Bosnia and Herzegovina Telecommunications Market Report

The report is focused on the present situation of the telecommunications sector in the country and on its development in the period 2005-2009. It presents the regulatory environment, the major companies, the supply and demand for fixed- line and mobile telephony and internet services, as well as investments and forecasts for the sector’s future.

In 2009 the total revenue of the telecommunications sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina increased by 3.2% on the year to EUR 715.8 mln. Mobile telephony slowed down its growth to 1.3% in 2009 from 24.3% in 2008. The revenue of the fixed-line telephony continued to shrink and reached EUR 230.1 mln, down by 10.7% year-on-year.

Bosnia's telecommunications market is dominated by three companies - state-owned BH Telecom d.d. and Hrvatske Telekomunikacije d.d. (HT d.d.) Mostar, both in Federation of Bosnia, and Herzegovina and Telekom Srpske a.d., headquartered in Banja Luka, Bosnia's Serb Republic.

The three companies are the only providers of mobile telephony in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They also operate on the fixed line telephony and on the Internet services markets along with another nine alternative operators and 76 Internet Services Providers (ISPs).

Contents

CHAPTER 1

Section 1. Economy Overview
Table 1: Main Economic Indicators of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Section 2. Industry Overview
Table 1: Revenue of Telecommunications Industry; GDP; Telecommunications Industry as % of GDP
Section 3. History and Geography
Section 3. Major Developments
3.1 Regulations
3.2 Companies
Table 1: Licenced Telecommunications Companies as of December 2010
Table 2: Ownership Structure of Major Telecommunications Companies

CHAPTER 2 – LEADING COMPANIES

Table 1: Main Financial Indicators of Major Telecommunications Companies
Table 2: Market Shares by Segments in 2009
Table 3: Market Shares of Mobile Telephony Operators as of March 2010

CHAPTER 3 - EMPLOYMENT

Table 1: Average Number of Employees
Section 1. Leading Companies’ Workforce
Table 1: Average Number of Employees by Company

CHAPTER 4 – SUPPLY

Table 1: Penetration Rates (in %) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 2: Mobile Telecommunications in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 3: Mobile Telephony Coverage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 4: Licences for Mobile Telephony as of December 2010
Table 5: Fixed telephony lines by technology in BiH and Neighbouring Countries as of March 2010
Table 6: Licenced Providers of Fixed-line Public Telephony as of December 2010
Table 7: Licenced Internet Services Providers
Table 8: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in 2009 by Location

CHAPTER 5 – DEMAND

Table 1: Telecommunications Sector Revenue by Segments
Table 2: Number of Subscribers by Segments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 3: Fixed-line Telephony Subscribers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 4: Fixed telephony lines by Subscribers Category in BiH and Neighbouring Countries as of March 2010

CHAPTER 6 – INVESTMENTS

Section 1. Volume of Investments
Table 1: Foreign Direct Investments
Section 2. Company Investments

CHAPTER 7 – PROJECTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS

CHAPTER 8 – INDUSTRY REFERENCES

Section 1. Newspapers, Trade Journals & On-line Information Sources
Section 2. State and Local Government Bodies
Section 3. Company Sources Skip to top