Slovenia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: April 2024

Report Pages: 184

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Summary
Table Of Contents

Slovenia concludes multi-spectrum 5G auction

Although Slovenia’s telecom sector is dominated by four operators, regulations over the years have encouraged market competition. As a result, the incumbent telco Telekom Slovenije has faced increasing pressure in all sectors. To address this, the company had diversified its business interests to reduce its reliance on telecom services. It expanded into the electricity and insurance sectors, capitalising on its extensive customer base. This proved to be only marginally successful, and the company exited from the electricity market at the beginning of 2022.

The mobile market has four MNOs and a small number of MVNOs, operating in a country with a potential market of just over two million people. The regulator in recent years has addressed the need for mobile operators to have more spectrum, so enabling them to improve the quality and range of services. To this end, a multi-spectrum auction was concluded in mid-2021, aimed at supporting 5G services.

The broadband market continues to be dominated by a small number of players. DSL lost its dominance some years ago, being taken over by fibre as subscribers are migrated to new fibre-based networks. Fibre accounted for almost half of all fixed broadband connections by March 2022.

This report offers a variety of statistics and an overview of Slovenia’s fixed-line telecoms market, covering the major players, regulatory measures, and developments in fixed-line infrastructure. In addition, the report covers the mobile voice and data sectors, including updates on operators and regulatory developments. The report also reviews the fixed-line broadband market, highlighting major players and industry developments and including subscriber forecasts.

Key developments:

RUNE project gains €130 million loan to provide fibre broadband to some 200,000 premises in Slovenia;
Government returns to the idea of selling part or all of its 62.54% interest in Telekom Slovenije;
Telekom Slovenije schedules 3G network shutdown by September 2022;
Regulator concludes multi-spectrum 5G auction;
Proportion of access lines on NGNs continues to grow;
Report update includes the regulator’s market report updates, state statistics data to March 2022, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q1 2022, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

A1 Slovenia (Si.mobil), Mobitel, Telemach (Tušmobil), T-2, Debitel, Telekom Slovenije, Telemach, Amis Telekom, Serbia Broadband, Tuštelekom

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

Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historic overview
Regulatory authority
Fixed-line developments

Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation of Telekom Slovenije
Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier Selection (CS) and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

Mobile market developments

Licensing
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Roaming

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

Mobile voice services
Mobile data services
Mobile broadband
Mobile infrastructure
Other infrastructure developments

Major mobile operators

Telekom Slovenije
A1 Slovenia
Telemach Mobil
T-2
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Government strategy
Broadband statistics

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

Wireless broadband
Satellite broadband

Digital economy

E-government

Infrastructure

E-health
E-commerce

Fixed network operators

Introduction
Telekom Slovenije
A1 Slovenia
T-2

Telecommunications infrastructure

Telekom Slovenije
Alternative operators
Wholesaling

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Slovenia – 2022 (e)
Table 2 – Growth in telecom revenue by sector (€ million) – 2012 – 2020
Table 3 – Growth in telecom investment – 2012 – 2020
Table 4 – Change in the number of network investment projects – 2013 – 2020
Table 5 – Change in fixed-line and mobile voice traffic (billion minutes) – 2012 – 2022
Table 6 – Fixed-line number portings – 2012 – 2022
Table 7 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2012 – 2022
Table 8 – Mobile Termination Rate – 2007 – 2022
Table 9 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 10 – Operator market share by active mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 11 – Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 12 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s prepaid subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 13 – Development of mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2022
Table 14 – Change in SMS message traffic – 2012 – 2022
Table 15 – Change in the number of MMS messages sent – 2012 – 2022
Table 16 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 17 – Share of mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Table 18 – Growth in mobile broadband traffic – 2014 – 2022
Table 19 – A1 Slovenia’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 20 – Change in the number of Telekom Slovenije’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 21 – Decline in A1 Slovenia’s prepaid, postpaid, and blended monthly ARPU (€/month) – 2012 – 2021
Table 22 – Change in A1 Slovenia’s annualised Minutes of Use (MOU) – 2015 – 2020
Table 23 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s mobile subscribers by type – 2012 – 2021
Table 24 – Increase in the number of Telemach’s mobile subscribers – 2015 – 2022
Table 25 – Increase in the number of T-2’s mobile subscriber base – 2013 – 2022
Table 26 – Internet users and penetration rates – 2012 – 2020
Table 27 – Change in fixed broadband market share by access type – 2012 – 2022
Table 28 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Table 29 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 30 – Change in the market share of fixed broadband subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Table 31 – Change in the proportion of fixed broadband accesses by data rates – 2012 – 2022
Table 32 – VDSL share of fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 33 – Change in the number of Telekom Slovenije’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Table 34 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2022
Table 35 – Market share of DSL subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Table 36 – Increase in FttP household penetration – 2015 – 2022
Table 37 – Change in market share of FttP subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Table 38 – Change in market share of fixed lines by main operator – 2014 – 2018
Table 39 – Decline in Telekom Slovenije’s market share of telecom services – 2012 – 2022
Table 40 – Change in Telekom Slovenije Group’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 41 – Telekom Slovenije’s subscribers by type (Slovenia) (thousand) – 2012 – 2022
Table 42 – Telekom Slovenije Group’s subscribers by type (thousand) – 2012 – 2022
Table 43 – Development of A1 Slovenia’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 44 – Change in the market share of market share of PSTN, ISDN and VoIP lines – 2012 – 2022
Table 45 – Change in market share of VoIP lines by main operator – 2012 – 2022
Table 46 – Growth in the number of VoIP connections – 2012 – 2022
Table 47 – Decline in the number of PSTN lines – 2012 – 2022
Table 48 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 49 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
Table 50 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2010
Table 51 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1997 – 2011
Table 52 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rates – 1998 – 2011
Table 53 – Historic - Change in fixed-line and mobile voice traffic (billion minutes) – 2005 – 2011
Table 54 – Historic - Fixed-line number portings – 2006 – 2011
Table 55 – Historic - Change in Telekom Slovenije Group financial data (€ million) – 2007 – 2011
Table 56 – Historic - Growth in the number of VoIP connections – 2007 – 2011
Table 57 – Historic - Decline in the number of PSTN lines – 2007 – 2011
Table 58 – Historic - Change in fixed broadband market share by access type – 2007 – 2011
Table 59 – Historic - Change in fixed broadband subscribers by access type – 2007 – 2011
Table 60 – Historic - Change in mobile voice traffic – 2005 – 2011
Table 61 – Historic - Change in the number of MMS messages sent – 2007 – 2011
Table 62 – Historic - Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2006 – 2011
Table 63 – Historic - A1 Slovenia subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 64 – Historic - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 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 – Growth in telecom revenue by sector – 2012 – 2020
Chart 11 – Growth in telecom investment – 2012 – 2020
Chart 12 – Change in the number of network investment projects – 2013 – 2020
Chart 13 – Change in fixed-line and mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2022
Chart 14 – Fixed-line number portings – 2012 – 2022
Chart 15 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2012 – 2022
Chart 16 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 17 – Operator market share by active mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 18 – Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 19 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s prepaid subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 20 – Development of mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2022
Chart 21 – Change in SMS message traffic – 2012 – 2022
Chart 22 – Change in the number of MMS messages sent – 2012 – 2022
Chart 23 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 24 – Share of mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 25 – Growth in mobile broadband traffic – 2014 – 2022
Chart 26 – A1 Slovenia’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 27 – Change in the number of Telekom Slovenije’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 28 – Decline in A1 Slovenia’s prepaid, postpaid, and blended monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2021
Chart 29 – Change in A1 Slovenia’s annualised Minutes of Use (MOU) – 2015 – 2020
Chart 30 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s mobile subscribers by type – 2012 – 2021
Chart 31 – Increase in the number of Telemach’s mobile subscribers – 2015 – 2022
Chart 32 – Increase in the number of T-2’s mobile subscriber base – 2013 – 2022
Chart 33 – Internet users and penetration rates – 2012 – 2020
Chart 34 – Change in fixed broadband market share by access type – 2012 – 2022
Chart 35 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Chart 36 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 37 – Change in the market share of fixed broadband subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 38 – Change in the proportion of fixed broadband accesses by data rates – 2012 – 2022
Chart 39 – Change in the number of Telekom Slovenije’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
Chart 40 – Change in the number of A1 Slovenia’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2022
Chart 41 – Market share of DSL subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 42 – Increase in FttP household penetration – 2015 – 2022
Chart 43 – Change in market share of FttP subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 44 – Change in market share of fixed lines by main operator – 2014 – 2018
Chart 45 – Decline in Telekom Slovenije’s market share of telecom services – 2012 – 2022
Chart 46 – Change in Telekom Slovenije Group’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 47 – Telekom Slovenije’s subscribers by type (Slovenia) – 2012 – 2022
Chart 48 – Telekom Slovenije Group’s subscribers by type – 2012 – 2022
Chart 49 – Development of A1 Slovenia’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 50 – Change in the market share of market share of PSTN, ISDN and VoIP lines – 2012 – 2022
Chart 51 – Change in market share of VoIP lines by main operator – 2012 – 2022
Chart 52 – Growth in the number of VoIP connections – 2012 – 2022
Chart 53 – Decline in the number of PSTN lines – 2012 – 2022
Chart 54 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 55 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020

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 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview
Exhibit 7 – 2G spectrum awarded in Slovenia
Exhibit 8 – 4G spectrum results – 2014

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Slovenia Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Slovenia concludes multi-spectrum 5G auction

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Europe Market Comparison

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Digital economy

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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