[November 01, 2005] A Review of the Telecom, Mobile and Broadband Market in Italy and Malta, Includes for Example: Digital TV, VoIP, VoD and IPTV Progress Tweet DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 1, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26714) has announced the addition of 2006 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Italy, Malta to their offering. This report covers Italy and Malta, representing influential and emerging telecom markets. 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 Topics Covered 1. ITALY 1.1 Key statistics 1.2 Telecommunications market 1.2.1 Overview of Italy's telecom market 1.3 Regulatory environment 1.3.1 History 1.3.2 Regulatory authority 1.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Sweden 1.4 Fixed network operators in Italy 1.4.1 Overview of operators 1.4.2 Telecom Italia 1.4.3 Wind 1.4.4 BT Albacom 1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure 1.5.1 National telecom network 1.5.2 International 1.6 Broadband market 1.6.1 Overview 1.6.2 Cable modems 1.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 1.6.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks 1.6.5 Wireless broadband 1.7 Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV 1.7.1 Overview of media convergence 1.7.2 Key general trends 1.7.3 Triple play models 1.7.4 Regulatory issues 1.7.5 Digital TV 1.7.6 Digital terrestrial TV (DTT) 1.7.7 Free-to-air TV 1.7.8 TV-over-DSL (IPTV) 1.7.9 Video-on-Demand (VoD) 1.7.10 VoIP 1.7.11 Cable TV 1.7.12 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments 1.8 Mobile communications 1.8.1 Overview of Italy's mobile market 1.8.2 Regulatory issues 1.8.3 Mobile technologies 1.8.4 Major mobile operators 1.8.5 Mobile voice services 1.8.6 Mobile data services 2. MALTA 2.1 Key statistics 2.2 Telecommunications market 2.2.1 Overview of Malta's telecom market 2.3 Regulatory environment 2.3.1 History 2.3.2 Regulatory authority 2.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Malta 2.3.4 Privatisation of Telemalta 2.3.5 Interconnect 2.3.6 Access 2.3.7 Carrier preselection 2.3.8 Number portability 2.4 Fixed network operator in Malta 2.4.1 Maltacom 2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure 2.5.1 National telecom network 2.5.2 International infrastructure 2.6 Fixed voice market 2.6.1 Overview 2.6.2 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 2.7 Broadband and Internet market 2.7.1 Overview 2.7.2 Cable modems 2.7.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 2.7.4 Wireless broadband 2.8 Convergence 2.8.1 Overview of media convergence 2.8.2 Cable TV 2.8.3 Digital terrestrial TV (DTTV) 2.9 Mobile communications 2.9.1 Overview of Malta's mobile market 2.9.2 Regulatory issues 2.9.3 Mobile technologies 2.9.4 Major mobile operators 2.9.5 Mobile voice services 2.9.6 Mobile data services 3. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS List of Tables List of exhibits Summary Our latest Italy and Malta Annual Publication, profiles two contrasting and important telecom markets. Italy has Europe's fourth largest market for telecommunications services, with a sophisticated mobile, broadband and digital TV presence. Although the small cable footprint is an anomaly in Europe, out of step with developments elsewhere, the rapidly growing fibre network is enviable, and provides Italians with some of the fastest broadband accesses on the continent. As a result, triple play services are well advanced, and the provision of IPTV, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in 2006 and 2007 has a strong foundation on which to develop. Malta has Europe's smallest telecom market. The country has been slow to liberalise certain market sectors, but fundamental changes undertaken in 2005 bode well for the coming years. At the end of 2005, the final steps were made to sell the government's remaining share in Maltacom, providing the opportunity for the country's first fixed-line competition. The enormous popularity of VoIP, particularly for international traffic, has significant implications for future fixed-service revenue. The regulator also issued the first 3G licences in late 2005, propelling the country's mobile market into a new era. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26714 [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]