Tokyo- Japan, 23-25 March 2010

Low-cost Wireless Broadband Infrastructure and future pilot projects

Moez Chakchouk, Phd

Forum on Wireless Broadband Networks

Republic of Tunisia Ministry of Communications Technologies

Tokyo- Japan, 23-25 March 2010 ITU-MIC Forum on Wireless Broadband Networks

Session 2: Low-cost Wireless Broadband Infrastructure and future pilot projects

Tunisia …

Official name The Republic of Tunisia

Land surface 162,155 square kilometers

Population 10.4 millions inh. (July 2009)

Official language Arabic

Working Languages French and English

Capital Tunis (more than 2 millions inhabitants)

Currency Tunisian Dinar (TND) : 1TND=1,000 millimes

Exchange rate TND1 = US$ 0.72 = € 0.53 = JPY 65.11

GDP per Capita 8,284 US$

Time zone GMT+1

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Telecom. Sector Overview   The Telecom Policy Authority:

  MCT: Ministry of Communication Technologies

  The Telecom Regulatory Authority:

  INT: Instance Nationale des Telecommunications

  Main establishments under the supervision of MCT:

  ANF: Agence Nationale des Fréquences

  CERT: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche des Télécoms.

  ANCE: Agence Nationale de Certification Electronique

  ANSI: Agence Nationale de la Sécurité Informatique

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Telecom. Market Opening Approach   Reinforcement of the regulation authority (2001/2002/2008).

  Gradual disappearance of the monopoly in the telecom. market:

  Private ISPs were authorized to offer Internet services (1997),

  A 2G mobile license is won by Tunisiana (May 2002).

  Divona Telecom got a VSAT license (April 2004).

  Wimax frequency bands (3.5 Ghz) were provided to Divona Telecom and Tunisie Telecom (2006).

  Orange Tunisie (Divona Telecom and Orange) got a license for fixe and 2G/3G mobile telecoms services (July 2009).

All telecom market segments (Fixed/Mobile/Internet) are currently open to competition.

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ICT in Tunisia   Investments in ICT

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ICT in Tunisia   Mobile & Fixed telephone subscriptions per 100 inh.

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ICT in Tunisia   Internet access development

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Internet Users: 3.5 Millions (E)

In 2014: - Fixed BB Subscriptions: 1,4 Millions - BB penetration: 50% of Households. - Minimal Bit rate: 2Mbps

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ICT in Tunisia   International Internet Bandwidth (Gbps)

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Main ICT Index   ICT Development Index and ICT Basket Index (2008)

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Future Trends and Challenges   Development of broadband Access:

  Spectrum issues has been considered to promote WBA,

  Continue the market opening approach by issuing new 3G licenses,

  Promotion of mobile infrastructure sharing specially in rural areas,

  Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) will be implemented before the end of 2010,

  FTTB and FTTC are under development in several cities (industrial and economic zones, offshoring, etc.).

  Content and e-applications development are the key issue.

  The promotion of R&D and innovation in ICT is the actual real challenge.

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Arigato Gozaïmasu …

Moez Chakchouk, Phd

Republic of Tunisia Ministry of Communications Technologies

Forum on Wireless Broadband Networks

Tokyo- Japan, 23-25 March 2010 ITU-MIC Forum on Wireless Broadband Networks

Session 2: Low-cost Wireless Broadband Infrastructure and future pilot projects

The ancient Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

Tokyo- Japan, 23-25 March 2010 ITU-MIC Forum on Wireless Broadband Networks

Session 2: Low-cost Wireless Broadband Infrastructure and future pilot projects

A Roman Coliseum, El-Jem, Tunisia