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Sweden Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - New Market Study Published
[October 15, 2014]

Sweden Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - New Market Study Published


(ReleaseWire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Fast Market Research recommends "Sweden Telecommunications Report Q4 2014" from Business Monitor International, now availableBoston, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/15/2014 -- Despite Sweden being one of the most advanced telecoms markets, BMI believes that the market has passed its saturation point and any subscriber growth will come from cannibalising the shares of existing operators. However, growing data usage could help the operators grow their profit margins despite the relatively stagnant subscriber numbers and lower income from traditional voice and other non-data services. The purchase of Tele2's consumer broadband and VoIP business by Telenor gave that company a welcome boost in scale, but it remains to be seen whether it can fully capitalise on the opportunities presented by converged services. Tele2, on the other hand seems to be focussing more on M2M services.



View Full Report Details and Table of Contents Key Data - The latest operator data for Q214 show that the mobile market reached 14.488mn users for a penetration rate of 150.4%.

- LTE subscription growth accelerated in 2013, to 1.546mn connections, coinciding with the arrival of a wider range of LTE-enabled handsets.


- Growth in fixed broadband subscriptions is heavily weighted to higher speed technologies such as fibre, with subscriptions up 15.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 1.191mn at the end of 2013. Meanwhile DSL and cable subscriptions continued to decline.

- Total M2M connections rose to 5.185mn in 2013, up by 31.2% y-o-y. Rising revenues and traffic bode well for this segment.

Key Developments In June 2014 cable broadband operator Com Hem listed on the stock market and the initial public offering took place on June 16. The IPO increased ComHem's shares by 5% and raised SEK5.67bn This will provide the company with the increased financial flexibility needed to develop new services for a market that is being disrupted by infrastructure-agnostic over-the-top (OTT) services. Its recently-launched TiVo digital TV on-demand service provided some much needed respite to company's revenues highlighting the importance of next-generation products to its long-term survival.

Although Com Hem primarily sees...

The Sweden Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Sweden's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Sweden Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Sweden.

Key Benefits - Benchmark BMI's independent telecoms industry forecasts for Sweden to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Swedish telecoms market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in Sweden's telecoms sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Sweden.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs, KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage BMI Industry View Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts and views, covering the ICT, fixed-line, mobile (including 3G), internet and broadband markets.

Industry SWOT Analysis Analysis of the major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats within the wireline and wireless sectors and within the broader political, economic and business environment.

Business Environment Rankings BMI's Telecommunications Business Environment Rankings provides a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (vendors, operators and suppliers) in the regional telecoms market.

The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of more than 40 industry, economic and demographic data points.

BMI Industry Forecast Scenario Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry indicators (see list below) supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast.

- Fixed-Line Telephony - Telephone lines ('000); telephone lines/100 inhabitants.

- Cellular Telephony - Mobile phone subscribers ('000); mobile phone subscribers/100 inhabitants; mobile phone subscribers/100 fixed line subscribers.

- Internet Markets - Internet users ('000); internet users/100 inhabitants; broadband internet subscribers ('000); broadband internet subscribers/100 inhabitants.

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Browse all Fixed Networks research reports at Fast Market Research You may also be interested in these related reports: - China Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Peru Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Greece Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Japan Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Malaysia Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Central America Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Philippines Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Argentina Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Colombia Telecommunications Report Q4 2014 - Sri Lanka Telecommunications Report Q4 2014For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/sweden-telecommunications-report-q4-2014-new-market-study-published-552623.htmMedia Relations ContactBill ThompsonDirector of MarketingFast Market Research, Inc.Telephone: 800-844-8156Email: Click to Email Bill ThompsonWeb: http://www.fastmr.com

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