Slovakia - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations

Despite market liberalisation Slovakia's incumbent telco Slovak Telekom maintains a near monopoly of the fixed-line market. The company also dominates the DSL broadband sector, though this can partly be attributed to the effects of a pricing strategy which effectively prevented competitors from making a profit through local loop unbundling. Market competition has forced a number of mergers and acquisitions in recent years, resulting in a small number of larger operators.

There is effective competition in the mobile and fixed broadband segments where most investment is being channelled. These operators have expanded into offering bundled fixed and mobile services.

This report outlines Slovakia's fixed-line telecoms market, providing an overview of the regulatory environment, profiles of the major operators, and a range of operational and financial statistics.

Key Developments:

BENESTRA and SWAN complete merger
Slovakia connects to fibre DREAM cable
Slovak Telekom contracts Ericsson to manage its fixed line network

Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2018, telcos' operating data to Q3 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Slovak Telecom, O2 Slovakia, BENESTRA (GTS Nextra)

1 Key statistics

2 Regional European Market Comparison

2.1 Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier
2.2 TMI versus GDP
2.3 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.4 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

3 Country overview

4 Telecommunications market

4.1 Market analysis

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Electronic Communications Act 2003
5.3 Electronic Communications Act 2011
5.4 Regulatory authority
5.5 Telecom sector liberalisation
5.6 Privatisation
5.7 Interconnection
5.8 Access
5.9 Number Portability (NP)
5.10 Carrier selection and Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

6 Fixed network operators

6.1 Slovak Telecom
6.2 BENESTRA
6.3 Slovak Wireless Access Network (SWAN)

7 Telecommunications infrastructure

7.1 Overview of the national telecom network
7.2 International infrastructure

8 Cloud services

9 Digital economy

9.1 E-government
9.2 E-health
9.3 E-education

10 Appendix Historic data11 Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Slovakia 2019 (e)
Table 2 Development of investment in telecom market, by sector 2005 2017
Table 3 Decline in telecom market revenue 2005 2017
Table 4 Development in the number of annual fixed-number portings 2007 2018
Table 5 Decline in the number of Carrier selection and CPS lines 2007 2018
Table 6 Decline in the volume of fixed-line calls and traffic 2006 2018
Table 7 Development in Slovak Telekom's financial results 2009 2019
Table 8 Development in Slovak Telekom's subscriber base by type 2009 2019
Table 9 Decline in the number of residential fixed lines in service 2010 2018
Table 10 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Table 11 Growth in the number of VoIP lines 2007 2018
Table 12 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2009 2018
Table 13 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2000 2009
Table 14 Historic - International internet bandwidth 2000 2009

List of Charts

Chart 1 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders (top tier)
Chart 2 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers (middle tier)
Chart 3 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents (bottom tier)
Chart 4 Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 5 Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 Scandinavia and Baltics: mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 Northern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 11 Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 12 Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 13 Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 14 Development of investment in telecom market, by sector 2005 2017
Chart 15 Decline in telecom market revenue 2005 2017
Chart 16 Development in the number of annual fixed-number portings 2007 2018
Chart 17 Decline in the number of Carrier selection and CPS lines 2007 2018
Chart 18 Decline in the volume of fixed-line calls and traffic 2006 2018
Chart 19 Development in Slovak Telekom's financial results 2009 2019
Chart 20 Development in Slovak Telekom's subscriber base by type 2009 2019
Chart 21 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Chart 22 Growth in the number of VoIP lines 2007 2018
Chart 23 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2009 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 Access, the local loop and unbundling an overview

Companies Mentioned

Slovak Telecom
O2 Slovakia
BENESTRA (GTS Nextra)

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