2008 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in United Kingdom and Ireland

2008 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in United Kingdom and Ireland

This report covers the UK and Ireland, representing key and influential telecom markets. The report analyses trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP, VoD and IPTV developments. Subjects include:

• Market and industry analyses, trends and developments
  
  
• Facts, figures and statistics;
  
  
• Industry and regulatory issues;
  
  
• Research, Marketing, Benchmarking;
  
  
• Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, Prepaid;
  
  
• VoIP, IPTV, VoD, digital TV and DTTV;
  
  
• Convergent media, mobile broadband.

1. UNITED KINGDOM

1.1 Key statistics

1.2 Telecommunications market

1.2.1 Overview of the UK’s telecom market

1.3 Regulatory environment

1.3.1 History

1.3.2 Regulatory authority

1.3.2.1 Office of Communications (Ofcom)

1.3.2.2 Ofcom’s Strategic Review

1.3.3 BT’s structural separation

1.3.3.1 Openreach

1.3.4 Telecom sector liberalisation in the UK

1.3.4.1 Privatisation of British Telecom

1.3.4.2 Interconnect

1.3.4.3 Access

1.3.4.3.1 Statistics

1.3.4.3.2 Bitstream access

1.3.4.4 Number Portability (NP)

1.3.4.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

1.3.4.6 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)

1.4 Major fixed network operators in the UK

1.4.1 New regulations

1.4.2 British Telecom

1.4.2.1 Company restructure

1.4.3 KCOM

1.4.4 Cable & Wireless (C&W)

1.4.5 Virgin Media

1.4.6 COLT Telecom

1.4.7 THUS

1.4.8 Carphone Warehouse

1.4.9 Post Office re-entry

1.4.10 Orange

1.4.11 BSkyB

1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

1.5.1 National telecom network

1.5.2 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

1.5.2.1 Cable & Wireless

1.5.2.2 COLT

1.5.2.3 BT’s 21CN

1.5.2.3.1 Web21CN

1.5.2.4 Cable telephony

1.5.2.5 Fibernet

1.5.3 International

1.5.3.1 Submarine cable networks

1.5.3.2 Satellite networks

1.6 Broadband market

1.6.1 Overview

1.6.1.1 Broadband statistics

1.6.1.2 Emerging trends

1.6.1.3 Government support

1.6.1.3.1 National target set

1.6.1.3.2 Wholesale broadband

1.6.1.3.3 Next Generation Access

1.6.2 Cable modems

1.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

1.6.3.1 BT products

1.6.3.2 Broadband consumer access

1.6.3.2.1 Faster

1.6.3.2.2 Cheaper

1.6.3.3 Broadband providers

1.6.3.4 ADSL2+

1.6.3.4.1 Providers

1.6.3.5 SDSL

1.6.3.6 VDSL

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

1.6.4.1 Costing fibre

1.6.4.2 Fibre access and Community Broadband Access networks

1.6.4.3 BT

1.6.4.4 Other developments

1.6.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

1.6.5.1 Broadband over the Electricity Network (BoEN)

1.6.5.2 Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)

1.6.6 Wireless broadband

1.6.6.1 Regulatory environment

1.6.6.2 Spectrum 900/1800MHz

1.6.6.3 Spectrum 1452/1492MHz

1.6.6.4 Spectrum 2.6GHz

1.6.6.5 Spectrum 3.4GHz

1.6.6.6 Spectrum 5.8GHz

1.6.6.7 Spectrum 10GHz

1.6.6.8 Spectrum 28GHz

1.6.6.9 Spectrum 71-86GHz

1.6.6.10 Other spectrum awards

1.6.6.11 Digital dividend spectrum

1.6.6.12 WLAN/WiFi

1.6.6.12.1 Overview

1.6.6.12.2 Major players

1.6.6.12.2.1 The Cloud

1.6.6.12.2.2 British Telecom

1.6.6.12.2.3 Hospitality Services

1.6.6.12.2.4 T-Mobile

1.6.6.12.2.5 Broadreach Networks

1.6.6.12.2.6 Inspired Broadcast Networks

1.6.6.12.2.7 Interoute

1.6.6.12.2.8 O2

1.6.6.13 WiMAX

1.6.6.13.1 BT

1.6.6.13.2 UK Broadband

1.6.6.13.3 Freedom

1.6.6.13.4 Libera

1.6.6.13.4.1 On-Communications

1.6.6.13.5 Metropolitan WiMAX

1.6.6.13.5.1 Brighton

1.6.6.13.5.2 London

1.6.6.13.5.3 Bristol

1.6.6.13.5.4 Canterbury

1.6.6.13.5.5 Manchester

1.6.6.13.5.6 Other projects

1.6.6.14 Internet via satellite

1.6.6.14.1 Overview

1.6.6.14.2 One-way

1.6.6.14.3 Two-way

1.6.6.14.4 Ultra-Wideband (UWB) devices

1.6.6.14.4.1 Radiation and 3G interference

1.6.7 Mobile broadband

1.7 Convergence

1.7.1 Overview of media convergence

1.7.2 Key general trends

1.7.3 Triple play models

1.7.4 Regulator issues

1.7.4.1 Ofcom

1.7.4.2 Digital Dividend Review

1.7.4.3 Releasing dividend spectrum

1.7.4.4 DTTV pay services

1.7.4.5 Digital switchover licensing

1.7.5 Digital TV (DTV)

1.7.5.1 Broadband TV (IPTV)

1.7.5.1.1 British Telecom

1.7.5.1.2 BBC

1.7.5.1.2.1 iPlayer

1.7.5.1.3 BSkyB

1.7.5.1.4 Virgin Media

1.7.5.1.5 HomeChoice

1.7.5.1.6 Other developments

1.7.5.2 Cable TV

1.7.5.2.1 Virgin Media

1.7.5.3 Satellite TV

1.7.5.3.1 Ofcom pay-TV market review

1.7.5.3.2 BSkyB

1.7.5.3.3 Freesat from Sky

1.7.5.3.4 FreeSat from the BBC

1.7.5.4 Digital Terrestrial TV

1.7.5.4.1 Set-top Boxes (STBs)

1.7.5.4.2 Personal Video Recorders (PVRs)

1.7.5.4.3 BBC

1.7.5.4.4 Freeview

1.7.5.4.5 BSkyB

1.7.5.4.6 Virgin Media

1.7.5.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)

1.7.5.5.1 Virgin Media

1.7.5.5.2 BBC

1.7.5.5.3 Kangaroo

1.7.5.5.4 Other developments

1.7.5.6 VoIP

1.7.5.6.1 Regulatory issues

1.7.5.6.2 VoIP issues to be addressed

1.7.5.6.3 British Telecom

1.7.5.6.4 Orange

1.7.5.6.5 Global Crossing

1.7.5.6.6 Other developments

1.7.5.7 Interactive TV

1.7.5.7.1 Sample services

1.7.5.7.2 ITV on cable

1.8 Mobile communications

1.8.1 Overview of the UK’s mobile market

1.8.1.1 Mobile statistics

1.8.1.1.1 Operator market shares

1.8.2 Regulatory issues

1.8.2.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions

1.8.2.1.1 Spectrum trading

1.8.2.1.2 New uses of spectrum

1.8.2.2 Spectrum 2.6GHz

1.8.2.3 Spectrum 900MHz and 1800MHz

1.8.2.4 Spectrum 1452MHz to 1492MHz

1.8.2.5 10GHz to 40GHz

1.8.2.6 Other spectrum

1.8.2.7 Mobile interconnection

1.8.2.8 Third Generation (3G)

1.8.2.8.1 Licensing

1.8.2.8.2 Network sharing

1.8.2.8.3 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

1.8.2.8.4 4G licences

1.8.2.9 Roaming

1.8.2.9.1 Data roaming

1.8.2.10 Number portability

1.8.2.11 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)

1.8.3 Mobile technologies

1.8.3.1 Digital

1.8.3.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile

1.8.3.3 Hutchison

1.8.3.4 O2

1.8.3.5 Vodafone

1.8.3.6 T-Mobile

1.8.3.7 Orange

1.8.3.8 Femtocells

1.8.3.9 Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC)

1.8.4 Major mobile operators

1.8.4.1 Hutchison

1.8.4.2 O2

1.8.4.3 Vodafone

1.8.4.4 T-Mobile

1.8.4.5 Orange

1.8.4.6 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

1.8.4.6.1 Virgin Mobile

1.8.4.6.2 Carphone Warehouse

1.8.4.6.3 Other operators

1.8.5 Mobile voice services

1.8.5.1 Prepaid cards

1.8.6 Mobile data services

1.8.6.1 Consumer use of multimedia services

1.8.6.1.1 Mobile applications

1.8.6.1.1.1 Music services

1.8.6.1.1.2 Other services

1.8.6.1.2 Video portals

1.8.6.1.2.1 EyeVibe

1.8.6.1.2.2 Orange World

1.8.6.1.2.3 Vodafone live!

1.8.6.1.2.4 Planet

1.8.6.2 Short Message Service (SMS)

1.8.6.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

1.8.6.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

1.8.6.5 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)

1.8.6.6 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

1.8.6.7 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

1.8.6.7.1 O2

1.8.6.7.2 T-Mobile

1.8.6.7.3 Vodafone

1.8.6.7.4 3

1.8.6.7.5 Orange

1.8.6.8 i-mode

1.8.6.9 BlackBerry

1.8.6.10 Enhanced Data for GSM evolution (EDGE)

1.8.6.11 Bundled mobile - notebook deals

1.8.6.12 Mobile broadband

1.8.6.12.1 Players

1.8.6.13 Mobile TV

1.8.6.13.1 Spectrum issues

1.8.6.13.2 Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H)

1.8.6.13.3 Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB-IP)

1.8.6.13.4 TDtv

1.8.6.13.5 MediaFLO

1.8.6.14 TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio)

1.9 Forecasts Broadband and Mobile ARPU and UMTS

1.9.1 Forecasts - broadband subscribers to 2018

1.9.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband subscriber growth

1.9.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband subscriber growth

1.9.2 Forecasts - mobile ARPU to 2013

1.9.3 Forecasts - UMTS to 2013

2. IRELAND

2.1 Key statistics

2.2 Telecommunications market

2.2.1 Overview of Ireland’s telecom market

2.3 Regulatory environment

2.3.1 History

2.3.2 Regulatory authority

2.3.2.1 Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

2.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Ireland

2.3.3.1 Privatisation of eircom

2.3.3.2 Interconnect

2.3.3.3 Access

2.3.3.3.1 Leased lines

2.3.3.4 Fibre access

2.3.4 Number Portability (NP)

2.3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

2.4 Fixed network operators in Ireland

2.4.1 Operator market shares

2.4.2 eircom

2.4.3 BT Ireland

2.4.4 Smart Telecom

2.4.5 Tele2

2.4.6 Other operators

2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

2.5.1 National telecom network

2.5.2 Structural separation issues

2.5.3 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

2.5.4 International

2.5.4.1 Submarine cable networks

2.5.4.2 Satellite networks

2.6 Broadband market

2.6.1 Overview

2.6.1.1 Broadband statistics

2.6.1.1.1 Delivering access

2.6.1.2 National Development Plan to 2013

2.6.1.2.1 National Broadband Scheme

2.6.1.3 Promoting broadband

2.6.1.4 Government networks

2.6.1.5 Other providers

2.6.1.6 Government support

2.6.1.7 EU support

2.6.1.8 Regional infrastructure

2.6.1.9 Wholesale bitstream

2.6.2 Cable modems

2.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

2.6.3.1 Alternative operators

2.6.3.2 ADSL2+

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

2.6.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

2.6.6 Mobile broadband

2.6.7 Wireless broadband

2.6.7.1 1.7GHz band

2.6.7.2 10.5GHz band

2.6.7.3 Digiweb

2.6.7.4 National Fixed Wireless Point to Multipoint Licences (FWPMA)

2.6.7.4.1 26GHz band

2.6.7.4.2 3.5GHz band

2.6.7.5 Other developments

2.6.7.6 Other bands

2.6.7.7 WiFi

2.6.7.8 Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access (WiMAX)

2.6.7.9 WiFibre

2.6.7.10 Internet via satellite

2.6.7.10.1 SchoolSat

2.7 Convergence

2.7.1 Overview of media convergence

2.7.2 Key general trends

2.7.3 Triple play models

2.7.3.1 Smart Telecom

2.7.3.2 Magnet Networks

2.7.3.3 UPC Ireland

2.7.4 Regulatory issues

2.7.4.1 VoIP

2.7.4.2 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Systems (MMDS)

2.7.5 Digital TV

2.7.5.1 Overview and statistics

2.7.5.1.1 Digital dividend

2.7.5.2 Broadband TV (IPTV)

2.7.5.3 Cable TV

2.7.5.3.1 Analogue

2.7.5.3.2 Digital cable TV

2.7.5.3.3 UPC Ireland

2.7.5.3.4 Casey Cablevision

2.7.5.4 Satellite TV

2.7.5.4.1 Digital satellite TV

2.7.5.4.2 BSkyB

2.7.5.5 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)

2.7.5.6 Video-on-Demand (VoD)

2.7.5.7 VoIP

2.7.5.8 Digital cinema

2.7.5.9 Interactive TV (iTV)

2.8 Mobile communications

2.8.1 Overview of Ireland’s mobile market

2.8.1.1 Mobile statistics

2.8.1.1.1 Operator market shares

2.8.2 Regulatory issues

2.8.2.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions

2.8.2.1.1 3G spectrum

2.8.2.1.2 26GHz licences

2.8.2.1.3 1785-1805MHz band

2.8.2.1.4 70-80GHz band

2.8.2.1.5 UHF spectrum

2.8.2.2 Roaming

2.8.2.3 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

2.8.2.4 Fixed-to-mobile call charges

2.8.2.5 Wideband Digital Mobile Data Services (WDMDS)

2.8.3 Mobile technologies

2.8.3.1 Digital

2.8.3.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile

2.8.3.2.1 Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)

2.8.4 Major mobile operators

2.8.4.1 Vodafone Ireland

2.8.4.2 O2 Ireland

2.8.4.3 Meteor Mobile Communications

2.8.4.4 3 Ireland

2.8.4.5 MVNOs

2.8.5 Mobile voice services

2.8.5.1 Prepaid

2.8.6 Mobile data services

2.8.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

2.8.6.1.1 Premium SMS (PSMS)

2.8.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

2.8.6.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

2.8.6.4 High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD)

2.8.6.5 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

2.8.6.6 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

2.8.6.6.1 Vodafone

2.8.6.6.2 O2

2.8.6.6.3 3 Ireland

2.8.6.7 i-mode

2.8.6.8 BlackBerry

2.8.7 Mobile applications

2.8.7.1 Mobile TV

2.9 Forecasts Broadband, Mobile ARPU and UMTS

2.9.1 Forecasts - broadband subscribers to 2018

2.9.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband subscriber growth

2.9.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband subscriber growth

2.9.2 Forecasts - mobile ARPU to 2013

2.9.3 Forecasts - UMTS to 2013