DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n3lgbs/germany_telecommun) has announced the addition of the "Germany Telecommunications Report Q3 2012" report to their offering.
The first quarter of 2012 saw a reversal of the strong growth in mobile subscriptions reported by operators in 2011, with the market losing a total more than 900,000 subscribers. However, despite a difficult start to 2012 and the spectre of economic crisis looming over the economy, BMI believes significant opportunities remain in the Germany telecoms market. This report analyses recent trends and developments at the market and operator level to provide insight into the development of the market in the coming years, both through qualitative views and the quantitative forecasts of the mobile, fixed-line and broadband markets, as well as mobile ARPUs, which all run through to 2016.
Looking beyond the most recent quarter and the macroeconomic environment, the German market is home to strong competitive dynamics, driving service uptake and innovation. Operators are currently extending the reach of LTE networks, with Vodafone and T-Mobile beginning to market commercial services in urban areas after meeting rural coverage requirement as part of their sub-1GHz licences. O2 is set to follow with urban roll-out of LTE services in Q312. BMI considers the increasing coverage of LTE services, among the most extensive in Europe, likely to boost the mobile data market, as well as introducing a new dynamic of competition for fixed-broadband providers now competing against mobile broadband able to offer comparable bandwidth. In fact, Vodafone is speculating that it may abandon wholesale DSL arrangements with Deutsche Telekom (DT) in favour of LTE broadband provision.
The German wireline sector is highly competitive with the incumbent, DT, and alternative DSL providers such as Telefónica-owned Alice, competing against cable providers including Liberty Globalowned Unitymedia (and now Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg) and Kabel Deutschland. Cable providers are set to intensify competition following a period of consolidation that has seen Unitymedia acquire Kabel BW and, more recently in May 2012, Kabel Deutschland reached a preliminary agreement to acquire Tele Columbus. This threat is more intense as a result of cable providers' utilisation of the DOCSIS3.0 standard to offer cost-efficient, high-speed broadband services - tapping into consumer demand for next generation services.
Companies Mentioned:
Deutsche Telekom
T-Mobile International
Vodafone Germany
E-Plus
Telefónica O2 Germany
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