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Research and Markets Adds: 2008 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Germany and Austria
Dublin, Nov 19, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2008 Europe -
Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Germany and Austria" report to its
offerings.
In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
This report, Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Germany and
Austria, profiles two European telecom markets.
Germany has Europe's largest telecom market, supported by an affluent
and tech-savvy population of more than 82 million. The sector suffered
a downturn in 2007, with overall telecom revenue falling almost 4
percent to about EUR64 billion. Competitive pressure on pricing
together with the continuing financial and operational difficulties of
Deutsche Telekom will place further pressure on the market's recovery
into 2009. Positive results are expected from the country's broadband
sector in coming years resulting from investments in network upgrades
which have helped to step-up consumer take-up of IP-delivered triple
play services.
Austria's mid-sized telecom market has an advanced infrastructure,
while its main telcos are well placed to take advantage of
opportunities in the less mature and rapidly developing markets of
Central and Eastern Europe.
This report presents an overview of the telecom markets in these two
important countries, including an assessment of sector liberalisation
and privatisation, together with the key regulatory measures which
affect competition and investment. It also examines the product
offerings for the mobile sector, including the fast growing mobile
broadband sector; it assesses the latest developments in advanced
services such as mobile TV and HSDPA, and provides valuable 3G and
mobile ARPU forecasts.
The important broadband market is assessed, together with forecasts for
broadband growth to 2018 based on factors such as network investment,
the regulatory environment and consumer demand. The report provides
essential statistics covering the broadband, mobile and digital TV
sectors, highlighting technological developments and the emergence of
media convergence and triple play offerings.
Key highlights:
- Germany's TV market is dominated by cable and satellite services,
while analogue terrestrial TV has virtually ceased to exist. DTTV has
grown quickly, while IPTV offers a nascent but growing presence. There
were some 15.7 million digital homes in Germany in September 2008,
compared with 1.84 million in 2001.
- Triple play remains a developing market in Germany, but consumer
take-up accelerated strongly in 2007. With more than ten providers
offering services on a single platform, growth in 2008 is expected to
be particularly strong. In addition to increased investment in cable
network upgrades, delivering the required bandwidth, the DSL network of
Deutsche Telekom will provide 50Mb/s to most of the country by the end
of the decade.
- Considerable investment in NGNs from QSC, Versatel and Deutsche
Telekom has placed consumers in a strong position to exploit the
opportunities of converging media in coming years. Deutsche Telekom's
VDSL network covers 40 cities. Including the reach of ADSL2+, around
1,000 cities, or 20 million households, will be covered by the end of
2009.
- The mobile markets in Germany and Austria remain fiercely
competitive, with a growing number of active MVNOs and resellers. ARPU
is forecasted to fall for 3-4 years before recovering as the greater
number of 3G subscribers makes use of flat-rate mobile data services.
- Germany's fragmented cable market has seen consolidation during the
last two years. The main players, Kabel Deutschland, Kabel BW,
Unitymedia and United Internet, substantially increased their
subscriber base in 2008. Coupled with broadband service offerings at up
to 100Mb/s they will offer a serious challenge to DSL operators in
coming years.
Companies mentioned:
- Deutsche Telekom
- Arcor
- mobilcom-freenet
- BT Global Services
- debitel
- Tele2
- Telefonica
- Kabel BW
- Kabel Deutschland
- Unitymedia
- T-Home
- Versatel
- United Internet
Report information:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5af77b/2008_europe_tele.
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