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

1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Country overview
4. Telecommunications market
- 4.1 Market analysis
5. Regulatory environment
- 5.1 Historical overview
- 5.2 Electronic Communications Act 2003
- 5.3 Electronic Communications Act 2011
- 5.4 Regulatory authority
- 5.5 Telecom sector liberalisation
- 5.6 Privatisation
- 5.7 Interconnection
- 5.8 Access
- 5.9 Number Portability (NP)
- 5.10 Carrier selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
6. Fixed network operators
- 6.1 Slovak Telecom
- 6.2 BENESTRA
- 6.3 Slovak Wireless Access Network (SWAN)
7. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 7.1 Overview of the national telecom network
  - 7.1.1 Alternative operators
- 7.2 International infrastructure
8. Cloud services
9. Digital economy
- 9.1 E-government
- 9.2 E-health
- 9.3 E-education
10. Related reports

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

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

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

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Number of pages 22

Status Current

Last updated 17 Oct 2018
Update History

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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