Israel - Fixed-line Market, Broadband and Digital Media - Overview and Statistics

Synopsis

Israel’s very dynamic fixed-line voice and broadband market, together with its digital media market is profiled in this report. Bezeq has retained the majority of the domestic fixed-line voice market but new licences being granted for VoIP service provision are shaking up the market. Israel has a very high household broadband penetration rate. Market competition is fierce, both between competing broadband platforms and ISPs. Competition is also fierce between Bezeq’s satellite TV subsidiary YES and cable TV operator HOT, with both challenged by DTTV. Israel’s very high broadband penetration rate provides great potential for triple play and digital media market developments and competitors are manoeuvring for position.

Key developments:

Competition to further intensify if an operator backed by Israel’s power utility deploys fibre access network infrastructure and launches competing services.

Companies covered in this report include:

Bezeq, Bezeq International, HOT, 013 Netvision, 012 Smile Telecom, Xfone 018/Marathon Telecom, AMOS, Walla!, Nana, Yes TV.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Fixed network operators in Israel
  • 2.1 Overview of operators
  • 2.2 Bezeq
  • 2.3 Bezeq International
  • 2.4 HOT telecommunication systems
  • 2.5 013 NetVision
  • 2.6 012 Smile Telecom
  • 2.7 Xfone 018/Marathon Telecommunications
• 3. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 3.1 National telecom network
    • 3.1.1 MedNet/Med-1
  • 3.2 International infrastructure
    • 3.2.1 Submarine cable networks
    • 3.2.2 Satellite networks
• 4. Wholesaling
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Naked DSL
• 5. Broadband access market
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Broadband and Internet statistics
  • 5.3 ADSL and cable networks
  • 5.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
  • 5.5 WiFi
  • 5.6 WiMAX
• 6. Digital economy/digital media
  • 6.1 Overview
    • 6.1.1 Walla! Communications Ltd
    • 6.1.2 Nana
  • 6.2 Smart cities/smart communities
• 7. Digital broadcasting
  • 7.1 Overview of the broadcasting market
  • 7.2 Regulatory issues
  • 7.3 Cable TV
    • 7.4 Satellite TV – Yes TV
    • 7.5 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
    • 7.6 IPTV
    • 7.7 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
    • 7.8 High Definition TV (HDTV)
  • 8. Related reports
  • Table 1 – Bezeq share of fixed-line sector revenue – 2008 - 2010
  • Table 2 – Bezeq divisional revenues – 2007 - 2011
  • Table 3 – Active Bezeq fixed-line subscriber lines, MOU, and monthly ARPL – 2003 - 2011
  • Table 4 – HOT – Cable TV, broadband and telephony subscribers – June 2011
  • Table 5 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2011
  • Table 6 – Internet users, penetration and household penetration estimates – 1997 - 2011
  • Table 7 – Fixed broadband subscribers, annual change and household penetration – 2001 - 2011
  • Table 8 – ADSL and cable networks – subscribers and market share – 2005 - 2011
  • Table 9 – Bezeq broadband subscriber ARPU – 2005 - 2011
  • Table 10 – NetVision broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2011
  • Table 11 – Household PC penetration – 2002 - 2011
  • Table 12 – YES revenue and profit – 2007 - 2011
  • Table 13 – YES satellite TV subscribers, market share and ARPU – 2002 - 2011