2018 Estonia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 6 Mar 2018 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 98

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

Contact BuddeComm

Purchase this Report

Summary
Table Of Contents

Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Estonia’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE, 5G).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- March 2018 (17th Edition)

Executive Summary

Estonia auctions spectrum in the 2.6GHz band to prepare for 5G services

Estonia’s telecom market continues to benefit from a range of measures which have encouraged competition and enabled alternative operators to chip away at the fixed-line market share of the incumbent Telia. Fixed-line infrastructure upgrades have been geared to supporting bundled offerings, and this process has prompted Telia to stop services based on DSL by the end of 2020. Instead, services will be carried over the operator’s VDSL, fibre and G.fast infrastructure, supplemented by LTE and, in time, 5G in rural areas.

The country has one of the most advanced mobile markets in Europe, having benefitted from considerable investment from Telia, Elisa and Tele2. The deployment of carrier aggregation with LTE-A services has provided some of the highest data rates available in Europe. Operators are also engaged in 5G trials, with Telia endeavouring to provide commercial 5G-based services in parts of Estonia and Sweden by the end of 2018, some two years before the technology is expected to be widely available. Such an early deployment would provide the company with some influence over the technology’s standards, as well as issues including appropriate spectrum.

Estonia also has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in Europe. Broadband is available via a range of fixed-line and wireless technologies, with ADSL2+, FttP, cable, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and HSPA/LTE options widely available. The incumbent telco Telia is the dominant provider of DSL-based services, while cable broadband is the main competing platform. Telia planned to end DSL-based services by the end of 2020, migrating customers to its G.fast and fibre networks. Elisa’s consolidation with the principal cableco Starman in April 2017 has enabled the operator to offer a more comprehensive suite of bundled services, and so compete more effectively with Telia.

This report provides an overview of Estonia’s telecom market, the performance of the key players, recent regulatory developments, and the status of fixed-line networks and the NGN. It also includes a range of operating and financial data. The report also reviews the mobile market, covering the major players, services offered and emerging technologies. In addition the report provides statistics and an overview of broadband market developments and trends, as well as subscriber forecasts to 2023

Key developments:

Regulator auctions spectrum in the 2.6GHz band for LTE and 5G services;
Telia Estonia and Tele2 Estonia trial 5G services;
Telia providing fastest average mobile broadband speeds, at 75.3Mb/s download;
Tele2 rolls out CA LTE-A services in major cities;
Government commits €20 million to rural broadband program;
Telia Estonia planning to close DSL-based services by end-2020;
Estonian start-up developing Li-Wi technology;
Estonia develops e-residency cards;
Report update includes operator data to Q4 2017, Statistics Estonia data to December 2017, the regulator's market data updates and 2016 annual report, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telia Estonia, Tele2 Estonia, Elisa (Starman), STV, Viasat, Levira, Baltic Broadband

Henry Lancaster

March 2018

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Historical overview

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
Telecoms sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Interconnect
Access
Carrier Selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
Number Portability (NP)

Fixed network operators

Overview of operators
Telia (Eesti Telekom, Elion)
Tele2 Estonia
Elisa

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network

Telia Estonia
Alternative operators
International networks

Smart infrastructure

Internet of Things (IoT)

Wholesale

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers - 2019; 2021; 2023

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Wi-Fi
Li-Fi
WiMAX

Digital economy

Estonian Information Society Strategy
Legislation
E-government

Infrastructure
eID card
E-Residency
EEBone

E-commerce
E-education
E-health

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Licensing
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MRTs)
Roaming
Coordination with Latvia

Mobile infrastructure

Digital

Major mobile operators

Telia (Eesti Mobiltelefon, EMT)
Elisa
Tele2 Estonia
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

Location-based services
M-commerce
Machine-to-Machine (M2M)

List of Tables

Table 1 – Country statistics – 2017 (e)
Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2017 (e)
Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2017 (e)
Table 4 – Broadband statistics – 2017 (e)
Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2017 (e)
Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
Table 7 – ICT financial statistics – 2009 – 2016
Table 8 – Telecoms sector revenue (kroons and €) – 2008 – 2016
Table 9 – ICT revenue – 2013 – 2017
Table 10 – Telecoms sector revenue ($) – 2000 – 2015
Table 11 – Share of voice calls: mobile and fixed networks – 2008 – 2015
Table 12 – Unbundled Local Loops – 2006 – 2014
Table 13 – Fixed number portings – 2008 – 2015
Table 14 – Fixed-line voice traffic – 2011 – 2015
Table 15 – Telia Estonia revenue by service – 2005 – 2017
Table 16 – Telia Estonia financial data – 2016 – 2017
Table 17 – Telia Estonia subscribers by sector – 2009 – 2017
Table 18 – Tele2 Estonia financial data by sector – 2007 – 2017
Table 19 – Tele2 Estonia subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2017
Table 20 – Elisa subscribers by sector – 2016 – 2017
Table 21 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2009
Table 22 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2018
Table 23 – Fixed line voice subscribers – 2011 – 2018
Table 24 – Fixed line voice subscribers by operator – 2011 – 2015
Table 25 – Fixed line voice revenue – 2011 – 2015
Table 26 –Telia PSTN/ISDN subscribers – 2002 – 2017
Table 27 –International bandwidth – 2000 – 2016
Table 28 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 – 2009
Table 29 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 30 – Active fixed-broadband lines and penetration rate – 2004 – 2018
Table 31 – Fixed-broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2007 – 2018
Table 32 – Dial-up internet subscribers – 2011 – 2017
Table 33 – Telia fixed-broadband subscribers – 2006 – 2017
Table 34 – Telia fixed-broadband ARPU – 2006 – 2017
Table 35 – Proportion of broadband connections by data speed – 2010 – 2015
Table 36 – Revenue from fixed and mobile broadband services – 2013 – 2015
Table 37 – Forecast broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 38 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2018
Table 39 – Elisa cable broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2017
Table 40 – DSL subscribers – 2003 – 2018
Table 41 – STV broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2015
Table 42 – FttX broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 43 – Fixed-wireless broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2018
Table 44 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 – 2009
Table 45 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 46 – Active prepaid and contract subscribers – 2010 – 2016
Table 47 – Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2000 – 2016
Table 48 – Telia prepaid subscribers – 2002 – 2016
Table 49 – Mobile services revenue by type – 2011 – 2015
Table 50 – Mobile voice traffic – 2010 – 2017
Table 51 – Mobile data traffic – 2011 – 2017
Table 52 – Total SMS messages sent – 2004 – 2017
Table 53 – Total MMS messages sent – 2005 – 2017
Table 54 – Mobile broadband subscribers by type – 2006 – 2016
Table 55 – Active mobile broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 56 – Proportion of mobile broadband connections by data speed – 2013 – 2015
Table 57 – Mobile number portings – 2008 – 2015
Table 58 – Telia subscribers – 2005 – 2017
Table 59 – Telia blended ARPU – 2005 – 2017
Table 60 – Telia mobile financial data – 2009 – 2017
Table 61 – Elisa financial data – 2008 – 2017
Table 62 – Elisa mobile subscribers – 2008 – 2017
Table 63 – Elisa mobile blended ARPU – 2016 – 2017
Table 64 – Tele2 mobile financial data – 2008 – 2017
Table 65 – Tele2 mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2017
Table 66 – Telia M2M connections – 2013 – 2016
Table 67 –M2M connections by operator – 2011 – 2015

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telia Estonia revenue by service – 2005 – 2017
Chart 2 – Telia Estonia subscribers by sector – 2009 – 2017
Chart 3 – Tele2 Estonia financial data – 2007 – 2017
Chart 4 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2005 – 2018
Chart 5 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 – 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed-broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2004 – 2018
Chart 7 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2003 – 2018
Chart 8 – Elisa financial data – 2008 – 2017
Chart 9 – Tele2 mobile financial data – 2008 – 2017

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview

Related Reports

Purchase this Report

Contact BuddeComm

Share this Report

TMT Intelligence

A platform to scale your intelligence tasks

Monitor critical insights with our AI-powered Market Intelligence Platform gathering and analyzing intelligence in real time. With AI trained to spot emerging trends and detect new strategic opportunities, our clients use TMT Intelligence to accelerate their growth.

If you want to know more about it, please see:

TMT Intelligence Platform

Research Methodology

BuddeComm's strategic business reports contain a combination of both primary and secondary research statistics, analyses written by our senior analysts supported by a network of experts, industry contacts and researchers from around the world as well as our own scenario forecasts.

For more details, please see:

Research Methodology

More than 4,000 customers from 140 countries utilise BuddeComm Research

Are you interested in BuddeComm's Custom Research Service?

Hot Topics

News & Views

Have the latest telecommunications industry news delivered to your inbox by subscribing to BuddeComm's weekly newsletter.

Unsubscribe

2018 Estonia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Purchase this Report

Estonia auctions spectrum in the 2.6GHz band to prepare for 5G services

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Broadband market

Digital economy

Mobile communications

Purchase this Report

Share this Report

TMT Intelligence

A platform to scale your intelligence tasks

Research Methodology

Hot Topics

News & Views