Finland - Broadband Market Insights, Statistics and Forecasts

Synopsis

Finland has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in Europe. The incumbent, TeliaSonera, is the dominant player in the DSL sector, while there is also a vibrant cable network presence in urban areas. The completed digital 450MHz network provided the country with the world’s first national wireless broadband network, while about ten cities benefited from commercial LTE services by the end of 2010. This report profiles Finland’s fixed and wireless broadband markets in 2011, together with developments in related technologies such as FttH, powerline broadband, wireless broadband, WiFi and Internet via satellite. It also provides broadband forecasts to 2020.

Key developments:

DSL subscriber base shrinks in 2010; mobile broadband accounting for over half of all broadband subscribers; regulator’s 2010 market data update; operator data to Q1 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

DNA, TeliaSonera, Finnet, Elisa.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Overview
  • 2.1 National Broadband Strategy
  • 2.2 Universal Service
  • 2.3 Broadband statistics
• 3. Cable modems
  • 3.1 DNA
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • 4.1 Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
• 6. Broadband Powerline (BPL)
• 7. Mobile broadband
• 8. Wireless broadband
  • 8.1 Wireless LANS
    • 8.1.1 Radionet
    • 8.1.2 TeliaSonera
    • 8.1.3 Municipalities
  • 8.2 WiMAX/WiFi
  • 8.3 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
• 9. Forecasts – Fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2012; 2020
  • 9.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
  • 9.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
  • 9.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – Broadband market share by operator – 2006 - 2010
• Table 2 – Fixed-line broadband market speed by rate – 2007 - 2010
• Table 3 – Broadband market share by sector – 2008 - 2010
• Table 4 – Proportion of broadband revenue to telecom sector – 2007 - 2012
• Table 5 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2012
• Table 6 – Broadband subscribers by platform; cable, DSL – 2000 - 2012
• Table 7 – Housing corporation broadband subscribers (regulator data) – 2006 - 2012
• Table 8 – Broadband subscribers – WLAN, BPL – 2004 - 2011
• Table 9 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2010
• Table 10 – Broadband lines by service (EC data) – 2006 - 2009
• Table 11 – Internet data volume – 2008 - 2010
• Table 12 – DNA broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 13 – Elisa broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 14 – TeliaSonera Internet and broadband subscribers – 2002 - 2011
• Table 15 – TeliaSonera broadband ARPU – 2006 - 2011
• Table 16 – Forecast broadband delivery by technology – 2015
• Table 17 – Fibre broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2012
• Table 18 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2012
• Table 19 – WLAN subscribers – 2004 - 2009
• Table 20 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario 2010 - 2012; 2020
• Table 21 – Forecast fixed-line broadband penetration – higher market growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
• Table 22 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario 2010 - 2012; 2020
• Table 23 – Forecast fixed-line broadband penetration – lower market growth scenario 2010 - 2012; 2020

• Chart 1 – Broadband market share by operator – 2006 - 2010
• Chart 2 – Broadband market share by sector – 2008 - 2010
• Chart 3 – Proportion of broadband revenue to telecom sector – 2007 - 2012
• Chart 4 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2012
• Chart 5 – Broadband subscribers and penetration rate – cable, DSL – 2002 - 2012
• Chart 6 – TeliaSonera broadband subscribers – 2002 - 2011
• Chart 7 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
• Chart 8 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario 2010 - 2012; 2020