Slovakia - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

Synopsis

Despite market liberalisation Slovakia’s incumbent telco Slovak Telekom maintains a near monopoly of the fixed-line market. The company also dominates the DSL broadband sector, though this can partly be attributed to the effects of a pricing strategy which effectively prevented competitors from making a profit through local loop unbundling, a practice for which it was fined by the European Commission in 2014 and again in 2017. Market competition has forced a number of mergers and acquisitions in recent years, resulting in a small number of larger operators.

There is effective competition in the mobile and fixed broadband segments where most investment is being channelled.

This report outlines Slovakia’s fixed-line telecoms market, providing an overview of the regulatory environment, profiles of the major operators, and a range of operational and financial statistics.

Key developments:

BENESTRA and SWAN complete merger;
Slovakia connects to fibre DREAM cable;
Slovak Telekom contracts Ericsson to manage its fixed line network;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to December 2017, telcos’ operating data to Q2 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Slovak Telecom, O2 Slovakia, BENESTRA (GTS Nextra).

Table of Contents

Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Electronic Communications Act 2003
Electronic Communications Act 2011
Regulatory authority
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Interconnection
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

Fixed network operators

Slovak Telecom
BENESTRA
Slovak Wireless Access Network (SWAN)

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network

Alternative operators

International infrastructure

Cloud services
Digital economy

E-government
E-health
E-education

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List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Slovakia – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Investment in telecom market, by sector – 2005 – 2017
Table 3 – Telecom market revenue – 2005 – 2017
Table 4 – Annual fixed-number portings – 2007 – 2018
Table 5 – Carrier selection and CPS lines – 2007 – 2018
Table 6 – Fixed-line calls and traffic – 2006 – 2018
Table 7 – Slovak Telekom financial data – 2009 – 2018
Table 8 – Slovak Telekom subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 9 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 – 2009
Table 10 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2018
Table 11 – VoIP lines – 2007 – 2018
Table 12 – International internet bandwidth – 2000 – 2016

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Investment in telecom market, by sector – 2005 – 2017
Chart 2 – Telecom market revenue – 2005 – 2017
Chart 3 – Fixed-line calls and traffic – 2006 – 2018
Chart 4 – Slovak Telekom financial data – 2009 – 2018
Chart 5 – Slovak Telekom subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2005 – 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview

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Number of pages 41

Status Current

Last updated 17 Oct 2018
Update History

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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