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Luxembourg preps for multi-spectrum 5G auction

[March 27, 2020]

Luxembourg preps for multi-spectrum 5G auction

Sydney, March 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of Paul Budde Communication’s focus report on Luxembourg outlines the major developments and key aspects in the telecoms markets.
Read the full report: https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Luxembourg-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses

Overall revenue from electronic communications services in Luxembourg has increased steadily during the last few years though there remains pressure from regulatory measures on areas such as interconnection tariffs and roaming charges, lower consumer use of fixed-line voice services and the prevalence of VoIP/VoBB over traditional PSTN lines. In combination with fixed-mobile substitution, strong growth in VoIP/VoBB services has meant that Luxembourg has one of the lowest fixed-line densities in Europe.

In recent years the incumbent telco POST Telecom (formerly P&T Luxembourg) has concentrated on cloud and managed services, as well as on offering bundled packages. The company offers a 100Mb/s service nationally, while the footprint of its 1Gb/s service is making gains in line with the government’s program to provide a 1Gb/s service to all citizens by the end of 2020, and to make Luxembourg the first fully fibred country in Europe. The company also offers broadband based on G.fast technology, primarily aimed at apartment buildings.

Investment in infrastructure is geared towards fulfilling these ambitions, though the level of investment as a proportion of revenue has fallen in recent years, largely as a response to the completion of major projects.

High mobile penetration has slowed subscriber growth in the mobile market since 2005, though a recent law requiring SIM card registration has not an adverse effect on the number of mobile subscribers despite network operators deactivating unregistered cards.

Key developments:

Regulator planning multi-spectrum auction for 5G use by mid-2020;
POST Telecom extends G.fast services;
POST Group reports 7% revenue growth in 2018, reflecting the strength of its broadband and TV offerings;
Telenet acquires the cableco Coditel from Altice for €400 million;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to June 2019, State Statistics Office market data updates, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q4 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

POST Luxembourg, Cegecom, Tango, Telecom Luxembourg

Table of Contents

Key statistics
Regional Market Comparison
- Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier
  - Market Leaders
  - Market Challengers
  - Market Emergents
- TMI versus GDP
- Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
- Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
Country overview
Telecommunications market
- Market analysis
Regulatory environment
- Historical overview
- Legislation
- Regulatory authorities
- Fixed-line developments
  - Interconnect
  - Access
  - Number Portability (NP)
  - Carrier PreSelection
- Mobile network developments
  - Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
  - Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
  - Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
  - Roaming
  - Bundling
  - SIM card registration
Mobile market
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile infrastructure
  - 5G
  - 4G (LTE)
  - 3G
  - Other infrastructure developments
- Mobile data
  - Short Message Service (SMS)
  - Multimedia Messaging Service
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
  - POST Telecom
  - Tango
  - Orange Luxembourg
- MVNOs
- Mobile content and applications
  - m-payments
Fixed-line broadband market
- Market analysis
- Government support
- Broadband statistics
- Fixed-line broadband technologies
  - Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
  - Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
  - Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
  - Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
  - WLAN/Wi-Fi/WiMAX
  - Internet via satellite
Fixed network operators
- Introduction
- POST Telecom
  - Data centres
  - Cloud
- Cegecom
- Tango
- Telecom Luxembourg
Telecommunications infrastructure
- Overview of the national telecom network
- International infrastructure
Appendix – Historic data
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Luxembourg – 2020 (e)
Table 2 – Development of fixed and mobile sector revenue – 2009 – 2018
Table 3 – Development of telecom revenue by service – 2010 – 2018
Table 4 – Decline in investmentas proportion of revenue by sector – 2011 – 2018
Table 5 – Decline in telecom investment by sector – 2009 – 2018
Table 6 – Development of telecom revenue by incumbent telcos and altnets – 2009 – 2018
Table 7 – Development of telecom ARPU by service – 2006 – 2018
Table 8 – Development of fixed-line interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2018
Table 9 – Development of interconnection traffic by type – 2016 – 2018
Table 10 – Increase in Local Loop Unbundling fees – 2018 – 2020
Table 11 – Increase in the number of unbundled lines – 2009 – 2019
Table 12 – Resale and bitstream lines – 2017 – 2018
Table 13 – Change in the number of annual fixed numbers ported – 2009 – 2018
Table 14 – Change in mobile termination revenue – 2009 – 2018
Table 15 – Decline in the number of annual mobile numbers ported – 2006 - 2018
Table 16 – Development of mobile roaming revenue – 2009 – 2019
Table 17 – Increase in roaming out traffic – 2009 – 2019
Table 18 – Growth in the number of mobile connections (incl. M2M) and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Table 19 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2025
Table 20 – Development of mobile services revenue by type – 2009 – 2018
Table 21 – Growth in mobile traffic by sector – 2009 – 2019
Table 22 – Development of in mobile ARPU – 2009 – 2018
Table 23 – Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2019
Table 24 – Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 25 – Change in the number of M2M connections – 2010 - 2019
Table 26 – Decline in SMS message traffic – 2009 – 2019
Table 27 – Change in MMS traffic – 2011 – 2018
Table 28 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2025
Table 29 – Growth in mobile data traffic – 2009 – 2019
Table 30 – POST Telecom’ mobile coverage by platform – 2012 – 2019
Table 31 – Change in the number of POST Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 32 – Development of Tango’s revenue – 2009 – 2019
Table 33 – Change in the number of Tango’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2019
Table 34 – Growth in the number of Orange Luxembourg/Belgium subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Table 35 – Development o Orange Luxembourg/Belgium revenue – 2017 – 2019
Table 36 – Growth in the number of fixed -broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Table 37 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by speed – 2010 – 2019
Table 38 – Change in the proportion of broadband subscribers by data rate – 2011 – 2019
Table 39 – Proportion of premises having access to broadband by data rate – 2014 – 2018
Table 40 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2009 – 2019
Table 41 – Annual broadband subscriber growth – 2009 – 2019
Table 42 – Change in the market share of broadband subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2019
Table 43 – Development of broadband coverage by fixed-line technology – 2012 – 2018
Table 44 – Growth in the number of superfast broadband lines by type – 2010 – 2018
Table 45 – Change in the number of standard and superfast broadband connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 46 – Development of broadband and super-fast broadband population penetration – 2011 – 2018
Table 47 – DOCSIS3.0 (FttLA) broadband accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 48 – Change in the number of cable broadband connections by type – 2010 – 2018
Table 49 – Change in the number of DSL and VDSL connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 50 – VDSL accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 51 – Growth in the number of FttP connections – 2010 – 2019
Table 52 – Growth in the number of fibre accessible households – 2012 – 2018
Table 53 – POST Telecom FttP connections – 2010 – 2018
Table 54 – Decline in fixed-line traffic by type – 2009 – 2019
Table 55 – Development of altnets’ fixed-lines and market share – 2009 – 2018
Table 56 – Development of POST Group’s financial data – 2008 – 2018
Table 57 – Development of POST Group’s capex – 2013 – 2018
Table 58 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2025
Table 59 – Change in the number of PSTN/ISDN and VoBB lines in service – 2011 – 2019
Table 60 – VoBB lines in service by type – 2017 – 2019
Table 61 – Historic - Telecom revenue (fixed, mobile) – 2003 – 2009
Table 62 – Historic - Fixed-line traffic by type – 2004 – 2009
Table 63 – Historic - Telecom investment by sector – 2004 – 2009
Table 64 – Historic - Telecom revenue by incumbent telcos and altnets – 2003 – 2009
Table 65 – Historic - Unbundled lines – 2004 – 2009
Table 66 – Historic - Annual fixed numbers ported – 2003 – 2009
Table 67 – Historic - Mobile (SIM/M2M) connections and penetration – 1999 – 2009
Table 68 – Historic - Mobile services revenue – 2004 – 2009
Table 69 – Historic - Mobile traffic by sector – 2005 – 2009
Table 70 – Historic - Mobile ARPU – 2005 – 2009
Table 71 – Historic - Prepaid and contract subscribers – 2005 – 2009
Table 72 – Historic - SMS message traffic – 2004 – 2009
Table 73 – Historic - POST Telecom mobile subscribers – 2004 – 2009
Table 74 – Historic - Broadband market revenue – 2003 – 2016
Table 75 – Historic - Annual broadband subscriber growth – 2004 – 2009
Table 76 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 – 2015
Table 77 – Historic - Broadband subscribers by platform – 2001 – 2009
Table 78 – Historic - Broadband coverage by mobile technology – 2012 – 2016
Table 79 – Historic - POST Telecom DSL subscribers – 2003 – 2013
Table 80 – Historic - POST Telecom VDSL connections – 2011 - 2015
Table 81 – Historic - POST Telecom broadband coverage by platform – 2012 – 2015
Table 82 – Historic - Fixed-services revenue by type – 2003 – 2015
Table 83 – Historic - Altnet fixed-lines and market share – 2004 – 2008
Table 84 – Historic - POST Luxembourg telecom revenue – 2003 – 2011
Table 85 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995; 1997; 1999 – 2009

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders (top tier)
Chart 2 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers (middle tier)
Chart 3 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents (bottom tier)
Chart 4 – Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 5 – Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 – Scandinavia and Baltics: mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 – Northern Europe –mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 – Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 11 – Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 12 – Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 13 – Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 14 – Development of fixed and mobile sector revenue – 2009 – 2018
Chart 15 – Development of telecom revenue by service – 2010 – 2018
Chart 16 – Decline in investment as proportion of revenue by sector – 2011 – 2018
Chart 17 – Decline in telecom investment by sector – 2009 – 2018
Chart 18 – Development of telecom revenue by incumbent telcos and altnets – 2009 – 2018
Chart 19 – Development of telecom ARPU by service – 2006 – 2018
Chart 20 – Development of fixed-line interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2018
Chart 21 – Increase in the number of unbundled lines – 2009 – 2019
Chart 22 – Change in the number of annual fixed numbers ported – 2009 – 2018
Chart 23 – Change in mobile termination revenue – 2009 – 2018
Chart 24 – Decline in the number of annual mobile numbers ported – 2006 - 2018
Chart 25 – Growth in the number of mobile connections (incl. M2M) and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Chart 26 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2025
Chart 27 – Development of mobile services revenue by type – 2009 – 2018
Chart 28 – Growth in mobile traffic by sector – 2009 – 2019
Chart 29 – Development of in mobile ARPU – 2009 – 2018
Chart 30 – Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2007 – 2019
Chart 31 – Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Chart 32 – Change in the number of M2M subscriptions – 2010 - 2019
Chart 33 – Decline in SMS message traffic – 2009 – 2019
Chart 34 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2025
Chart 35 – Growth in mobile data traffic – 2009 – 2019
Chart 36 – Change in the number of POST Telecom’s mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Chart 37 – Development of Tango’s revenue – 2009 – 2019
Chart 38 – Change in the number of Tango’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2019
Chart 39 – Growth in the number of Orange Luxembourg/Belgium subscribers – 2007 – 2019
Chart 40 – Growth in the number of fixed -broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Chart 41 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by speed – 2010 – 2019
Chart 42 – Change in the proportion of broadband subscribers by data rate – 2011 – 2019
Chart 43 – Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2009 – 2019
Chart 44 – Change in the market share of broadband subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2019
Chart 45 – Development of broadband coverage by fixed-line technology – 2012 – 2018
Chart 46 – Growth in the number of superfast broadband lines by type – 2011 – 2018
Chart 47 – Change in the number of standard and superfast broadband connections – 2010 – 2018
Chart 48 – Development of broadband and super-fast broadband population penetration – 2011 – 2018
Chart 49 – Change in the number of cable broadband connections by type – 2010 – 2018
Chart 50 – Change in the number of DSL and VDSL connections – 2010 – 2018
Chart 51 – Decline in fixed-line traffic by type – 2009 – 2019
Chart 52 – Development of altnets’ fixed-lines and market share – 2009 – 2018
Chart 53 – Development of POST Group’s financial data – 2008 – 2018
Chart 54 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2010 – 2025
Chart 55 – Change in the number of PSTN/ISDN and VoBB lines in service – 2011 – 2019

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop

Read the full report: https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Luxembourg-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses

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