Slovakia - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Despite liberalisation Slovakia’s incumbent maintains a near monopoly of the fixed-line market. Alternative operators have entered the market although competitive pressures have forced a number of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a small number of larger alternative operators. The telecoms regulator has commenced a second round of market reviews, the results of which should improve market conditions and stimulate competition. The report outlines Slovakia’s fixed-line telecoms and IT market in 2011, providing an overview of the regulatory environment, profiles of the major fixed line market operators and a variety of useful statistics.

Key developments:

Slovak Telecom and T-Mobile Slovensko integrate; regulator transposes new NRF into law; state’s sale of remaining interest in Slovak Telecom delayed until after March 2012 elections; Slovak Telekom contracts Ericsson to manage its fixed line network; operator data to June 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

Slovak Telecom, O2, GTS Slovakia.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Slovakia’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 History
    • 4.1.1 Electronic Communications Act 2003
    • 4.1.2 EU Regulatory Framework
    • 4.1.3 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (TUSR)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Slovakia
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of Slovak Telecom
    • 4.3.2 Interconnection
    • 4.3.3 Access
    • 4.3.4 Number portability (NP)
    • 4.3.5 Carrier selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Slovakia
  • 5.1 Slovak Telecom (T-Com)
  • 5.2 GTS Slovakia
  • 5.3 Slovak Wireless Access Network (SWAN)
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 Alternative operators
• 7. Wholesaling
  • 7.1 Overview
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics Slovakia – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – March 2011
• Table 4 – Internet subscriber statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 5 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Telecom market revenue – 2009 - 2012
• Table 9 – Market share of telecom revenue by operator – 2010
• Table 10 – Slovak Telekom interconnection rates – 2006 - 2010
• Table 11 – Slovak Telekom financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 12 – Slovak Telekom subscribers – 2009 - 2011
• Table 13 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 - 2012
• Table 14 – Total international internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2011
• Table 15 – Cost of local loop unbundling and share access – 2006 - 2009

• Chart 1 – Slovak Telekom financial data – 2009 – 2011
• Chart 2 – Slovak Telekom subscribers – 2009 – 2011
• Chart 3 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 – 2012

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