Poland - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Poland’s developing telecom market has been the basis of the country’s impressive growth in the broadband and mobile markets. Poland possesses a liberalised telecoms market and a privatised telecoms incumbent. The regulatory environment has been shaped by EU principles and is designed to facilitate competition, allowing competing operators to enter the market. This report covers key aspects of Poland’s evolving telecom market in 2010, presenting comprehensive data and information on fixed-line market players, fixed-line networks and technologies, the wholesale market, as well as an overview of key regulatory issues.

Key developments:

Fixed-lines fall to eight million; fixed-line revenue expected to fall to PLN5 billion in 2011; re-elected government creates Ministry of Administration and Digitalisation to oversee telecom sector development; theft of telecom equipment and cabling escalating; regulator’s market data for 2010; operator market data to end-2011; market developments into 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telekomunikacja Polska, Netia, Telefonia Dialog, GTS Energis, Exatel, Telekomunikacja Kolejowa.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Poland’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 History
    • 4.1.1 Telecommunications Act (2001)
    • 4.1.2 Telecommunications Act (2004)
    • 4.1.3 EU Regulatory Framework
    • 4.1.4 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Poland
    • 4.3.1 Local
    • 4.3.2 Long distance
    • 4.3.3 International
  • 4.4 Privatisation
  • 4.5 Interconnection
  • 4.6 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
  • 4.7 Access
  • 4.8 Functional separation
  • 4.9 Number Portability (NP)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Poland
  • 5.1 Market overview
  • 5.2 Telekomunikacja Polska (TP)
  • 5.3 Netia
  • 5.4 Telefonia Dialog
  • 5.5 Telekomunikacja Kolejowa
  • 5.6 GTS Energis
  • 5.7 Exatel
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 Fixed-line statistics
  • 6.2 TP
  • 6.3 Alternative operators
• 7. Wholesaling
  • 7.1 Overview
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telecom revenue – 2008 - 2013
• Table 8 – Market share of revenue and subscribers by operator – 2010
• Table 9 – IT market revenue and growth – 2004 - 2012
• Table 10 – TP interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 11 – LLU as proportion of DSL lines – 2008 - 2012
• Table 12 – Numbers ported – 2009 - 2010
• Table 13 – Fixed-line telephony revenue and subscribers – 2005 - 2012
• Table 14 – Market share of revenue by operator – 2010
• Table 15 – Market share of subscribers, TP and altnets – 2006 - 2012
• Table 16 – Market share of revenue, TP and altnets – 2006 - 2012
• Table 17 – TP total retail lines and ARPU – 2009 - 2011
• Table 18 – TP fixed-line ARPU – 2009 - 2011
• Table 19 – TP Group financial data – 2006 - 2011
• Table 20 – Netia financial data – 2007 - 2011
• Table 21 – Netia subscribers by type – 2008 - 2011
• Table 22 – Exatel financial data – 2009 - 2010
• Table 23 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2013
• Table 24 – Wholesale lines by type – 2009 - 2010
• Table 25 – Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access – 2006 - 2009

• Chart 1 – Fixed-line telephony revenue and subscribers – 2005 – 2012
• Chart 2 – Market share of subscribers, TP and altnets – 2006 – 2012
• Chart 3 – Market share of revenue, TP and altnets – 2006 – 2012
• Chart 4 – TP total retail lines and ARPU – 2009 – 2011
• Chart 5 – TP Group financial data – 2006 – 2011
• Chart 6 – Netia financial data – 2007 – 2011
• Chart 7 – Netia subscribers by type – 2008 – 2011
• Chart 8 – Exatel financial data – 2009 – 2010

• Exhibit 1 – The EU Regulatory Framework for communications
• Exhibit 2 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview