Finland Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: December 2024

Report Pages: 237

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Table Of Contents

Finland’s MNOs providing high 5G population coverage

Finland’s telecom market remains among the more progressive in Europe. There has long been a focus on upgraded mobile networks, including LTE-A and 5G. The country is also at the leading edge of developments on 6G research within Europe. These efforts have been supported by the government and telecom regulator, which have worked towards the EU’s 2030 broadband targets. 5G services were available to about 82% of the population by the beginning of 2022, though geographic coverage was far lower given that the MNOs have focussed investment on the more densely populated areas of the country.

The country has also driven the fixed broadband migration from copper to fibre, in line with the emphasis on the provision of gigabit services. The number of fibre broadband connections continues to increase rapidly, supported by the collective efforts of smaller providers in municipalities, as well as the adoption of techniques such as micro-trenching, which dramatically reduce engineering costs.

This report assesses key aspects of the Finnish telecom market, providing data on the fixed network services sector together with an overview of important regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection. The report also profiles the major operators and assesses the state of telecoms infrastructure and services. In addition, the report provides statistics and analyses on the mobile market, including key regulatory issues, a snapshot of the consumer market, the growth of mobile data services and the development of emerging technologies and networks.

Key developments:

Issue of 700MHz license covering the Åland Islands delayed to late 2022;
6G Finland set up to help direct efforts in 6G specifications and applications;
Telia completes sale of a 49% stake in its tower portfolio in Sweden, Finland, and Norway;
Revised Act on Electronic Communications Services come into force;
Elisa and Nokia achieve 2.1Gb/s uplink data rates on a commercial 5G network;
Auction for 26GHz spectrum concluded;
DNA upgrades core and regional networks for 5G services, launches 1Gb/s broadband service;
Report update includes the regulator's market data update to December 2021, telcos' financial and operating data to Q1 2022, updated Telecom maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telia, Finnet Group, DNA, Elisa, TDC Finland, Tele2, Digita

Key statistics
Regional Europe Market Comparison

Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI versus GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Telecommunications market

Historical overview
Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historic overview
Regulatory authorities
Revised Telecommunications Act – 2021
Fixed-line developments

Privatisation of Telecom Finland
Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier preselection (CPS)

Mobile network developments

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Network sharing

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

Operator market shares
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Mobile infrastructure

6G
5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments

Major mobile operators

Telia Finland
DNA
Elisa
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
National Broadband Strategy
Broadband support
Universal Service
Broadband statistics

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
G.fast

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Broadband Powerline (BPL)
Fixed wireless

Fixed network operators

Telia Finland
Finnet Group
DNA
Elisa Corporation
TDC Finland
Tele2

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
Next Generation Networks
International infrastructure
Smart metering
Data centres

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Finland – 2022 (e)
Table 2 – Development of telecom revenue by sector (€ million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 3 – Change in market share of telecom revenue by operator – 2012 – 2021
Table 4 – Development of retail and wholesale telecom revenue (€ million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 5 – Telecom investment by sector (€ million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 6 – Average median LLU access pricing - copper (€) – 2012 – 2022
Table 7 – Average median LLU access pricing - fibre pair (€) – 2012 – 2022
Table 8 – Development of MTRs by operator (€ cents / minute) – 2012 – 2021
Table 9 – Growth in the proportion of mobile revenue to total telecom revenue – 2012 – 2021
Table 10 – Development of mobile network revenue (€ million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 11 – Change in mobile network tangible investment – 2012 – 2021
Table 12 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 13 – Calls and call minutes originating in mobile networks (billion) – 2012 – 2021
Table 14 – Change in average mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2021
Table 15 – Prepaid subscribers and proportion to total – 2012 – 2021
Table 16 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2021
Table 17 – Growth in mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2021
Table 18 – Mobile data subscriptions by type (thousand) – 2012 – 2021
Table 19 – Proportion of mobile data subscriptions by speed (Mb/s) (new format) – 2018 – 2021
Table 20 – Decline in SMS traffic and annual change – 2012 – 2021
Table 21 – Change in MMS traffic and annual change – 2012 – 2021
Table 22 – Growth in the number of broadband mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 23 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2021
Table 24 – Development of Telia Finland’s mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2022
Table 25 – Development of Telia Finland’s blended ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Table 26 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 27 – DNA annualised postpaid monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Table 28 – Change in the number of DNA’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 29 – Growth in DNA’s mobile revenue, by type (€ million) – 2013 – 2019
Table 30 – Development of DNA’s mobile revenue (€ million) (new style) – 2019 – 2022
Table 31 – Growth in DNA’s mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2019
Table 32 – Change in Elisa Group’s revenue – 2012 – 2022
Table 33 – Change in the number of Elisa’s mobile subscribers in Finland and Estonia (million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 34 – Change in Elisa’s mobile churn and proportion of data revenue – 2012 – 2022
Table 35 – Development of Elisa’s mobile voice, SMS, and data traffic – 2012 – 2022
Table 36 – Change in Elisa’s annualised ARPU (€ / month) – 2012 – 2022
Table 37 – Change in broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2021
Table 38 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 39 – Change in fixed broadband subscriber base by platform – 2012 – 2021
Table 40 – Change in fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2021
Table 41 – Market share of broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2021
Table 42 – Growth in the number of DNA’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 43 – Growth in the number of Elisa’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 44 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 45 – Decline in Telia Finland’s broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Table 46 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 47 – Fixed-line operators’ market share of subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 48 – Decline in fixed-line traffic – 2012 – 2021
Table 49 – Development of Telia Finland’s revenue, EBITDA (SEK million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 50 – Development of Telia Finland’s mobile and broadband revenue (SEK million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 51 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s fixed subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2022
Table 52 – Development of DNA’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 53 – DNA revenue by sector (consumer and business) (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 54 – Change in the number of DNA’s subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2022
Table 55 – Change in the number of Elisa’s fixed subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Table 56 – Growth in Elisa Group’s revenue by sector (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 57 – Development of Elisa Group’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 58 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 59 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2011
Table 60 – Historic - Mobile revenue as proportion of total telecom revenue – 1998 – 2011
Table 61 – Historic - SMS messages sent and annual change – 1999 – 2011
Table 62 – Historic - Telia Finland mobile financial data – 2005 – 2011
Table 63 – Historic - Telia Finland blended ARPU – 2003 – 2011
Table 64 – Historic - Telia Finland mobile subscribers – 2002 – 2011
Table 65 – Historic - DNA annualised postpaid monthly ARPU – 2007 – 2011
Table 66 – Historic - DNA mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 67 – Historic - Elisa mobile financial data (€ million) – 2004 – 2009
Table 68 – Historic - Elisa mobile subscribers in Finland and Estonia (million) – 2004 – 2011
Table 69 – Historic - Elisa annualised ARPU (€ / month) – 2008 – 2011
Table 70 – Historic - Broadband subscribers by platform; cable, DSL – 2000 – 2011
Table 71 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 – 2011
Table 72 – Historic - Fixed-line termination rate (€ cents) – 2005 – 2011
Table 73 – Historic - Telia Finland fixed Broadband subscribers by sector – 2004 – 2011
Table 74 – Historic - Growth in Elisa Group mobile revenue – 2004 – 2011
Table 75 – Historic - Change in broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2011
Table 76 – Historic - Growth in the number of Elisa broadband subscribers – 2004 – 2011
Table 77 – Historic - Decline in Telia Finland’s broadband ARPU – 2006 – 2011
Table 78 – Historic - Change in mobile network revenue – 2006 – 2011
Table 79 – Historic - Calls and call minutes originating in mobile networks (billion) – 2006 – 2011
Table 80 – Historic - Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2011
Table 81 – Historic - Growth in mobile data traffic – 2006 – 2011
Table 82 – Historic - Change in MMS messages traffic, annual change – 2003 – 2011
Table 83 – Historic - DNA subscribers by sector (thousand) – 2007 – 2011
Table 84 – Historic - Market share of broadband connections by data rate – 2007 – 2011
Table 85 – Historic - Growth in the number of DNA’s broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 86 – Historic - Decline in fixed-line traffic – 2006 – 2011
Table 87 – Historic - Proportion of mobile data subscriptions by speed (Mb/s) (old format) – 2014 – 2018
Table 88 – Historic - Development of telecom revenue by sector (€ million) – 2009 – 2011
Table 89 – Historic - Development of retail and wholesale telecom revenue (€ million) – 2009 – 2011
Table 90 – Historic - Change in the number of Telia Finland’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2008 – 2011
Table 91 – Historic - Change in Elisa’s mobile churn and proportion of data revenue – 2008 – 2011
Table 92 – Historic - Development of Elisa’s mobile voice, SMS and data traffic – 2008 – 2011
Table 93 – Historic - Change in fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2009 – 2011
Table 94 – Historic - Change in the number of Telia Finland’s fixed subscribers by sector – 2009 – 2011
Table 95 – Historic - Development of DNA’s financial data (€ million) – 2008 – 2011
Table 96 – Historic - DNA revenue by sector (consumer and business) (€ million) – 2008 – 2011
Table 97 – Historic - Change in the number of Elisa’s fixed subscribers by platform – 2009 – 2011
Table 98 – Historic - Growth in Elisa Group’s revenue by sector (€ million) – 2009 – 2011
Table 99 – Historic - Development of Elisa Group’s financial data (€ million) – 2008 – 2011

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders
Chart 2 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers
Chart 3 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents
Chart 4 – Europe - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 – Europe – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 – Scandinavia/Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 – Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 – Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Development of telecom revenue by sector – 2012 – 2021
Chart 11 – Change in market share of telecom revenue by operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 12 – Development of retail and wholesale telecom revenue – 2012 – 2021
Chart 13 – Telecom investment by sector – 2012 – 2021
Chart 14 – Average median LLU access pricing - copper – 2012 – 2022
Chart 15 – Average median LLU access pricing - fibre pair (€) – 2012 – 2022
Chart 16 – Development of MTRs by operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 17 – Growth in the proportion of mobile revenue to total telecom revenue – 2012 – 2021
Chart 18 – Development of mobile network revenue – 2012 – 2021
Chart 19 – Change in mobile network tangible investment – 2012 – 2021
Chart 20 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 21 – Calls and call minutes originating in mobile networks – 2012 – 2021
Chart 22 – Change in average mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2021
Chart 23 – Prepaid subscribers and proportion to total – 2012 – 2021
Chart 24 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 25 – Growth in mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2021
Chart 26 – Proportion of mobile data subscriptions by speed (Mb/s) (New Format) – 2018 – 2021
Chart 27 – Decline in SMS traffic and annual change – 2012 – 2021
Chart 28 – Change in MMS traffic and annual change – 2012 – 2021
Chart 29 – Growth in the number of broadband mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 30 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2021
Chart 31 – Development of Telia Finland’s mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2022
Chart 32 – Development of Telia Finland’s blended ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Chart 33 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 34 – DNA annualised postpaid monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Chart 35 – Change in the number of DNA’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 36 – Growth in DNA’s mobile revenue, by type – 2013 – 2019
Chart 37 – Development of DNA’s mobile revenue (new style) – 2019 – 2022
Chart 38 – Growth in DNA’s mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2019
Chart 39 – Change in Elisa Group’s revenue – 2012 – 2022
Chart 40 – Change in the number of Elisa’s mobile subscribers in Finland and Estonia – 2012 – 2022
Chart 41 – Development of Elisa’s mobile voice, SMS, and data traffic – 2012 – 2022
Chart 42 – Change in Elisa’s annualised ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Chart 43 – Change in broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2021
Chart 44 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 45 – Change in fixed broadband subscriber base by platform – 2012 – 2021
Chart 46 – Change in fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2021
Chart 47 – Market share of broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2021
Chart 48 – Growth in the number of DNA’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 49 – Growth in the number of Elisa’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 50 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 51 – Decline in Telia Finland’s broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2022
Chart 52 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 53 – Fixed-line operators’ market share of subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 54 – Decline in fixed-line traffic – 2012 – 2021
Chart 55 – Development of Telia Finland’s revenue, EBITDA – 2012 – 2022
Chart 56 – Development of Telia Finland’s mobile and broadband revenue – 2012 – 2022
Chart 57 – Change in the number of Telia Finland’s fixed subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2022
Chart 58 – Development of DNA’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 59 – DNA revenue by sector (consumer and business) – 2012 – 2022
Chart 60 – Change in the number of DNA’s subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2022
Chart 61 – Change in the number of Elisa’s fixed subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Chart 62 – Growth in Elisa Group’s revenue by sector – 2012 – 2022
Chart 63 – Development of Elisa Group’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 64 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Europe
Exhibit 2 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 – Europe – Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 – Europe – Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 – Europe – Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 – 700MHz auction results – 2016
Exhibit 7 – 2.6GHz auction results – 2009
Exhibit 8 – 3.5GHz auction results – October 2018
Exhibit 9 – 3.5GHz auction results – June 2020

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Finland Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Finland’s MNOs providing high 5G population coverage

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Europe Market Comparison

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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Share this Report

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Research Methodology

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