Mobile market in Armenia undergoes major modernisation program
The Armenian telecom market continues to attempt to put an effective national telecommunications service in place. Armenia’s telecom sector was slow to capitalise on the country’s steadily improving economic conditions, however by 2018 there had been considerable improvement in both the economy and the country’s telecom market.
The number of fixed lines Armenia peaked in 2008 and since then has steadily fallen, driven by strong growth in the mobile broadband segment. This trend is predicted to continue over the next five years to 2023.
Fixed-line broadband market penetration has grown moderately over the last five years, with penetration increasing from a very small base. Over the next five years to 2023 growth is expected to continue to grow moderately.
Growth has been relatively flat in the mobile market over the past five years. Mobile subscriber growth is expected to remain fairly flat over the next five years to 2023.
Beeline Armenia has completed the large-scale mobile network modernisation program. The wide-scale project includes the upgrade of existing infrastructure, to decommission outdated analogue equipment, and the deployment of new optical fibre networks.
Mobile broadband subscribers have grown very strongly over the past five years. Strong growth is predicted over the next five years to 2023. The mobile broadband market will be driven by increasingly faster speeds offered by the mobile operators as they roll out their 4G networks and falling prices due to growing competition.
The Armenian government stated that Nokia could be the company selected to participate in a project designed to ensure the country can roll out a nationwide 5G network.
The Armenian government approved plans to build a new data center. The data center is to be built via a public-private partnership. The government is to provide the premises and infrastructure, and the rest handled by a private investor.
Key developments:
The fixed broadband has grown strongly over past decade from a small base but still remains low by international comparisons.
Beeline Armenia introduced its new colocation service to corporate subscribers.
Growth has been relatively flat in the mobile market over the past five years.
Strong growth is predicted over the next five years to 2023 in the mobile broadband market.
The Armenian government approved plans to build a new data center.Companies mentioned in this report
ArmenTel, VEON ArmenTel (Beeline), Orange, Orange Armenia, Ucom, VivaCell-MTS, MTS, Sistema, VimpelCom.
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Key Statistics Country Overview Telecommunications Market Market Overview and Analysis Regional Asian Market Comparison Historical Overview Regulatory Environment Historical Overview Regulatory Authority Fixed Networks Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Spectrum Telecommunications Infrastructure National Telecom Network - Background Fixed-Line Statistics Nagorno-Karabakh International Infrastructure Data Centres Fixed-Network Operators in Armenia Beeline Armenia Ucom Cornet-AM GNC-Alfa Fixed-Line Broadband Market Background Fixed-line Broadband statistics and Forecasts Fixed-line broadband technologies Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Fibre to the Premises (FttP) Fixed wireless broadband National Broadband Network (NBN) Fixed Broadband Service Providers Overview ArmenTel (Beeline) Ucom GNC-Alfa Armenian Datacom Company (ADC) Mobile Market Introduction Background Mobile Statistics and Forecasts Mobile Broadband Statistics and Forecasts Mobile Infrastructure 4G 5G Major Mobile Operators Operator Statistics ArmenTel (Beeline) MTS Armenia (VivaCell-MTS) U!com (Formerly Orange Armenia) Digital Economy e-Payments e-Education e-Government Digital Media VoIP Digital TV Related ReportsList of Tables
Table 1 – Country Statistics, Major Operators and Telco Authorities – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Top Level Country Statistics – 2018 (e)
Table 3 – Historic - Fixed Line Subscriptions and Penetration - 1991 – 2006
Table 4 – Fixed Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 – 2018
Table 5 – Fixed Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2008 – 2023
Table 6 – Internet Users and Penetration – 2007 – 2017
Table 7 – Historic - Internet users – 1994; 2000 – 2007
Table 8 – Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2007
Table 9 – International internet bandwidth – 2001 – 2018
Table 10 – Lit/Equipped International Bandwidth Capacity – 2013 – 2018
Table 11 – Historic - DSL subscribers – 2010 – 2016
Table 12 – Historic - Fibre to the Premises (FttP) subscribers – 2010 – 2016
Table 13 – Historic - ArmenTel (Beeline) fixed broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2016
Table 14 – Historic - ArmenTel (Beeline) fixed broadband ARPU – 2011 – 2015
Table 15 – Historic - Ucom - broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2015
Table 16 – Percentage of Population Covered by Type of Mobile Network
Table 17 – Mobile Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2008 – 2023
Table 18 – Historic - Mobile subscribers – 1996 – 2006
Table 19 – Mobile Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2009 – 2023
Table 20 – Mobile operators and systems
Table 21 – Mobile operators – subscribers and market share – 2018
Table 22 – ArmenTel (Beeline) mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 23 – Historic - ArmenTel (Beeline) mobile broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2015
Table 24 – VivaCell-MTS mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 25 – U!Com (Orange Armenia) - mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 26 – Historic - UCOM (Orange Armenia) - mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2015
Table 27 – Historic - Key broadcasting statistics – 2015
Table 28 – Historic - VoIP subscribers – 2011 – 2014List of Charts
Chart 1 – Mobile, Mobile Broadband & Fixed Broadband Penetration – 2018; 2023
Chart 2 – Asian Telecoms Maturity Index by Market Category
Chart 3 – Asian Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 4 – Telecoms Maturity Index – Central Asia
Chart 5 – Fixed Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 – 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2008 – 2023
Chart 7 – Mobile Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2008 – 2023
Chart 8 – Mobile Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2009 – 2023List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 – Key Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – Central Asia -Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Country
