United Kingdom - Fixed Network - Voice and Data

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived on 11 July 2005 and has not been updated. Research relating to fixed network voice services is updated in the United Kingdom - Key Statistics, Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews report. This archived report brings together wide-ranging research and data on the telephony and data industries in the UK in 2004. Call sectors include local, national, and international calls, as well as an overview of cable telephony and VoIP. Oftel research on the fixed voice consumer and business markets is also included. Turning to data, the backbone infrastructure is overviewed, including leased lines and ISDN. Available data on leased line pricing from ECTA is also given here.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Fixed network voice services
  • 2.1 Market overview
  • 2.2 Local calls
  • 2.3 National long-distance calls
  • 2.4 International calls
  • 2.5 Fixed-to-mobile calls
  • 2.6 Directory enquiries
  • 2.7 Cable telephony
  • 2.8 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    • 2.8.1 VoIP – The current situation
• 3. Oftel business market research
  • 3.1.1 Expenditure and supplier
  • 3.1.2 Billing
  • 3.1.3 Satisfaction
  • 3.1.4 Future investment
  • 3.1.5 Awareness of directory enquiries changes
  • 3.2 Oftel consumer market research
    • 3.2.1 Fixed vs mobile use
    • 3.2.2 BT and the competition
    • 3.2.3 Satisfaction
    • 3.2.4 Awareness of directory enquiries (DQ) changes
• 4. Data market
  • 4.1 Data infrastructure
    • 4.1.1 Leased lines
    • 4.1.2 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
• 5. Carrier pre-selection and local loop unbundling
  • 5.1 Carrier pre-selection (CPS)
  • 5.2 Wholesale line rental
  • 5.3 Local loop unbundling
• 6. Related reports

• Table 1 – Fixed segment revenue – 2002 – 2003
• Table 2 – Call volumes – 2002 - 2003
• Table 3 – BT market share of call types by traffic volumes – 2003 - 2004
• Table 4 – Call Revenues by type – 2003 - 2004
• Table 5 – BT market share of call types by revenue – 2003 - 2004
• Table 6 – Cable telephony from ntl and Telewest – 2003
• Table 7 – BT’s market share of revenues from leased line services – 1998 - 2003
• Table 8 – ISDN connections – 1995 - 2003