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Italy - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 83 Pages
  • May 2020
  • Region: Italy
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 303408
Italy's large telecom market has one of the highest mobile penetration rates in Europe and has benefitted from progressive government programs aimed at developing the fibre broadband sector. The number of broadband subscribers is growing steadily though the DSL segment has begun to contract as subscribers are migrated to the fibre platform.

Government broadband programs, including its support of the Open Fiber project and of plans to merge Open Fibre with TIM's fixed infrastructure, have considerably improved the quality and reach of fast broadband services across the country. Italy is also at the forefront of developments in 5G, with TIM having launched services in mid-2019.

This report analyses the key aspects of the Italian telecom market, providing the latest data and statistics on the fixed network services sector. It also reviews the key regulatory issues including number portability and local loop unbundling.

Key Developments:
  • BT Italia considers sale of its Italian assets;
  • Telecom Italia extends superfast broadband to 19 million premises;

This report update includes the regulators market data to June 2019, telcos operating and financial data to Q3 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses; recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telecom Italia (TIM), Fastweb, Wind Tre, BT Italia, Tiscali

Table of Contents

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 Telecommunications market
3.1 Market analysis
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Historical overview
4.2 Regulatory authority
4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
4.4 Interconnect
4.5 Access
4.6 Number Portability (NP)
4.7 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Telecom Italia (TIM)
5.3 Wind Tre
5.4 BT Italia
5.5 Tiscali
5.6 Fastweb
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 Overview of the national telecom network
6.2 International
6.3 Infrastructure developments
6.4 Smart infrastructure
7 Appendix Historic data8 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Italy 2019 (e)
Table 2 Development of fixed and mobile sector investment 2009 2018
Table 3 Share of fixed-line and mobile sector investment by operator 2010 2018
Table 4 Decline in fixed and mobile market revenue 2010 2018
Table 5 Change in fixed and mobile retail revenue by type 2013 2018
Table 6 Change in fixed market revenue by type 2013 2018
Table 7 Development of Telecom Italia's wholesale access lines by type 2007 2019
Table 8 Fall in the number of fixed number portings 2010 2017
Table 9 Change in Telecom Italia's domestic revenue by sector 2012 2019
Table 10 Development of Telecom Italia Group's financial data 2009 2019
Table 11 Development of Telecom Italia's domestic financial data 2009 2019
Table 12 Development in the in number of Telecom Italia's access lines by sector 2006 2019
Table 13 Tiscali subscribers (Italy) 2007 2019
Table 14 Decline in Tiscali's revenue, by sector 2006 2019
Table 15 Change in Tiscali's financial data 2008 2019
Table 16 Development of Fastweb's financial data (CHF) 2008 2019
Table 17 Fastweb financial data (CHF) 2008 2018
Table 18 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses (Telecom Italia and altnets) 2008 2019
Table 19 Decline in the number of fixed-line in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Table 20 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses by platform 2014 2019
Table 21 Change in the market share of fixed-line accesses by operator 2010 2019
Table 22 International internet bandwidth 2005 2017
Table 23 Historic - Fixed and mobile market investment 2004 2009
Table 24 Historic - Telecom Italia fixed network revenue by sector (old reporting) 2006 2012
Table 25 Historic - Telecom Italia Group financial data 2005 2009
Table 26 Historic - Telecom Italia domestic financial data 2005 2009
Table 27 Historic - Fastweb financial data () 2005 2009
Table 28 Historic - Fixed and mobile market investment 2004 2009
Table 29 Historic - Wind subscribers by sector 2006 2018
Table 30 Historic - Wind annualised fixed-line ARPU 2006 2018
Table 31 Historic - Wind financial data 2006 2018
Table 32 Historic - Wind Tre fixed-line revenue 2015 2018
Table 33 Historic - NGA lines and proportion of total lines 2011 2016
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 fixed and mobile sector investment 2009 2018
Chart 15 Decline in fixed and mobile market revenue 2010 2018
Chart 16 Change in fixed and mobile retail revenue by type 2013 2018
Chart 17 Change in fixed market revenue by type 2013 2018
Chart 18 Development of TIM's wholesale accesses lines by type 2007 2019
Chart 19 Fall in the number of fixed number portings 2010 2017
Chart 20 Change in Telecom Italia's domestic revenue by sector 2012 2019
Chart 21 Development of Telecom Italia Group's financial data 2009 2019
Chart 22 Telecom Italia domestic revenue 2005 2018
Chart 23 Development in the in number of Telecom Italia's access lines by sector 2006 2019
Chart 24 Decline in Tiscali's revenue, by sector 2006 2019
Chart 25 Change in Tiscali's financial data 2008 2019
Chart 26 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses (Telecom Italia and altnets) 2008 2019
Chart 27 Decline in the number of fixed-line in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Chart 28 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses by platform 2014 2019
Chart 29 Change in the market share of fixed-line accesses by operator 2010 2019
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 Access and the local loop
Exhibit 3 - Principal backbone providers
Exhibit 4 2Africa submarine cable
Exhibit 5 2Africa landing stations

Companies Mentioned

  • Telecom Italia (TIM)
  • Fastweb
  • Wind Tre
  • BT Italia
  • Tiscali