4G services in Jordan have driven recent growth
Jordan is a unique market in many ways, due to the huge population growth in the last decade and the influx of refugees into the country. Jordan has a well-developed telecommunications infrastructure and the industry is preparing itself for the next wave of developments relating to 5G and IoT/M2M.
The development of a national broadband network based on fibre is well underway and Orange Jordan remains the largest fixed network operator in the kingdom. Zain Jordan is also investing in fibre-based network infrastructure.
The mobile sector in Jordan is challenging for the three major operators as they all hold roughly the same market share and are highly competitive. Zain Jordan and Orange Jordan both launched 4G LTE services ahead of Umniah - which saw a decline in mobile subscribers in 2016 as a result.
However, the launch of 4G LTE services in general, has led to a growth in data revenues for the mobile operators and expanding data offerings will be a key focus area moving forward.
Jordan is host to a growing number of ICT companies and has emerged as a technology start up hub for the Middle East, made possible due to a focus on ICT education and a regulatory environment conducive to ICT investment. It has also made great progress in the digital financial services area with support from the Central Bank of Jordan.
While Jordan is demonstrating positive developments towards fixed and mobile broadband development, it has some challenges including the ongoing influx of refugees from Iraq and Syria which places strain on the countries’ economy,
Recent developments:
Mobile broadband is a key growth area for Jordan, with 4G services driving growth in data.
The fixed broadband network is growing with the national broadband network fibre-based deployment well underway.
Jordan is host to a growing number of ICT companies and has emerged as a technology start up hub for the Middle East.
Jordan is considered to have one of the most highly taxed telecoms sectors in the region.
The Jordan TRC has developed an initial document outlining the need to regulate IoT developments in the kingdom.Companies mentioned in this report include:
Jordan Telecom Group/Orange, Zain Jordan, Batelco/Umniah, Virgin Mobile MEA.
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1. Executive summary
2. Key statistics
2.1 Country overview
3. Telecommunications market
3.1 Market overview
3.2 Market analysis
3.3 Key recent developments
4. Regulatory environment
4.1 Historic overview
4.1.1 Telecommunications Law 1995
4.1.2 Telecommunications Law 2002
4.2 Regulatory authority
4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
4.3.1 WiMAX licences
4.4 Privatisation
4.5 Interconnect
4.6 Access
4.7 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
4.8 Taxes
4.9 Mobile regulatory issues
4.9.1 Third GSM licence
4.9.2 3G licences
4.9.3 4G spectrum
4.9.4 SIM card registration
4.9.5 MTRs
5. Fixed-network operators
5.1 Orange Jordan
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 National telecom network
6.1.1 National Telecommunication Program 1995-1999
6.2 International infrastructure
6.3 Smart city
6.3.1 Smart grids
6.4 IoT/M2M
7. Broadband access market
7.1 Market analysis
7.2 Fixed broadband speeds and costs
7.3 Broadband and Internet statistics
7.4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) and Fibre-To-The-Home (FttH)
7.5 Other fixed broadband services
7.5.1 Fixed wireless (WiFi and WiMAX)
8. Digital media/Digital economy
8.1 Videostreaming
8.2 E-payments/digital financial services
9. Mobile communications
9.1 Market analysis
9.2 Mobile statistics
9.2.1 General statistics
9.2.2 SMS and MMS – historical
9.2.3 OTT messaging services
9.3 Mobile broadband statistics
9.4 Mobile infrastructure
9.4.1 Digital networks
9.5 IoT and M2M networks
9.6 Major mobile operators
9.6.1 Zain Jordan
9.6.2 Orange Jordan
9.6.3 Umniah
9.6.4 MVNOs
9.7 Mobile handsets
10. Related reports
Table 1 –Telecom statistics and regulatory authorities – Jordan – 2019
Table 2 – Jordan – GDP and inflation – 2013 – 2019
Table 3 – Historical - Mobile Termination Rates – 2010 – 2014
Table 4 - Orange Jordan – Total revenue and revenue by sector – 2004 – 2017
Table 5 – Orange Jordan – Total group subscribers – 2005 – 2017
Table 6 – Jordan - fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2019
Table 7 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2008 - 2018
Table 8 – Jordan - fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2020
Table 9 – Jordan - FttH/FttP subscriptions and market share – 2015 – 2020
Table 10 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 – 2004
Table 11 – Jordan - mobile subscribers and penetration – 2005 – 2019
Table 12 – Jordan - active mobile broadband subscriptions – 2010 – 2019
Table 13 – Jordan - major mobile operators’ market share – 2004 – 2017
Table 14 – Zain Jordan financial data (including ARPU) – 2005 – Q3 2018
Table 15 – Zain Jordan prepaid market share - mobile subscribers – 2005 – 2017
Table 16 – Orange Jordan – mobile revenue and subscribers – 2006 – 2017
Table 17 – Orange Jordan – total revenue and EBITDA – 2016 - 2017
Table 18 – Umniah – revenue and profit – 2016 - 2017
Table 19 – Umniah – mobile subscribers – 2008 – Q1 2017
Chart 1 – Jordan - mobile operators’ market share at a glance – 2017
