Regional - Broadband - DSL in Europe - 2007

Synopsis

Archived report. This report was archived in 2008 and has not been updated since. This report described the broadband market in Europe, with a focus on DSL. The strong European broadband market saw slower growth in the second half of 2006, particularly highly penetrated markets such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The report provides in-depth analyses of the industry, country specific statistical information and a look at the various trends and developments, primarily during the 2005 – 2007 period. Since its introduction, broadband has been growing at an astounding rate. The early high growth in a small number of countries, has now spread to most other countries, with the early developers starting to show signs of saturation. Although cable still predominates in North America, DSL is much stronger in the rest of the world, and is also catching up against cable in the USA. Other technologies such as wireless and satellite are minor players. DSL is the most effective and economical route to global broadband deployment.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Introduction
  • 2.1 Availability
  • 2.2 Costs
  • 2.3 Naked DSL
  • 2.4 ADSL2+
    • 2.4.1 VDSL
• 3. Market overview
  • 3.1 Stronger Internet base
  • 3.2 European broadband statistics
  • 3.3 Broadband delivery
  • 3.4 Broadband costs
• 4. Market forecasts
  • 4.1 Digital divide narrowing?
• 5. Analysis of Europe’s broadband market
  • 5.1 Regulatory and government support
    • 5.1.1 At the EU level
    • 5.1.2 eEurope 2005 Action Plan
    • 5.1.3 Europe i2010
    • 5.1.4 Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
    • 5.1.5 Wholesale leased lines
    • 5.1.6 At the national level
    • 5.1.7 At the municipal level
    • 5.1.8 Cities developing infrastructure
  • 5.2 Competition in the broadband market
• 6. 2007 Global Broadband - Broadband is Essential Infrastructure report
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Incumbents and new entrant retail xDSL lines – Sept 2006
• Table 2 – DSL subscriber lines for selected countries – 2002 - 2006
• Table 3 – Active home Internet users, select countries - June 2006
• Table 4 – Internet users, growth and penetration – Sept 2006
• Table 5 – Households with Internet and computer access (%) – June 2006
• Table 6 – Broadband access lines and growth in Europe – 2002 - 2006
• Table 7 – Broadband access lines by type – Sept 2006
• Table 8 – Other broadband access lines by type – Sept 2006
• Table 9 – Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology – June 2006
• Table 10 – Growth in broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants – 2001 - 2005
• Table 11 – Comparative European broadband costs – March 2006
• Table 12 – LLU and shared access lines – 2004 - 2006
• Table 13 – LLU cost in Europe – 2002 - 2005
• Table 14 – Broadband access lines by type – March 2006
• Table 15 – EU new entrant share of broadband lines, by country – October 2005
• Table 16 – EU wholesale access availability - 2003 - 2005
• Table 17 – Alternative use of broadband access - Sept 2005

• Exhibit 1 – Different DSL services - 2007