Luxembourg - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Luxembourg makes gains in migration to fibre broadband

Overall revenue from electronic communications services in Luxembourg has increased steadily during the last few years though there remains pressure from regulatory measures on areas such as interconnection tariffs and roaming charges, as also by lower consumer use of fixed-line voice services and by the prevalence of VoIP/VoBB over traditional PSTN lines. In combination with fixed-mobile substitution, strong growth in VoIP/VoBB services has meant that Luxembourg has one of the lowest fixed-line densities in Europe.

In recent years the incumbent telco POST Telecom (formerly P&T Luxembourg) has concentrated on cloud and managed services, as well as on offering bundled packages. The company offers a 100Mb/s service nationally, while the footprint of its 1Gb/s service is making gains in line with the government’s program to provide a 1Gb/s service to all citizens by 2020, and to make Luxembourg the first fully fibred country in Europe. In early 2018 the company launched services based on G.fast technology, primarily aimed at apartment buildings.

Investment in infrastructure has been stimulated by these ambitions, though during the last two years investment in both fixed-line and mobile networks has been curtailed.

High mobile penetration has slowed subscriber growth in the mobile market since 2005, though a recent law requiring that SIM cards be registered has not an adverse effect on the number of mobile subscribers despite network operators deactivating unregistered cards.

Key developments:

POST Telecom intending 5G launch by 2020, launches G.fast services;
POST Group reports 5.6% revenue growth in 2017, reflecting the strength of its broadband and TV offerings;
Telenet acquires the cableco Coditel from Altice for €400 million;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to June 2018, State Statistics Office market data updates, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

POST Luxembourg, Cegecom, Tango, Telecom Luxembourg

Table of Contents

Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview

Legislation

Regulatory authorities
Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier PreSelection

Fixed network operators

Introduction
POST Telecom

Data centres
Cloud

Cegecom
Tango
Telecom Luxembourg

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
International infrastructure

Fixed-line broadband market

Market analysis
Government support
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Fixed-line broadband technologies

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Other fixed broadband services

Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
WLAN/Wi-Fi/WiMAX
Internet via satellite

Digital media

Videostreaming

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure

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

Mobile data

Short Message Service (SMS)
Multimedia Messaging Service

Mobile broadband
Regulatory issues

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Roaming
Bundling
SIM card registration

Major mobile operators

POST Telecom
Tango
Orange

MVNOs
Mobile content and applications

m-payments

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List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Luxembourg – 2018
Table 2 – Capex as proportion of revenue by sector – 2011 – 2017
Table 3 – Telecom revenue (fixed, mobile) – 2003 – 2017
Table 4 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2010 – 2017
Table 5 – Telecom investment by sector – 2004 – 2017
Table 6 – Telecom revenue by operator– 2003 – 2017
Table 7 – Fixed-line, broadband and mobile ARPU – 2006 – 2017
Table 8 – Interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2017
Table 9 – Unbundled lines – 2004 – 2018
Table 10 – Annual fixed numbers ported – 2003 – 2017
Table 11 – Fixed-services revenue by type – 2003 – 2015
Table 12 – Fixed-line traffic by sector – 2004 – 2018
Table 13 – Altnet fixed-lines – 2004 – 2017
Table 14 – Altnet fixed-line market share – 2004 – 2017
Table 15 – POST Luxembourg telecom revenue – 2003 – 2011
Table 16 – POST Group financial data – 2008 – 2017
Table 17 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2009
Table 18 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2018
Table 19 – PSTN/ISDN and VoBB lines in service – 2011 – 2018
Table 20 – PSTN lines in service – 2013 – 2017
Table 21 – Broadband market revenue – 2003 – 2016
Table 22 – Broadband subscribers and penetration – 2008 – 2018
Table 23 – Broadband connections by speed – 2010 – 2018
Table 24 – Proportion of broadband subscribers by data rate – 2011 – 2018
Table 25 – Broadband lines by platform – 2010 – 2018
Table 26 – Annual broadband subscriber growth – 2004 – 2018
Table 27 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 – 2009
Table 28 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 29 – Broadband subscribers by platform – 2001 – 2018
Table 30 – Market share of broadband subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2018
Table 31 – Broadband coverage by fixed-line technology – 2012 – 2018
Table 32 – Broadband coverage by mobile technology – 2012 – 2016
Table 33 – Superfast broadband lines by type – 2010 – 2017
Table 34 – Standard and superfast broadband connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 35 – Broadband and super-fast broadband penetration – 2011 – 2017
Table 36 – Forecast broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 37 – DOCSIS3.0 (FttLA) broadband accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 38 – Cable broadband subscribers by type – 2010 – 2017
Table 39 – POST Telecom DSL subscribers – 2003 – 2013
Table 40 –DSL subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 41 – VDSL connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 42 – POST Telecom VDSL connections – 2011 - 2015
Table 43 – VDSL accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 44 – POST Telecom broadband coverage by platform – 2012 – 2015
Table 45 – FttN and FttP broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 46 – Fibre accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 47 – POST Telecom FttP connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 48 – IPTV subscribers by platform – 2015 – 2017
Table 49 – Historic - Mobile (SIM) subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 – 2009
Table 50 – Mobile (SIM) subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 51 – Mobile services revenue – 2004 – 2017
Table 52 – Mobile traffic by sector – 2005 – 2018
Table 53 – Mobile ARPU – 2005 – 2017
Table 54 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2017
Table 55 – Prepaid and contract subscribers – 2005 – 2018
Table 56 – M2M subscriptions – 2010- 2018
Table 57 – SMS message traffic – 2004 – 2018
Table 58 – MMS traffic – 2011 – 2018
Table 59 – Mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2018
Table 60 – Mobile data traffic – 2009 – 2018
Table 61 – Mobile termination revenue – 2009 – 2017
Table 62 – Annual mobile numbers ported – 2006 - 2017
Table 63 – Roaming revenue – 2009 – 2017
Table 64 – Roaming out traffic – 2009 – 2017
Table 65 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 66 – European data roaming charges – 2012 – 2016
Table 67 – POST Telecom mobile coverage by platform – 2012 – 2017
Table 68 – POST Telecom mobile subscribers – 2004 – 2016
Table 69 – Tango revenue – 2009 – 2018
Table 70 – Tango subscribers – 2010 – 2016
Table 71 – Orange Luxembourg/Belgium subscribers – 2007 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2003 – 2017
Chart 2 – Telecom investment by sector – 2004 – 2017
Chart 3 – Telecom revenue by operator– 2003 – 2017
Chart 4 – Fixed-services revenue – 2003 – 2015
Chart 5 – Fixed-line traffic by sector – 2004 – 2018
Chart 6 – POST Luxembourg financial data – 2008 – 2017
Chart 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2018
Chart 8 – PSTN/ISDN and VoBB lines in service – 2011 – 2018
Chart 9 – Broadband subscribers and penetration – 2008 – 2018
Chart 10 – Broadband connections by speed – 2010 – 2018
Chart 11 – Proportion of broadband subscribers by data rate – 2011 – 2018
Chart 12 – Market share of broadband subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2018
Chart 13 – Mobile services revenue – 2004 – 2017
Chart 14 – Mobile traffic by sector – 2005 – 2018
Chart 15 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2017
Chart 16 – Prepaid and contract subscribers – 2005 – 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop

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Last updated 10 Jan 2019
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Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Luxembourg - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Luxembourg makes gains in migration to fibre broadband

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Fixed-line broadband market

Digital media

Mobile market

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