Netherlands - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

The Dutch telecom market has one of the most progressive broadband sectors in the world, with effective cross-platform competition further stimulated by numerous fibre deployments. There is also strong competition in the mobile sector, and a progressive digital TV platform with the services of the two dominant cable companies being complemented by KPN’s Digitenne and IPTV offerings. This report introduces the key aspects of this market in 2010. It provides comprehensive data on fixed network services, profiles the major operators and overviews the key regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability, carrier preselection, and the provisions for competitor access to cable and fibre infrastructure.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of the Netherlands’ telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 History
    • 4.1.1 EU regulatory framework
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Netherlands Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in the Netherlands
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of KPN Nederland
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
    • 4.3.3 Access
    • 4.3.4 Number Portability (NP)
    • 4.3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
• 5. Fixed network operators in the Netherlands
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
    • 5.1.1 Royal Koninklijke PTT Nederland (KPN)
    • 5.1.2 UPC Nederland
    • 5.1.3 Scarlet Telecom
    • 5.1.4 Tele2 Netherlands
    • 5.1.5 Ziggo
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
  • 6.3 Regulatory issues
  • 6.4 Wholesaling
    • 6.4.1 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2010
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 2010
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – May 2010
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – March 2010
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – June 2010
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 7 – Telecom market turnover – 2006 - 2009
• Table 8 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2007 – 2010
• Table 9 – LLU, shared access price – connection and monthly rental – 2006 - 2009
• Table 10 – KPN access and LLU lines – 2008 - 2010
• Table 11 – Cumulative mobile numbers ported – 2002 - 2009
• Table 12 - Households with fixed telephony, market share by operator – 2004 - 2009
• Table 13 – KPN net line loss – 2006 - 2010
• Table 14 – KPN network channels, PSTN, ISDN, VoIP – consumer – 2005 - 2010
• Table 15 – KPN consumer market share by sector – 2007 - 2010
• Table 16 – KPN subscribers by sector (consumer) – 2005 - 2010
• Table 17 – KPN Group financial data – 2004 - 2010
• Table 18 – KPN financial data by sector (Netherlands) – 2005 - 2010
• Table 19 – UPC Nederland statistics per market segment – 2006 - 2010
• Table 20 – UPC Netherlands revenue and annual change – 2005 - 2010
• Table 21 – Tele2 Netherlands residential subscribers by type – 2007 - 2010
• Table 22 – Tele2 Netherlands revenue by type – 2007 - 2010
• Table 23 – Ziggo financial data – 2006 - 2010
• Table 24 – Ziggo financial data by sector – 2009 - 2010
• Table 25 – Ziggo operating and subscriber data – 2007 - 2010
• Table 26 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2011

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Fixed-to-mobile interconnections tariffs – 2007 - 2009