Sydney, Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of Paul Budde Communication’s focus report on Greece outlines the major developments and key aspects in the telecoms markets.
Greece’s well-developed mobile market is dominated by the three mobile network operators Wind Hellas, Vodafone Greece and Cosmote. Operators continue to invest in LTE infrastructure and technologies, including carrier aggregation, to provide networks capable of meeting customer demand for data services. This in turn is helping the operators to offset declining revenue from voice and SMS services. Wind Hellas and Vodafone have a mobile network sharing deal and have partnered to develop a large-scale fibre-based fixed-line NGN.
The regulator has set in train the release of spectrum in several bands for 5G use, anticipated later in 2020 and with services to be launched commercially in 2021. A number of trials have been held by the MNOs, though at least one has been closed down by a city council citing supposed health concerns.
This report provides an overview of Greece’s mobile market, covering regulatory and market developments as well as financial and operating statistics of the key players.
Key developments:
Vodafone closes down the MVNO Cyta Mobile, plans to repurpose 3G network assets for LTE and 5G by 2022;
Cosmote, Vodafone and Wind Hellas pay €201.45 million to extend 1800MHz licences to end-2035;
Rules governing number portability tightened;
Amended laws reducing SIM card penetration;
Report update includes the regulator's market review and annual report for 2017, telcos' operating and financial data to Q3 2019, recent market developments.
Companies mentioned in this report:
Vodafone Greece, Cosmote, Wind Hellas.
Table of Contents
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
General statistics
Mobile infrastructure
5G
4G (LTE)
3G
2G (GSM)
Other infrastructure developments
IoT
Mobile data
Short Messaging Service (SMS)/Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Mobile broadband
Regulatory issues
Significant Market Power (SMP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Spectrum refarming
900MHz and 1800MHz licence renewal
1800MHz
800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum auction
3.4GHz
5G spectrum auction – 2020
Network sharing
Major mobile operators
Wind Hellas
Vodafone Greece
Cosmote
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
Mobile content and applications
Appendix – Historic data
Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 – Change in the number of registered mobile subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2019
Table 2 – Growth in the number of active mobile subscribers and penetration – 2003 – 2024
Table 3 – Change in mobile and fixed-line traffic – 2009 – 2017
Table 4 – Decline in average annual mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2017
Table 5 – Development of mobile market share of registered subscribers by operator – 2005 – 2017
Table 6 – Decline in mobile service retail revenue and annual change – 2003 – 2017
Table 7 – Proportion of mobile revenue by service – 2015 – 2017
Table 8 – Change in the number or registered prepaid and postpaid subscribers – 2009 – 2017
Table 9 – Change in the ratio of registered prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2009 – 2017
Table 10 – Change in the number and proportion of Cosmote’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 11 – Change in the proportion of Vodafone Greece’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 12 – Change in the volume of SMS and MMS message sent – 2006 – 2017
Table 13 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Table 14 – Growth in mobile data traffic – 2009 – 2017
Table 15 – Mobile interconnection traffic by type – 2009 – 2017
Table 16 – Reduction in Mobile Termination Rates – 2009 – 2018
Table 17 – Change in the number of annual mobile number portings – 2009 – 2017
Table 18 – Change in the number of Vodafone Greece’s mobile subscribers – 2008 – 2019
Table 19 – Decline in Vodafone Greece’s mobile ARPU – 2008 – 2018
Table 20 – Development of Vodafone Greece’s financial data – 2008 – 2019
Table 21 – Increase in Vodafone Greece’s mobile data traffic – 2014 – 2019
Table 22 – Decline in Cosmote’ mobile financial data – 2007 – 2019
Table 23 – Change in Cosmote’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2006 – 2019
Table 24 – Change in the number of Cosmote’s mobile subscribers by type – 2010 – 2019
Table 25 – Historic - Mobile subscribers (registered) and penetration – 1996 – 2009
Table 26 – Historic - Active mobile subscribers and penetration – 2003 – 2009
Table 27 – Historic - Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2004 – 2009
Table 28 – Historic - Mobile market share of registered subscribers by operator – 2005 – 2009
Table 29 – Historic - Mobile and fixed-line traffic – 2004 – 2009
Table 30 – Historic - Mobile service retail revenue and annual change – 2003 – 2009
Table 31 – Historic - annual mobile number portings – 2004 – 2009
Table 32 – Historic - Mobile revenue (retail and wholesale) – 2010 – 2016
Table 33 – Historic - Mobile service EBITDA and annual change – 2003 – 2014
Table 34 – Historic - Mobile service capex – 2001 – 2014
Table 35 – Historic - Proportion of mobile data traffic by technology platform– 2015 – 2016
