1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

2.1 Country overview
2.1.1 Background
2.1.2 Economy

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Kazakhstan's telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Regulatory authority
4.2 Market liberalisation
4.3 Regulatory issues
4.4 Privatisation

5. Fixed-network operators in Kazakhstan

5.1 Astel
5.2 Ducat (formerly Kazintel)
5.3 Kazakhtelecom
5.4 KazInformTelecom (KIT)

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National
6.1.1 Overview
6.1.2 Forecasts - fixed-line market - 2015; 2020
6.1.3 IP-based services
6.1.4 Next Generation Network (NGN) development
6.1.5 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

6.2 International infrastructure
6.2.1 Trans Asia-Europe (TAE)
6.2.2 Satellite networks
6.2.3 KazSat satellite series

7. Internet market

7.1 Overview
7.1.1 Internet statistics
7.1.2 Forecasts - internet services - 2015; 2020
7.1.3 Online censorship
7.1.4 E-commerce
7.1.5 E-government
7.1.6 Kazakh Network Information Centre (KazNIC)
7.1.7 Ashyk Alem Project

7.2 Broadband services
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Broadband statistics
7.2.3 WiMAX
7.2.4 FttB

7.3 ISP market
7.3.1 Kazakhstan Online
7.3.2 Nursat

7.4 Internet Protocol TV (IPTV)

8. Mobile communications

8.1 Overview of Kazakhstan's mobile market
8.1.1 Third GSM mobile operator licence
8.1.2 Mobile statistics
8.1.3 Forecasts - mobile market - 2015; 2020

8.2 Mobile technologies
8.2.1 Third Generation (3G)
8.2.2 Fourth Generation (4G) / Long Term Evolution (LTE)
8.2.3 Trunk Mobile Radio (TMR)

8.3 Major mobile operators
8.3.1 Altel
8.3.2 GSM-Kazakhstan (K'Cell)
8.3.3 Kar-Tel (Beeline)
8.3.4 NeoTelecom

9. Notes on forecasting

10. Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Kazakhstan - 2011
Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2010
Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2011
Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2011
Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2011
Table 6 - National telecommunications authorities
Table 7 - Kazakhstan's GDP real growth rate - 2006 - 2011
Table 8 - Kazakhtelecom fixed lines in service - 2005 - 2011
Table 9 - Kazakhtelecom urban and rural fixed-line subscribers - June 2009
Table 10 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2012
Table 11 - Forecast fixed line subscribers and penetration rates - 2015; 2020
Table 12 - Internet users - 1996 - 2012
Table 13 - Internet subscribers - 1996 - 2011
Table 14 - Fixed broadband subscribers - 2003 - 2011
Table 15 - Fixed broadband subscribers and household overview - 2010
Table 16 - DSL subscribers - 2007 - 2010
Table 17 - Internet bandwidth capacity - 2001 - 2011
Table 18 - Forecast internet subscribers and penetration rates - 2015; 2020
Table 19 - Kazakhtelecom's fixed broadband subscribers - 2009 - 2011
Table 20 - Kar-Tel's broadband subscribers - 2008 - 2010
Table 21 - Mobile subscribers and annual change - 1996 - 2012
Table 22 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - March 2009
Table 23 - Mobile operators - market share - March 2009
Table 24 - Forecast mobile subscribers and penetration rates - 2015; 2020
Table 25 - K'Cell's mobile subscribers - 2006 - 2010
Table 26 - Kar-Tel's mobile subscribers - 2006 - 2011
Table 27 - Kar-Tel's mobile ARPU - 2006 - 2011
Table 28 - NeoTelecom's mobile subscribers - 2010 - 2011

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Kazakhtelecom's modernisation program for telecommunications - 2004 - 2007
Exhibit 2 - Construction of the National Information Highway (NIH) backbone