Germany - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Germany has the second largest broadband market in Europe. The dominant DSL platform is led by Deutsche Telekom which has invested in ADSL2+ and VDSL upgrades serving many urban areas. The greatly consolidated cable sector has responded with DOCSIS 3.0 based 100Mb/s services which DSL cannot match. Faster broadband is creating demand for new services while intense competition has seen prices fall dramatically. Lower charges for local loop unbundling imposed by the regulator in March 2009 should also help increase competition and lower prices further. This report profiles Germany’s fixed and wireless broadband markets in 2010, together with forecasts to 2018 and an analysis of developments with related technologies such as FttH, powerline broadband, wireless broadband, WiFi and Internet via satellite. It also examines Deutsche Telekom’s Next Generation Network and the regulatory issues relating to competitor access to new networks.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
  • 2.1 Government support
    
  • 2.2 Government Broadband Strategy
    
  • 2.3 Broadband developments
    
    • 2.3.1 Broadband statistics
      
• 3. Cable modems
  
  • 3.1 Cable market consolidation
    
  • 3.2 Cable players
    
    • 3.2.1 Kabel BW
      
    • 3.2.2 Kabel Deutschland
      
    • 3.2.3 Unitymedia
      
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  
  • 4.1 T-Home
    
  • 4.2 Other service providers
    
    • 4.2.1 Versatel
      
    • 4.2.2 United Internet
      
    • 4.2.3 Vodafone
      
    • 4.2.4 Tiscali
      
    • 4.2.5 Freenet
      
    • 4.2.6 Telefónica
      
    • 4.2.7 QSC
      
  • 4.3 ADSL2+
    
  • 4.4 VDSL
    
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  
  • 5.1 Open access model
    
  • 5.2 Deutsche Telekom
    
  • 5.3 Other developments
    
    • 5.3.1 Cologne
      
    • 5.3.2 Hamburg
      
    • 5.3.3 Schwerte
      
    • 5.3.4 Munich
      
    • 5.3.5 Hanau
      
    • 5.3.6 Essen
      
    • 5.3.7 Leipzig FTTH network launches
      
• 6. Broadband Powerline (BPL)
  
  • 6.1 Energie Baden-Wurttemberg
    
  • 6.2 Vype (Mannheim)
    
  • 6.3 Power Plus Communications (PPC. AG)
    
  • 6.4 DREWAG (Dresden)
    
• 7. Wireless broadband
  
  • 7.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
    
  • 7.2 WiMAX/WiFi
    
  • 7.3 Operators
    
    • 7.3.1 Deutsche Bahn trials
      
  • 7.4 Wireless LANS
    
    • 7.4.1 The Cloud
      
    • 7.4.2 Vodafone
      
    • 7.4.3 O2
      
    • 7.4.4 T-Com
      
  • 7.5 Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
    
  • 7.6 PAMR
    
  • 7.7 Internet via satellite
    
  • 7.8 Mobile broadband
    
  • 7.9 Forecasts – broadband subscribers to 2018
    
    • 7.9.1 Scenario 1 – higher growth broadband subscriber growth
      
    • 7.9.2 Scenario 2 – lower growth broadband subscriber growth
      
  • 7.10 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2010
• Table 2 – Broadband subscribers by access type and market penetration – 2001 - 2009
• Table 3 – Broadband subscribers by access type (regulator data) – 2007 - 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband subscribers by provider and type – 2006 - 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband subscribers as share of Internet users – 2002 - 2010
• Table 6 – Narrowband Internet traffic in minutes – 1999 - 2010
• Table 7 – Broadband Internet traffic in gigabytes – 2001 - 2010
• Table 8 – Proportion of DSL subscribers by provider – 2001 - 2009
• Table 9 – Broadband penetration by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 10 – Cable subscribers – 2000 - 2010
• Table 11 – Kabel BW broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 12 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2008 - 2009
• Table 13 – Kabel Deutschland revenue by sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 14 – Kabel Deutschland subscribers and annual change – 2008 - 2009
• Table 15 – Unitymedia subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 16 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 - 2009
• Table 17 – DSL broadband subscribers by provider – 2001 - 2009
• Table 18 – Proportion of DSL connections by provider – 2001 - 2009
• Table 19 – DSL household penetration rate – 2005 - 2009
• Table 20 – DT wholesale and resale lines - 2002 - 2009
• Table 21 – Versatel financial data and annual change – 2008 - 2009
• Table 22 – Versatel residential subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 23 – United Internet financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 24 – United Internet subscriber data by technology – 2007 - 2009
• Table 25 – Vodafone broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2008
• Table 26 – freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2009
• Table 27 – freenet revenue by segment – 2005 - 2009
• Table 28 – Telefónica (O2) broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 29 – QSC financial data – 2006 - 2008
• Table 30 – Satellite broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2010
• Table 31 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2018
• Table 32 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2018