Finland - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

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 a quarter of the total subscriber base, while mobile broadband has also grown considerably during the last two years. In addition, the country in 2009 boasted among the lowest mobile call charges of all EU Member States. This report provides statistics and research on the Finnish mobile market in 2009, 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 HSDPA.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview of Finland’s mobile market
  
  • 2.1 Mobile statistics
    
  • 2.2 Operator market shares
    
• 3. Regulatory issues
  
  • 3.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
    
    • 3.1.1 450MHz
      
    • 3.1.2 800MHz
      
    • 3.1.3 900MHz
      
    • 3.1.4 1.8GHz
      
    • 3.1.5 2.6GHz
      
  • 3.2 Roaming
    
  • 3.3 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
    
  • 3.4 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
    
• 4. Mobile technologies
  
  • 4.1 Digital
    
  • 4.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile
    
• 5. Major mobile operators
  
  • 5.1 TeliaSonera
    
  • 5.2 DNA
    
  • 5.3 Elisa
    
  • 5.4 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
    
• 6. Mobile voice services
  
  • 6.1 Prepaid cards
    
• 7. Mobile data services
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
  • 7.2 Short Message Service (SMS)
    
    • 7.2.1 Premium SMS (PSMS)
      
  • 7.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
    
  • 7.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
    
  • 7.5 High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
    
  • 7.6 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
    
  • 7.7 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
    
  • 7.8 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex Access (OFDMA)
    
  • 7.9 Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)
    
• 8. Mobile content and applications
  
  • 8.1 Location based services
    
  • 8.2 Mobile TV
    
  • 8.3 Mobile broadband
    
• 9. Forecasts
  
  • 9.1 Forecasts – Mobile ARPU – 2009 - 2010; 2015
    
  • 9.2 Forecasts – UMTS subscribers – 2009 - 2010; 2015
    
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Mobile revenue as proportion to total telecom revenue – 1998 - 2009
• Table 2 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – September 2009
• Table 3 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2010
• Table 4 – Calls and call minutes originating in mobile networks – 2006 - 2009
• Table 5 – Mobile operators – monthly ARPU – 2004 - 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile market share by operator (regulator data) – 2006 - 2009
• Table 7 – 2.6GHz auction results – November 2009
• Table 8 – European roaming charges – 2007 - 2011
• Table 9 – Cumulative mobile numbers ported – 2004 - 2008
• Table 10 – Mobile termination charges by operator – 2006 - 2010
• Table 11 – TeliaSonera Finland mobile financial data – 2005 - 2009
• Table 12 – TeliaSonera Finland blended ARPU – 2003 - 2009
• Table 13 – TeliaSonera Finland mobile subscribers – 2002 - 2009
• Table 14 – DNA financial data and monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2009
• Table 15 – DNA mobile subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 16 – Elisa mobile financial data – 2004 - 2009
• Table 17 – Elisa mobile subscribers in Finland and Estonia – 2004 - 2009
• Table 18 – Elisa mobile operating statistics and ARPU – 2006 - 2009
• Table 19 – TeliaSonera subscribers and proportion prepaid – 2002 - 2009
• Table 20 – Mobile data sent – 2006 - 2010
• Table 21 – SMS messages sent and annual change – 1999 - 2009
• Table 22 – TeliaSonera SMS messages sent (historic) – 2002 - 2006
• Table 23 – MMS messages sent and annual change – 2003 - 2009
• Table 24 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 25 – Forecast mobile ARPU - 2005 - 2010; 2015
• Table 26 – Forecast UMTS subscribers – 2006 - 2010; 2015

• Exhibit 1 – Sample 3G infrastructure suppliers in Finland
• Exhibit 2 – Premium SMS market overview – 2005