United Kingdom - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

• Key statistics

• Regional European Market Comparison

• Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier
• 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

• Historical overview
• Regulatory authority
• Office of Communications (Ofcom)
• Telecom sector liberalisation
• Interconnect
• Access
• Number Portability (NP)
• Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
• Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)

• Fixed network operators

• British Telecom
• Openreach
• Company restructure
• KCom
• Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC)
• Virgin Media
• COLT Telecom
• Dixons Carphone Group (Carphone Warehouse)
• TalkTalk Group
• Sky

• Telecommunications infrastructure

• Overview of the national telecom network
• Next Generation Networks
• International infrastructure
• Submarine cable networks
• Satellite networks
• Cloud services
• Smart infrastructure

• Related reports

List of Tables

• Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – United Kingdom – 2019 (e)
• Table 2 – Change in consumer take-up of telecom services by type – 2006 – 2018
• Table 3 – Fixed-line calls and access revenue by main operator– 2007 – 2018
• Table 4 – Communications retail revenue by sector – 2003 – 2018
• Table 5 – Change in telecoms revenue by service – 2010 – 2018
• Table 6 – Change in the average retail household spend on telecoms services – 2013 – 2018
• Table 7 – Change in call volumes, fixed-line and mobile in minutes – 2010 – 2018
• Table 8 – Change in average fixed and mobile call minutes per line – 2013 – 2018
• Table 9 – Change in the proportion of calls made, fixed-line and mobile – 2006 – 2018
• Table 10 – Change in telecom retail revenue by sector: fixed, mobile – 2007 – 2018
• Table 11 – Development of telecom connections: fixed, mobile, broadband – 2010 – 2018
• Table 12 – BT wholesale lines (new format) – 2016 – 2019
• Table 13 – Fixed-voice traffic volume by call type – 2010 – 2018
• Table 14 – Fixed-voice revenue by call type – 2011 – 2018
• Table 15 – Change in BT’s share of residential call types by traffic volumes – 2010 - 2018
• Table 16 – BT financial data – 2006 – 2020
• Table 17 – BT retail fixed revenue, Consumer, Business divisions – 2012 – 2018
• Table 18 – BT revenue, Consumer division (new style) – 2017 – 2020
• Table 19 – BT revenue by Global Services, Wholesale and Openreach divisions – 2007 – 2020
• Table 20 – Development of KCom’s revenue – 2010 – 2019
• Table 21 – Development of Virgin Media’s revenue – 2010 - 2019
• Table 22 – Virgin Media revenue by sector – 2006 – 2019
• Table 23 – Change in Virgin Media’s subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2019
• Table 24 – Development of TalkTalk Group’s financial data – 2009 – 2020
• Table 25 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2024
• Table 26 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 – 2009
• Table 27 – Percentages of mobile and fixed phones in homes – 2000 – 2016
• Table 28 – Historic - Call volumes, fixed-line and mobile in minutes – 2003 – 2010
• Table 29 – KCom revenue – 2000 – 2010
• Table 30 – Historic - Telecoms revenue by service – 2008 – 2009
• Table 31 – Historic - Average household spend on telecoms services – 2005 – 2017
• Table 32 – Historic - Fixed-voice traffic by type in minutes – 2002 – 2017
• Table 33 – Historic - Virgin Media revenue – 2003 - 2010
• Table 34 – Historic - Carphone Warehouse Europe revenue, profit – 2008 - 2014
• Table 35 – Historic - TalkTalk subscribers – 2011 - 2015
• Table 36 – Historic - Communications revenue by sector – 2003 – 2017
• Table 37 – Historic - Household take-up of telecom services – 2003 – 2016
• Table 38 – Historic - Communications wholesale and retail revenue – 2005 – 2017
• Table 39 – Historic - Telecom connections: fixed, mobile, broadband – 2002 – 2009
• Table 40 – Historic – BT’s LLU, shared wholesale lines (old format) – 2004 – 2017
• Table 41 – Historic - Lines with CPS – 2004 – 2018
• Table 42 – Historic - WLR lines – 2004 – 2018
• Table 43 – Historic - Average fixed-voice revenue per month by call type – 2011 – 2016
• Table 44 – Historic - BT share of residential call types by traffic volumes – 2002 - 2009
• Table 45 – Historic - BT Consumer lines and TV subscribers – 2011 – 2017
• Table 46 – Historic - COLT financial data – 2006 – 2015
• Table 47 – Historic - COLT financial data by business – 2013 – 2015

List of Charts

• Chart 1 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders (top tier)
• Chart 2 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers (middle tier)
• Chart 3 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents (bottom tier)
• Chart 4 – Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
• Chart 5 – Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 6 – Scandinavia and Baltics: mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 7 – Northern Europe –mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 8 – Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 9 – Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 10 – Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 11 – Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 12 – Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 13 – Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 14 – Change in consumer take-up of telecom services by type – 20010 – 2018
• Chart 15 – Fixed-line calls and access revenue by main operator– 2007 – 2018
• Chart 16 – Change in telecoms revenue by service – 2010 – 2018
• Chart 17 – Change in the average retail household spend on telecoms services – 2013 – 2018
• Chart 18 – Change in call volumes, fixed-line and mobile in minutes – 2010 – 2018
• Chart 19 – Change in average fixed and mobile call minutes per line – 2013 – 2018
• Chart 20 – Change in the proportion of calls made, fixed-line and mobile – 2006 – 2018
• Chart 21 – Change in telecom retail revenue by sector: fixed, mobile – 2007 – 2018
• Chart 22 – Development of telecom connections: fixed, mobile, broadband – 2010 – 2018
• Chart 23 – Fixed-voice traffic volume by call type – 2010 – 2018
• Chart 24 – Fixed-voice revenue by call type – 2011 – 2018
• Chart 25 – BT share of residential call types by traffic volumes – 2010 – 2018
• Chart 26 – BT financial data – 2006 - 2020
• Chart 27 – BT revenue by operating division – 2017 - 2020
• Chart 28 – BT revenue, Consumer division (new style) – 2017 – 2020
• Chart 29 – BT revenue by Global Services, Wholesale and Openreach divisions – 2007 – 2020
• Chart 30 – Development of KCom’s revenue – 2010 – 2019
• Chart 31 – Development of Virgin Media’s revenue – 2010 - 2019
• Chart 32 – Virgin Media revenue by sector – 2006 – 2019
• Chart 33 – Virgin Media subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2019
• Chart 34 – Development of TalkTalk Group’s financial data – 2009 – 2020
• Chart 35 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2009 – 2024

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit 1 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
• Exhibit 2 – Principal submarine cables from the UK
• Exhibit 3 – 2Africa submarine cable
• Exhibit 4 – 2Africa landing stations