Last updated: 12 Aug 2009 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 104
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Publication Overview
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments in fixed-line and mobile telephony, Broadband, digital media, convergence and new technologies in the
· Key country and telecom statistics;
· Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
· Regulatory environment;
· Major players – revenues, subscribers, ARPU);
· Infrastructure and fibre developments;
· Mobile voice and data markets;
· Converging media, including VoIP, VoD and IPTV;
· Broadband (fixed and mobile);
· Fixed broadband forecasts through until 2018;
· Mobile subscriber forecasts through until 2014.
Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- August 2009 (8th Edition
Next publication date:- August 2010
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s annual publication,
The Dutch telecom market enjoys one of the most developed infrastructures in
Mobile penetration is above the European average, while the main providers T-Mobile, KPN and Vodafone have all invested strongly in technology upgrades to push consumer use of mobile data services.
Sector |
2004 |
2008 |
Fixed-line service: |
||
Total subscribers (million) |
7.8 |
7.2 |
Annual change |
-16% |
-1% |
Fixed-line penetration (population) |
53% |
50% |
Broadband: |
||
Subscribers (million) |
2.97 |
5.88 |
Annual change |
55% |
5% |
Broadband penetration (population) |
18.3% |
35.8% |
Mobile services: |
||
Total subscribers (million) |
15.0 |
21.0 |
Annual change |
13% |
11% |
Mobile penetration (population) |
92% |
126% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
· Regulatory uncertainty since 2005 regarding KPN’s All IP plans put a brake on alternative operator investment in equipping soon-to-be redundant exchanges. From mid-2010, exchanges will be phased out and current LLU providers will have to migrate to wholesale FttH or FttC solutions.
· The
· The converged media market, including VoD and other media-rich services, has stimulated consumer demand for faster access speeds. KPN’s All-IP NGN is being matched by its principal cable competitors, UPC Nederland and Ziggo, which in 2010 will both provide 100Mb/s services using EuroDOCSIS 3.0 technology.
· Mobile data revenues are comparatively low in the
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:
· This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth trend within this band.
· The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
· All statistics for
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