Italy - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts - Document Details

Growth in the Italian broadband market has been strengthened by cheap local loop unbundling charges and by the increasing roll-out of fibre networks. In the absence of cable networks fibre provides the only viable access alternative to ADSL. Several operators have invested in ADSL2+ and VDSL infrastructure, propelling the market for high-bandwidth triple play services. This report presents key statistics on the Italian broadband market in 2008, including the burgeoning fibre sector. It also assesses the wireless market, detailing the regulatory treatment for the WiMAX auction in 2008, and provides broadband forecasts to 2017.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview
- 2.1 Broadband statistics
- 2.2 Forecast broadband subscriber growth to 2017
  - 2.2.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
  - 2.2.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
- 2.3 Government support
  - 2.3.1 Overview of Italy’s National Broadband Plan:
- 2.4 Regional development
3. Cable modems
4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
- 4.1 Wholesale market
- 4.2 Telecom Italia
- 4.3 FASTWEB
  - 4.3.1 Company sale
- 4.4 Tiscali
  - 4.4.1 Company break-up
- 4.5 Wind
- 4.6 ADSL2+
- 4.7 Naked DSL
5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
- 5.1 Telecom Italia
- 5.2 FASTWEB
6. Wireless broadband
- 6.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
- 6.2 Wireless LANs/WiFi
  - 6.2.1 Megabeam
  - 6.2.2 Telecom Italia
- 6.3 WiMAX
  - 6.3.1 Auction for 3.5GHz licences
7. Mobile broadband
- 7.1 Internet via satellite
8. Notes on scenario forecasts
9. Related reports

Table 1 – Broadband market share by operator – June 2007
Table 2 – Internet subscribers and penetration – 1991 - 2008
Table 3 – Total fixed broadband subscribers by access type – 2002 - 2008
Table 4 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2007
Table 5 – Broadband penetration and market growth – 2001 - 2007
Table 6 – Market share of broadband lines by operator – 2005 - 2006
Table 7 – Broadband lines by operator and technology – 2006; 2008
Table 8 – Share of broadband net adds by subscribers – 2007
Table 9 – Forecast broadband subscriber growth – higher market growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2017
Table 10 – Forecast broadband subscriber growth – lower market growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2017
Table 11 – ADSL subscribers – 2002 - 2008
Table 12 – Telecom Italia broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2008
Table 13 – Telecom Italia broadband ARPU – 2006 - 2008
Table 14 – Telecom Italia broadband revenue – 2007 - 2008
Table 15 – FASTWEB financial data – 2005 - 2007
Table 16 – FASTWEB subscribers– 2005 - 2007
Table 17 – FASTWEB broadband ARPU – 2006 - 2007
Table 18 – Tiscali Group (Italy and UK) ADSL subscribers – 2004 - 2008
Table 19 – Tiscali subscribers (Italy) – 2007
Table 20 – Tiscali revenue by sector (Italy) and annual change – 2006 - 2007
Table 21 – Tiscali Group revenue by sector – 2006 - 2007
Table 22 – Tiscali ARPU – 2006 - 2007
Table 23 – Tiscali share of revenue by sector – 2007
Table 24 – Tiscali Group financial data and annual change – 2005 - 2006
Table 25 – Tiscali ARPU (Italy) – 2006 - 2007
Table 26 – Wind financial data – 2006 - 2007
Table 27 – Wind Internet subscribers – 2005 - 2007
Table 28 – Naked DSL access charges – 2006
Table 29 – Fibre accesses – 2004 - 2008
Table 30 – Telecom Italia fibre accesses – 2007 - 2010
Table 31 – Telecom Italia fibre cabinet network – 2008 - 2010
Table 32 – TIM mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2008