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Spain - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews
Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, Jan 2012, Pages: 27
The value of Spain’s telecom market has contracted since the high of 2007. Worth €40 billion in 2009, it may only reach €38 billion in 2011 and continue to fall for the next two years at least as consumers adjust to high unemployment, negligible GDP growth and a tightening of domestic budgets. Mobile penetration is high and growing steadily, particularly in the 3G sector, while broadband uptake is backed by continuing investment in infrastructure in a bid to address the relatively slow data speeds available. Cable operators have launched 100Mb/s services, matched by Telefónica in early 2011 on its limited FttH network. These upgrades are required to stimulate the market for bundled services and a range of IP-delivered offers. The regulator has fostered competition by providing access to the incumbent’s DSL networks through local loop unbundling, as well as to its fibre networks through regulating access to ducts and infrastructure. The newly elected conservative government will be pressed to implement policies which encourage the ICT sector, secure the development of NGNs and ensure that Spain has a vibrant telecoms infrastructure to enable it to compete effectively in a global economy.
This report introduces the key aspects of the Spanish telecom market, providing statistics on the fixed-network services sector, and profiling the main players and their strategies to meet an increasingly competitive environment. The report also assesses the main regulatory issues, noting the status of interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection.
Key developments: New government pressed to revitalise telecoms sector; Telefónica considers asset sales; telecom revenue falls 4% in Q2 2011; regulator agrees to 6.8% increase in LLU charges; Telefónica eyes Middle East market through deal with Etisalat, develops new organisational structure; new indirect access model to be introduced for 2012; Telefónica planning to invest US$14.6 billion in Brazil to 2014; revised wholesale broadband access regulations for 2012; regulator’s market data for Q3 2011 and updates to November 2011; operator data to Q3 2011.
Companies covered in this report include: Orange, Telefónica, Jazztel, ONO.
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