Update:
January 2001
Albania
|
Albania |
These pages present basic facts and technology indicators about the Information Society developments in Albania.
All data have been collected at the end of 2000 from readily publicly available sources of information. Since they depend on definitions which are not standardised in all countries, or, in some cases on estimates, and also due to the difficulty to obtain statistical data and series in several countries covered, these indicators should be considered only as indicative of trends and general tendencies.
This report has been prepared under the sole responsibility of the ESIS II contractors. We welcome any additional information or corrections. Please contact the ESIS contractor in charge of the country concerned.
1. Economic data
1.1 General socio-economic data
|
Reference year |
||
|
Total area (km2) |
28748 square km |
September 2000 |
|
Population (million) |
3.28 |
1996 |
|
Real Growth Domestic Product (GDP) Growth Rate (%) / previous year |
7.3 |
December 1999 |
|
Economic structure |
Agriculture: % 52.6 |
January 2000 |
Source :
Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Finance
The services sector includes transport and construction sector
There doesn’t exist any official data about the GNP but only about GDP and its growth rate
1.2 Telecom market size
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Operators market (EURO million) |
|||||
|
PSTN |
N.a. |
34481.67 USD |
38089.43 USD |
57.025 Euro Million |
49.233 Euro Million |
|
ISDN |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a |
3000* |
|
Value-Added Services |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a |
N.a. |
|
Mobile |
899200 USD |
1076600 USD |
1296900 USD |
12.124 Euro Million |
N.a. |
|
Satellite |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a |
N.a. |
|
Cable |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a |
N.a. |
|
Equipment market (EURO million ) |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a |
N.a. |
|
Total Telecom market |
899200 USD |
1111081.67 USD |
1334989.43 USD |
72.178 Euro Million |
N.a. |
Source: Albtelecom
*In 2000 there were installed for the first time 1000 ISDN lines in Tirana and in Durresi
1.3 Computer market size
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Services market (EURO million) |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
|
Equipment market (EURO million) |
1296960 |
1743471 |
1145955 |
1.358 (Euro Million) |
1.153 |
|
Total Computer market (EURO million) |
1296960 |
1743471 |
1145955 |
1.358 |
1.153 |
Source: INSTAT
2. Actors and competition
2.1 Fixed Operators
|
Number of operators having a license - 1 |
December 2000 |
Source : TRE
|
Fixed operators December 2000 |
|
Albtelecom Company – Historic operator, 100% state owned company, Anonymous Company |
Source : TRE
2.2 Mobile Operators
|
Name of Operator |
Type of network |
Number of subscribers |
% of the market ( December 2000) |
|||
|
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
June 2000 |
|||
|
AMC |
3076 |
4323 |
11009 |
14832 |
100% |
|
Source :
AMC
INSTAT
2.3 Internet Service Providers
|
Estimation of the Number of Internet Service Providers |
Last reference date |
|
13 |
December 2000 |
Source : TRE
|
Main Internet Services Providers - end 2000 |
|
|
Company |
Web sites |
|
ABISSNET (Local ISP in Tirana) |
|
|
AdaNET - Regional ISP (Tirana, Duress) |
|
|
Albania OnLine - Local ISP in Tirana |
|
|
AND - Regional ISP (Tirana, Duress, Fier) |
Under construction |
|
AT ISP- National ISP |
Under construction |
|
INTERALB - Local ISP in Tirana |
|
|
ICC - Local ISP in Tirana |
|
|
SAN - Local ISP in Tirana |
|
|
OiC Soros - Local ISP in Tirana ( schools, Libraries, NGOs. etc. ) |
|
|
UNDP - POP in Tirana |
|
|
CYBERNET- National |
Under construction |
|
AB Com- Regional ISP |
|
|
Paging Services – National Paging and ISP |
Under construction |
Source : TRE
No ISP is willing to give data about the number of its own subscribers. They want to be protected from the competition. Event the TRE doesn’t have the exact number per each of them, but only some general data.
3. Basic Indicators
3.1 Telephones lines
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Total number of conventional lines |
50000 |
82000 |
120000 |
140389 |
146776 |
|
Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1000 |
|
Total number of mobile phone lines |
2248 |
3076 |
4323 |
11009 |
29000 (December 2000) |
|
Total number of lines |
52248 |
85076 |
124323 |
1513981 |
176776 |
Sources: INSTAT, Albtelecom
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Total number of conventional lines per 100 inh. |
1.6 |
2.7 |
4 |
4.16 |
4.35 |
|
Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) per 100 inh. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
0.03 |
|
Total number of mobile phone lines per 100 inh. |
0.06 |
0.09 |
0.13 |
0.32 |
0.86 |
|
Total number of lines per 100 inh. |
1.59 |
2.56 |
3.71 |
4.49 |
5.24 |
Source : Albtelecom
INSTAT
|
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
% of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) / Total number of lines |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
N.a. |
0.56 |
|
% of mobiles phone lines / Total number of lines |
4.3 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
7.3 |
16.4 (December 2000) |
Source: AMC
INSTAT
3.2 Telecom equipment
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
||
|
Telephones sets |
Installed base |
89000* |
107741 |
116212 |
140389 |
146776 |
|
Penetration rate (units per 100 inh.) |
2.6 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
|
|
Public pay phones |
Installed base |
117 |
170 |
291 |
500 |
665 |
|
Penetration rate (units per 1000 inh.) |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.19 |
|
|
Modems |
Installed base |
N.a. |
1000 |
1000 |
1800 |
2300 |
|
Penetration rate (units per 1000 inh.) |
N.a. |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.68 |
Source: Albtelecom, INSTAT, TRE
3.3 Personal computers
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Total number of PCs |
5347 |
4328 |
4232 |
4530 |
4725 |
Source : Institute of Statistics.
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Total number of PCs per 100 inh. |
0.16 |
0.13 |
0.12 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
Source : Institute of Statistics
3.4 Internet
3.4.1 General data
|
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
December 2000 |
|
|
Number of internet users |
2000 |
4600 |
5500 |
|
Number of Internet domestic users |
200 |
1000 |
2500 |
|
Number of Internet users per 100 inh |
0.06 |
0.13 |
0.16 |
Source : TRE
3.4.2 Web sites
|
Number of adresses under country domain |
Last reference date |
|
250 |
December 2000 |
Source : TRE
3.4.3 Internet hosts
|
Number of Internet hosts |
Last reference date |
|
200 |
December 2000 |
Source : TRE
3.5 Miscellaneous
|
Teleworking |
Total number of teleworkers |
Last reference date |
|
Teleworkers |
4535 |
December 2000 |
Source : Albtelecom
Television
Total number
Number per 100 inh.
Last reference date
Number of TV sets
n.a.
Number of Home Cable TV Subscribers
200 000
6.7
December 2000
Number of Home equipped with Satellite
N.a.
|
Waiting Time |
Average waiting time |
Last reference date |
|
Average waiting time for fixed telephone subscription |
2 months |
December 2000 |
Source: albtelekom
|
Network digitisation |
Rate |
Last reference date |
|
Network digitisation rate |
100% |
December 2000 |
Source: albtelekom
4. The use of public network
4.1 Voice
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
September 2000 |
|
|
Number of calls per inh.* |
N.a. |
1.14 |
1.70 |
1.70 |
0.74 |
|
Number of minutes called per inh. |
N.a. |
6.8 |
6.9 |
7.25 |
2.70 |
|
Total number of minutes of national communications (million) |
N.a. |
10.405 |
6.210 |
6.336 |
3.257 |
|
Total number of minutes of international communications (million) |
N.a. |
12.207 |
16.913 |
18.129 |
5.852 |
|
Total number of minutes (million) |
N.a. |
22.612 |
23.123 |
24.465 |
9.109 |
|
Total number of automatic calls (million impulses) |
N.a. |
500.786 |
639.202 |
1046.598 |
791.854 |
|
Total number of automatic calls (impulses) per inh. |
n.a. |
150.8 |
190.8 |
310.5 |
234.9 |
* There are two types of telephone calls:
1- through the operator, these type of calls are accountable, and easy to be calculated in numbers or in minutes, as well as according to the destination
2- automatic telephone calls calculated on the basis of impulses. These type of calls is impossible to be calculated in terms of numbers or minutes, as well as according to the distance call.
That’s why it has been added another raw with the automatic calls (in million impulses)
Source: INSTAT
Albtelecom
4.2 Data
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
December 2000 |
|
|
Switched (tera octets) |
22 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
|
Total Traffic (tera octets) |
22 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
Source : Albtelecom
5. The telephone tariffs of historical operator
|
End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
December 2000 |
|
|
Fixed costs (EURO) |
|||||
|
Installation for main line |
80 |
77 |
75.3 |
75.3 |
75.3 |
|
Rental per month for main line |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
Variable costs (EURO) |
|||||
|
Local call per minute |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
|
Long Distance call per minute |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
|
Average of International call per minute |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
N.a |
ource : AlbtelecomS
