Croatia - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 16 Oct 2019 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 57

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Synopsis

Croatia’s mobile market is served by three network operators, while there is also room for a small number of MVNOs. The network operators have focused on improving ARPU by encouraging prepaid subscribers to migrate to postpaid plans, and on developing revenue from customer use of mobile data services. To this end considerable investment is ongoing to upgrade network infrastructure, with the incumbent telco Hrvatski Telekom spearheading trials of 5G technologies and services.

Nevertheless, the market during the last few years has been hampered by a poor economic climate which has held back customer spend. In a bid to reduce State debt, the government tripled the annual fee paid by licensees for spectrum, which has led to increased pricing.

This report offers a review of Croatia’s mobile market, including a variety of financial and performance statistics on service providers. It assesses network developments and deployed technologies and examines a range of mobile services including m-commerce.

Key developments:

Tele2 Croatia sold to United Group;
A1 Croatia and Hrvatski Telekom deploy NB-IoT network;
Hrvatski Telekom trials 5G in preparation for 2020 spectrum auctions;
Regulator sets new fixed and mobile termination rates;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to June 2019, telcos’ operating and financial data to Q2 2019, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Hrvatski Telekom (HT), A1 Croatia (VIPnet), Tele2 Croatia

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
IoT and M2M networks

Mobile data

SMS/ MMS

Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Third GSM licence and 3G licences
Fourth GSM licence
Spectrum auctions
Spectrum fees
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Roaming
Network Termination Rates (MTRs)

Major mobile operators

Hrvatski Telekom (HT)
A1 Croatia
Tele2 Croatia
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

M-commerce

Appendix – Historic data
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List of Tables

Table 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
Table 2 – Change in the mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2008 – 2019
Table 3 – Increase in mobile network voice traffic – 2010 – 2019
Table 4 – Development of mobile market revenue – 2012 – 2019
Table 5 – Change in the number of prepaid users and proportion to total – 2009 – 2018
Table 6 – Decline in HT Group’s mobile prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 7 – Decline in A1 Croatia’s prepaid subscribers and proportion to total – 2009 – 2019
Table 8 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2017 – 2019
Table 9 – A1 Croatia M2M connections – 2016 – 2019
Table 10 – Change in SMS and MMS messages sent – 2009 – 2019
Table 11 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Table 12 – Decline in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Table 13 – Increase in mobile broadband revenue and traffic – 2017 – 2019
Table 14 – Growth in the number of A1 Croatia’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2019
Table 15 – Accumulated and annual mobile ported numbers – 2006 – 2019
Table 16 – Growth in mobile roaming traffic – 2016 – 2019
Table 17 – Increase in HT Group’s mobile revenue (HRK) – 2012 – 2019
Table 18 – Decline in HT’s mobile annualised ARPU – 2015 – 2019
Table 19 – Change in HT’s mobile prepaid and contract customer base – 2009 – 2019
Table 20 – A1 Croatia prepaid, postpaid and blended monthly ARPU – 2004 – 2019
Table 21 – Change in A1 Croatia’s Minutes of Use (MOU) – 2007 – 2019
Table 22 – Development of A1 Croatia’s subscriber base – 2007 – 2019
Table 23 – Development of Tele2 Croatia’s financial data – 2007 – 2019
Table 24 – Change in Tele2 Croatia’s mobile revenue by segment – 2015 - 2019
Table 25 – Growth in Tele2 Croatia’s mobile subscriber base – 2007 – 2019
Table 26 – Historic – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1997 – 2009
Table 27 – Historic - Prepaid users and proportion of total – 2002 – 2009
Table 28 – Historic - SMS and MMS messages sent – 2003 – 2009

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
Chart 2 – Change in the mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2008 – 2019
Chart 3 – Increase in mobile network voice traffic – 2010 – 2019
Chart 4 – Development of mobile market revenue – 2012 – 2019
Chart 5 – Change in the number of prepaid users and proportion to total – 2009 – 2018
Chart 6 – Decline in HT Group’s mobile prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Chart 7 – Decline in A1 Croatia’s prepaid subscribers and proportion to total – 2009 – 2019
Chart 8 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2017 – 2019
Chart 9 – Change in SMS and MMS messages sent – 2009 – 2019
Chart 10 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Chart 11 – Decline in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Chart 12 – Growth in the number of A1 Croatia’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2019
Chart 13 – Increase in HT Group’s mobile revenue (HRK) – 2012 – 2019
Chart 14 – Decline in HT’s mobile annualised ARPU – 2015 – 2019
Chart 15 – Change in HT’s mobile prepaid and contract customer baes – 2009 – 2019
Chart 16 – A1 Croatia prepaid, postpaid and blended monthly ARPU – 2004 - 2019
Chart 17 – Change in A1 Croatia’s Minutes of Use (MOU) – 2007 – 2019
Chart 18 – Development of A1 Croatia’s subscriber base – 2007 – 2019
Chart 19 – Development of Tele2 Croatia’s financial data – 2007 – 2019
Chart 20 – Change in Tele2 Croatia’s mobile revenue by segment – 2015 - 2019
Chart 21 – Growth in Tele2 Croatia’s mobile subscriber base – 2007 – 2019

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Synopsis

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Market analysis

Mobile statistics

Mobile infrastructure

Mobile data

Mobile broadband

Major mobile operators

Mobile content and applications

Appendix – Historic data

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