Sudan Telecom Market

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Sudan Telecom Market provides an overview and assessment of the telecom market in Sudan. It analyzes the main challenges, drivers and restrains in the Sudanese market and provides a comprehensive analysis of the current market status as well as the future development scenario. It provides the competitive analysis of telecom operators and their expenditure trends. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the mobile telephony, fixed-line telephony and broadband markets.

Market Overview

Low Mobile Penetration Rates in Sudan Point to a Vast Untapped Market

The relatively low mobile penetration rate and the limited presence of fixed-line services are driving mobile growth in Sudan, especially in remote areas. While mobile broadband is expected to witness the highest growth due to better accessibility, the segment with the highest potential is broadband. The fixed-line segment will also get a boost with the prevalence of new technologies such as code division multiple access fixed-wireless technology. In 2011, Sudan had approximately 24 million mobile subscribers and the penetration rate stood at 55.1 per cent. The number of subscribers in the country is anticipated to triple to 56.8 million during this period.

“Sudan has a relatively liberalised telecom sector,” says the analyst of this research. “There are two fixed-line and five mobile operators providing services in the country and all operators have planned network expansion to take advantage of the growing demand in rural areas.”

Market Sectors:

• Mobile telephony
• Fixed-line telephony
• Broadband

Technologies:

• 2G
• CDMA
• HSPA
• ADSL
• 3G
• 4G
• WiFi
• WiMAX
• Satellite