Lithuania - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Lithuania’s small telecoms market is among the more developed in Eastern Europe. A number of alternative operators offer services although the incumbent TEO is still the dominant operator in the fixed-line and broadband sectors. Fixed-line subscriber numbers are in steady decline, attributed to fixed-to-mobile substitution, although fixed-line broadband services provide an incentive for consumers to retain lines. This forms the focus of TEO’s future growth strategy, given that it has no presence in the mobile telephony sector. This report provides an overview of the Lithuania’s fixed-line communications sector in 2011. It includes a variety of statistics from the regulator and the main players, as well as an overview of regulatory developments, telecommunications network infrastructure and the incumbent operator TEO.

Key developments:

TeliaSonera makes bid for full ownership of TEO; regulator’s market data to end-2011; telcos’ financial and operating data to Q1 2012; market developments into mid-2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

TEO, CSC Telecom, Telekomunikaciju grupa, Cubio, Eurocom SIP, Nacionalinis telekomunikacij tinklas, Norby Telecom.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Lithuania’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 Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Lithuania
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
    • 4.3.3 Access
    • 4.3.4 Carrier selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
    • 4.3.5 Number portability (NP)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Lithuania
  • 5.1 Market overview
  • 5.2 Lietuvos Telekomas (TEO)
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 TEO
    • 6.1.2 Alternative operators
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
• 7. Wholesaling
  • 7.1 Overview
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics Lithuania – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2011
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 5 – Fixed broadband statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Telecom revenue by key services – 2006 - 2011
• Table 9 – Telecom investment annual growth – 2006 - 2011
• Table 10 – Telecom revenue market share by operator – 2010 - 2011
• Table 11 – Telecom revenue market share by sector – 2011
• Table 12 – CS and CPS lines – 2008 - 2011
• Table 13 – Market share of fixed-line alternative operators – 2003 - 2011
• Table 14 – Fixed-telephony retail and wholesale revenue – 2003 - 2011
• Table 15 – TEO group financial data – 2006 - 2012
• Table 16 – TEO group financial data – 2006 - 2012
• Table 17 – TEO revenue by sector – 2010 - 2012
• Table 18 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2013
• Table 19 –VoIP subscribers – 2010 - 2011
• Table 20 – TEO – fixed-line subscribers – 2005 - 2012
• Table 21 – Total international internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2012
• Table 22 – Dark fibre lines – 2008 - 2010

• Chart 1 – Telecom revenue by key services – 2005 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Telecom investment and annual growth – 2006 - 2011

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview