Last updated: 20 Aug 2008 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 193
Analyst: Stephen McNamara
Publication Overview
This annual publication profiles the CEE countries of
· Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
· Facts, figures, statistics and broadband forecasts to 2018;
· Industry issues and regulatory developments;
· Research, marketing and benchmarking
· Major Players, revenues, subscribers and network deployments
· VoIP, ADSL, ADSL2+, FttH/FttB, WiFi, WiMAX, IPTV, VoD, triple play, digital TV, DTTV, 3G, and HSDPA. Researcher:- Paul Kwon Current publication:- August 2008 (7th Edition) Next publication:- August 2009
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s publication 2008
Impacting on the telecoms market is EU-mandated competition, decreasing prices and leading to the introduction of new services by competing operators and incumbents alike. This report offers an informative insight into the
Key highlights:
· Benefits of regulatory measures are becoming evident – the cost of unbundled local loops and shared access loops fell during 2007 in
· FttH/FttB availability is expanding in all five countries, with deployments by all manner of different players in the telecoms market – municipal governments, mobile network operators, fixed-line alternative operators as well as incumbents, a trend that is expected to continue moving into 2009.
· Emerging on the back of growing broadband penetration is the Internet economy, with data showing rises in the proportion of businesses or individuals accessing e-government services as well as businesses and individuals purchasing online. EU funding has improved accessibility to e-government services and broadband Internet in underserved areas, with additional funding until at least 2013.
· IPTV take up is on the rise in all five countries, as incumbents and telecom operators acquire additional content and improve service offerings. Telecom operators will continue to market IPTV services in 2008 on the back of rising DSL subscriber levels. In response cable operators will continue to poach fixed-line voice subscribers from the incumbent telcos.
· Commercial DVB-T services are well into deployment, with multiplexes launched or about to be launched in all five countries. DVB-H developments/trials are underway in
· Aggressively priced mobile broadband access with prepaid data bundles are available in all these countries, offered over now widely-available EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA networks and posing significant challenges for existing wireless broadband (ie, WiMAX) operators. With mobile voice markets at saturation, mobile operators are expected to heavily push into mobile broadband in 2008 to maintain overall revenue growth.
Country |
Subscribers (million) |
Penetration |
|
13.3 |
130% |
|
10.2 |
103% |
|
41.9 |
109% |
|
5.7 |
105% |
|
1.9 |
96% |
(Source: BuddeComm based on ITU and Global Mobile data)
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
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