Greece - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Greece’s telecoms market is less developed than that of its western European peers. The market is regulated in line with EU principles. Despite market liberalisation, fixed-line incumbent Hellenic Telecommunications Organization continues to dominate. The national regulator EETT has shown increasing success in promoting competition, with local loop unbundling well utilised to deliver competing fixed-line services. This report introduces the key aspects of the Greek fixed-line telecoms, wholesale and IT market in 2011, outlining the regulatory environment, major players and providing relevant operational data and financial statistics on both the operators and the market.

Key developments:

ATHENA submarine cable from Cyprus to Greece nears completion; regulator assesses work programme for 2011; economic crisis affecting telecoms revenue and investment; OTE signs three-year wage deal in bid to save cash; operator data to June 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

OTE, ForthNet, Wind Hellas, On Telecoms, Tellas.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Greece’s economic plight
  • 3.2 Overview of Greece’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 Background
    • 4.1.1 EU regulatory framework
    • 4.1.2 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Greece
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
    • 4.3.2 Interconnection
    • 4.3.3 Access
    • 4.3.4 Number portability
    • 4.3.5 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
• 5. Fixed network operators in Greece
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
  • 5.2 Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE)
  • 5.3 Wind Hellas
  • 5.4 ForthNet
  • 5.5 On Telecoms
  • 5.6 Hellas Online (HOL)
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 OTE
    • 6.1.2 Alternative operators
    • 6.1.3 Satellite networks
    • 6.1.4 Submarine cables
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2010
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telecom sector revenue – 2008 - 2011
• Table 8 – Interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 9 – Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access – 2008 - 2009
• Table 10 – OTE group financial data – 2006 - 2011
• Table 11 – Wind Hellas financial data – 2009 - 2010
• Table 12 – Wind Hellas blended, direct and indirect ARPU – 2008 - 2010
• Table 13 – FORTHnet Group financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 14 – FORTHnet Telecom financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 15 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2012
• Table 16 – OTE PSTN lines in service – 2005 - 2011

• Chart 1 – OTE group financial data – 2006 – 2011

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications