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Belgium - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses

Synopsis

There is effective competition in Belgium between the DSL and cable platforms, while in recent years government support has also encouraged investment in fibre networks. Telenet, supported by its parent Liberty Global, has invested in developing services based on the new DOCSIS3.1 standard, which is capable of providing data at 1Gb/s and higher, while the incumbent telco Proximus (formerly Belgacom), also has extensive fibre/VDSL and FttP deployments, with which it has promoted a range of bundled services.

This report profiles Belgium’s fixed and wireless broadband markets. It provides broadband forecasts for selective years to 2022 and assesses developments in related technologies such as FWA, WLAN and Wi-Fi.

Key developments:

Proximus engaged in €3 billion ‘Fibre for Belgium’ investment program to 2027; regulator approves cable wholesale offers; competition authority approves Telenet’s acquisition of SFR Belgium; VOO upgrades broadband offering to 100Mb/s; Telenet and Ziggo begin work on ‘Homespot’ Wi-Fi system; Telenet acquires BASE for €1.325 billion; Proximus’s VDSL2 network providing extensive population coverage, serving over one million subscribers; networks on track to reach national 30Mb/s connectivity by 2020; report includes the regulator’s market data update for 2016, regulators’ 2016 annual report, telco’s financial and operating data to Q1 2017, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Proximus (Belgacom), Telenet, Versatel, Interkabel.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Synopsis
  • 2. Introduction and statistical overview
    • 2.1 Market analysis
    • 2.2 Broadband statistics
    • 2.3 Market share
    • 2.4 Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2018; 2020; 2022
      • 2.4.1 Notes on scenario forecasts
  • 3. Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Telenet
    • 3.3 Interkabel
    • 3.4 SFR (Numéricable)
  • 4. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Networks
    • 4.1 Proximus
    • 4.2 Versatel/Tele2 Belgium
    • 4.3 Orange Belgium (Mobistar)
    • 4.4 Other DSL developments
      • 4.4.1 SDSL
      • 4.4.2 VDSL
      • 4.4.3 G.SHDSL
  • 5. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Government support
    • 5.3 Digital Metropolis Antwerp
    • 5.4 Proximus
  • 6. Other fixed broadband services
    • 6.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
    • 6.2 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
    • 6.3 WLAN/Wi-Fi
    • 6.4 WiMAX
  • 7. Competition Issues
    • 7.1 Wholesale
    • 7.2 Naked DSL
  • 8. Related reports
  • Table 1 – Historical - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2009
  • Table 2 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 - 2018
  • Table 3 – Historical – Broadband fixed-line subscribers by technology – 2000 - 2009
  • Table 4 – Broadband fixed-line subscribers by technology – 2010 - 2018
  • Table 5 – Broadband subscription net additions per year – 2005 - 2016
  • Table 6 – Broadband sector revenue – 2014 - 2015
  • Table 7 – Residential broadband ARPU – 2013 - 2016
  • Table 8 – Fixed-line broadband penetration by service – 2007 - 2016
  • Table 9 – Proportion of fixed-broadband lines by speed – 2007 - 2016
  • Table 10 – Fixed-broadband lines by speed – 2014 - 2016
  • Table 11 – Broadband subscribers by operator – 2012 - 2015
  • Table 12 – Broadband market share by operator – 2006 - 2015
  • Table 13 – Forecast broadband subscribers – 2018; 2020; 2022
  • Table 14 – Cable modem subscribers – 2000 - 2018
  • Table 15 – Telenet broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2017
  • Table 16 – DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2018
  • Table 17 – Historical – Proximus DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2009
  • Table 18 – Proximus DSL subscribers – 2010 - 2017
  • Table 19 – Orange Belgium Group broadband subscribers – 2008 - 2017
  • Table 20 – Orange Belgium broadband and TV subscribers – 2015 - 2017
  • Table 21 – Orange Belgium fixed broadband revenue – 2014 - 2017
  • Table 22 – VDSL subscribers – 2013 - 2016
  • Table 23 – Proximus wholesale broadband lines – 2010 - 2016
  • Chart 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 - 2018
  • Chart 2 – Broadband subscribers by technology – 2005 - 2018
  • Exhibit 1 – Main DSL service providers
  • Exhibit 2 – WiMAX spectrum licenses – 2001 - 2005

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Number of pages 26

Status Current

Last updated 3 Jul 2017
Update History

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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