Finland - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & 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 Oslo also benefited from a commercial LTE launch in December 2009. This report profiles Finland’s fixed and wireless broadband markets in 2010, together with developments in related technologies such as FttH, powerline broadband, wireless broadband, WiFi and Internet via satellite. It also provides broadband forecasts to 2019.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
  • 2.1 National Broadband Strategy
    
  • 2.2 Universal Service
    
  • 2.3 Broadband statistics
    
• 3. Cable modems
  
• 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; 2019
  
  • 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 - 2009
• Table 2 – Broadband market share by sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 3 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2010
• Table 4 – Broadband subscribers and penetration rate – cable, DSL – 2000 - 2009
• Table 5 – Housing corporation broadband subscribers (regulator data) – 2006 - 2009
• Table 6 – Broadband subscribers - WLAN, BPL – 2004 - 2009
• Table 7 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2009
• Table 8 – Broadband lines by service – 2006; 2008 - 2009
• Table 9 – Activities of Internet users – 2005 - 2008
• Table 10 – Welho subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 11 – Elisa broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 12 – TeliaSonera Internet and broadband subscribers – 2002 - 2009
• Table 13 – TeliaSonera broadband ARPU – 2006 - 2009
• Table 14 – Broadband delivery by technology – 2015
• Table 15 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 16 – WLAN subscribers – 2004 - 2009
• Table 17 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario – 2009 - 2012; 2019
• Table 18 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario 2009 - 2012; 2019

• Exhibit 1 – Chart showing broadband connections and market shares by operator – 2006 - 2009