Last updated: 4 May 2011 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 77
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Lithuania’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media sectors. Subjects include:
Reseracher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- May 2011 (10th Edition)
Next publication date:- April 2012
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s annual publication, Lithuania - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts, provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media markets in one of Eastern Europe’s more mature and dynamic markets.
Lithuania’s developing telecoms market has been affected by the country’s recent economic troubles, largely in connection with the global financial turmoil. The market contracted by 10.8% in 2010, with falls in revenue from fixed and mobile telephony offset by increases from the cable TV sector. Although the country’s GDP fell 14.8% in 2009, it recovered in 2010 with an anticipated growth of 1.3%, while growth is expected to improve in 2011, reaching about 3.1%. This recovery will have knock-on repercussions for consumer confidence, leading to anticipated growth in spend on telecom services and consequently on further investment in infrastructure.
In the broadband sector there is effective infrastructure-based competition with cross-platform access options including DSL, fibre, cable and wireless, although the incumbent operator TEO remains by far the largest DSL provider, having a near market monopoly despite the presence of local loop unbundling. Almost uniquely within Europe, fibre based services (FttC and FttH) have become the most popular fixed broadband access platform. Its market dominance is likely to grow steadily in coming years as the multiplicity of mainly local operators continue to expand their networks.
Widespread internet usage has also laid the foundation for an emerging internet society, the application of information and communication technology to improve both social and economic development, with various e-commerce, e-government, e-education and e-health services available.
Lithuania’s mobile sector is the largest communications market in terms of revenue. Multiple SIM card ownership has pushed penetration levels to more than 150%. Rationalisation within the market, including the removal of dormant SIM cards, will lead to a reduction in the calculated subscriber base during the next two years. In conjunction with this, MNOs will continue to chase growth by migrating prepaid users to postpaid plans and to market mobile broadband services.
Key telecom parameters – 2010 - 2012
Sector |
2010 |
2012 (e) |
Broadband: |
||
Fixed broadband subscribers (thousand) |
684 |
765 |
Fixed broadband penetration rate |
21% |
25% |
Mobile broadband subscribers (thousand) |
194 |
290 |
Subscribers to telecoms services: |
||
Fixed-line telephony (thousand) |
753 |
740 |
Mobile phone (million) |
4.98 |
4.83 |
Mobile SIM penetration (population) |
151% |
148% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
Market highlights:
This report is essential reading for those needing high-level strategic information and objective analysis on the telecom sector in Lithuania. It provides further information on:
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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