Croatia - Convergence, Broadband & Internet Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Internet penetration in Croatia is the highest in the Balkans region, and is more in line with those found in the Eastern European EU countries. Available broadband services include ADSL2+, FttH and WiMAX. ISPs have focused on increasing broadband uptake, with hopes of generating additional revenue through sales of recently launched IPTV and triple play services. Digital Terrestrial TV developments are underway, with a multiplex operator chosen. Digital TV programming is also available via cable TV and satellite TV. Drawing upon a variety of statistics and sources, this report provides an informative insight into Croatia’s dynamic Internet, broadband and convergence markets, offering a variety of statistics and forecasts on the broadband market for selected years to 2018.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Internet market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
    • 2.1.1 Internet statistics
      
• 3. Croatia’s emerging Internet economy
  
  • 3.1 Overview
    
  • 3.2 E-Government
    
  • 3.3 E-Education
    
  • 3.4 E-Health
    
• 4. Fixed broadband market
  
  • 4.1 Overview
    
    • 4.1.1 Broadband statistics
      
  • 4.2 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
    
  • 4.3 Cable modems
    
  • 4.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
    
  • 4.5 Wireless broadband
    
    • 4.5.1 WiFi
      
    • 4.5.2 WiMAX
      
• 5. Convergence
  
  • 5.1 Triple play models
    
  • 5.2 Overview of broadcasting market
    
  • 5.3 Regulatory issues
    
  • 5.4 Digital TV
    
    • 5.4.1 Broadband TV (IPTV)
      
    • 5.4.2 Cable TV (CATV)
      
    • 5.4.3 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
      
    • 5.4.4 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
      
• 6. Forecasts
  
  • 6.1 Forecasts – fixed broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2012; 2018
    
    • 6.1.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
      
    • 6.1.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
      
    • 6.1.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
      
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users, subscribers and penetration rates – 1999 - 2009
• Table 2 – Internet penetration among businesses, by employee size – 2007 - 2008
• Table 3 – Percentage of businesses receiving orders online, by employee size – 2007 - 2008
• Table 4 – Online purchases by age group – 2008
• Table 5 – Items purchased online by individuals – 2008
• Table 6 – Uptake of e-government services by businesses – 2007 - 2009
• Table 7 – Uptake of e-government services by individuals – 2009
• Table 8 – Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2003 - 2009
• Table 9 – T-HT ADSL subscribers & ARPU – 2002 - 2009
• Table 10 – Audience share by broadcaster – prime time – 2004 - 2009
• Table 11 – Audience share by broadcaster – all day – 2004 - 2009
• Table 12 – Total TV advertising spending – 2004 - 2008
• Table 13 – MAXtv subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 14 – Cable TV subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 15 – Forecast fixed broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2009 - 2012; 2018
• Table 16 – Forecast fixed broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2009 - 2012; 2018