Last updated: 8 Feb 2010 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 145
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Publication Overview
This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in
Subjects include:
· Key statistics;
· Market and industry overviews;
· Industry and regulatory issues;
· Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband);
· Mobile voice and data markets;
· Internet and broadband development;
· Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile);
· Telecom market forecasts for selective years to 2015 or 2019.
Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- January 2010 (8th Edition)
Next publication date:- January 2011
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s annual publication,
Although competition is strong, since 2005 the market has been affected by considerable consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among a number of major players. This has led to the creation of an oligopoly composed of a few major players, which benefit from having a reach and size enabling them to invest in network upgrades and promote some of
In the fibre sector,
Mobile broadband services available on HSPA will in 2010 be complemented by emerging LTE deployments.
Sector |
2008 |
2010 (e) |
|
Broadband: |
|
|
|
Fixed broadband subscribers (million) |
17.7 |
21.7 |
|
Fixed broadband penetration rate |
27% |
31% |
|
Subscribers to telecoms services: |
|
|
|
Fixed-line telephony (million) |
40.6 |
39.8 |
|
SIM cards in service (million) |
58.0 |
61.8 |
|
SIM penetration (population) |
91% |
99% |
|
(Source: BuddeComm)
· Telecom market investment will be focussed on the broadband and mobile sectors in 2010 as operators upgrade networks and compete for subscribers. Overall telecom sector revenue which performed better than most other European markets in 2008 and 2009 should thereby expect healthy growth in 2010.
· The fixed-line sector will continue to contract in revenue and subscriber numbers during the next few years as consumers migrate to mobile services and, significantly, to VoIP included in the multitude of widely available bundled offers.
·
· Broadband infrastructure by 2020 should provide 70% of the population with a 100Mb/s service resulting from a multi-billion Euro investment commitment by the government from 2010. The stimulus will propel the country to the forefront of
For those needing high level strategic information and objective analysis on the telecommunications sector in
· Developments in the digital broadcast market, IPTV and VoD;
· Market liberalisation and regulatory issues;
· The impact of the global economic crisis;
· Telecoms operators – privatisation, acquisitions, new licences;
· Internet and broadband development and growth;
· VoIP, IPTV, VoD, digital TV and DTTV;
· Historical and current subscriber statistics;
· Average Revenue per User (ARPU) statistics and forecasts.
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
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