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

Synopsis

Slovakia’s mobile market is served by four mobile network operators. Two of these are the local units of operators with a pan-European reach (Deutsche Telekom and Orange Group) while O2 Slovakia was once the local unit of Telefónica Group before being sold to an investment group. c. The introduction of mobile number portability in 2006 intensified competition between players. However, the MVNO sector remains underdeveloped, with the few operators in place having failed to gain traction and thus holding only a marginal share of the overall market.

Mobile broadband access and content services are developing rapidly in line with operators having upgraded their networks with LTE technologies. The regulator has prepared the groundwork for 5G services, encouraging network operators to refarm spectrum to create more continuous blocks. Concessions in the 3.5GHz band have been issued, allowing for the launch of 5G services, though operators are keen to secure spectrum in the 700MHz band which the regulator aims to auction before the June 2020 deadline as determined by the Europe-wide schedule aimed at coordinating the availability of 5G services across the Union.

This report offers insight into Slovakia’s mobile market, providing a variety of statistics as well as profiles of the mobile network operators. It also covers regulatory issues as well as developments in LTE, 5G and mobile data services.

Key developments:

SWAN Mobile makes Slovakia’s first 5G mobile call;
Regulator and telcos reach agreement to extend broadband nationally by 2020;
Orange Slovakia and Slovak Telekom offering LTE service as substitute for fixed-line broadband;
Orange Slovakia launches NFC-based contactless m-payment service;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to June 2019, telcos’ operating data to Q3 2019, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

T-Mobile Slovakia (Slovak Telekom), Orange Slovakia, O2 Slovakia

Table of Contents

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Mobile voice
Mobile data

SMS/MMS

Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

GSM licences
UMTS licences and third GSM licence
Fourth mobile network operator licence
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTR)
800MHz, 2600GHz
1800MHz
26GHz
3.5GHz
700MHz

Mobile infrastructure

Digital networks

5G
4G (LTE)
3G

Other infrastructure developments

M2M networks

Major mobile operators

T-Mobile Slovakia (Slovak Telekom)
Orange Slovakia
O2 Slovakia
SWAN Mobile
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications
Appendix – Historic data
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
Table 2 – Gains in population coverage by technology – 2006 – 2018
Table 3 – Gains in geographical coverage by technology – 2010 – 2018
Table 4 – Change in the number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Table 5 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 6 – Decline in the proportion of T-Mobile Slovakia’s prepaid subscribers – 2004 – 2019
Table 7 – Decline in mobile market revenue – 2005 – 2017
Table 8 – Development of mobile network voice traffic by type – 2007 – 2019
Table 9 – Development of SMS traffic – 2003 – 2019
Table 10 – Growth in the number of MMS messages sent – 2005 – 2019
Table 11 – Growth in the number of mobile internet subscriptions by type – 2008 – 2018
Table 12 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Table 13 – Development in the number of annual mobile portings – 2006 – 2018
Table 14 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2014 – 2019
Table 15 – Change in T-Mobile Slovakia’s mobile subscriber base – 2006 – 2019
Table 16 – Development in T-Mobile Slovakia’s mobile financial data – 2004 – 2019
Table 17 – T-Mobile Slovakia quarterly mobile service revenue – 2014 – 2019
Table 18 – T-Mobile Slovakia mobile ARPU – 2004 – 2019
Table 19 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s mobile subscriber base – 2007 – 2019
Table 20 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s mobile revenue – 2003 – 2019
Table 21 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s revenue by quarter – 2012 – 2019
Table 22 – Growth in the number of O2 Slovakia’s mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Table 23 – Development of O2 Slovakia’s financial results – 2016 - 2019
Table 24 – Change in O2 Slovakia’s mobile ARPU – 2007 – 2019
Table 25 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 – 2009
Table 26 – Historic - Orange Slovakia’s blended ARPU – 2012 – 2017
Table 27 – Historic - Mobile GSM/3G base stations in service – 2005 - 2012
Table 28 – Historic - Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2001 – 2009
Table 29 – Historic - Telefónica O2 prepaid users – 2007 – 2013

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
Chart 2 – Gains in population coverage by technology – 2006 – 2018
Chart 3 – Gains in geographic coverage by technology – 2010 – 2018
Chart 4 – Change in the number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers – 2010 – 2018
Chart 5 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Chart 6 – Decline in the proportion of T-Mobile Slovakia’s prepaid subscribers – 2004 – 2019
Chart 7 – Decline in mobile market revenue – 2005 – 2017
Chart 8 – Development of mobile network voice traffic by type – 2007 – 2019
Chart 9 – Development of SMS traffic – 2003 – 2019
Chart 10 – Growth in the number of MMS messages sent – 2005 – 2019
Chart 11 – Growth in the number of mobile internet subscriptions by type – 2008 – 2018
Chart 12 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Chart 13 – Development in the number of annual mobile portings – 2006 – 2018
Chart 14 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2014 – 2019
Chart 15 – Change in T-Mobile Slovakia’s mobile subscriber base – 2006 – 2019
Chart 16 – Development in T-Mobile Slovakia’s mobile financial data – 2004 – 2019
Chart 17 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s mobile subscriber base – 2007 – 2019
Chart 18 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s mobile revenue – 2003 – 2019
Chart 19 – Change in Orange Slovakia’s revenue by quarter – 2012 – 2019
Chart 20 – Growth in the number of O2 Slovakia’s mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Chart 21 – Development of O2 Slovakia’s financial results – 2016 - 2019

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – 2G spectrum awarded in Slovakia
Exhibit 2 –Multi spectrum allocation – Dec 2013

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Number of pages 66

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Last updated 1 Nov 2019
Update History

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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

Synopsis

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Market analysis

Mobile statistics

Regulatory issues

Mobile infrastructure

Major mobile operators

Mobile content and applications

Appendix – Historic data

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