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 2010, 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 2010
      
    • 5.2.3 Sales and acquisitions
      
  • 5.3 Vodafone
    
  • 5.4 freenet
    
    • 5.4.1 debitel
      
  • 5.5 BT Global Services
    
  • 5.6 Tele2
    
  • 5.7 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 – 2009
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2009
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – September 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – January 2010
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Telecom market investment – 1998 - 2009
• Table 9 – Telecom market investment by sector– 1998 - 2009
• Table 10 – New entrants’ market share, select sectors – 2007 - 2009
• Table 11 – Telecom market revenue – 1998 - 2009
• Table 12 – Competitor telephone lines – 2004 - 2007
• Table 13 – Voice lines by technology – 2000 - 2008
• Table 14 – Telecoms investments: Deutsche Telekom and competitors – 1998 - 2008
• Table 15 – Fixed-network termination charge – 2005 - 2008
• Table 16 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2004 - 2009
• Table 17 – LLU, shared access price - connection and monthly rental – 2005 - 2008
• Table 18 – Deutsche Telekom unbundled lines – 2007 - 2009
• Table 19 – DT bitstream lines – 2008 - 2009
• Table 20 – Annual fixed line portings – 2004 - 2007
• Table 21 – Fixed network call minutes: Deutsch Telekom / competitors – 2001 - 2008
• Table 22 – Fixed network call minutes by type – 1998 - 2008
• Table 23 – PreSelection lines – 1999 - 2009
• Table 24 – Alternative operator share of call market (traffic) – 2005 - 2007
• Table 25 – Telephone channels by operator (VATM data) – 1998 - 2008
• Table 26 – Voice traffic in minutes by sector – 2000 - 2007
• Table 27 – Proportion of voice traffic by sector – 2000 - 2009
• Table 28 – Deutsche Telekom domestic revenue and annual change – 2008 - 2009
• Table 29 – Deutsche Telekom domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 30 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2009
• Table 31 – Vodafone fixed-line revenue – 2005 - 2009
• Table 32 – Vodafone fixed-line and broadband subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2008
• Table 33 – freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2009
• Table 34 – freenet revenue by segment – 2005 - 2009
• Table 35 – debitel financial data and subscribers (historic) – 2004 - 2007
• Table 36 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 37 – Tele2 financial data by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 38 – Telefónica (O2) subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 39 – Telefónica (O2) financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 40 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2008

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