DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a1989c/ireland_broadban) has announced the addition of the "Ireland - Broadband Market Insights, Statistics and Forecasts" report to their offering.
Ireland's broadband market is underdeveloped by European standards, although government efforts to improve local loop unbundling and wholesale access has meant that growth, albeit from a relatively low base, has been strong during the last two years. Low penetration has partly been due to high wholesale costs, lack of competition, high retail prices, and limited coverage in many non-urban areas. The proposed structural separation of eircom could have been a catalyst for rapid development in this market, but the global financial crisis affecting eircom's parent company, and its sale in late 2009, suspended further progress. This report profiles Ireland's fixed and wireless broadband markets in 2011, together with developments in related technologies such as FttH, powerline broadband, wireless and mobile broadband, WiFi and Internet via satellite. It also provides forecasts for broadband uptake to 2020.
Key developments: Next Generational Broadband Taskforce set up for broadband roadmap; government pursues NewEra' National Recovery Programme; fixed broadband revenue grows 11% in 2010; Ka-band spotbeam technology available to Digiweb Tooway, eircom and SBI satellite; regulator market data to end-2010; operator data to Q1 2011.
Companies covered in this report include:
- UPC Ireland
- Casey CableVision
- eircom
- Digiweb
- SBI
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a1989c/ireland_broadban