Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
80
Figure 20: OIC Member Countries: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of the mobile broadband
industry (2016)
Sources: GSMA Intelligence; Regulatory Agencies; Telecom Advisory Services analysisAs the figure indicates, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Bahrain,
Azerbaijan, and Egypt tend to have mobile broadband industries comprising a sufficient
number of mobile broadband providers with important market shares.
Major providersThe broadband industry within the OIC Member Countries is composed of global operators
and some smaller local carriers. An assessment of global players active in these countries
indicates that, at least, seven global and/or regional operators have a significant footprint
across the OIC Member Countries (see table 30).
Table 30: OIC Member Count i : Pr senc of global mobile broadband operators (2016)
Country Orange MTN Vodafone Airtel
Etisalat-
Maroc
Telecom
Zain Millicom Others
Afghanistan MTN Etisalat Afghan Wireless (TSI),
Roshan (TDCA), Salaam
(Afghan Telecom), Wasel
Telecom
Albania Vodafone ALBtelecom, Plus,
Telekom Albania (OTE)
Algeria Djezzy, Mobilis (Algerie
Telecom), Ooredoo
(NMTC)
Azerbaijan Azercell (Fintur), Bakcell,
Karabakh Telecom, Nar
Mobile (Azerfon)
Bahrain Zain Batelco, Viva (Saudi
Telecom)
Bangladesh Bharti Bangla link (Global
2224
2573
2807
3296 3311 3357 3364 3475 3476 3551
3756 3783
3970 4079
4207 4213 4333 4412
5021 5107
5288
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Nigeria
MalaysiaIndonesiaKyrgistanTajikistan
Bahrain
Azerbaijan
Egypt
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Morocco
Cote d'IvoireMozambiqueSaudi Arabia
TunisiaSudanTurkeyJordan
Lebanon
UAE
Oman