Synopsis
Finland has one of most innovative mobile markets in Europe. The country was a pioneer in developing 3G, and was the first to deploy 3G over 900MHz spectrum. Growth in the sector continues to be strong despite high mobile penetration. The 3G now makes up almost a third of the total subscriber base, while mobile broadband has also grown considerably during the last two years. Finland was also one of the first countries in the world to deploy a commercial LTE service. In addition, it boasts one of the lowest mobile call charges of all EU Member States. This report provides statistics and research on the Finnish mobile market in 2011, including key regulatory issues, a snapshot of the consumer market, the growth of mobile data services and the development of emerging technologies and networks such as HSPA and LTE.
Key developments:
Mobile subscriber growth 11% in year to March 2011; MNP conditions revised; TeliaSonera’s LTE network recording 48Mb/s; low LTE latency an opportunity for LTE-based VoIP; Russia and Finland negotiate roaming agreements; Finland free to use 800MHz for LTE following spectrum agreement with Russia; MTRs reduction agreed to late 2014; Elisa launches LTE in Espoo; regulator data for 2010, operator data to Q1 2011.
Companies covered in this report include:
TeliaSonera, DNA, Elisa and Digita.
