Finland - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and 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 among the highest broadband and mobile penetration rates in Europe. Digital media developments have progressed well since broadcasting went entirely digital in early 2008, ahead of most other European countries. This report introduces the key aspects of the Finnish telecom market, 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.

Key developments:

Fixed-voice subscriptions continue to fall; DNA begins company restructure; regulator’s H1 2011 market data update; operator data to end-2011; market developments into 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

TeliaSonera, Finnet Group, DNA, Elisa, TDC Finland, Tele2.

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
    • 4.1.1 New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
    • 4.1.2 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authorities
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Finland
    • 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 – 2011 (e)
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2011
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 8 – Telecom revenue – 2003 – 2012
• Table 9 – Telecom revenue, fixed-line and mobile – 2006 - 2012
• Table 10 – Price differential for data and voice services – 2007 - 2009
• Table 11 – Household penetration rate of select telecom services – 2009 - 2011
• Table 12 – Telecom investment by sector – 2009
• Table 13 – Telco operator assets and network investments – 2003 - 2008
• Table 14 – Share of telecom revenue by sector (historic) – 2003 - 2007
• Table 15 – Share of consumer telecom spend by sector – 2007 - 2011
• Table 16 – TeliaSonera LLU accesses – 2006 - 2011
• Table 17 – Cumulative fixed numbers ported – 2006 - 2009
• Table 18 – Fixed-line operators’ market share – 2005 - 2011
• Table 19 – Fixed-line connections and traffic in minutes – 2006 - 2012
• Table 20 – TeliaSonera (Finland) mobile and broadband revenue – 2006 - 2011
• Table 21 – TeliaSonera (Finland) subscribers by sector – 2002 - 2011
• Table 23 – DNA revenue (consumer and business) – 2008 - 2011
• Table 24 – DNA subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2011
• Table 25 – Elisa fixed network subscribers by sector – 2004 - 2011
• Table 26 – Elisa revenue by sector – 2004 - 2011
• Table 27 – Elisa Group financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Table 29 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2012

• Chart 1 – Telecom revenue and annual change – 2003 - 2012
• Chart 2 – Telecom revenue, fixed-line and mobile – 2006 - 2012
• Chart 3 – Fixed-line operators’ market share – 2005 - 2011
• Chart 4 – Fixed-line connections and traffic in minutes – 2006 - 2012
• Chart 5 – TeliaSonera (Finland) mobile and broadband revenue – 2006 - 2011
• Chart 6 – TeliaSonera (Finland) subscribers by sector – 2002 - 2011
• Chart 7 – DNA financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Chart 8 – DNA revenue (consumer and business) – 2008 – 2011
• Chart 9 – DNA subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2011
• Chart 10 – Elisa cable TV and broadband subscribers – 2004 - 2011
• Chart 11 – Elisa revenue by sector – 2004 - 2011
• Chart 12 – Elisa Group financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Chart 13 – TDC Finland financial data – 2007 - 2011

• Exhibit 1 – EU –NRF
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop