Last updated: 8 Aug 2012 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 147
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in the UK’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media sectors. Subjects include:
Key developments:
Virgin Media trials the world’s fastest cable broadband, at 1.5Gb/s, 100Mb/s service extended to ten million households; government allocates £363 million for regional broadband schemes; Fujitsu, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Cisco plan open-access FttH platform to five million homes; superfast broadband accounting for only 7% of all broadband lines; BT to extend ADSL2+ to 90% of premises by mid-2013, doubles FttC download to 80Mb/s; community fibre deployment gaining traction; Rutland Telecom plans for county-wide FttH platform; Vodafone sells 5.5% stake in Indian division Essar and 44% stake in SFR; Everything Everywhere reports fall in service revenue; Vodafone restructures European operations; BSkyB launches cross-platform Now TV service; regulator shows 53% of households receiving bundled services; News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB; telecom revenue falls for third successive year; Ofcom prepares for LLU and WLR charges; new Arctic cables to connect UK to Japan; Ofcom powers to be revised; regulator’s 2011 market data report; telcos’ operating and financial data to June 2012; market developments in mid-2012.
Companies covered in this report include:
H3UK, O2, Vodafone, Everything Everywhere, Virgin Mobile, UK Broadband, British Telecom, Virgin Media, BSkyB, Freeview, BBC, Tiscali, Thrive Telecom, Libera, The Cloud, Kcom, Carphone Warehouse, BSkyB, O2.
Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- August 2012 (11th Edition)
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s half-yearly publication, UK - Telecoms, IP Networks and Digital Media, provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media sectors in this key European market, including the regulator’s market data to 2011, telcos’ financial and operating data to June 2012 and market developments to mid-2012.
Economic background
The UK has suffered from lower economic output for three of the last five years. Economic data in the second quarter of 2012 showed the economy was sliding into a significant double-dip recession, with GDP likely to reach only 0.2% for 2012. With a stalled construction industry, a 1.2% fall in industrial production between the first and second quarters of 2012, and a 1.4% fall in manufacturing, the economic output is now almost 5% lower than in early 2008. This is having a dire effect on consumer spend in all sectors.
Telecom market overview
The UK’s telecom market has not been unscathed by the global economic downturn. Total telecom revenue fell in 2011 for the third successive year. A slight climb in retail revenue in the broadband, mobile data and corporate sectors was offset by larger falls in from fixed calls and access. The TV market shows the greater promise for revenue growth in 2013, though overall telecom revenue during the next two years will be stagnant. This will challenge operators financing network upgrades.
Mobile market
The mobile phone sector is one of the key drivers in the UK’s telecoms market. Mobile data use now accounts for only a small fraction of IP traffic but this will grow rapidly in coming years through the combination of upgraded networks making data more readily accessible, the proliferation of cheaper data plans and the wider availability of more capable handsets. The sector accounts for about 50% of total telecom revenue, and this may reach 55% for 2012.
UK – Key telecom parameters – 2010; 2012
Sector |
2010 |
2012 (e) |
Subscribers to telecoms services (million): |
||
Fixed broadband |
19.1 |
21.2 |
Fixed lines |
33.4 |
33.0 |
Mobile telephony |
81.1 |
83.3 |
Penetration of telecoms services: |
||
Fixed-line telephony |
54% |
51% |
Fixed-line broadband |
31.9% |
34.2% |
SIM (population) |
134% |
141% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
Market Highlights
This report is essential reading for those needing high level strategic information and objective analysis on the telecom sector in the UK. 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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