
Switzerland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
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Switzerland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Switzerland's MNOs not to switch off 3G until 2025
Switzerland has the highest fixed broadband penetration rate within the OECD, and also one of the highest within Europe. The county's infrastructure is still largely based on legacy DSL networks, while the penetration of DSL connections being almost three times the OECD average. However, in recent years the Swiss government, regulator, and operators have focussed on fibre-based services, providing data rates of at least 1Gb/s. This has been supported by numerous cooperative agreements between Swisscom, Swiss Net Fibre, Sunrise, and local utilities. Fibre has also been complemented by 5G services, which now reach about 99% of the population. There has also been some gradual market consolidation, with Sunrise having acquired a significant number of local cable networks to provide it with additional scale.
The competitive mobile market is served by three network operators and a small number of MVNOs. Liberty Global acquired the MNO Sunrise in November 2020 and merged the business with its own unit UPC Switzerland, creating Sunrise UPC (rebranded as Sunrise in 2022) to contend more effectively against Swisscom in the provision of converged services. 5G offered by the MNOs offer data rates of up to 2Gb/. Various cantons have legislated for halts in 5G network extension, citing health concerns, and Switzerland retains onerous noni-ionising radiation limits. This has obliged operators to use their spectrum assets as efficiently as possible, and has meant that they have been unable to close down their 3G networks as early as has been achieved in other countries in the region. However, the MNOs have been able to close down their GSM networks and repurpose physical assets and spectrum.
Although not a member of the EU, the country's economic integration has meant that its telecom market deregulation has followed the EU's liberalisation framework, including the recent regulations on international voice roaming.
This report presents an analysis of Switzerland's fixed-line telecom market, including an assessment of network infrastructure. It examines the regulatory environment and evaluates the strategies and performance of service providers including Swisscom and Sunrise UPC. The report also assesses the mobile market, including new technologies and profiles of the main operators. In addition, the report reviews the fixed and fixed-wireless broadband segments and the migration to a fibre-abased infrastructure.
Key developments:
Salt signs deal with Starlink to guarantee mobile coverage in remote areas.
Broadband of at least 80Mb/s set for USO from 2024.
Sunrise continues to expand by acquiring partner networks.
Salt extends the reach of its FttP footprint via a deal with Swiss Fiber Net.
Switzerland's MNOs not switching of 3G until at least 2025.
Regulatory measures eliminate FttP network duplication.
Report update includes the regulator's market data for 2021, telcos' operating and financial data to Q4 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Companies mentioned in this report:
Swisscom, Salt (Orange Switzerland), Sunrise, UPC Switzerland, Swiss Digital
Table of Contents
290 Pages
- Executive Summary
- Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Switzerland – 2023 (e)
- MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
- MARKET LEADERS
- MARKET CHALLENGERS
- MARKET EMERGENTS
- TMI VERSUS GDP
- MOBILE AND MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
- FIXED VERSUS MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
- Country overview
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- GOVERNMENT ICT STRATEGY
- REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
- FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
- FIXED BROADBAND DEVELOPMENTS
- MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- MOBILE STATISTICS
- MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
- MOBILE VOICE
- MOBILE DATA
- MOBILE BROADBAND
- MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
- MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
- INTRODUCTION AND STATISTICAL OVERVIEW
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- BROADBAND STATISTICS
- FIXED-LINE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES
- OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
- SWISSCOM
- SUNRISE
- SUISSE DIGITAL
- OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
- LORA NETWORK
- IOT
- VOIP
- SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
- E-GOVERNMENT
- E-ECONOMY
- E-HEALTH
- Historic - Telecom market revenue, profit, and investment (CHF billion) –1998 – 2010
- Historic - Telecom market revenue by sector (CHF billion) –1998 – 2010
- Historic - Telecom investment by sector (CHF million) –1998 – 2010
- Historic - Interconnection revenue – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Call by Call and CPS lines – 1999 – 2010
- Historic - Mobile numbers ported – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Mobile termination charges by operator (€cents per minute) –2006, 2009 – 2011
- Historic - Mobile termination charges by operator (CFH per minute) –2016 – 2019
- Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2010
- Historic - Mobile market revenue – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Mobile sector investment, UMTS and total (CHF million) –1998 – 2010
- Historic - Share of subscribers by MNO – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - Prepaid subscribers and market share – 1998 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of 3G mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2017
- Historic - Swisscom Mobile prepaid share of subscribers – 1998 – 2010
- Historic - Swisscom Mobile SMS and MMS traffic – 2007 – 2014
- Historic - SMS traffic – 2002 – 2010
- Historic - MMS traffic – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - Swisscom Mobile retail revenue – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - Sunrise mobile subscribers – 2004 – 2010
- Historic - Sunrise revenue and annual change (DKK) –2006 – 2010
- Historic – Salt mobile revenue, annual change – 2005 – 2011
- Historic - Salt mobile subscribers – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Salt ARPU – 2006 – 2011
- Historic - Salt mobile data as percentage of revenue – 2003 – 2011
- Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 – 2015
- Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2000 – 2010
- Historic- Fixed-line broadband market share by platform – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - DSL market share by operator – 2006 – 2016
- Historic - DSL accesses – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Cable broadband subscribers – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Swiss Digital broadband and telephony subscribers – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - UPC Switzerland financial data (€million) –2005 – 2010
- Historic - DSL/fibre accesses by main provider – 2004 – 2016
- Historic - DSL/fibre market share by main provider – 2004 – 2016
- Historic - Swisscom broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - Fibre connections by type – 2003 – 2017
- Historic - BPL broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2016
- Historic - Wi-Fi hotspots in service – 2008 – 2016
- Historic - Fixed-network revenue – 2000 – 2010
- Historic - Swisscom Group net revenue, EBITDA, and net income (CHF billion) –2004 – 2010
- Historic - Sunrise financial data (DKK million) –2006 – 2010
- Historic - Sunrise revenue by type (DKK million) –2006 – 2010
- Historic - Sunrise subscribers by sector – 2005 – 2010
- Historic - Swiss Digital's subscribers by service – 2003 – 2010
- Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1997 – 2010
- Historic - ISDN subscribers – 1999 – 2017
- Historic - VoIP connections – 2004 – 2010
- Historic - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2010
- Historic - Growth in mobile data traffic – 2008 – 2010
- Historic - Decline in Swisscom Mobile blended ARPU – 2006 – 2010
- Historic - Change in Swisscom Mobile's subscribers by type (million) –2006 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by platform (thousand) –2000 – 2010
- Historic - Fixed-line broadband market share by operator – 2008 – 2010
- Historic - Development of fixed-line broadband penetration by platform – 2004 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by rate – 2008 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the proportion of broadband connections by rate – 2008 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of UPC Switzerland' broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2010
- Historic - Growth in the number of Sunrise's fixed broadband subscribers – 2005 – 2010
- Historic - Growth in the number of fibre subscribers – 2007 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of satellite broadband and telephony subscribers – 1999 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the market share of fixed-line subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2010
- Historic - Development of Swisscom's domestic financial data by sector (CHF million) –2007 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of Swisscom's domestic fixed-voice, mobile, IPTV subscribers (thousand) –2008 – 2010
- Historic - Change in the number of UPC Switzerland' broadband and telephony subscribers – 2007 – 2010
- Historic - Decline in fixed line traffic by type (billion minutes) –1999 – 2010
- Historic - Fixed access lines in service (PSTN or ISDN) –1999 – 2010
- Historic - Decline in the number of fixed numbers ported – 2009 – 2018
- Historic - Change in MVNO's market share of mobile subscribers – 2007 – 2018
- Historic - Change in the number of VDSL accesses – 2008 – 2019
- Historic - Growth in the number of WiMAX broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2017
- Historic - PSTN lines in service – 2007 – 2017
- Glossary of abbreviations
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