.05
0.05
Izinet
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
Yoomee
- - -
- - -
4.49
5.07
5.56
6.23
HHI
4,993
4,821
4,385
4,408
4,493
4,909
Source: Autorité de régulation des télécommunications/TIC de Cote d’Ivoire; Telecom Advisory Services analysis
On the other hand, the mobile broadband market included five players by the end of 2015 (see
table 48).
Table 48: Cote d’Ivoire: Mobile broadband market structure (4Q2015)
Number of
Subscribers
Market Share
(by Subscribers) (%)
Revenues
(in US$)
Market Share (by
revenues) (%)
Orange
10,798,183
42.50
38,594,862
61.25
MTN
8,130,003
32.00
16,987,950
26.96
MOOV
5,408,048
21.29
6,566,265
10.42
Comium
710,592
2.80
643,359 (E)
1.02
GreenN
360,784
1.42
214,453
0.34
Total
25,407,610
100
63,006,889
100
Source: Autorité de régulation des télécommunications/TIC de Cote d’Ivoire; Telecom Advisory Services analysis
However, in March of 2016, the regulator canceled underperforming operators (Comium and
GreenN), and the defunct Niamoutie Telecom of their respective licenses, as a result of unpaid
taxes and license fees. Furthermore, the government stripped Warid Telecom of its license
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Sources: Autorité de régulation des télécommunications/TIC de Cote d’Ivoire; Telecom Advisory Services analysis