Italy - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

The Italian broadband market has strong competition in the DSL sector and a vibrant fibre sector. In the absence of effective cross-platform competition from cable networks, DSL has benefited from the market entry of new players such as Vodafone. Several operators have invested in ADSL2+ and VDSL infrastructure, propelling the market for high-bandwidth triple play services, while Telecom Italia’s newly created Open Access division has aimed to improve competitor access to networks. Regulatory measures have also been taken to address competitor access to NGNs. This report presents key statistics on the Italian broadband market in 2009, including the burgeoning fibre sector. It also assesses the wireless market, detailing the regulatory treatment for the WiMAX auction in 2008, and provides broadband forecasts to 2018.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
  • 2.1 Broadband statistics
    
  • 2.2 Government support
    
    • 2.2.1 Overview of Italy’s National Broadband Plan:
      
  • 2.3 Regional development
    
• 3. Cable modems
  
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  
  • 4.1 Wholesale market
    
  • 4.2 Telecom Italia
    
  • 4.3 FASTWEB
    
  • 4.4 Tiscali
    
  • 4.5 Wind
    
  • 4.6 ADSL2+
    
  • 4.7 Naked DSL
    
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  
  • 5.1 Telecom Italia
    
  • 5.2 FASTWEB
    
• 6. Wireless broadband
  
  • 6.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
    
  • 6.2 Wireless LANs/WiFi
    
    • 6.2.1 AFT-Linkem
      
    • 6.2.2 Telecom Italia
      
  • 6.3 WiMAX
    
    • 6.3.1 Auction for 3.5GHz licences
      
• 7. Mobile broadband
  
  • 7.1 Internet via satellite
    
• 8. Forecasts – broadband subscribers to 2018
  
  • 8.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
    
  • 8.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
    
  • 8.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 9. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Broadband market share by operator – 2007
• Table 2 – Internet subscribers and penetration rate – 1991 - 2009
• Table 3 – Total fixed broadband subscribers by access type – 2002 - 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2008
• Table 5 – Broadband penetration and market growth – 2001 - 2009
• Table 6 – Broadband lines by operator and technology – 2006 - 2009
• Table 7 – Broadband lines by access speed – 2008 - 2009
• Table 8 – ADSL subscribers – 2002 - 2009
• Table 9 – Telecom Italia broadband subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2009
• Table 10 – Telecom Italia wholesale access lines – 2007 - 2009
• Table 11 – Telecom Italia broadband ARPU – 2006 - 2009
• Table 12 – Telecom Italia broadband revenue – 2007 - 2009
• Table 13 – Telecom Italia broadband business data revenue – 2007 - 2009
• Table 14 – FASTWEB financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 15 – FASTWEB revenue by customer sector – 2008 - 2009
• Table 16 – FASTWEB broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 17 – Tiscali subscribers (Italy) – 2007 - 2008
• Table 18 – Tiscali subscribers (Italy) – 2007 - 2008
• Table 19 – Tiscali Group broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2008
• Table 20 – Tiscali broadband revenue and ARPU (Italy) – 2006 - 2008
• Table 21 – Tiscali financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 22 – Tiscali business service revenue – 2007 - 2008
• Table 23 – Wind Internet subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2008
• Table 24 – Fibre accesses – 2004 - 2009
• Table 25 – Telecom Italia fibre accesses – 2007 - 2010
• Table 26 – Telecom Italia fibre cabinet network – 2008 - 2010
• Table 27 – Mobile broadband subscribers by type– Jan 2009
• Table 28 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2007-2013
• Table 29 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario – 2007 - 2013; 2018
• Table 30 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario – 2007 - 2013; 2018

• Exhibit 1 – WiMAX licensees – March 2008