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

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Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Germany’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:- November 2018 (16th Edition)

Executive Summary

Germany makes progress for a gigabit society by 2025

Germany has one of Europe’s largest telecom markets, as befits a country with a population of more than 82 million. Penetration in the broadband and mobile sectors is about average for the region. The fixed network and broadband markets are dominated by Telekom Deutschland though other notable players include freenet, Vodafone Germany and Telefónica Germany. These altnets have gained market share as the incumbent continues to struggle against regulated network access conditions and market competition, both of which have led to declining revenue during the last few years.

The country also has one of the largest broadband markets in Europe and also one of the more progressive in the pursuit of DOCSIS3.1 and G.fast deployments. The dominant DSL platform is led by Telekom Deutschland, which continues to invest in network upgrades with a focus on a hybrid fibre and vectoring VDSL solution. This strategy is aimed at competing with cablcos which are upgrading their networks with services based on the DOCSIS3.1 standard, as also at reaching broadband targets by 2020 and the more ambitious aim of creating a gigabit Germany by 2025, as also at reaching broadband targets by 2020 and the more ambitious aim of creating a gigabit Germany by 2025.

The FttP segment has been slow to develop given Telekom’s emphasis on vectoring DSL, though since early 2018 the company has also increased its efforts to extend the reach of FttP beyond business parks and new estates. Investment in fibre backhaul has also been a consideration to support operators’ 5G plans.

The mobile market is dominated by the three MNOs Telefónica Germany, Telekom and Vodafone Germany, though there is effective competition from a large number of resellers and MVNOs. This has placed pressure on voice and data tariffs, resulting in lower ARPU. Regulatory pressure on roaming charges and mobile termination rates have also eroded operator revenue and encouraged them to step-up their development of data applications to improve profits. Looking forward, there is also increasing activity in 5G, with Telekom intending to provide 5G across its networks from 2020, and Telefónica Germany also active in deploying a 5G-antenna solution.

This report introduces the key aspects of the German telecom market, providing data on the country’s fixed network infrastructure as well as key regulatory developments including the status of interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability, and carrier preselection. It also profiles the major operators and details the development of Next Generation Networks and issues relating to NGN access. The report also reviews the fixed-line and fixed-wireless broadband segments, together with subscriber forecasts and an analysis of developments with related technologies such as FttP, DOCSIS3.1 and powerline broadband. In addition the report assesses the mobile voice and data market, including an overview of the main operators and their strategies for dealing with competition and emerging technologies in coming years, as also an assessment of recent regulatory developments and spectrum auctions.

Key developments:

Vodafone Germany to extend its 1Gb/s service to 25 million premises by 2025;
NetCologne invests €100 million in G.fast and FttP;
Telekom Deutschland expands vectoring VDSL;
Unitymedia sold to Vodafone Group
Regulator delays 5G spectrum auction to early 2019;
Telekom Deutschland launches NB-IoT network, sets up 5G NR antennae in Berlin;
Report update includes the regulator's market data for 2017, VATM's 2017 market data, telcos' operating and financial data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telekom Deutschland, Vodafone Germany, E-Plus, Telefónica Germany, Freenet, CallMobile, United Internet, Tiscali, QSC, Kabel BW, Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia, PrimaCom, The Cloud, Energie Baden-Wurttemberg

Henry Lancaster
November 2018

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Recent developments
Historical overview

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
Telecom sector liberalisation

Privatisation

Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)

Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

Fixed network operators

Market overview
Telekom Deutschland (Telekom, TD)
Vodafone Germany
Freenet
Tele2
Telefónica Germany

Telecommunications infrastructure

National telecom network
International infrastructure

Terrestrial
Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks

Smart infrastructure

Smart cities

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Government support
Government Broadband Strategy
Forecasts – fixed broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

Cable market consolidation
Kabel Deutschland (Vodafone Germany)
Unitymedia

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

VDSL
Providers
G.fast

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Telekom Deutschland
Other developments

Other fixed broadband services

Broadband Powerline (BPL)
Fixed wireless

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Operator market shares

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments
Mobile voice/VoLTE
Mobile data services
Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Regulatory authority
Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)

Major mobile operators

Telekom Deutschland
Vodafone Germany
Telefónica Germany
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

Mobile banking
M-payments
Mobile Cloud

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Germany – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Historic - Fixed-line investment: Telekom and altnets – 1998 – 2009
Table 3 – Fixed-line investment: Telekom and altnets – 2010 – 2018
Table 4 – New entrants’ market share of revenue, investment – 2008 – 2017
Table 5 – New entrants’ market share of subscribers by sector – 2008 – 2017
Table 6 – Telecom market revenue by sector (VATM data) – 2006 – 2018
Table 7 – Historic - Telecom market revenue: Telekom and altnets – 1998 – 2009
Table 8 – Telecom market revenue: Telekom and altnets – 2010 – 2018
Table 9 – Revenue by sector – 2015 – 2018
Table 10 – Voice traffic by sector – 2007 – 2018
Table 11 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 – 2018
Table 12 – Fixed number portings – 2009 – 2013
Table 13 – CPS, Call by Call and direct call traffic – 2008 – 2016
Table 14 – Annual traffic by alternative access – 2013 – 2017
Table 15 – Historic - Fixed-line market revenue – 1998 – 2012
Table 16 – Historic - Fixed-telecom traffic, DT and altnets – 2005 – 2012
Table 17 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 – 2018
Table 18 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 – 2018
Table 19 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 – 2018
Table 20 – Vodafone fixed-line revenue – 2005 – 2019
Table 21 – Vodafone fixed-line subscribers – 2016 – 2018
Table 22 – Freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 – 2018
Table 23 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 – 2018
Table 24 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2018
Table 25 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 – 2018
Table 26 – Telefónica Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2018
Table 27 – Telefónica Germany financial data – 2007 – 2018
Table 28 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2002 – 2018
Table 29 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2005 – 2017
Table 30 – International internet bandwidth – 2002 – 2016
Table 31 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 – 2009
Table 32 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 33 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 – 2018
Table 34 – Broadband traffic, by year and average per connection – 2005 – 2018
Table 35 – Market share of broadband subscribers by major provider – 2012 – 2018
Table 36 – Market share of broadband subscribers by minor provider – 2012 – 2018
Table 37 – Broadband penetration – 2001 – 2018
Table 38 – Broadband penetration by sector – 2007 – 2017
Table 39 – Broadband lines by data rates – 2005 – 2018
Table 40 – Proportion of broadband lines by data rates (VATM data) – 2005 – 2018
Table 41 – Share of overall fixed broadband lines by provider – 2003 – 2018
Table 42 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 43 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2000 – 2018
Table 44 – Vodafone KDG financial data – 2007 – 2018
Table 45 – Vodafone KDG internet and telephony RGUs – 2007 – 2018
Table 46 – Vodafone KDG blended ARPU – 2007 – 2018
Table 47 – Unitymedia broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Table 48 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 – 2018
Table 49 – Proportion of DSL connections by provider – 2001 – 2018
Table 50 – DSL broadband subscribers – 2001 – 2018
Table 51 – DSL lines by data rates – 2012 – 2017
Table 52 – Proportion of DSL lines by data rates – 2012 – 2017
Table 53 – DSL connections by type – 2007 – 2017
Table 54 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 – 2018
Table 55 – United Internet financial data – 2007 – 2018
Table 56 – United Internet subscribers by type– 2010 – 2018
Table 57 – Vodafone fixed broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 58 – Telefónica Germany broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 59 – QSC financial data – 2006 – 2018
Table 60 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 – 2018
Table 61 – Annual net additions in FttP/B households passed and connected – 2011 – 2018
Table 62 – FttP/B connections by provider – 2012 – 2018
Table 63 – FttP/B share of connections by provider – 2011 – 2018
Table 64 – Telekom Deutschland fibre subscribers – 2015 – 2018
Table 65 – Historic – Active mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 – 2009
Table 66 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 67 – Historic - Mobile market revenue – 1998 – 2009
Table 68 – Mobile market revenue – 2010 – 2018
Table 69 – Mobile market revenue share by type – 2012 – 2018
Table 70 – Mobile revenue; MNOs and MVNOs – 2006 – 2017
Table 71 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2018
Table 72 – Mobile voice traffic – 2011 – 2018
Table 73 – Average use per SIM card by service– 2011 – 2017
Table 74 – Prepaid customer share of all subscribers – 2000 – 2017
Table 75 – Mobile operator share of retail revenue – 2011 – 2018
Table 76 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2000 – 2018
Table 77 – LTE subscribers – 2015 – 2018
Table 78 – Telefónica Deutschland LTE subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Table 79 – Telefónica Germany M2M connections – 2014 – 2018
Table 80 – Mobile data sent – 2005 – 2018
Table 81 – Telefónica Germany mobile data traffic – 2013 – 2018
Table 82 – Historic - SMS annual message traffic – 1998 – 2009
Table 83 – SMS annual message traffic – 2010 – 2017
Table 84 – SMS sent per day – 2005 – 2015
Table 85 – Mobile 3G/LTE data users – 2009 – 2018
Table 86 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2007 – 2018
Table 87 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 88 – European data roaming charges – 2014 – 2017
Table 89 – Mobile number portings – 2009 – 2013
Table 90 – Mobile termination tariffs by operator – 2007 – 2013
Table 91 – Telekom Deutschland mobile financial data (Germany) – 2005 – 2018
Table 92 – Telekom Deutschland quarterly mobile financial data (Germany) – 2015 – 2018
Table 93 – Telekom Deutschland subscribers – 2001 – 2018
Table 94 – Telekom Deutschland average consumer monthly churn (Germany) – 2009 – 2018
Table 95 – Telekom Deutschland mobile ARPU (Germany) – 2015 – 2018
Table 96 – Vodafone Germany ARPU – 2008 – 2018
Table 97 – Vodafone Germany customer churn – 2007 – 2018
Table 98 – Vodafone Germany – voice and data usage – 2005 – 2018
Table 99 – Vodafone Germany mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Table 100 – Vodafone Germany – financial data – 2003 – 2019
Table 101 – Vodafone mobile customer cost – 2007 – 2019
Table 102 – Telefónica Germany subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 – 2018
Table 103 – Telefónica Germany monthly ARPU – 2006 – 2018
Table 104 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue – 2006 – 2018
Table 105 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue by type – 2011 – 2018
Table 106 – Telefónica Germany quarterly mobile revenue by type – 2015 – 2018
Table 107 – Unitymedia mobile subscribers – 2016 – 2018
Table 108 – Drillisch financial data – 2011 – 2018
Table 109 – Drillisch mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2018
Table 110 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 111 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 – 2018
Table 112 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Fixed-line investments: Telekom and altnets – 2005 – 2018
Chart 2 – Telecom market revenue – 2002 – 2018
Chart 3 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 – 2018
Chart 4 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 – 2018
Chart 5 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 – 2018
Chart 6 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 – 2018
Chart 7 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 – 2018
Chart 8 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 – 2018
Chart 9 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 – 2018
Chart 10 – Telefónica Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2018
Chart 11 –O2 Germany financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 12 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 – 2018
Chart 13 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 – 2018
Chart 14 – Broadband lines by data rates – 2005 – 2018
Chart 15 – Proportion of broadband lines by data rates (VATM data) – 2005 – 2018
Chart 16 – Vodafone KDG financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 17 – Vodafone KDG blended ARPU – 2007 – 2018
Chart 18 – Unitymedia broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Chart 19 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 – 2018
Chart 20 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 – 2018
Chart 21 – United Internet financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 22 – United Internet subscribers by type– 2010 – 2018
Chart 23 – QSC financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 24 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 – 2018
Chart 25 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 – 2018
Chart 26 – Mobile market revenue share by type – 2012 – 2018
Chart 27 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2018
Chart 28 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2000 – 2018
Chart 29 – Telefónica Deutschland LTE subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Chart 30 – SMS annual message traffic – 2005 – 2017
Chart 31 – Telekom Deutschland subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Chart 32 – Vodafone Germany mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Chart 33 – Telefónica Germany subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 – 2018
Chart 34 – Telefónica Germany monthly ARPU – 2006 – 2018
Chart 35 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue by type – 2011 – 2018
Chart 36 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Chart 37 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 – 2018
Chart 38 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 – 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 2 – Number portability defined
Exhibit 3 – 3G auction results – August 2000
Exhibit 4 – Spectrum auction results (700MHz, 900MHz, 1.5GHz, 1.8GHz) – June 2015
Exhibit 5 –Spectrum auction results (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 6 – Spectrum auction block allocations (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 7 –Spectrum auction assignments by operator (800MHz) – May 2010

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

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