Netherlands: Country Intelligence Report

Netherlands: Country Intelligence Report

Summary

"Netherlands: Country Intelligence Report" a new Country Intelligence Report, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in the Netherlands today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2023. Published annually, the report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile and pay-TV segments, as well as a review of key regulatory trends.

The telecom service revenue growth in the Netherlands over 2018-2023 will be driven by mobile data, fixed broadband, and pay-TV segments. Mobile data will be the largest revenue-contributing segment over 2018-2023 driven by increasing smartphone penetration and growing adoption of 4G services. Going forward, operators will focus on data-centric services and invest in 4G expansion and 5G deployments to boost Internet penetration in the country, providing significant opportunities for network infrastructure vendors . Pay-TV revenue will be driven by strong growth in IPTV subscriptions.

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following -

• Demographic and macroeconomic context in the Netherlands.


• The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation and more.


• Telecom and pay-TV services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, mobile data and pay-TV markets.


• The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom and pay-TV services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.


• Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications and pay-TV markets.


• Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.

Scope

• Overall telecom service revenue in the Netherlands will grow at a CAGR of 0.4% in Euro terms (0.6% in US$) during 2018-2023.


• Mobile revenue will account for 46.2% of total telecom revenue in 2018, driven by increasing adoption of mobile broadband and 4G services.


• 4G will be the most adopted mobile technology over 2018-2023. Growing demand for high-speed data services and LTE network expansions across the country will drive 4G subscriptions growth over the forecast period. We expect 5G to be commercially launched in 2020.


• The top two mobile operators, KPN and VodafoneZiggo, will account for 62% share of overall mobile subscriptions in 2018. Competition will further intensify with operators focusing on LTE-A network upgrades and offering data-centric services.

Reasons to Buy

• This Country Intelligence Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of the Netherlands’s telecommunications markets, service providers and key opportunities in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.


• Accompanying the Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in the Netherlands’s mobile communications, fixed telephony and broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.


• With more than 20 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.


• The report provides an easily digestible market assessment for decision-makers built around in-depth information gathered from local market players, which enables executives to quickly get up to speed with the current and emerging trends in the Netherlands’s telecommunications markets.


• The broad perspective of the report coupled with comprehensive, actionable detail will help operators, equipment vendors and other telecom industry players succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in the Netherlands.