1. Broadband Services in Zimbabwe
4th Southern Africa Broadband, Next Generation Networks & and New Technologies Workshop
26 November 2014

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Zimbabwe Demographics Service Portfolio
Broadband Market Size
Broadband Market overview
Evolution from Narrowband to Broadband Services
TelOne Service Portfolio

3. ZIMBABWE DEMOGRAPHICS
POPULATION 12.9M (2012 CENSUS)
CAPITAL CITY HARARE POPULATION +/- 2M
AGE STRUCTURE:
15 – 54 Yrs: 52% (IMMEDIATE POTENTIAL)
0 – 14 Yrs: 41% (FUTURE POTENTIAL)
LITERACY RATE: 90.7%
PERCENTAGE INTERNET USERS: 46%

4. TELONE (Pvt) Ltd Incumbent Operator
Private Limited Company 100% owned by govt.
Established in 2001 as one of the 3 successor companies of ZPTC
licensed to provide:
Fixed telephone services (voice)
Data services
Internet services
Mobile services (Recent licence issue)

5. ZIMBABWEAN BROADBAND MARKET SIZE
There is a significant number of players on the Zimbabwean market offering broadband services:
OPERATOR TYPE
NUMBER / SIZE
DELIVERY METHOD
Fixed Network 1
Fibre, DSL, CDMA
Mobile Cellular 3
2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G / LTE
Internet Access Providers (IAPs) 12
CDMA, WiMax, Fibre
Internet Service providers (ISPs) 28
WiMax, Fibre, Copper

6. ZIMBABWEAN BROADBAND MARKET OVERVIEW

7. Backbone Network

8. MPLS NETWORK

9. Broadband Technologies
ADSL
SHDSL
LEASED LINE OVER FIBRE
FTTx, FTTb
Wi-Fi
VSAT

10. Service Portfolio Voice Services Data Services Internet Services
Mobile Service
POTS
IP Centrex
Video phone
VoIP
Number portability
Leased Line
VSAT
L2 & L3 VPN
Frame Relay
Broadband Internet Service
High capacity leased lines

11. TELONE CONNECTIVITY TO THE SUBMARINE CABLES

12. Initiatives NGN Value Added Services IPv6 Google Caching Data Centre
Regional Internet Exchange
DPI
Redundancy

13. THE END
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