Germany - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Dec. 19, 2012 - 180 Pages


Table of Contents

1. Key Statistics
2. Telecommunications Market
2.1 Overview of Germany’s telecom market
2.2 Market analysis
3. Regulatory Environment
3.1 History
3.1.1 EU regulatory framework
3.2 Regulatory authority
3.2.1 Federal Network Agency (BNetzA)
3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Germany
3.3.1 Privatisation of Deutsche Telekom
3.3.2 Interconnect
3.3.3 Access
3.4 Number Portability (NP)
3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
3.6 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
4. Fixed Network Operators
4.1 Market overview
4.2 Telekom Deutschland
4.2.1 Operator overview and statistics
4.2.2 Structural review
4.2.3 Performance in 2012
4.2.4 Strategy
4.2.5 Sales and acquisitions
4.3 Vodafone
4.3.1 Operator overview and statistics
4.4 Freenet
4.4.1 Operator overview and statistics
4.5 Debitel
4.5.1 Operator overview and statistics
4.6 BT Global Services
4.6.1 Operator overview
4.7 Tele2
4.7.1 Operator overview and statistics
4.8 Telefónica
4.8.1 Operator overview and statistics
5. Telecommunications Infrastructure
5.1 National telecom network
5.2 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
5.3 International infrastructure
5.3.1 Submarine cable networks
5.3.2 Satellite networks
5.4 Regulatory issues
5.4.1 Wholesaling
6. Broadband Market
6.1 Overview
6.2 Government support
6.3 Government Broadband Strategy
6.4 Broadband developments
6.4.1 Broadband statistics
6.5 Cable modems
6.6 Cable market consolidation
6.7 Regulating cable access
6.8 Cable players
6.8.1 Kabel BW
6.8.2 Kabel Deutschland (KDG)
6.8.3 Unitymedia Kabel BW
6.8.4 PrimaCom
6.9 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
6.10 Telekom Deutschland
6.11 Other service providers
6.11.1 Versatel
6.11.2 United Internet
6.11.3 Vodafone
6.11.4 Tiscali
6.11.5 Freenet
6.11.6 Telefónica
6.11.7 QSC
6.12 ADSL2+
6.13 VDSL
6.14 Vectoring DSL
6.15 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
6.16 Regulating fibre access
6.17 Telekom Deutschland
6.18 Other developments
6.18.1 Cologne
6.18.2 Hamburg
6.18.3 Schwerte
6.18.4 Munich
6.18.5 Hanau
6.18.6 Essen
6.18.7 Leipzig FTTH network launches
6.18.8 Other operators
6.19 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
6.20 Energie Baden-Wurttemberg
6.21 Vype (Mannheim)
6.22 Power Plus Communications (PPC)
6.23 DREWAG (Dresden)
6.24 Wireless broadband
6.25 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
6.26 WiMAX/WiFi
6.27 Operators
6.27.1 Deutsche Bahn trials
6.28 Wireless LANS
6.28.1 The Cloud
6.28.2 Vodafone
6.28.3 O2
6.28.4 T-Com
6.29 Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
6.30 PAMR
6.31 Internet via satellite
6.32 Mobile broadband
7. Digital Media
7.1 Overview
7.2 Key general trends
7.3 Business models
7.3.1 Bundled services
7.4 Regulator issues
7.4.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
7.4.2 Fragmented legal framework
7.4.3 Digital TV
7.4.4 Cable TV
7.5 Digital TV
7.5.1 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
7.5.2 Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting
7.5.3 Public broadcasters
7.5.4 TV-over-DSL (IPTV)
7.5.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
7.5.6 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
7.5.7 Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL)
7.5.8 Voice over Cable
7.5.9 Personal Video Recorders (PVRs)
7.5.10 Cable TV
7.5.11 Digital cable TV
7.5.12 Satellite TV
8. Mobile Communications
8.1 Overview
8.1.1 Mobile statistics
8.1.2 Operator market shares
8.2 Regulatory issues
8.2.1 Regulatory authority
8.2.2 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
8.2.3 Roaming
8.2.4 Number portability
8.2.5 Fixed-to-mobile call charges
8.2.6 Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
8.2.7 Network sharing
8.3 Mobile technologies
8.3.1 Digital
8.3.2 Fixed-mobile convergence
8.4 Major mobile operators
8.4.1 Telekom Deutschland
8.4.2 Vodafone
8.4.3 E-Plus
8.4.4 O2
8.4.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
8.4.6 Regional operators
8.5 Mobile voice services
8.5.1 Prepaid cards
8.5.2 Mobile VoIP
8.6 Overview of Germany’s mobile data services market
8.7 Regulatory issues
8.7.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
8.7.2 800MHz-2.6GHz
8.8 Mobile technologies
8.8.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile
8.8.2 Mobile Messaging
8.8.3 Mobile data services
9. Forecasts
9.1 Forecasts – broadband subscribers 2010-2012; 2020
9.1.1 Scenario 1 – higher growth broadband subscriber growth
9.1.2 Scenario 2 – lower growth broadband subscriber growth
9.2 Forecasts – mobile market – 2010; 2012 - 2015
9.2.1 Mobile ARPU forecasts
9.2.2 UMTS forecasts
10. Glossary of Abbreviations
List of Tables, Charts and Exhibits
Table 1 – Country statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2012 (e)
Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
Table 8 – Fixed-line investments, Telekom and altnets – 1998 - 2012
Table 9 – New entrants’ market share, select sectors – 2008 - 2011
Table 10 – Telecom service by type; annual change – 2009 - 2011
Table 11 – Telecom market revenue by sector – 2009 - 2012
Table 12 – Telecom market revenue: Telekom and altnets (regulator data) – 1998 - 2012
Table 13 – Telecom market investment: Telekom and altnets (regulator data) – 1998 - 2012
Table 14 – Telecom market investment: fixed and mobile (regulator data) – 1998 - 2011
Table 15 – IT revenue – 2008 - 2012
Table 16 – Daily telecom traffic, fixed and mobile – 1998 - 2012
Table 17 – Telecom traffic, DT and altnets – 1998 - 2012
Table 18 – Competitor market share of services by type – 2009- 2011
Table 19 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2003 - 2011
Table 20 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 - 2012
Table 21 – Annual fixed-line portings – 2004 - 2012
Table 22 – CPS, Call by Call and direct call traffic – 2005 - 2011
Table 23 – PreSelection lines – 1999 - 2011
Table 24 – Fixed-line market revenue – 1998 - 2011
Table 25 – Fixed-telephony channels by type (VATM data) – 2006 - 2012
Table 26 – Competitor share of telephone channels (VATM data) – 1998 - 2011
Table 27 – Market share of altnet telephone channels by type – 2006 - 2011
Table 28 – Proportion of voice traffic by sector – 2005 - 2011
Table 29 – Altnet fixed-lines by type – 2005 - 2011
Table 30 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 - 2012
Table 31 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2012
Table 32 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2012
Table 33 – Vodafone fixed-line revenue – 2005 - 2012
Table 34 – Freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2012
Table 35 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2012
Table 36 – Debitel subscribers data (historic) – 2004 - 2007
Table 37 – Debitel financial data (historic) – 2004 - 2007
Table 38 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2012
Table 39 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 - 2012
Table 40 – O2 Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2012
Table 41 – O2 Germany financial data – 2007 - 2012
Table 42 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2005 - 2012
Table 43 – Market share of fixed lines by type – 2006 - 2012
Table 44 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2012
Table 45 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 - 2012
Table 46 – Broadband subscribers by platform – 2001 - 2012
Table 47 – Narrowband internet traffic in minutes – 1999 - 2012
Table 48 – Growth in broadband traffic, by month and year – 2006 - 2013
Table 49 – Proportion of DSL subscribers by provider – 2001 - 2013
Table 50 – Broadband penetration – 2001 - 2013
Table 51 – Broadband penetration by sector – 2007 - 2011
Table 52 – Broadband lines by data rates – 2005 - 2011
Table 53 – Broadband market share by data rates (regulator data) – 2010 - 2011
Table 54 – Proportion of broadband connections by data rates – 2005 - 2011
Table 55 – Broadband subscribers and market share by operators – 2010
Table 56 – Cable subscribers – 2000 - 2013
Table 57 – Kabel BW broadband and telephony subscribers – 2010 - 2011
Table 58 – Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2011
Table 59 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2008 - 2012
Table 60 – Kabel Deutschland subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2012
Table 61 – Kabel Deutschland RGUs by sector – 2007 - 2012
Table 62 – Kabel Deutschland blended ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Table 63 – Unitymedia Kabel BW broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Table 64 – Unitymedia Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2012
Table 65 – Proportion of DSL connections by provider – 2001 - 2013
Table 66 – DSL connections by provider – 2001 - 2012
Table 67 – DSL household penetration rate – 2005 - 2013
Table 68 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 - 2012
Table 69 – Versatel financial data – 2008 - 2011
Table 70 – Versatel mass market subscribers – 2008 - 2011
Table 71 – United Internet financial data – 2007 - 2012
Table 72 – United Internet internet subscribers by type– 2010 - 2012
Table 73 – Freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2012
Table 74 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2012
Table 75 – Telefónica (O2) broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2012
Table 76 – QSC financial data – 2006 - 2012
Table 77 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 - 2012
Table 78 – Satellite broadband subscribers – 2004 - 2013
Table 79 – Mobile broadband revenue, annual growth – 2004 - 2013
Table 80 – Mobile 3G data users – 2009 - 2012
Table 81 – Telekom Deutschland bundled service subscribers – 2010 - 2012
Table 82 – Subscribers to bundled services – 2006 - 2012
Table 83 – End user access to TV – 2006 - 2011
Table 84 – Proportion of households with access to DTV – 2001 - 2012
Table 85 – DTTV penetration – 2002 - 2013
Table 86 – RTL Group financial data – 2005 - 2011
Table 87 – ProSiebenSat.1 Group financial data – 2005 - 2012
Table 88 – Deutsche Telekom Entertain IPTV subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Table 89 – HanseNet financial data (historic) – 2007 - 2009
Table 90 –O2 subscribers by type – 2009 - 2012
Table 91 – VoIP traffic in minutes – 2005 - 2013
Table 92 – VoIP connections – 2006 - 2013
Table 93 – VoIP traffic as proportion to all voice traffic – 2005 - 2013
Table 94 – VoIP connections over cable – 2005 - 2012
Table 95 – Cable TV revenue – 1998 - 2012
Table 96 – Cable TV investment – 2003 - 2012
Table 97 – Services based on cable TV connections – 2009 - 2011
Table 98 – Cable-TV subscribers – 2000 - 2011; 2015
Table 99 – Kabel Deutschland subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2012
Table 100 – Kabel Deutschland RGUs by sector – 2007 - 2012
Table 101 – Kabel Deutschland blended ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Table 102 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2008 - 2012
Table 103 – Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2011
Table 104 – Kabel BW cable TV subscribers – 2010 - 2011
Table 105 – Unitymedia Kabel BW TV subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Table 106 – Unitymedia Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2012
Table 107 – Digital cable-TV penetration rate – 2002 - 2013
Table 108 – Digital multichannel households (Germany, Austria) – 2004 - 2011
Table 109 – Satellite pay-TV subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 - 2011; 2015
Table 110 – Sky financial data – 2006 - 2012
Table 111 – Sky subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Table 112 – Sky ARPU – 2008 - 2012
Table 113 – arena satellite pay-TV financial data by sector (historic) – 2006 - 2009
Table 114 – arena satellite pay-TV subscribers (historic) – 2006 - 2010
Table 115 – Mobile market revenue – 1998 – 2012=3
Table 116 – Mobile network traffic – 2005 – 2013
Table 117 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2012
Table 118 – Mobile traffic in minutes (annual) – 1999 - 2012
Table 119 – Mobile network investment – 1998 - 2012
Table 120 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 - 2013
Table 121 – Mobile subscribers by operator – 1995 - 2012
Table 122 – Mobile operator share of retail revenue – 2008 - 2011
Table 123 – Mobile operator revenue and market share – 2011
Table 124 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2000 - 2011
Table 125 – European roaming charges – 2007 - 2012
Table 126 – Cumulative mobile numbers ported – 2002 - 2009
Table 127 – Mobile termination tariffs by operator – 2007 - 2013
Table 128 – Telekom Deutschland mobile financial data (Germany) – 2005 - 2012
Table 129 – Telekom Deutschland subscribers – 2001 - 2012
Table 130 – Telekom Deutschland average consumer monthly churn (Germany) – 2009 - 2012
Table 131 – Vodafone Germany ARPU – 2008 - 2012
Table 132 – Vodafone Germany customer churn – 2007 - 2012
Table 133 – Vodafone Germany mobile subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Table 134 – Vodafone Germany – financial data – 2003 - 2012
Table 135 – Vodafone mobile customer cost – 2007 - 2012
Table 136 – Vodafone Germany – voice and data usage – 2005 - 2012
Table 137 – E-Plus – revenue and traffic – 2006 - 2012
Table 138 – E-Plus subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2012
Table 139 – E-Plus ARPU by sector – 2006 - 2012
Table 140 – E-Plus net adds: prepaid/contract – 2006 - 2012
Table 141 – E-Plus annualised customer churn – 2008 - 2012
Table 142 – E-Plus - mobile market share – 2007 - 2012
Table 143 – O2 subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 - 2012
Table 144 – O2 monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2012
Table 145 – O2 revenue – 2006 - 2012
Table 146 – O2 mobile revenue by type – 2011 - 2012
Table 147 – Mobile service provider share of subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Table 148 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Table 149 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Table 150 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 - 2012
Table 151 – Prepaid customer share of all subscribers – 2000 - 2012
Table 152 – Number of regular 3G subscribers – 2005 - 2013
Table 153 – SMS annual message traffic – 1998 - 2012
Table 154 – SMS sent per day – 2005 - 2012
Table 155 – MMS traffic – 2002 - 2012
Table 156 – Mobile data sent – 2005 - 2013
Table 157 – Annual mobile data revenue – 2004 - 2012
Table 158 – Mobile data as proportion to mobile revenue, by type – 2005 - 2011
Table 159 – Broadband-capable handset sales – 2006; 2010; 2015
Table 160 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Table 161 – Forecast fixed-line broadband penetration – higher growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Table 162 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Table 163 – Forecast broadband penetration – lower growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Table 164 – Forecast mobile ARPU – 2005 - 2010; 2012 - 2015
Table 165 – Forecast UMTS subscribers – 2006 - 2010; 2012 – 2015
Chart 1 – Fixed-line investments, Telekom and altnets – 1998 – 2012
Chart 2 – Telecom market revenue – 1998 – 2011
Chart 3 – Daily telecom traffic, fixed and mobile – 1998 - 2012
Chart 4 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2003 - 2011
Chart 5 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 - 2012
Chart 6 – Fixe-line market revenue – 1998 – 2011
Chart 7 – Fixed-telephony channels by type (VATM data) – 2006 - 2012
Chart 8 – Market share of altnet telephone channels by type – 2006 – 2011
Chart 9 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 - 2012
Chart 10 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2012
Chart 11 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2012
Chart 12 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2012
Chart 13 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2012
Chart 14 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 - 2012
Chart 15 –O2 Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2012
Chart 16 –O2 Germany financial data – 2007 - 2012
Chart 17 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2012
Chart 18 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 – 2012
Chart 19 – Broadband subscribers by platform – 2001 - 2012
Chart 20 – Broadband connections by data rates – 2005 – 2011
Chart 21 – Proportion of broadband connections by data rates – 2005 – 2011
Chart 22 – Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2011
Chart 23 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2008 - 2012
Chart 24 – Kabel Deutschland RGUs by sector – 2007 - 2012
Chart 25 – Kabel Deutschland blended ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Chart 26 – Unitymedia Kabel BW broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Chart 27 – Unitymedia Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2012
Chart 28 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 - 2012
Chart 29 – Versatel financial data – 2008 - 2011
Chart 30 – United Internet financial data – 2007 - 2012
Chart 31 – United Internet internet subscribers by type– 2010 – 2012
Chart 32 – Freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2012
Chart 33 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2012
Chart 34 – QSC financial data – 2007 - 2012
Chart 35 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 – 2012
Chart 36 – Subscribers to bundled services – 2006 - 2012
Chart 37 – Proportion of households with access to DTV – 2001 - 2012
Chart 38 – RTL Group financial data – 2005 - 2011
Chart 39 – ProSiebenSat.1 Group financial data – 2005 - 2012
Chart 40 –O2 subscribers by type – 2009 - 2012
Chart 41 – Kabel Deutschland RGUs by sector – 2007 - 2012
Chart 42 – Kabel Deutschland blended ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Chart 43 – Kabel Deutschland financial data – 2008 - 2012
Chart 44 – Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2011
Chart 45 – Unitymedia Kabel BW TV subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Chart 46 – Unitymedia Kabel BW financial data – 2006 - 2012
Chart 47 – Satellite pay-TV subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 - 2011; 2015
Chart 48 – Sky financial data – 2006 - 2012
Chart 49 – Sky subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Chart 50 – arena satellite pay-TV financial data by sector (historic) – 2006 - 2009
Chart 51 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2012
Chart 52 – Mobile traffic in minutes (annual) – 2003 – 2012
Chart 53 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 - 2013
Chart 54 – Mobile subscribers by operator – 1995 – 2012
Chart 55 – Mobile operator share of revenue – 2008 - 2011
Chart 57 – Telekom Deutschland financial data (Germany) – 2005 - 2012
Chart 58 – Vodafone Germany – financial data – 2003 - 2012
Chart 59 – E-Plus – revenue and traffic – 2006 - 2012
Chart 60 – E-Plus subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2012
Chart 61 – E-Plus ARPU by sector – 2006 - 2012
Chart 62 – E-Plus net adds: prepaid/contract – 2006 - 2012
Chart 63 – O2 subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 - 2012
Chart 64 – O2 monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2012
Chart 65 – Mobile service provider share of subscribers – 2006 - 2012
Chart 66 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Chart 67 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 - 2012
Chart 68 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 – 2012
Chart 69 – Prepaid customer share of all subscribers – 2000 – 2012
Chart 70 – SMS annual message traffic – 2005 - 2012
Chart 71 – Mobile data as proportion to mobile revenue, by type – 2005 – 2011
Chart 72 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Chart 73 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2010 - 2012; 2020
Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 3 – Number portability defined
Exhibit 4 – Overview of Digital Media
Exhibit 5 –Spectrum allocation overview – 2011
Exhibit 6 –Spectrum auction results (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 7 –Spectrum auction assignments (800MHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 8 – Germany’s 3G auction winners – August 2000
Exhibit 9 – Spectrum auction block allocations (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 10 – German 3G network sharing agreements
Exhibit 11 – Selected MMS launches by operator in Germany

Abstract

Telekom Deutschland looks to DSL vectoring to meet broadband targets

BuddeComm’s annual publication, Germany - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts, provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media markets in one of Europe’s largest countries. The report includes the regulator’s market data for 2011, VATM market data for 2011, telcos’ operating and financial data to September 2012, and market developments to December 2012.

Telecom market overview

Germany’s telecom market is supported by one of the largest and more affluent populations in Europe. Although the VATM expected total turnover to fall slightly in 2012, BITKOM forecasted a 2.8% growth in IT and telecoms in the year, falling to 1.6% in 2013. The market has been propped up by broadband and mobile data services while revenue from mobile voice services will continue to fall steadily.

Mobile market

The mobile sector will be a key growth area in coming years, with MNOs keen to develop their mobile data revenue to offset declining voice revenue. LTE networks are being built out rapidly to accommodate consumer needs for quality data and services, while MNOs since the end of 2012 have been able to utilize the 800MHz band for LTE in urban as well as rural areas.

Germany – Key telecom parameters – 2010; 2012
Sector | 2010 | 2012 (e)
Subscribers to telecoms services (million):
Fixed-line telephony | 31.8 | 29.9
Fixed broadband subscribers | 26.9 | 30.7
SIM cards in service | 111.0 | 115.2
Telecom penetration by service:
Fixed-line telephony | 38% | 36%
Fixed broadband penetration rate | 30% | 38%
SIM penetration (population) | 133% | 140%
(Source: BuddeComm)

Market Highlights

Telekom Deutschland is looking to DL vectoring to meet the government’s broadband targets, so extending the capacity of copper while delaying higher investment in fibre networks. Regulatory approval is still required since vectoring affects altnets which rely on copper access.

The excellent broadband infrastructure in Germany has helped maintain the country as one of the more mature in the region. Although DSL accounts for most connections, consolidation within the cable sector has established a small number of significant players able to take advantage of scale to invest in network upgrades. The merger of Liberty Global’s Unity with Kabel BW in mid-2012 brought together Germany’s second and third largest cablecos.

The number of homes passed with fibre has been slower than expected, largely due to economic restraints on telcos.

The volume of mobile data traffic has grown sharply since 2006, brought on by the expanded network coverage, steadily improving transmission rates, the growing availability of data-intensive applications, and the prevalence of more capable devices. In addition, the reduced rates for mobile data services and the introduction of transparent tariff models for data use will further encourage data use among subscribers during the next few years.

MNOs have invested in LTE in a range of frequencies, while they are now free to utilize the 800MHz band in urban areas across all 13 Länder having fulfilled their rural coverage obligations

This report is essential reading for those needing high level strategic information and objective analysis on the telecom sector in Germany. It provides further information on:

Market liberalisation and regulatory issues;
The impact of the global economic crisis;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile data market developments in coming years in light of spectrum auctions and new license awards;
3G/4G developments, regulatory issues and technologies including HSPA and LTE;
Broadband migration to an FttH architecture;
Historical and current subscriber statistics and forecasts;
ARPU statistics and forecasts.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

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