Netherlands - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

The Netherlands has continued to show growth in the mobile sector despite the country’s high penetration rate. In common with other advanced European markets, the 3G sector is the main driver for subscriber growth, though there remains little consumer enthusiasm for the take-up of high-end data services. KPN launched Europe’s first national mobile TV network in June 2008, capitalising on its recent network upgrades. Following the acquisition of Orange by T-Mobile in late 2007 there are only three network operators in the market. All provide wholesale services to MVNOs and resellers, and having reached 90% population coverage on their 3G networks they have focussed on HSPA infrastructure as a basis for developing mobile data services. This report provides statistics and analyses on the Dutch mobile market in 2009, including a review of the key operators and regulatory issues. It also assesses emerging mobile data services such as mobile TV, and provides ARPU and 3G forecasts to 2014.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview of the Netherlands’ mobile market
- 2.1 Mobile statistics
- 2.2 Operator market shares
3. Regulatory issues
- 3.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
  - 3.1.1 2.6GHz and 3.5GHz bands
- 3.2 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
- 3.3 Mobile number portability (MNP)
- 3.4 Roaming
4. Mobile technologies
- 4.1 Digital
- 4.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile
5. Major mobile operators
- 5.1 KPN
  - 5.1.1 Telfort
- 5.2 Vodafone
- 5.3 T-Mobile
  - 5.3.1 Orange Netherlands
  - 5.3.2 Network contracts
- 5.4 .mobi domain name
- 5.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
  - 5.5.1 Tele2
  - 5.5.2 Versatel
  - 5.5.3 Other resellers
6. Mobile voice services
- 6.1 Prepaid
- 6.2 Satellite mobile
7. Mobile data services
- 7.1 SMS
  - 7.1.1 Premium SMS (PSMS)
- 7.2 Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS)
- 7.3 General Packet Radio Services (GPRS)
- 7.4 Push-to-Talk (PTT)
- 7.5 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
  - 7.5.1 T-Mobile
  - 7.5.2 KPN Mobile
  - 7.5.3 Yes Telecom
- 7.6 BlackBerry
- 7.7 i-mode
- 7.8 iPhone
- 7.9 Location-based services (LBS)
- 7.10 Mobile TV
8. Forecasts
- 8.1 Forecasts – mobile ARPU to 2014
- 8.2 Forecasts – UMTS subscribers to 2014
- 8.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
9. Related reports

Table 1 – Mobile services market – 2004 - 2008
Table 2 – Operator share of mobile market revenue – 2007 - 2008
Table 3 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – June 2009
Table 4 – Total mobile subscribers and penetration (regulator data) – 1997; 1999 - 2009
Table 5 – Market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 - 2008
Table 6 – Market share of net adds by operator – 2007 - 2008
Table 7 – 3G licence awards (spectrum, spectrum fees and admin fees) - July 2000
Table 8 – Mobile termination tariffs – 2006 - 2009
Table 9 – Cumulative mobile numbers ported - 2001 - 2008
Table 10 – European roaming charges – 2007 - 2009
Table 11 – KPN mobile subscribers by country – 1998 - 2009
Table 12 – KPN Mobile consumer retail subscribers – 2006 - 2009
Table 13 – KPN mobile service revenue by operator – 2006 - 2009
Table 14 – KPN mobile monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2009
Table 15 – Vodafone Netherlands financial data – 2007 - 2009
Table 16 – Vodafone Netherlands operating statistics – 2004 - 2009
Table 17 – T-Mobile (Netherlands) operating statistics – 2006 - 2008
Table 18 – MVNO subscribers – 2005 - 2008
Table 19 – Prepaid and contract subscribers by market share – 2004 - 2009
Table 20 – KPN Mobile retail prepaid subscribers – 2006 - 2009
Table 21 – KPN Mobile net adds: prepaid / contract – 2006 - 2009
Table 22 – T-Mobile prepaid subscribers – 2008 - 2009
Table 23 – KPN Mobile non-voice proportion of ARPU – 2004 - 2009
Table 24 – Premium SMS market feature overview by operator – 2009
Table 25 – KPN’s i-mode subscribers (historic) - 2002 - 2005
Table 26 – Forecast mobile ARPU - 2005 - 2010; 2014
Table 27 – Forecast UMTS subscriber growth – 2006 - 2014