Europe - New EU Members Market Overview and Analysis

Synopsis

This report covers the ten countries expected to join the EU on 1 May 2004: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta. All have been required to align their telecommunications regulation and legislation with that of the EU as part of the membership qualification process. The ten countries cover a wide spectrum of both economic and telecommunications development. This report discusses the degree of alignment achieved by each country, compares their telecommunications markets with those of the EU and outlines investment by EU operators in the region.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key trends
  • 2.1 Overview
• 3. Market overview
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Regulatory environment
    • 3.2.1 Liberalisation
    • 3.2.2 Privatisation
  • 3.3 EU reports on progress towards accession
    • 3.3.1 Cyprus
    • 3.3.2 Czech Republic
    • 3.3.3 Estonia
    • 3.3.4 Hungary
    • 3.3.5 Latvia
    • 3.3.6 Lithuania
    • 3.3.7 Malta
    • 3.3.8 Poland
    • 3.3.9 Slovak Republic
    • 3.3.10 Slovenia
  • 3.4 Major fixed network operators
  • 3.5 Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 3.6 Internet
    • 3.6.1 Broadband networks and services
    • 3.6.2 Content and e-services
  • 3.7 Wireless communications
  • 3.8 Broadcasting
• 4. Country summaries
  • 4.1 Czech Republic
  • 4.2 Cyprus
  • 4.3 Estonia
  • 4.4 Hungary
  • 4.5 Latvia
  • 4.6 Lithuania
  • 4.7 Malta
  • 4.8 Poland
  • 4.9 Slovak republic
  • 4.10 Slovenia
  • Table 1 – Telecommunications development snapshot: GDP per capita, fixed-line, Internet, mobile, ISDN and broadband penetration, EU and prospective members – 2000, 2001, 2002
  • Table 2 – Year of fixed-line liberalisation
  • Table 3 – State ownership of incumbent fixed-line operators – November 2002
  • Table 4 – Fixed-line telecommunications infrastructure – December 2001
  • Table 5 - Mobile markets – 2002
  • Exhibit 1 – Investments by EU based companies in EU applicant countries – November 2002