Last updated: 25 Nov 2009 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 70
Analyst: Paul Kwon
Publication Overview
This report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. Subjects include:
· Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
· Facts, figures and statistics;
· Industry and regulatory issues;
· Infrastructure;
· Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU;
· Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
· Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
· Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless);
· Convergence and Digital Media;
· Broadband market forecasts for selective years until 2018.
Researcher:- Paul Kwon
Current publication date:- November 2009 (8th Edition)
Next publication date:- November 2010
Executive Summary
One of the larger Eastern European nations,
Despite relatively low penetration,
· The incumbent continues to struggle in the face of competition, characterised by stagnant growth in both top line revenue and bottom line profit. Resistance to developing the wholesale market led the regulator to commence functional separation proceedings in early 2009.
· Broadband represents the majority of Internet connections. The incumbent dominates the broadband market through its ADSL offering. Competition in the ADSL market based on wholesale offerings is poor, characterised by almost non-existent take up of unbundled local loops and shared access lines.
· More success is visible in the bitstream access market due to the regulator’s imposition of a retail-minus price methodology, guaranteeing a certain level of profit margin for alternative operators relative to the incumbent’s retail ADSL offering.
· Infrastructure based competition is strongest from Poland’s well-established cable TV operators, which have upped the ante by launching DOCSIS 3.0-based broadband offerings with speeds of up to 120Mb/s. A number of FTTx networks have been deployed although take up to date has been minor.
· Digital TV is widely available via cable, satellite, IPTV and DTTV, with healthy competition in the cable and satellite markets. Cable operators offer triple play services and a once cosy duopoly in the satellite pay TV market has been shaken up with five operators now in operation, leading to the rollout of new products and services. DTTV broadcasts officially commenced in September 2009 on the first multiplex, with a total of three to be deployed.
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Sector |
2008 |
2009 (e) |
Broadband |
|
|
Fixed broadband subscribers (thousand) |
5,042 |
6,600 |
Fixed broadband penetration rate |
13.2% |
17.4% |
Subscribers to Telecoms Services |
|
|
Fixed-line telephone subscribers (thousand) |
10,000 |
9,700 |
Mobile phone subscribers (thousand) |
43,900 |
44,000 |
(Source: BuddeComm based on industry data)
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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