Iceland - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Oct. 19, 2009 - 33 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Iceland’s telecom market

3.2 The Telecommunications Fund

3.3 Economic crisis - 2009

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 History

4.2 Regulatory authority

4.2.1 Post and Telecommunications Administration (PTA)

4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Iceland

4.3.1 Privatisation

4.3.2 Interconnect

4.3.3 Access

4.3.4 Number portability (NP)

4.3.5 Carrier selection/preselection

5. Fixed network operators in Iceland

5.1 Overview of operators

5.2 Síminn

5.3 Vodafone Iceland

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom network

6.2 International infrastructure

7. Broadband market

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Broadband statistics

7.2 Government policies

7.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

7.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks

7.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

7.6 Satellite

7.7 Wireless broadband

7.7.1 Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS)

7.7.2 WiFi/WiMAX

8. Digital media

8.1 Overview of media convergence

8.2 TV-over-DSL (IPTV)

8.3 Video-on-Demand (VoD)

8.4 VoIP

9. Mobile communications

9.1 Overview of Iceland’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Roaming

9.3 Mobile technologies

9.3.1 Analogue networks

9.3.2 Digital networks

9.3.3 Amendments 2008

9.3.4 Third Generation (3G) mobile

9.4 Major mobile operators

9.4.1 Operator market shares

9.5 Mobile voice services

9.5.1 Prepaid

9.6 Mobile data services

9.6.1 Short Messaging Service (SMS)

9.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

9.6.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

9.6.4 BlackBerry

9.6.5 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

9.7 Mobile TV

10. Forecasts

10.1 Forecasts - broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2012; 2018

10.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband subscriber growth

10.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband subscriber growth

10.1.3 Notes on scenario forecasts

11. Related reports

List of Tables and Exhibites

Table 1 - Country statistics Iceland - 2009

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2008

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - March 2009

Table 4 - Broadband statistics - 2008

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - March 2009

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Household use of IT - 2005 - 2008

Table 8 - Telecom market revenue by sector - 2004 - 2008

Table 9 - Telecom market investment by sector - 2004 - 2008

Table 10 - Proportion of telecom market investment by sector - 2008

Table 11 - Fixed-line subscribers by operator - 2006 - 2008

Table 12 - Fixed-line subscriber market share by operator - 2006 - 2008

Table 13 - Fixed traffic (PSTN/ISDN) in minutes - 2000 - 2008

Table 14 - Fixed (national) traffic market share by operator - 2005 - 2008

Table 15 - Skipti financial data - 2006 - 2008

Table 16 - Síminn market share by sector - 2000 - 2007

Table 17 - Access channels in the fixed network - 2000 - 2008

Table 18 - Fixed lines - 1997; 1999 - 2008

Table 19 - Access channels: PSTN, ISDN and DSL - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2008

Table 20 - Internet connections by speed and market share - 2007 - 2008

Table 21 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1996 - 2009

Table 22 - Total broadband subscribers and penetration rate - 2001 - 2009

Table 23 - Broadband penetration by access type - 2004 - 2008

Table 24 - DSL subscribers by operator - 2004 - 2008

Table 25 - DSL subscriber growth by year - 2001 - 2008

Table 26 - Fibre subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 27 - Satellite broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 28 - Wireless broadband subscribers - 2004 - 2008

Table 29 - VoIP subscribers - 2006 - 2008

Table 30 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - March 2009

Table 31 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1997; 1999 - 2009

Table 32 - Mobile subscribers (regulator data): analogue and GSM - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2008

Table 33 - Mobile subscribers by operator (regulator data) - 2005 - 2008

Table 34 - Active GMS and UMTS cards - 2006 - 2008

Table 35 - Mobile market share by operator (regulator data) - 2006 - 2008

Table 36 - Mobile voice traffic by sector in minutes - 2000 - 2008

Table 37 - Prepaid and contract market subscribers - 2000 - 2008

Table 38 - Prepaid subscribers by operator - 2006 - 2008

Table 39 - Mobile data subscription traffic by operator - 2008

Table 40 - Total SMS traffic by operator - 2000 - 2008

Table 41 - Total MMS sent messages - 2006 - 2008

Table 42 - Mobile data traffic by type and operator - 2008

Table 43 - Forecast broadband subscribers - higher market growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018

Table 44 - Forecast broadband subscribers - lower market growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018

Exhibit 1 - Overview of media convergence

Abstract

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