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 all sectors. The national regulator EETT has shown increasing success in promoting competition, with local loop unbundling well utilised to deliver competing fixed-line services. Promoting competition has become one of the EC’s conditions for Greece’s financial bailout. This report introduces the key aspects of the Greek fixed-line telecoms, wholesale and IT market, 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; economic crisis affecting telecoms revenue and investment; OTE signs three-year wage deal in bid to save cash; wholesale FttC access determined; operator data to end-2011; market developments into early 2012.

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)
  • 5.7 Cyta Hellas
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 OTE
    • 6.1.2 NGN
    • 6.1.3 Alternative operators
    • 6.1.4 Satellite networks
    • 6.1.5 Submarine cables
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telecom sector revenue – 2000 - 2012
• Table 8 – Interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 9 – OTE LLU lines – 2006 - 2011
• Table 10 – Fixed number portings – 2004 - 2010
• Table 11 – CPS lines – 2004 - 2010
• Table 12 – WLR lines – 2009 - 2010
• Table 13 – Fixed-line revenue – 2003 - 2013
• Table 14 – Fixed-line traffic – 2003 - 2013
• Table 15 – OTE group financial data – 2006 - 2011
• Table 16 – OTE group operating data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 17 – OTE company financial data by sector– 2010 - 2011
• Table 18 – Wind Hellas financial data – 2009 - 2010
• Table 19 – FORTHnet Group financial data – 2007 - 2011
• Table 20 – FORTHnet Telecom financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 21 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2013
• Table 22 – OTE PSTN lines in service – 2005 - 2011

• Chart 1 – Telecom sector revenue – 2000 – 2012
• Chart 2 – OTE group financial data – 2008 – 2011
• Chart 3 – FORTHnet Group financial data – 2007 – 2011

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications