Slovakia - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Slovakia’s mobile market is serviced by three mobile network operators with penetration levels indicating multiple SIM card ownership. A relatively new market entrant and introduction of mobile number portability has increased competition. Both of the established mobile network operators have focused on improving ARPU levels by encouraging existing prepaid users to migrate to postpaid plans, as well as offering mobile broadband access and content services, which have benefited from deployments of 3G/HSDPA networks. With competition increasing one of the two established operators has embarked on a plan to become an integrated telecoms services provider. This report offers a concise overview of Slovakia’s mobile market, providing a variety of statistics, profiles of mobile network operators, and covering regulatory issues and market developments.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Mobile communications
  
  • 2.1 Overview of Slovakia’s mobile market
    
    • 2.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 2.2 Regulatory issues
    
    • 2.2.1 GSM licences
      
    • 2.2.2 UMTS licences and third GSM licence
      
    • 2.2.3 Fourth mobile network operator licence
      
    • 2.2.4 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
      
    • 2.2.5 Mobile Termination Rates (MTR)
      
  • 2.3 Mobile technologies
    
    • 2.3.1 Digital
      
    • 2.3.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile
      
  • 2.4 Major mobile operators
    
    • 2.4.1 T-Mobile Slovensko
      
    • 2.4.2 Orange Slovensko
      
    • 2.4.3 Telefónica 02
      
  • 2.5 Mobile voice services
    
    • 2.5.1 Prepaid
      
  • 2.6 Mobile data services
    
    • 2.6.1 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
      
    • 2.6.2 BlackBerry
      
    • 2.6.3 Mobile TV
      
    • 2.6.4 Mobile broadband
      
  • 2.7 Mobile content and applications
    
• 3. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – September 2009
• Table 2 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2010
• Table 3 – T-Mobile subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 4 – T-Mobile financial data and monthly ARPU – 2004 - 2009
• Table 5 – Orange subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 6 – Orange Slovensko revenue and monthly ARPU – 2003 - 2009
• Table 7 – Orange Monthly total and data ARPU – 2008 - 2009
• Table 8 – Telefónica O2 subscribes – 2007 - 2009
• Table 9 – Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2000 - 2010
• Table 10 – T-Mobile Slovensko prepaid users – 2004 - 2010
• Table 11 – Telefónica 02 prepaid users – 2007 - 2010
• Table 12– Total SMS messages sent – 2003 - 2010
• Table 13 – Mobile broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2006 - 2010

• Exhibit 1 – 2G spectrum awarded in Slovakia