Switzerland - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Switzerland has one of Europe’s highest Internet and broadband penetration rates in Europe. DSL is the principal access technology, with the market dominated by Swisscom’s Bluewin product. UPC’s Cablecom also offers cable broadband in several major cities. The operator’s plan to launch a 100Mb/s service later in 2009 will significantly strengthen its competitive advantage. Swisscom’s CHF8 billion infrastructure investment will greatly expand the country’s fibre-optic footprint, as will the activities of electricity utilities which have moved into the telecom arena. Wireless broadband also adds to the mix. In this report we present an analysis of Switzerland’s broadband market in 2009. The report profiles the main players in the DSL, cable, fibre and wireless sectors, detailing technological developments for the provision of triple play services and providing broadband forecasts to 2019. We also examine regulatory issues surrounding municipal fibre, legislation providing for Local Loop Unbundling, and the provision of broadband as a Universal Service.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
  • 2.1 Government strategy
    
  • 2.2 Broadband statistics
    
• 3. Cable modems
  
  • 3.1 Cablecom
    
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  
  • 4.1 Swisscom
    
  • 4.2 TDC Switzerland
    
  • 4.3 Cybernet
    
  • 4.4 VDSL
    
  • 4.5 Naked DSL
    
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  
  • 5.1.1 Regulatory measures
    
  • 6. Broadband Powerline (BPL)
    
  • 7. Wireless broadband
    
  • 7.2 Wireless LANS (WLAN)
    
    • 7.2.1 WiMAX/WiFi
      
    • 7.2.2 Hospitality Services
      
    • 7.2.3 Swisscom Mobile
      
    • 7.2.4 Cablecom
      
  • 7.3 Mobile broadband
    
  • 7.4 Satellite
    
• 8. Forecasts – broadband subscribers –2009 - 2012; 2019
  
  • 8.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
    
  • 8.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
    
  • 8.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 9. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Dial-up Internet subscribers – 2000 - 2009
• Table 2 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2009
• Table 3 – Total broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 - 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband market share by operator – 2007 - 2008
• Table 6 – Cablecom financial data – 2005 - 2009
• Table 7 – Cablecom operational data: home and subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2009
• Table 8 – DSL accesses by main provider – 2004 - 2009
• Table 9 – DSL market share by main provider – 2004 - 2009
• Table 10 – Swisscom ADSL subscribers – 2003 - 2009
• Table 11 – Swisscom dial-up subscribers (historic) – 2003 - 2007
• Table 12 – Sunrise broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 13 – Fibre subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 14 – Broadband powerline connections (historic) – 2001 - 2004
• Table 15 – Broadband satellite connections (historic) – 2002 - 2004
• Table 16 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – higher market growth scenario – 2009 - 2012; 2019
• Table 17 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – lower market growth scenario – 2009 - 2012; 2019