Czech Republic - Key Statistics, Regulatory & Fixed Line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

The Czech Republic has a small but relatively sophisticated telecom market, with a number of alternative operators offering fixed-line services. Competition is growing in all sectors, with alternative operators gaining size and strength through organic growth and merger and acquisition activity. The fixed-line incumbent, now privatised, is facing the increasingly challenging task of stabilising revenue as fixed-line traffic continues to migrate to mobile operators and competing fixed-line operators. Covering developments in the market and regulatory environment, this report gives an insight into the evolving Czech fixed-line telecoms and IT market, offering valuable statistics, profiles the major operators and infrastructure deployed.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of the Czech Republic telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Background
    
    • 4.1.1 EU Regulatory Framework
      
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO)
      
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in the Czech Republic
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
      
    • 4.3.4 Number portability
      
    • 4.3.5 Access
      
• 5. Fixed network operators in the Czech Republic
  
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
    
  • 5.2 Telefónica O2 Czech Republic
    
  • 5.3 Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa)
    
  • 5.4 GTS Novera
    
  • 5.5 CD-Telematika (CD-T)
    
  • 5.6 VOLNÝ
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
    • 6.1.1 Telefónica O2 CR
      
    • 6.1.2 Alternative operators
      
    • 6.1.3 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
  • 6.2 Telecoms & IT
    
• 7. Wholesaling
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2009
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – June 2009
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telefónica O2 interconnection rates – 2006 - 2008
• Table 8 – Telefónica O2 financial data – 2006 - 2009
• Table 9 – Telefónica O2 fixed line accesses – 2006 - 2009
• Table 10 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2009
• Table 11 – Business Internet penetration by employee size – 2004 - 2008
• Table 12 – Wholesale lines by type – January 2009
• Table 13 – Access agreements with Telefónica O2 by type – 2006 - 2008
• Table 14 – Cost of local loop unbundling and share access – 2006 - 2008

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