2008 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the Balkans East Greece, Romania, Bulgaria

Publication Date	November 2008
Publisher	BuddeComm
Product Type	Report
Pages	106
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BUD00325

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Summary

BuddeComms annual publication 2008 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the Balkans (East) profiles the regions three largest countries: Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.

Impacting on the telecom markets of these three countries is EU-mandated competition, decreasing prices and leading to the introduction of new services by both competing operators and incumbents alike. This report offers an informative insight into the Balkans (East) region, covering regulatory developments, major players in the fixed-line, broadband, convergence and mobile markets, the development of new product offerings for the aforementioned markets, as well as presenting a wide variety of industry-related statistics in addition to broadband penetration forecasts to the year 2018.

Key highlights:

Customer churn levels and the level of competition is expected to increase in Romania in 2009 following the introduction of number portability for both the fixed and mobile markets in October 2008.
Competition in Bulgaria and Romania will improve in the future as each countrys respective regulator completes market analyses during 2009/10 and imposes obligations on SMP operators (ie, incumbents) to improve competition, particularly in fixed-line markets.
Healthy infrastructure-based competition exists in the broadband markets of Bulgaria and Romania due to well established cable TV providers as well as a large number of informal LANs.
Within Greece the actions of the regulator has improved the wholesale market, with wholesale accounting for over 40% of total DSL connections, the overarching technology platform for broadband access in Greece.
The state of the wholesale DSL market in Bulgaria and Romania is expected to pick up once regulators complete market analyses during 2009/10 and oblige incumbents to offer network access.
IPTV take up is on the rise in all three countries, as incumbents and telecom operators acquire additional content and improve service offerings. In Bulgaria and Romania cable operators are fighting back by launching triple play offerings.
Mobile operators have once again focused on mobile data, leveraging now widely-available EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA networks to launch aggressively priced mobile broadband access with prepaid data bundles.
With mobile voice markets at saturation, the underdeveloped mobile broadband market is the new revenue growth opportunity and hence competitive battleground for mobile operators, with competition expected to put downward pressure on tariffs in 2009 and beyond. This in turn will negatively impact other wireless broadband providers, particularly the WiMAX service providers, given the market power of the mobile operators and the reach of their networks.

Content

1. Bulgaria
- 1.1 Key statistics
- 1.2 Telecommunications market
  - 1.2.1 Overview of Bulgarias telecom market
- 1.3 Regulatory environment
  - 1.3.1 History
  - 1.3.2 Regulatory authority
  - 1.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Bulgaria
- 1.4 Fixed network operator in Bulgaria
  - 1.4.1 Overview of operators
- 1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure
  - 1.5.1 National telecom network
  - 1.5.2 International infrastructure
  - 1.5.3 Telecoms & IT
- 1.6 Internet market
  - 1.6.1 Overview
- 1.7 Broadband market
  - 1.7.1 Overview
  - 1.7.2 LAN
  - 1.7.3 Cable
  - 1.7.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  - 1.7.5 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
  - 1.7.6 Wireless broadband
- 1.8 Convergence
  - 1.8.1 Overview of media convergence
  - 1.8.2 Triple play
  - 1.8.3 Overview of broadcasting market
  - 1.8.4 Digital TV
- 1.9 Mobile communications
  - 1.9.1 Overview of Bulgarias mobile market
  - 1.9.2 Regulatory issues
  - 1.9.3 Mobile technologies
  - 1.9.4 Major mobile operators
  - 1.9.5 Mobile voice services
  - 1.9.6 Mobile data services
  - 1.9.7 Mobile content and applications
2. Greece
- 2.1 Key statistics
- 2.2 Telecommunications market
  - 2.2.1 Overview of Greeces telecom market
- 2.3 Regulatory environment
  - 2.3.1 History
  - 2.3.2 Regulatory authority
  - 2.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Greece
- 2.4 Fixed network operators in Greece
  - 2.4.1 Overview of operators
  - 2.4.2 Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE)
  - 2.4.3 Tellas
  - 2.4.4 FORTHnet
  - 2.4.5 Vivodi Telecom
  - 2.4.6 On Telecom
- 2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure
  - 2.5.1 National telecom network
  - 2.5.2 Telecoms & IT
- 2.6 Wholesaling
  - 2.6.1 Unbundled services LLU
  - 2.6.2 Bitstream access
- 2.7 Internet market
  - 2.7.1 Overview
- 2.8 Broadband market
  - 2.8.1 Overview
  - 2.8.2 Forecasts broadband market to 2018
  - 2.8.3 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  - 2.8.4 Wireless broadband
- 2.9 Convergence
  - 2.9.1 Introduction
  - 2.9.2 Triple play
  - 2.9.3 Overview of broadcasting market
  - 2.9.4 Digital TV
- 2.10 Mobile communications
  - 2.10.1 Overview of Greeces mobile market
  - 2.10.2 Regulatory issues
  - 2.10.3 Mobile statistics
  - 2.10.4 Mobile technologies
  - 2.10.5 Major mobile operators
  - 2.10.6 Mobile voice services
  - 2.10.7 Mobile data services
  - 2.10.8 Mobile content and applications
3. Romania
- 3.1 Key statistics
- 3.2 Telecommunications market
  - 3.2.1 Overview of Romanias telecom market
- 3.3 Regulatory environment
  - 3.3.1 History
  - 3.3.2 Regulatory authority
  - 3.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Romania
- 3.4 Fixed network operators in Romania
  - 3.4.1 Overview of operators
  - 3.4.2 RomTelecom
  - 3.4.3 Alternative operators
- 3.5 Telecommunications infrastructure
  - 3.5.1 National telecom network
  - 3.5.2 International infrastructure
  - 3.5.3 Telecoms & IT
- 3.6 Internet market
  - 3.6.1 Overview
- 3.7 Broadband market
  - 3.7.1 Overview
  - 3.7.2 Forecasts broadband subscribers to 2018
  - 3.7.3 Cable modems
  - 3.7.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  - 3.7.5 Local Area Networks (LANs)
  - 3.7.6 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  - 3.7.7 Wireless broadband
- 3.8 Convergence
  - 3.8.1 Triple play
  - 3.8.2 Overview of broadcasting market
  - 3.8.3 Digital TV (DTV)
- 3.9 Mobile communications
  - 3.9.1 Overview and analysis of Romanias mobile market
  - 3.9.2 Mobile statistics
  - 3.9.3 Regulatory issues
  - 3.9.4 Mobile technologies
  - 3.9.5 Major mobile operators
  - 3.9.6 Mobile voice services
  - 3.9.7 Mobile data services
  - 3.9.8 Mobile content and applications
4. Glossary of Abbreviations
- Table 1 Country statistics Bulgaria 2008
- Table 2 Telephone network statistics 2008
- Table 3 Internet user statistics 2008
- Table 4 Internet subscriber statistics 2008
- Table 5 Broadband subscriber statistics 2007
- Table 6 Mobile statistics March 2008
- Table 7 National telecommunications authority
- Table 8 BTC interconnection rates 2006 - 2007
- Table 9 Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access in Bulgaria 2006 - 2007
- Table 10 BTC financial data 2003 - 2007
- Table 11 Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1995 - 1996; 1998 - 2008
- Table 12 Workplace PC usage by employer size and industry type 2004 - 2007
- Table 13 Workplace network usage by network type 2004 - 2007
- Table 14 Internet users, subscribers and penetration rate 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2007
- Table 15 Broadband subscribers by access type 2007
- Table 16 Max Telecom financial data 2006 - 2007
- Table 17 Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change March 2008
- Table 18 Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1995 - 2008
- Table 19 MobilTel financial data 2005 - 2007
- Table 20 MobilTel prepaid, postpaid & blended monthly ARPU 2004 - 2007
- Table 21 GloBul financial data 2005 - 2007
- Table 22 Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2001 - 2007
- Table 23 MobilTel prepaid subscribers 2004 - 2007
- Table 24 Country statistics Greece 2008
- Table 25 Telecom revenue and investment statistics 2006
- Table 26 Telephone network statistics 2007
- Table 27 Internet user statistics 2007
- Table 28 Internet subscriber statistics 2007
- Table 29 Broadband subscriber statistics 2007
- Table 30 Mobile statistics March 2008
- Table 31 National telecommunications authority
- Table 32 Telecoms revenue and gross profit 1998 - 2007
- Table 33 Telecoms revenue by operator 1999 - 2007
- Table 34 Telecoms assets by operator 2000 - 2007
- Table 35 Interconnection rates in Greece 2005 - 2007
- Table 36 Outgoing fixed-line traffic by call type in minutes 2004 - 2007
- Table 37 OTE financial data and annual change 2006 - 2007
- Table 38 OTE revenue breakdown by service 2005 - 2007
- Table 39 OTE market share of outgoing traffic 2004 - 2007
- Table 40 FORTHnet financial data 2005 - 2007
- Table 41 Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1995 - 2007
- Table 42 OTE fixed lines in service 2005 - 2007
- Table 43 Workplace PC usage by employer size and industry type 2004 - 2007
- Table 44 Workplace network usage by network type 2004 - 2007
- Table 45 Access agreements with OTE by type 2006 - 2008
- Table 46 Cost of local loop unbundling and share access in Greece 2006 - 2007
- Table 47 OTE combined unbundled & shared lines 2005 - 2008
- Table 48 Collocation availability and uptake 2007 - 2008
- Table 49 Assigned domain names 2006 - 2007
- Table 50 Internet users, subscribers and penetration rates 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2007
- Table 51 Dial-up traffic in minutes 2004 - 2007
- Table 52 Internet market revenue and annual change 2000 - 2007
- Table 53 Broadband subscribers by access type 2007
- Table 54 Broadband subscribers and penetration rate 2003 - 2007
- Table 55 Broadband line speeds 2007
- Table 56 Forecast broadband subscribers higher market growth scenario 2008 - 2012; 2018
- Table 57 Forecast broadband subscribers lower market growth scenario 2008 - 2012; 2018
- Table 58 OTE retail and wholesale ADSL subscribers 2005 - 2007
- Table 59 Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change March 2008
- Table 60 Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1996 - 2008
- Table 61 Wind Hellas operational data 2006 - 2007
- Table 62 Vodafone prepaid & postpaid monthly ARPU & MOU 2005 - 2007
- Table 63 Cosmote financial data and annual change 2006 - 2007
- Table 64 Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2000 - 2007
- Table 65 Cosmote prepaid subscribers 2005 - 2007
- Table 66 Vodafone prepaid subscribers 2005 - 2007
- Table 67 Country statistics Romania 2008
- Table 68 Telephone network statistics 2007
- Table 69 Internet user statistics 2007
- Table 70 Internet subscriber statistics 2007
- Table 71 Broadband statistics 2007
- Table 72 Mobile statistics March 2008
- Table 73 National telecommunications authority
- Table 74 Access agreements with RomTelecom by type 2006 - 2008
- Table 75 Cost of LLU and share access in Romania 2006 - 2007
- Table 76 RomTelecom interconnection rates 2006 - 2007
- Table 77 Interconnection agreements by type 2005 - 2007
- Table 78 Market share of fixed-line service providers 2005 - 2007
- Table 79 Total traffic on fixed-line networks by operator 2004 - 2007
- Table 80 Percentage of traffic by sector 2004 - 2007
- Table 81 RomTelecom financial data 2005 - 2007
- Table 82 Fixed-line subscribers of alternative operators 2004 - 2007
- Table 83 Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1995 - 2007
- Table 84 Fixed-line capacity of alternative operators 2004 - 2007
- Table 85 Workplace PC usage by employer size and industry type 2004 - 2007
- Table 86 Workplace network usage by network type 2004 - 2007
- Table 87 Data transmission connections by service type 2006 - 2007
- Table 88 Internet users, subscribers and penetration 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2007
- Table 89 Dial-up Internet subscribers and access traffic in minutes 2003 - 2007
- Table 90 Broadband subscribers by access technology 2007
- Table 91 Broadband subscribers and penetration 2001 - 2007
- Table 92 Forecast broadband subscribers higher market growth scenario 2008 - 2012; 2018
- Table 93 Forecast broadband subscribers lower market growth scenario 2008 - 2012; 2018
- Table 94 RomTelecom ADSL subscribers and annual change 2005 - 2008
- Table 95 VoIP subscribers 2004 - 2007
- Table 96 Broadcasting subscribers by platform 2005 - 2007
- Table 97 Prime time audience share by broadcaster 2004 - 2007
- Table 98 All day audience share by broadcaster 2004 - 2007
- Table 99 UPC operational data: home and subscriber statistics 2006 - 2007
- Table 100 Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change March 2008
- Table 101 Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1997 - 2008
- Table 102 Mobile terminated and originated voice traffic 2004 - 2007
- Table 103 Vodafone ARPU & MOU 2005 - 2007
- Table 104 Orange Romania financial data and annual change 2003 - 2007
- Table 105 Cosmorom financial data and annual change 2006 - 2007
- Table 106 Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2000 - 2007
- Table 107 Vodafone prepaid subscribers 2005 - 2007
- Table 108 Mobile Internet access subscribers 2003 - 2007
- Exhibit 1 EU The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
- Exhibit 2 Access and the local loop
- Exhibit 3 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual E-readiness criteria
- Exhibit 4 2001 2G auction results in Greece
- Exhibit 5 2001 3G auction results in Greece