Europe - Broadband Market - Overview & Statistics

Synopsis

The European broadband market saw slower growth in 2008, particularly in highly penetrated markets such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Growth is still driven by competition and regulatory measures to improve access to local loops. Technological developments in both the cable and DSL platforms have extended broadband from its limited PC-based function to a fundamental component of many households requiring entertainment through services such as Video-on-Demand and IPTV. The main growth driver remains DSL, followed by cable, though fibre has enjoyed an improving footprint in certain markets, notably Scandinavia, The Netherlands and Italy. Satellite Internet and wireless broadband retain a niche presence. Regulatory efforts during 2009 will concentrate on competitor access to fibre networks. This report presents statistics and analysis on Europe’s broadband market in 2008, including developments in ADSL, cable and fibre technologies, and noting the status of EU and government policies to encourage broadband take-up to the end of the decade.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Europe’s broadband market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
    • 2.1.1 Moving to Web 2.0
      
    • 2.1.2 Stronger Internet base
      
    • 2.1.3 European broadband statistics
      
    • 2.1.4 Broadband delivery
      
    • 2.1.5 NGA
      
    • 2.1.6 Consumer spend and revenue
      
    • 2.1.7 Broadband costs
      
  • 2.2 Market forecasts
    
• 3. Analysis of Europe’s broadband market
  
  • 3.1 Regulatory and government support
    
    • 3.1.1 Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
      
    • 3.1.2 Wholesale leased lines
      
    • 3.1.3 Competition in the broadband market
      
• 4. Cable broadband in Europe
  
  • 4.1 Standards
    
  • 4.2 Analysis of Europe’s cable broadband market
    
    • 4.2.1 Market players
      
• 5. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) in Europe
  
  • 5.1 Market overview
    
  • 5.2 Availability
    
  • 5.3 Costs
    
  • 5.4 Naked DSL
    
  • 5.5 ADSL2+
    
  • 5.6 VDSL
    
• 6. Fibre
  
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Incumbents’ broadband market share, DSL and resale – January 2008
• Table 2 – Internet users, growth and penetration – June 2008
• Table 3 – Broadband access lines and growth in Europe – 2002 - 2008
• Table 4 – Broadband retail lines by type – March 2008
• Table 5 – Broadband penetration by technology – June 2008
• Table 6 – Historic broadband penetration – 2004 - 2008
• Table 7 – Other broadband access lines by type – March 2008
• Table 8 – The average home will soon require 50Mb/s to the home – Why?
• Table 9 – Broadband market share by technology – 2007 - 2008
• Table 10 – Broadband market share by competition – August 2008
• Table 11 – Average broadband speeds select countries – September 2008
• Table 12 – Incumbent’s top broadband speed, usage limit and cost – June 2008
• Table 13 – Household broadband penetration – 2007 - 2008
• Table 14 – Average monthly LLU and shared access cost in Europe – 2004 - 2007
• Table 15 – Broadband access lines by type and country – March 2008
• Table 16 – EU wholesale access lines - 2003 - 2008
• Table 17 – Incumbents’ broadband, DSL, non-DSL market share – 2003 - 2008
• Table 18 – Cable modem subscribers in select countries – 2003 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 –DSL services and equivalent data rates - 2008