DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dd5a44/western_europe_tel) has announced the addition of the "Western Europe Telecom Market Statistics and Forecasts 2005-2014" report to their offering.
The Western Europe Telecom Statistics and Forecast report will provide you with a whole range of statistics, forecasts and graphs for the years 2005-2014F (includes the 1Q 2010 actual data), crucial to your competitive and strategic analysis and planning.
This new report includes the following indicators on a per country and a regional basis:
- Population
- GDP per capita
- Telecom Service Revenue
- Fixed telephone subscribers, penetration and growth
- Mobile telephone subscribers, penetration and growth
- Internet subscribers and users, penetration and growth
- Broadband subscribers, penetration and growth
- Inbound and Outbound International telephone traffic
- Termination rate originating in the US
According to the information in the latest report Western Europe statistics and forecast 2005-2014, there were an estimated 116.3 million broadband subscribers at the end of Q1 2010 in Western Europe(1). This translated into a 2.4% growth over the quarter.
By the end of Q1 2010, broadband accounted for close to 100.0% of all Internet connections in the majority of the countries in the region, compared with around 60.0% in 2005. The number of broadband subscribers is forecasted to have grown by an average of 4.7% to 150 million by the end of 2014. At that time, broadband should account for the totality of Internet connections in all markets.
Germany, France and the UK are by far the regions three largest broadband markets, with an estimated 25 million, 20 million and 19 million broadband subscribers respectively at the end of Q1 2010. Together these three countries generate 54.2% of the regions broadband connections. On the other hand, Finland and Sweden enjoy by far the highest broadband penetration rates in Western Europe with 48.9% and 46.3% broadband penetration respectively at the end of Q1 2010.
Greece, Ireland and Cyprus have enjoyed the highest levels of broadband subscriber growth in 2009, with growth rates as high as 27.3%, 20.3% and 19.7% respectively. Nevertheless, this report, which includes 31 detailed exhibits and tables on Western Europes fixed, mobile and Internet telecom markets, confirms that Greece and Ireland will see their broadband subscriber growth decrease significantly in 2010. The economic recession has hit hard in some of the regions countries translating into a decrease in broadband subscriber growth HOT TELECOMs president Isabelle Paradis said.
Find out more on the regions fixed, mobile, Internet and broadband statistics and forecasts in the new 31-page Western Europe telecom statistics and forecast 2005-2014 report.
Countries Covered:
- Austria
- Italy
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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