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

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  • 48 Pages
  • March 2019
  • Region: Ireland
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 3763728
Ireland's telecom market has been invigorated by the economic recovery seen during the last three years, emerging from a period in which it had been held back by low broadband uptake, reduced investment among operators as lower spending among consumers. Operators including eir, enet and Vodafone Ireland have extensive fibre-based networks deployments in pace aimed at providing 1Gb/s services, while the government is also promoting its National Broadband Plan by which all premises are expected to receive a service of at least 30Mb/s by 2022. This Plan, requiring an investment of up to 600 million, will greatly boost the adoption of IP-delivered content, including e-government, e-health and e-learning. Although only a consortium including enet was in a position to bid for the tender in November 2018, the government is confident that the Plan can be achieved to schedule.

This report provides statistics and analysis on the key sectors of the Irish telecom market, presenting an overview of the regulatory environment, the fixed network operators and services, and telecom infrastructure.

Key Developments:

French holding company NJJ and the telco Iliad together acquire a 64.9% stake in eir;
National Broadband Ireland remains sole bidder for National Broadband Plan tender;
Ireland-France Cable-1 (IFC-1) system secures additional finance;
Eir requests to close copper infrastructure in some areas upgraded with fibre;
Regulator rules that eir make fibre networks available to altnets;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to Q3 2018, telcos' operating and financial data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report include:

Eir, BT Ireland, Smart Telecom, Tele2.

Table of Contents

1 Key statistics2 Country overview3 Telecommunications market
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Historical overview
4.2 Regulatory authority
4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
4.4 Privatisation
4.5 Interconnect
4.6 Access
4.7 Leased lines
4.8 Fibre access
4.9 Number Portability (NP)
4.10 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Eir
5.3 BT Ireland
5.4 Smart Telecom
5.5 Other operators
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 Overview of the national telecom network
6.2 International infrastructure
7 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities Ireland 2018 (e)
Table 2 Telecom sector retail revenue 2012 - 2018
Table 3 Market retail revenue annual change by fixed, mobile and broadcasting sectors 2010 2018
Table 4 Retail and wholesale revenue by sector 2010 - 2018
Table 5 Market revenue share of fixed, mobile and broadcasting subscribers 2002 2018
Table 6 Unbundled loops and access lines 2005 2018
Table 7 Annual ported fixed-line numbers 2010 2018
Table 8 Indirect access lines: CPS and WLR 2006 - 2018
Table 9 Fixed-line and mobile voice traffic in minutes 2008 2018
Table 10 Fixed-line share of retail revenue by major operator 2012 2018
Table 11 Eir financial data (historic) 2001 2007
Table 12 Eir financial data (year to June) 2009 2019
Table 13 Eir revenue by sector (year to June) 2009 2018
Table 14 Eir subscribers by sector 2010 2018
Table 15 Smart Telecom financial data (historic) 2003 2005
Table 16 Historic - Fixed voice subscriptions in service and teledensity 1995; 1997; 1999 2009
Table 17 Fixed voice subscriptions and teledensity 2010 2018
Table 18 Market share of fixed voice lines by operator 2012 2018
Table 19 International internet bandwidth 2000 2016
List of Charts
Chart 1 Market revenue share of fixed, mobile and broadcasting subscribers 2002 - 2018
Chart 2 - Unbundled loops and access lines 2005 2018
Chart 3 Fixed-line and mobile voice traffic in minutes 2008 2018
Chart 4 Fixed voice subscriptions and teledensity 2005 - 2018
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Access and the local loop

Companies Mentioned

  • Eir
  • BT Ireland
  • Smart Telecom
  • Tele2.