Europe - Broadband - Market Overview and Analysis

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived on 19 October 2005 and has not been updated. By the beginning of 2005 the number of broadband access lines in the expanded European Union (EU) was approaching 37 million, or 6.5% of the population (7.6% for the EU15, compared to 4.5% in 2003). This growth - 72% on 2004 and 236% since 2002 - is being driven largely by intensifying competitive pressure and by fixed operators offsetting their eroding voice telephony revenues. The new entrants’ share of the broadband market has risen to 43.7%, an increase of 2.2% on 2003. The leading broadband markets in 2004 were Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. The main growth driver is xDSL, followed by cable and to a lesser extent satellite and wireless broadband.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Europe’s broadband market
  • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.1.1 Broadband statistics
  • 2.2 Market forecasts
    • 2.2.1 Forrester research – 2005
    • 2.2.2 Strategy Analytics – December 2004
    • 2.2.3 Heavy Reading March 2005
    • 2.2.4 Digital divide narrowing
• 3. Analysis of Europe’s broadband market
  • 3.1 Regulatory and government support
    • 3.1.1 At the EU level
    • 3.1.2 At the national level
  • 3.2 Competition in the broadband market
  • 3.3 Costs and funding
    • 3.3.1 Eurescom Summit and EU aid for broadband
    • 3.3.2 High access costs
  • 3.4 Telcos will dominate market - Datamonitor
  • 3.5 Scale, multiple access and branding
  • 3.6 Speed, permanent connection, and content matter
• 4. Related reports

• Table 1 – Total broadband subscribers in Europe by access technology – 2004
• Table 2 – Retail broadband Internet access lines and growth in EU nations – 2004
• Table 3 – Cost of average broadband service as percent of monthly household income – April 2003
• Table 4 – Monthly price per 100Kb/s – April 2003