COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Working Document Subject: Broadband - PDF document

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Information Society and Media Directorate-General Electronic Communications Policy Implementation of Regulatory Framework (II) Brussels, 28 November 2008 DG INFSO/B3 COCOM08-41 FINAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Working Document Subject: Broadband access in the EU: situation at 1 July 2008 This is a Committee working document which does not necessarily reflect the official position of the Commission. No inferences should be drawn from this document as to the precise form or content of future measures to be submitted by the Commission. The Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to any information or data referred to in this document. Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles/ Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel –Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11. Office: BU33 4/43. Telephone: direct line (32-2)296 85 00. Fax: (32-2) 296 88 75. E-mail: infso-cocom@ec.europa.eu

Broadband access in the EU as at 1 July 2008 DEFINITIONS........................................................................................................................................4 METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................................5 EU OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................................6 RETAIL FIXED BROADBAND LINES..............................................................................................9 DSL LINES ...........................................................................................................................................15 FIXED BROADBAND LINES USING TECHNOLOGIES OTHER THAN DSL.........................20 ANNEX 1: DATA ON LOCAL BROADBAND ACCESS (RETAIL).............................................24 Total broadband access retail fixed lines in EU.................................................................................26 Total DSL retail lines in EU ..............................................................................................................28 Total broadband fixed retail lines using technologies other than DSL in EU....................................30 Fixed broadband access lines by operator in EU27 ...........................................................................32 Fixed broadband access lines by technology in EU27.......................................................................33 DSL access lines by operator in EU27 ..............................................................................................34 Broadband fixed lines using technologies other than DSL by operator in EU 27 .............................35 Trends in fixed broadband access lines by operator in EU - Incumbents..........................................36 Trends in fixed broadband access lines by technology in EU - DSL.................................................38 Trends in DSL access lines by operator in EU – New entrants .........................................................40 Trends in broadband fixed lines using technologies other than DSL in EU – New entrants .............42 New entrants DSL lines by access type in EU...................................................................................44 ANNEX 2: DATA ON LOCAL BROADBAND ACCESS BY COUNTRY ....................................46 Retail fixed broadband access in Belgium, July 2008 .......................................................................47 Retail fixed broadband access in Czech Republic, July 2008............................................................48 Retail fixed broadband access in Denmark, July 2008 ......................................................................49 Retail fixed broadband access in Germany, July 2008 ......................................................................50 Retail fixed broadband access in Estonia, July 2008.........................................................................51 Retail fixed broadband access in Greece, July 2008..........................................................................52 Retail fixed broadband access in Spain, July 2008............................................................................53 Retail fixed broadband access in France, July 2008 ..........................................................................54 Retail fixed broadband access in Ireland, July 2008..........................................................................55 Retail fixed broadband access in Italy, July 2008..............................................................................56 Retail fixed broadband access in Cyprus, July 2008..........................................................................57 Retail fixed broadband access in Latvia, July 2008...........................................................................58 Retail fixed broadband access in Lithuania, July 2008......................................................................59 Retail fixed broadband access in Luxembourg, July 2008 ................................................................60 Retail fixed broadband access in Hungary, July 2008.......................................................................61 Retail fixed broadband access in Malta, July 2008............................................................................62 Retail fixed broadband access in the Netherlands, July 2008............................................................63 Retail fixed broadband access in Austria, July 2008 .........................................................................64 Retail fixed broadband access in Poland, July 2008..........................................................................65 Retail fixed broadband access in Portugal, July 2008........................................................................66 Retail fixed broadband access in Slovenia, July 2008.......................................................................67 Retail fixed broadband access in Slovakia, July 2008.......................................................................68 Retail fixed broadband access in Finland, July 2008.........................................................................69 Retail fixed broadband access in Sweden, July 2008 ........................................................................70 Retail fixed broadband access in United Kingdom, July 2008 ..........................................................71 Retail fixed broadband access in Bulgaria, July 2008 .......................................................................72 Retail fixed broadband access in Romania, July 2008.......................................................................73 ANNEX 3: RETAIL MOBILE BROADBAND LINES ....................................................................75 ANNEX 4: RETAIL FIXED BROADBAND LINES BY SPEEDS..................................................77 Broadband Lines Retail Market. 1 July 2008 - 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