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

Last updated: 30 Oct 2018 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 199

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Sweden’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 2016 (14th Edition)

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- October 2018 (16th Edition)

Executive Summary

Sweden’s telecom sector revenue showing continued growth

Sweden’s telecom market includes mature mobile and broadband sectors which have consistently been among the first in Europe to deploy advanced technologies. The country retains one of the best developed LTE infrastructures in the region and is poised to be among the first in the world to deliver services based on the 5G standard. It also has one of the highest fibre broadband penetration rates in Europe and is targeting a 1Gb/s broadband service to 98% of the population by 2025. The methodology to achieve this rests on proven regulatory measures supported by public funds, as well as on the auction of additional spectrum.

DSL still dominates broadband access, though the number of subscribers is falling as customers migrate to fibre networks. Some resilience in the DSL sector is shown by operators investing in VDSL upgrades, though this is a short-term measure on the path to FttP. There is also competition from HFC infrastructure, with the main cableco Com Hem offering data rates at up to 1Gb/s on its fibre network. It is also investing in services based on the DOCSIS3.1 standard. In September 2018 the competition authorities approved the acquisition of Com Hem by Tele2, a move which will provide a strong multi-sector competitor to Telia.

Considerable investment in mobile networks has also made mobile broadband a fast-growing sector, with LTE-based services available in most rural areas not covered by fixed-line infrastructure, and with 5G expected to be integral to the overall broadband platform in coming years. Trials of 5G among MNOs are ongoing, though real developments are expected in 2019 after the regulator makes available spectrum in the 3.4GHz to 3.6GHz range, which was auctioned in October 2018. Services at launch will be among the first offered globally.

This report assesses key aspects of the Swedish telecom market, providing data on fixed network services and profiling the main players. It also reviews the key regulatory issues, including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability, carrier preselection and NGN open access. The report also examines the fixed and fixed-wireless broadband markets, including analyses of market dynamics and the key providers. In addition the report assesses the mobile market, providing data on network operators and their strategies in a highly competitive environment as well as details on key regulatory issues, licence conditions, spectrum auctions and developments in technologies including LTE and 5G.

Key developments:

Telia Company acquires TDC Norway and Get;
Telecom sector revenue continued showing growth in 2017;
Tele2 and Com Hem merger approved;
Government promotes new broadband strategy to 2025;
Telia completes G.fast field trials to deliver 1Gb/s services;
Com Hem launches a 1.2Gb/s fibre service;
Telia commits to SEK5 billion investment to connect up to one million households with FttP;
Hi3G contracts Ericsson to upgrade network and prepare for 5G, secures remaining block of spectrum in the 1800MHz band;
Regulator calls for underused 3.4-3.8GHz licenses to be redistributed for 5G in 2019;
Tele2 and Telia to phase out 3G services by 2025;
Hi3G and Telia using NB-IoT networks for smart metering programs;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2017, telcos' operating and financial data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telia Company, Tele2, Hi3G Sweden, Telenor Sweden, Net 1, Com Hem, PiteEnergi, BAS

Henry Lancaster
October 2018

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation

Interconnect

Access

Bitstream access
Fibre access

Number Portability (NP)
Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)

Fixed network operators

Introduction
Telia
Tele2
Telenor Sweden

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
VoIP
International infrastructure

Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks

Smart infrastructure

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Government support
Broadband strategy – 2010
Broadband strategy – 2020
Broadband strategy – 2025
Regulatory measures
Competition
Municipal action
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

Com Hem

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Open access
ADSL2+
VDSL2+

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Introduction
Regulating dark fibre
Telia
Telenor
PiteEnergi
BAS
Other developments

Other fixed broadband services

Broadband Powerline (BPL)
Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Digital economy

eGovernment
eHealth

Digital media

Overview

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics

Mobile infrastructure

Analogue
5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments
M2M
NB-IoT

Mobile voice
Mobile data

Short Message Service (SMS)
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Mobile broadband
Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Regulatory issues

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
Network sharing

Major mobile operators

Telia Mobile
Tele2 Mobile
Telenor Mobile
Net4Mobility
Hutchison 3G Sweden
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNEs)

Mobile content and applications

Location-based services
Mobile music
Other developments
M-payments

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Sweden – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – End-user revenue by service – 2001 – 2017
Table 3 – Historic - End-user revenue growth: fixed line, internet, mobile and mobile data – 1995 – 2009
Table 4 – End-user revenue growth: fixed line, internet, mobile and mobile data – 2010 – 2017
Table 5 – End-user traffic in minutes by technology – 2000 – 2017
Table 6 – Telecom revenue per household by sector – 2001 – 2017
Table 7 – Telecom revenue per household annual change by sector – 2001 – 2017
Table 8 – Historic - Telia wholesale lines, PSTN, LLU – 2005 – 2013
Table 9 – Interconnect fixed-line minutes and revenue – 2006 – 2017
Table 10 – Annual fixed number portings – 2002 – 2018
Table 11 – Carrier preselection customers, residential and business – 1999 – 2017
Table 12 – Wholesale Line Rental customers – 2005 – 2017
Table 13 – Telia subscribers (Sweden) – 2002 – 2018
Table 14 – Telia Group financial data – 2007 – 2018
Table 15 – Tele2 Sweden revenue by sector – 2007 – 2018
Table 16 – Tele2 Group financial overview – 2006 – 2018
Table 17 – Tele2 Sweden subscribers by sector – 2006 – 2018
Table 18 – Telenor subscribers by sector (historic) – 2004 – 2011
Table 19 –Telenor telephony, internet, TV subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 20 – Telenor Sweden fixed-line revenue – 2005 – 2018
Table 21 – Telenor Sweden financial data – 2008 – 2018
Table 22 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2009
Table 23 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2018
Table 24 – PSTN and ISDN lines in service – 2000 – 2018
Table 25 – Market share of fixed-telephony subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2017
Table 26 – VoIP subscribers and annual change – 2004 – 2017
Table 27 – VoIP revenue – 2005 – 2017
Table 28 – VoIP traffic – 2006 – 2017
Table 29 – VoIP accesses by technology – 2004 – 2017
Table 30 – Telia VoIP subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 31 – International internet bandwidth – 2000 – 2016
Table 32 – Internet services revenue – 2003 – 2017
Table 33 – Broadband revenue by platform – 2011 – 2017
Table 34 – Low-end fixed broadband accesses by speed – 2009 – 2017
Table 35 – High-end fixed broadband accesses by speed – 2009 – 2017
Table 36 – Fixed broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2017
Table 37 – Proportion of fixed internet subscribers by access type – 2000 – 2009
Table 38 – Proportion of fixed/mobile internet subscribers – 2000 – 2017
Table 39 – Internet monthly revenue by household and subscriber - 2000 – 2017
Table 40 – Growth in fixed-line broadband accesses – 2001 – 2017
Table 41 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 – 2009
Table 42 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 43 – Total internet subscribers (including mobile) – 2000 – 2017
Table 44 – Internet subscribers: PSTN, ISDN – 2000 – 2017
Table 45 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2004 – 2017
Table 46 – Proportion of total internet subscribers by type – 2000 – 2017
Table 47 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2006 – 2017
Table 48 – Forecasts - broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 49 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2000 – 2017
Table 50 – Com Hem RGUs by type– 2005 – 2018
Table 51 – Com Hem group financial data – 2007 – 2018
Table 52 – DSL subscribers – 2000 – 2017
Table 53 – Telia fixed-line broadband revenue and ARPU (Sweden) – 2012 – 2018
Table 54 – Telia broadband subscribers (Sweden) – 2005 – 2018
Table 55 – Tele2 broadband financial data (Sweden) – 2008 – 2018
Table 56 – Tele2 broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2018
Table 57 – Fibre subscribers – 2002 – 2017
Table 58 – Telenor broadband subscribers – 2004 – 2018
Table 59 – 3.7GHz licence results – 2009
Table 60 – Subscribers to bundled services, by service – 2008 – 2017
Table 61 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2009
Table 62 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2019
Table 63 – Historic - GSM/UMTS and NMT subscribers (regulator data) – 1999 – 2011
Table 64 – GSM/UMTS and NMT subscribers (regulator data) – 2012 – 2017
Table 65 – Subscriber distribution by technology – 2001 – 2017
Table 66 – Historic – Mobile voice and data revenue – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2009
Table 67 – Mobile voice and data revenue – 2010 – 2017
Table 68 – Mobile traffic in minutes and sector traffic use – 2001 – 2017
Table 69 – Average mobile traffic per subscriber – 2001 – 2017
Table 70 – Average mobile blended ARPU – 2000 – 2017
Table 71 – Historic - Market share of subscribers by operator (regulator data) – 1995 – 2009
Table 72 – Market share of subscribers by operator (regulator data) – 2010 – 2017
Table 73 – Active prepaid and contract subscribers – 2000- 2017
Table 74 – LTE subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 75 – 3G/CDMA subscribers – 2006 – 2017
Table 76 – M2M connections – 2008 – 2017
Table 77 – M2M revenue – 2008 – 2017
Table 78 – Monthly SMS volumes per user – 2000 – 2017
Table 79 – Annual SMS volumes – 2000 – 2018
Table 80 – SMS revenue – 2011 – 2015
Table 81 – MMS messages sent – 2003 – 2018
Table 82 – MMS messaging revenue – 2011 – 2015
Table 83 – Monthly MMS volumes per user – 2006 – 2017
Table 84 – Mobile data services traffic – 2002 – 2017
Table 85 – Mobile data revenue – 2002 – 2015
Table 86 – Mobile broadband subscribers by type – 2006 – 2017
Table 87 – Mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2005 – 2018
Table 88 – Mobile broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2016
Table 89 – Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 90 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 91 – European data roaming charges – 2014 – 2017
Table 92 – Annual mobile numbers ported – 2008 – 2018
Table 93 – Mobile termination revenue traffic and revenue – 2000 – 2017
Table 94 – Telia Mobile subscribers – 2002 – 2018
Table 95 – Telia Mobile blended, contract and prepaid ARPU – 2002 – 2018
Table 96 – Telia Mobile mobile revenue – 2007 – 2018
Table 97 – Tele2 mobile subscribers – 2004 – 2018
Table 98 – Tele2 Mobile (Sweden) mobile financial data – 2005 – 2018
Table 99 – Telenor Mobile Sweden financial data – 2004 – 2018
Table 100 – Telenor Mobile Sweden subscribers – 2005 – 2018
Table 101 – Telenor blended mobile ARPU (Sweden) – 2006 – 2018
Table 102 – Hi3G registered subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 103 – Hi3G revenue (Sweden) –2010 – 2018
Table 104 – Hi3G revenue (Sweden and Denmark) –2008 -2010
Table 105 – Hi3G annualised net ARPU – 2008 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – End-user revenue by service – 2001 – 2017
Chart 2 – End-user traffic in minutes by technology – 2000 – 2017
Chart 3 – Telia subscribers (Sweden) – 2002 – 2018
Chart 4 - Telia Group financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 5 – Tele2 Sweden revenue by sector – 2007 – 2018
Chart 6 - Tele2 Group financial overview – 2006 – 2018
Chart 7 – Tele2 Sweden subscribers by sector – 2006 – 2018
Chart 8 –Telenor telephony, internet, TV subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Chart 9 – Telenor Sweden financial data – 2008 – 2018
Chart 10 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2005 – 2018
Chart 11 – Market share of fixed-telephony subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2017
Chart 12 – VoIP accesses by technology – 2004 – 2017
Chart 13 – Broadband revenue by platform – 2011 – 2017
Chart 14 – Fixed broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2017
Chart 15 – Proportion of fixed/mobile internet subscribers – 2000 – 2017
Chart 16 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2003 – 2018
Chart 17 Fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2004 – 2017
Chart 18 – Proportion of internet subscribers by type – 2002 – 2017
Chart 19 – Com Hem RGUs by type– 2005 – 2018
Chart 20 – Com Hem group financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 21 – Tele2 broadband financial data (Sweden) – 2008 – 2018
Chart 22 – Subscribers to bundled services, by service – 2008 – 2017
Chart 23 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2003 – 2019
Chart 24 – Mobile traffic in minutes and sector traffic use – 2003 – 2017
Chart 25 – Market share of subscribers by operator (regulator data) – 2005 – 2017
Chart 26 – Mobile broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2016
Chart 27 – Telia Mobile blended, contract and prepaid ARPU – 2002 – 2018
Chart 28 – Tele2 Mobile (Sweden) financial data – 2005 – 2018
Chart 29 – Telenor Mobile Sweden financial data – 2004 – 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 2 – UMTS licence awards in Sweden – 2000
Exhibit 3 – 800MHz licence awards in Sweden – 2011
Exhibit 4 – 1800MHz licence awards in Sweden – Oct 2011
Exhibit 5 – 2.6GHz licence awards in Sweden – May 2008
Exhibit 6 – Hi3G spectrum concessions –2018
Exhibit 7 – MVNOs and host networks

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

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Sweden’s telecom sector revenue showing continued growth

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Telecommunications market

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Telecommunications infrastructure

Broadband market

Digital economy

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Mobile communications

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