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

Last updated: 9 Apr 2019 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 62

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Synopsis

Switzerland’s mobile market has undergone a number of changes in recent years. The operator Salt (formerly Orange Switzerland) was acquired by NJJ Capital and in mid-2018 began offering fibre-based fixed broadband and pay TV services, while the MNO Sunrise (bought by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners) is in the process of closing down its 2G network and repurposing spectrum and physical assets for LTE use.

The market has also benefited from the entry of the main cableco UPC Switzerland as an MVNO. As a full-service provider UPC, which is planning to switch to Swisscom’s network during 2019, can compete effectively with the other key operators.

Mobile penetration is on a par with the European average while mobile data use among consumers has increased rapidly in line with the extended reach of LTE. Customer use of mobile data services is helping to offset declining ARPU and lower traffic in the SMS segment as consumers adopt a range of OTT messaging services. Higher data usage has also encouraged the MNOs to invest in 5G services. Swisscom is among the leading telcos in Europe for trialling 5G, with plans to offer commercial services in 2020.

This report assesses Switzerland’s mobile market, presenting an analysis of the regulatory environment, service offerings and emerging new technologies, and profiles of the main providers.

Key developments:

Sunrise launches 5G FWA service;
Salt enters the fixed-line market;
Regulator schedules multi-spectrum auction for January 2019;
Swiss MNOs using Mobile ID;
Sunrise and Swisscom to switch off 2G infrastructure;
Swisscom and Ericsson trial 10Gb/s 5G;
UPC Switzerland providing backhaul services for Salt's LTE network;
Report update includes the regulator's market data for 2017, telcos' operating and financial data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Swisscom Mobile, Salt (Orange Switzerland), Sunrise

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
2G
Other infrastructure developments

Mobile voice
Mobile data

SMS and MMS

Mobile broadband
Regulatory issues

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions

Licensing
Digital dividend spectrum
Spectrum auctions

Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile termination Rates (MTRs)
Roaming

Major mobile operators

Swisscom Mobile
Sunrise
Salt Mobile
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNEs)

Mobile content and applications

m-Music
Location-based services
m-ticketing
m-commerce

Train network

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List of Tables

Table 1 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2009
Table 2 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 3 – Mobile market revenue – 2000 – 2017
Table 4 – Historic - Mobile sector investment, UMTS and total – 1998 – 2009
Table 5 – Mobile sector investment, UMTS and total – 2010 – 2017
Table 6 – Share of subscribers by MNO – 2003 – 2017
Table 7 – Share of subscribers by MNO and MVNO – 2007 – 2017
Table 8 – Mobile network geographic coverage by technology – 2010 – 2016
Table 9 – Mobile network population coverage by technology – 2013 – 2016
Table 10 – Historic - Prepaid subscribers and market share – 1998 – 2009
Table 11 – Prepaid subscribers and market share – 2010 – 2017
Table 12 – Swisscom Mobile prepaid share of subscribers – 1998 – 2018
Table 13 – 3G mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2017
Table 14 – M2M connections – 2014 – 2016
Table 15 – Swisscom Mobile SMS and MMS traffic – 2007 – 2014
Table 16 – SMS traffic – 2002 – 2018
Table 17 – MMS traffic – 2003 – 2018
Table 18 – Mobile internet subscribers by technology – 2009 – 2017
Table 19 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Table 20 – Mobile data traffic – 2008 – 2018
Table 21 – Mobile spectrum auction – 2012
Table 22 – Mobile numbers ported – 2000 – 2017
Table 23 – Mobile termination charges by operator – 2006; 2009 – 2011
Table 24 – Mobile termination charges by operator – 2016 – 2019
Table 25 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 26 – European data roaming charges – 2014 – 2017
Table 27 – Swisscom Mobile blended ARPU – 2006 – 2018
Table 28 – Swisscom Mobile retail revenue – 2003 – 2018
Table 29 – Swisscom Mobile subscribers by type – 2006 – 2018
Table 30 – Sunrise subscribers – 2004 – 2018
Table 31 – Historic - Sunrise revenue and annual change (DKK) – 2006 – 2010
Table 32 – Sunrise mobile revenue (CHF) – 2009 – 2018
Table 33 – Sunrise mobile revenue by quarter (CHF) – 2012 – 2018
Table 34 – Sunrise mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2018
Table 35 – Salt mobile subscribers – 2000 – 2018
Table 36 – Historic – Salt mobile revenue (€), annual change – 2005 – 2011
Table 37 – Salt financial data (CHF) – 2010 – 2014
Table 38 – Salt ARPU – 2006 – 2011
Table 39 – Salt mobile data as percentage of revenue (historic) – 2003 – 2011
Table 40 – UPC Switzerland mobile subscribers – 2016 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2002 – 2018
Chart 2 – Share of subscribers by MNO – 2005 – 2017
Chart 3 – Share of subscribers by MNO and MVNO – 2007 – 2017
Chart 4 – Prepaid subscribers and market share – 2003 – 2017
Chart 5 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Chart 6 – Swisscom Mobile subscribers by type – 2006 – 2018
Chart 7 – Sunrise subscribers – 2004 – 2018
Chart 8 – Sunrise mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2018

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

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Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Market analysis

Mobile statistics

Mobile infrastructure

Mobile voice

Mobile data

Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Major mobile operators

Mobile content and applications

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