Czech Republic - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory 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 markets in 2011, offering valuable statistics, profiles of the major operators and infrastructure deployed.

Key developments:

VOLNY transfers DSL subscribers to O2 and sues for CZK4 billion; stagnant economy since 2008 affecting consumer spend on telecom services, recovery expected in 2011 with GDP to grow 1.6-2.2%; telecom revenue falls 4.8% in 2010; regulator’s 2010 annual report and market update to September 2011; operator data to September 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telefónica O2, T-Mobile, GTS Czech, Èeské Radiokomunikace, MobilKom, T-Systems Czech Republic, BT, ÈD-Telematika, ÈEZ ICT Services and UPC Èeská republika.

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
    • 4.1.2 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in the Czech Republic
  • 4.4 Privatisation
    • 4.4.1 Ceske Radiokomunikace
    • 4.4.2 Telefónica O2 CR
  • 4.5 Interconnect
  • 4.6 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
  • 4.7 Number portability (NP)
  • 4.8 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 Czech
  • 5.5 CD-Telematika (CD-T)
  • 5.6 VOLNÝ
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 Telefónica O2 CR
  • 6.2 Alternative operators
  • 6.3 Telecoms & IT
• 7. Wholesaling
  • 7.1 Overview
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics Czech Republic – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telefónica O2 interconnection rates – 2008 - 2009
• Table 9 – Telefónica O2 financial data – 2006 - 2011
• Table 10 – Telefónica O2 fixed-line accesses – 2006 - 2011
• Table 11 – GTS financial data – 2009 - 2010
• Table 12 – Dial Telecom revenue breakdown – 2008 - 2009
• Table 13 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2012
• Table 14 – Workplace network usage by network type – 2006 - 2011
• Table 15 – Telefónica naked DSL lines – 2009 - 2011
• Table 16 – Wholesale lines by type – 2008 - 2009
• Table 17 – Cost of local loop unbundling and share access – 2006 - 2009

• Chart 1 – Telefónica O2 financial data – 2006 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Dial Telecom revenue breakdown – 2008 - 2009

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