As the market is evolving every

day, information on market players

is updated regularly. Information

on the companies per countries/

territories/authorities is provided on

separate data sheets (please see at

the end of this brochure).

Company profi len Full referencesn Name of the executiven Type of companyn Year establishedn Size of the companyn Major shareholders/shareholdings

Activities, development projects and partnershipsType of products and services– Fixed telephony– Mobile– Satellite– Data transmission– Paging– Trunking– Internet access– Public payphones– Other products and services

Key areas for development projects– Network expansion (geographical coverage)– Increase of capacity– Modernization of the network– Improvement of the quality of the existing equipment/services offered– Diversifi cation/provision of new services– Other projects

Type of partners sought– Financial institutions– Network infrastructure providers– Suppliers of terminals– Software and service providers– Other operators– International/regional organizations– By region/country

Situation as of 31 December 2002:u 159 developing countries covered

u 2639 company records (of which

333 detailed profiles)

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* Source: UNDP/UNCTAD classifi cation of countries, 2002 (developed market economy countries/territories excluded).** ITU Member States only. *** Companies that have completed the ITU/BDT operators’ questionnaire.

This database contains the addresses of public and private telecommunication operators/service providers in 159 developing* countries** with detailed profi les on various companies***:

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Niger (4)

Chad (3)

Mali (3)

Mauritania (3)

Senegal (2)

Gambia (3)

Cape Verde (2)

Guinea-Bissau (1)

Guinea (4)

Sierra Leone (3)

Liberia (3)

Burkina Faso (3)

Eritrea (2)

Ethiopia (1)

Uganda (25)

Kenya (18)

Rwandese Rep. (2)

Seychelles (2)

Burundi (4)

Tanzania (13)

Zambia (5)

Comoros (1)

Malawi (3)

Côte d’Ivoire (9)

Ghana (23)

Togolese Rep. (4)

Benin (4)

Nigeria (38)

Cameroon (4)

Central African Rep. (3)

Sao Tome and Principe (1)

Equatorial Guinea (1)

Gabonese Rep. (4)

Congo (4)

Dem. Rep. of the Congo (14)

Angola (4)

Namibia (4)

Mauritius (5)

Madagascar (9)

Mozambique (11)

Zimbabwe (6)

Swaziland (2)

Botswana (3)

Lesotho (3)

South Africa (7)

Belize (1)

Mexico (109)

Guatemala (45)

El Salvador (35)

Honduras (43)

Nicaragua (32)

Costa Rica (1)

Panama (76)

Ecuador (16)

Colombia (92)

Venezuela (47)

Peru (61)

Bolivia (33)

Chile (51)

Cuba (6)

Bahamas (11)

Jamaica (27)

Haiti (5)

Dominican Rep. (11)

Antigua and Barbuda (4)

Dominica (2)

Saint Lucia (1)

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines (1)

Barbados (5)

Grenada (1)

Trinidad and Tobago (8)

Guyana (1)

Suriname (2)

Brazil (93)

Paraguay (21)

Uruguay (24)

Argentine Rep. (141)

Tunisia (1)

Egypt (6)

Libya (2)

Algeria (2)

Morocco (7)Syrian Arab Rep. (5)

Lebanon (3)

Iraq (1)

Kuwait (13)

Bahrain (1)

Jordan (15)

Palestinian Authority (2)

Saudi Arabia (3)

Estonia (29)

Latvia (6)

Lithuania (14)

Poland (58)

Slovak Rep. (53)

Czech Rep. (32)

Hungary (20)

Romania (18)

Slovenia (13)

Croatia (3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (20)

Yugoslavia (5)

Albania (4)

TFYR of Macedonia (2)

Bulgaria (8)

Belarus (19)

Ukraine (16)

Moldova (13)

Turkey (5)

Cyprus (1)

Georgia (40)

Armenia (20)

Russian Fed. (167)

Azerbaijani Rep. (6)

Kazakhstan (18)

Uzbekistan (16)

Turkmenistan (2)

Kyrgyz Rep. (21)

Tajikistan (14)

Iran (4)

Afghanistan (2)

Pakistan (130)

India (47)

Nepal (17)

Bangladesh (7)

Bhutan (1)

Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea (1)

Korea (13)

Mongolia (11)

China (22) Hong Kong, China (40) Macao, China (3)

Viet Nam (10)

Cambodia (7)

Brunei Darussalam (2)

Philippines (97)

Marshall Islands (1)

Micronesia (1)

Kiribati (1)

Nauru (1)

Tuvalu (1)

Papua New Guinea (2)

Solomon Islands (1)

Vanuatu (2)

Fiji (13)

Samoa (7)

Tonga (3)

United Arab Emirates (2)

Qatar (1)

Oman (1)

Yemen (5)

Sudan (4)

Djibouti (1)

Somalia Dem. Rep. (4)

Myanmar (1)

Thailand (20)

Lao People’s Dem. Rep. (2)

Sri Lanka (18)

Maldives (1)

Malaysia (39)

Singapore (11)

Indonesia (99)

Addis AbabaB r a s i l i a Cairo GenevaCountries/territories/authorities covered by the ITU Regional Offices of Bangkok