Last updated: 12 Dec 2017 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 70
Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in the Netherlands’ telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:
Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- December 2017 (15th Edition)
Executive Summary
The Dutch telecom market has one of the most advanced broadband sectors in the world, with effective cross-platform competition. VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture formed in December 2016, continues to upgrade its networks and is looking to deploy DOCSIS3.1 to provide data at 1Gb/s and higher. The market share held by DSL, once the dominant platform, has fallen consistently for several years as customers migrate to faster cable and fibre-based networks.
There is also strong competition in the mobile sector, a factor which once encouraged Deutsche Telekom to consider selling its T-Mobile Netherlands unit. However, with the sale of Vodafone’s fixed-network to T-Mobile in late 2016 the latter has been in a stronger position to compete against VodafoneZiggo and KPN in the provision of converged services.
The number of mobile subscribers in the Dutch market has continued to grow strongly, though much of this growth can be attributed to the M2M and mobile broadband sectors. Slower growth in traditional SIM cards is partly the result of higher mobile penetration and also to competition on pricing which has meant that subscribers have less cause to acquire SIM cards from different providers. In common with other European markets, the LTE sector is the main driver, supported by the combination of high smartphone penetration, competitive pricing for mobile data bundles, and the universal coverage of LTE networks provided by the network operators.
This report details the key aspects of the Dutch telecom market. It provides updated data on fixed network services, profiles the major operators, and reviews the key regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability, carrier preselection, and the provisions for competitor access to cable and fibre infrastructure. The report also covers the mobile market, including a review of the main players and an assessment of emerging mobile data services, LTE-B and developments in carrier aggregation technologies. In addition the report analyses the fixed and wireless broadband markets, providing statistics and analysis on technologies including vectoring VDSL, cable and FttP as well as details of regulatory measures affecting network access.
Key developments:
Companies mentioned in this report:
KPN, UPC Nederland, Tele2 Nederland, Stipte (Scarlet Telecom), Ziggo, VodafoneZiggo (Ziggo Group, Vodafone Netherlands), Reggefiber, Orange Netherlands, Versatel, T-Mobile Netherlands.
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