Finland - Key Statistics, Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Finland’s telecom market is among the more progressive in Europe, with considerable emphasis by both the regulator and operators to test-bed technologies, particularly in the mobile sector, and provide additional spectrum for telecom services. As a result the country enjoys some of the highest broadband and mobile penetration rates in Europe. The broadcasting infrastructure was entirely digital by March 2008, ahead of most other European countries. This report introduces the key aspects of the Finnish telecom market in 2009, providing comprehensive data on the fixed network services sector together with an overview of key regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection. The major operators are profiled, while the telecoms infrastructure and fixed telephony services are also reviewed.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Finland’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 History
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authorities
    
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Norway
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of Telecom Finland
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Access
      
    • 4.3.4 Number portability (NP)
      
    • 4.3.5 Carrier preselection
      
• 5. Fixed network operators in Finland
  
  • 5.1 Overview and statistics
    
  • 5.2 TeliaSonera
    
  • 5.3 Finnet Group
    
  • 5.4 DNA
    
  • 5.5 Elisa Corporation
    
  • 5.6 TDC Finland
    
  • 5.7 Tele2
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
  • 6.2 Next Generation Network
    
  • 6.3 International infrastructure
    
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – June 2009
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – September 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – June 2009
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – September 2009
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 7 – Telecom revenue and annual change – 2003 - 2008
• Table 8 – Household penetration rate of select telecom services – 2009
• Table 9 – Telco operator assets and network investments – 2003 - 2008
• Table 10 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2006 - 2008
• Table 11 – Share of telecom revenue by sector – 2003 - 2007
• Table 12 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2005 - 2009
• Table 13 – LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental (€) – 2005 - 2008
• Table 14 – TeliaSonera LLU accesses – 2006 - 2009
• Table 15 – Cumulative fixed numbers ported – 2006 - 2008
• Table 16 – Fixed-line operators’ market share – 2005 - 2009
• Table 17 – Fixed-line connections and traffic in minutes – 2006 - 2009
• Table 18 – TeliaSonera (Finland) mobile and broadband revenue – 2007 - 2009
• Table 19 – TeliaSonera (Finland) subscribers by sector – 2002 - 2009
• Table 20 – TeliaSonera (Finland) broadband ARPU – 2005 - 2009
• Table 21 – DNA revenue by sector – 2006 - 2009
• Table 22 – DNA subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 23 – Elisa fixed network subscribers by sector – 2004 - 2009
• Table 24 – Elisa revenue by sector – 2004 - 2009
• Table 25 – Elisa financial data – 2008 - 2009
• Table 26 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop