Cyprus - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

Despite market liberalisation Cyprus’s telecoms market continues to be dominated by the incumbent, which is still fully-owned by the government. Improved regulatory conditions, particularly in relation to network interconnection and access, has given competing operators the confidence to invest in network infrastructure, unbundle local loops and launch competing services. This report introduces the key aspects of Cyprus’s fixed-line telecoms market, outlining the regulatory environment, major players and providing relevant operational data and financial statistics on the operators as well as the market. Cyprus is a divided country with most of the information in this report concerned only with the situation in the Greek Cypriot area.

Key developments:

PrimeTel lands HAWK submarine cable; regulator market data to June 2011; operator statistical data updates.

Companies covered in this report include:

CyTA, OTEnet, PrimeTel

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Country overview
• 4. Telecommunications market
  • 4.1 Overview of the Cypriot telecom market
• 5. Regulatory environment
  • 5.1 History
  • 5.2 Regulatory authority
  • 5.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Cyprus
    • 5.3.1 Privatisation
    • 5.3.2 Interconnect
    • 5.3.3 Access
    • 5.3.4 Number portability (NP)
    • 5.3.5 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
• 6. Fixed network operators in Cyprus
  • 6.1 CyTA
  • 6.2 OTEnet
  • 6.3 PrimeTel
• 7. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 7.1 National telecom network
  • 7.2 International infrastructure
    • 7.2.1 Submarine cable networks
    • 7.2.2 Satellite networks
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – June 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – June 2011
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – June 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – CyTA interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 8 – Cost of local loop unbundling and share access – 2006 - 2009
• Table 9 – LLU and WLR lines – 2009 - 2011
• Table 10 – Fixed-line domestic traffic market share – 2009 - 2011
• Table 11 – Fixed-line subscriber market share – 2009 - 2011
• Table 12 – CyTA financial data – 2005 - 2010
• Table 13 – PrimeTel financial data – 2008 - 2010
• Table 14 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2011

• Chart 1 – CyTA financial data – 2005 – 2010
• Chart 2 – PrimeTel financial data – 2008 – 2010

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop