
Estonia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
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Estonia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Estonia progresses with 5G services
Estonia’s telecom regulator first announced plans to auction three licences in the 3.6GHz range for in February 2019. This spectrum was to be used for 5G services, but the auction was cancelled soon afterwards after wireless ISPs complained that the auction terms favoured the existing MNOs, and that a fourth licence should have been offered to encourage a new market entrant. The regulator responded by asserting that three licenses would have provided for improved network speed and capacity, clearly two important considerations given the growth in mobile data traffic anticipated from subscribers adopting 5G services.
One consideration was that Russia uses the 3.6-3.8GHz range for military communications, and there could be cross-border interference pending Russia’s migration to other spectrum bands. Estonia cannot yet use spectrum in the 700MHz for 5G since Russia still uses that spectrum for TV broadcasting.
The auction was eventually started in May 2022. Elisa secured one of the three licenses on offer, having bid €7.206 million (against a reserve price of €1.597 million).
This license has less stringent restrictions placed on it in relation to areas bordering with Russia. The auction for the second available licence has attracted interest from Telia, Tele2, and Bit Lietuva. This licence is for 130MHz (3410-3800MHz), with the same reserve price.
Estonia progresses with 5G services
Estonia’s telecom regulator first announced plans to auction three licences in the 3.6GHz range for in February 2019. This spectrum was to be used for 5G services, but the auction was cancelled soon afterwards after wireless ISPs complained that the auction terms favoured the existing MNOs, and that a fourth licence should have been offered to encourage a new market entrant. The regulator responded by asserting that three licenses would have provided for improved network speed and capacity, clearly two important considerations given the growth in mobile data traffic anticipated from subscribers adopting 5G services.
One consideration was that Russia uses the 3.6-3.8GHz range for military communications, and there could be cross-border interference pending Russia’s migration to other spectrum bands. Estonia cannot yet use spectrum in the 700MHz for 5G since Russia still uses that spectrum for TV broadcasting.
The auction was eventually started in May 2022. Elisa secured one of the three licenses on offer, having bid €7.206 million (against a reserve price of €1.597 million).
This license has less stringent restrictions placed on it in relation to areas bordering with Russia. The auction for the second available licence has attracted interest from Telia, Tele2, and Bit Lietuva. This licence is for 130MHz (3410-3800MHz), with the same reserve price.
Table of Contents
178 Pages
- Executive Summary
- Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Estonia – 2022 (e)
- MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
- MARKET LEADERS
- MARKET CHALLENGERS
- MARKET EMERGENTS
- TMI VERSUS GDP
- MOBILE AND MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
- FIXED VERSUS MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
- Country overview
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
- FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
- MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- MOBILE STATISTICS
- MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
- MOBILE VOICE
- MOBILE DATA
- MOBILE BROADBAND
- MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
- MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- HYBRID FIBRE COAX (HFC) NETWORKS
- DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) NETWORKS
- FIBRE-TO-THE-PREMISES (FTTP) NETWORKS
- OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
- ESTONIAN INFORMATION SOCIETY STRATEGY
- LEGISLATION
- E-GOVERNMENT
- E-COMMERCE
- E-EDUCATION
- E-HEALTH
- OVERVIEW OF OPERATORS
- TELIA ESTONIA
- TELE2 ESTONIA
- ELISA
- OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
- SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
- Historic - Telecoms sector revenue ($ million) –2000 – 2011
- Historic - Fixed number portings – 2005 – 2011
- Historic - Active prepaid and contract subscribers – 1998 – 2011
- Historic - Telia prepaid subscribers – 2002 – 2011
- Historic - Total SMS messages sent – 2004 – 2011
- Historic - Total MMS messages sent – 2005 – 2011
- Historic - Telia subscribers – 2005 – 2011
- Historic – Telia blended ARPU – 2005 – 2008
- Historic - Telia mobile financial data – 2005 – 2011
- Historic - Tele2 mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2011
- Historic - Fixed-broadband lines and penetration – 2004 – 2011
- Historic - Telia fixed-broadband subscribers – 2006 – 2011
- Historic - Telia fixed-broadband ARPU – 2006 – 2009
- Historic - Cable broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2011
- Historic - DSL subscribers – 2003 – 2011
- Historic - FttX broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2011
- Historic - Telia Estonia revenue by service (SEK million) –2005 – 2011
- Historic - Telia Estonia subscribers by sector – 2002 – 2011
- Historic - Tele2 financial data (SEK million) –2007 – 2011
- Historic - Tele2 Estonia financial data by sector (SEK million) –2007 – 2011
- Historic - Tele2 Estonia subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2011
- Historic - Elisa financial data (€million) –2008 – 2011
- Historic - Elisa mobile subscribers – 2008 – 2011
- Historic - International bandwidth – 2000 – 2011
- Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 – 2011
- Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 – 2011
- Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 – 2011
- Historic - Decline in the number of Telia Estonia’s PSTN/ISDN subscribers – 2002 – 2016
- Historic - Change in the share of voice calls: mobile and fixed networks – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Unbundled Local Loops – 2006 – 2014
- Historic - Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Mobile services revenue by type (€million) –2011 – 2016
- Historic - Mobile revenue (subscription, data) (€million) –2014 – 2016
- Historic - Proportion of mobile broadband connections by data speed – 2013 – 2016
- Historic - Mobile data revenue – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed-broadband subscribers by operator – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers – 2011 – 2016
- Proportion of broadband connections by data speed – 2010 – 2016
- Historic - Development of revenue from fixed and mobile broadband services (€million) –2011 – 2016
- Historic - STV broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed-lines in service by operator – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed-line voice traffic – 2011 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed line voice subscribers by operator – 2009 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed line voice revenue – 2011 – 2016
- Glossary of abbreviations
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