SECTOR 2

According to the BOCRA the Internet update in the fixed broadband category
is as follows:
‘In the fixed broadband category, BTCL [Botswana Telecommunications
Corporation Limited] offers Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL),
while Orange Botswana offers a fixed wireless broadband service named
Konnecta.’
ADSL subscriptions between March 2016 and March 2017 increased by 68.4%
from 35,394 subscriptions to 59,590 subscriptions. The number of subscriptions
for the Orange Botswana fixed wireless internet increased by 183%, from 3,180
to 8,997.15
Mobile internet penetration was estimated at 1,404,065 in 2017.16 Mobile
internet prices, according to BOCRA, range from 9.50 BWP (0.9 USD) for
15 megabytes (MB) of data to 1,399 BWP (137 USD) for ten GB of data.17

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

✓✓
✓

✓

✓

✓✓✓✓✓✓

2.8 (2005 = 2.2; 2007= 2.8; 2009= 2.3;
2011= 3.1; 2014 = 3.1)

15 http://www.bocra.org.bw/sites/default/files/documents/BOCRA%20AR%202017%20DIGITAL%20FINAL.pdf.
16 http://www.bocra.org.bw/sites/default/files/documents/BOCRA%20AR%202017%20DIGITAL%20FINAL.pdf.
17 Ibid

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