Germany - Key Statistics, Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Germany large and affluent population supports Europe’s largest telecom market. Penetration in the broadband and mobile sectors has reached the EU average, though both lag behind benchmark countries. The fixed network and broadband markets in Germany are dominated by Deutsche Telekom, though other notable players including mobilcom-freenet, BT Global Services, Vodafone (Arcor) and debitel have gained market share as the incumbent continues to struggle with poor recent performance. This report introduces the key aspects of the German telecom market in 2009, providing comprehensive data on the country’s fixed network infrastructure as well as key regulatory developments including the status of interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability, and carrier preselection. It also profiles the major operators, and details the development of Next Generation Networks and the battle between the EC, the government and incumbent on NGN access.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Germany’s telecom market
    
  • 3.2 Market analysis
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 History
    
    • 4.1.1 EU regulatory framework
      
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA)
      
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Germany
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of Deutsche Telekom
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Access
      
  • 4.4 Number Portability (NP)
    
  • 4.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
    
  • 4.6 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
    
• 5. Fixed network operators
  
  • 5.1 Market overview
    
  • 5.2 Deutsche Telekom
    
    • 5.2.1 Structural review
      
    • 5.2.2 Going into 2009
      
    • 5.2.3 Sales and acquisitions
      
  • 5.3 Arcor
    
  • 5.4 freenet
    
  • 5.5 BT Global Services
    
  • 5.6 debitel
    
  • 5.7 Tele2
    
  • 5.8 Telefónica
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
  • 6.2 Next Generation Network (NGN)
    
  • 6.3 International infrastructure
    
    • 6.3.1 Submarine cable networks
      
    • 6.3.2 Satellite networks
      
  • 6.4 Regulatory issues
    
    • 6.4.1 Wholesaling
      
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 - Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – March 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – March 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – January 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2008
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – New entrants’ market share, select sectors – 2007 - 2008
• Table 9 – Telecom market revenue – 1998 - 2008
• Table 10 – Competitor telephone lines – 2004 - 2007
• Table 11 – Voice lines by technology – 2000 - 2008
• Table 12 – Telecoms investments: Deutsche Telekom and competitors – 1998 - 2008
• Table 13 – Fixed-network termination charge – 2005 - 2008
• Table 14 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2004 - 2009
• Table 15 – LLU, shared access price - connection and monthly rental – 2005 - 2008
• Table 16 – Deutsche Telekom unbundled lines – 2007 - 2009
• Table 17 – Wholesale IP bitstream pricing – May 2008
• Table 18 – Annual fixed line portings – 2004 - 2007
• Table 19 – Fixed network call minutes: Deutsch Telekom / competitors – 2001 - 2008
• Table 20 – Fixed network call minutes by type – 1998 - 2008
• Table 21 – PreSelection lines – 1999 - 2007
• Table 22 – Alternative operator share of call market (traffic) – 2005 - 2007
• Table 23 – Telephone channels by operator (VATM data) – 1998 - 2008
• Table 24 – Voice traffic in minutes by sector – 2000 - 2007
• Table 25 – Deutsche Telekom revenue by segment and annual change – 2007 - 2008
• Table 26 – Deutsche Telekom subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2008
• Table 27 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2009
• Table 28 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – Q1 2009
• Table 29 – Vodafone fixed-line revenue – 2005 - 2009
• Table 30 – Vodafone fixed-line and broadband subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2008
• Table 31 – freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2009
• Table 32 – freenet revenue by segment – 2005 - 2009
• Table 33 – debitel financial data and subscribers – 2004 - 2007
• Table 34 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 35 – Tele2 financial data by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 36 – Telefónica (O2) subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 37 – Telefónica (O2) financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 38 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Number portability defined