Regulation of Mobile Access and Origination in Europe and Related Issues

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	16
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00482

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Summary

Regulatory pressure on mobile access and origination obligation has eased in past years in Europe. This is the consequence of the success of commercial negotiations in establishing MVNO businesses. There are probably hundreds of active MVNOs now in Europe; Northern European countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK count many. In other countries in Southern Europe such as France and Italy, MVNOs have just commenced their operations. As a result of this trend, in its last review of the Recommendation on Relevant Markets, the EU has decided to remove the market for mobile access (market 15) from the list of markets to be looked into by national regulatory authorities (NRAs). Despite this, some countries do still regulate this market. In this report, we discuss the current status of mobile access regulation in Europe, as well as other trends related to mobile access, such as infrastructure sharing and spectrum liberalisation, and their likely impact on the regulatory scene.

Content

Key developments
Removal of market 15 from the Recommendation
The impact of spectrum liberalisation
The opportunities for infrastructure sharing
Mobile access and origination
Country overview
Country case studies
Introduction
Cyprus
France
Ireland
Malta
Slovenia
Spain
Countries outside the EU
Japan
Korea
Table 1 Examples of recent network sharing agreements
Table 2 Status of market analysis for mobile access and call origination in EU27
Table 3 Current regulatory measures imposed
Table 4 MVNO status in EU15
Table 5 MNO subscribers and market share in Cyprus
Figure 1 French MVNO subscribers and as percentage of total mobile subscribers
Table 6 Active MVNOs in France
Figure 2 Irish MNO market share
Table 7 MNO subscribers and market share in Malta
Table 8 Slovenian MNOs' subscribers and market shares
Figure 3 Spanish MNO market share