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Denmark - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 246 Pages
  • August 2022
  • Region: Denmark
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 4756927

Denmark’s Telecom Market Competition Impacting on Revenue

The Denmark - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses report includes all relevant research data and analysis. Covering trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, infrastructure and regulation.

Denmark connected to Norway via a new cable system

Denmark has one of the highest broadband penetration rates globally, with a near universal availability of superfast connections. Extensive cable and DSL infrastructure has been supported by a progressive regulatory regime which has encouraged operator access to both copper and fibre networks. Fibre networks have a fast-growing footprint, while a number of community and metropolitan schemes have supplemented TDC's own commitments to build out fibre nationally. A number of wholesale fibre schemes have also added to the wider availability of fibre broadband.

The reach of LTE infrastructure is comprehensive, while the MNOs by mid-2022 also provided near universal population coverage with 5G. Services based on 5G were initially launched using trial 3.5GHz licences. The multi-spectrum auction held in April 2021 has enabled them to improve the resilience and capacity of 5G. At the same time, all MNOs are engaged in closing down their 3G networks and refarming spectrum for LTE and 5G use.

This report introduces the key aspects of the Danish telecom market, providing data on the fixed network services sector as well as profiles of the major operators. It also analyses market statistics and assesses the key regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection. In addition, the market reviews the fixed broadband and mobile markets, including a range of subscriber forecasts.

Key developments

  • Havsil cable connecting Denmark to Norway is completed;
  • Telenor Denmark planning to upgrade an additional 1,400 base stations for its 5G SA network by end-2022;
  • Denmarks MNOs closing down 3G services;
  • Nokia Networks given five-year managed services contract for TT-Netværket;
  • TDC expands NB-IoT across its LTE footprint;
  • AquaComms upgrades the Havfrue submarine cable;
  • Report update includes the regulator's market data update to December 2020, telcos' operating and financial data to Q2 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report

TDC, Telia Denmark, Telenor, MIT Tele (DLG Tele), 3 Denmark, Lycamobile, Tele2, Cibicom, Net 1 Denmark

Table of Contents

  1. Key statistics
  2. Regional Europe Market Comparison
    1. Market characteristics
    2. Market Leaders
    3. Market Challengers
    4. Market Emergents
    5. TMI versus GDP
    6. Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
    7. Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
  3. Country overview
  4. Telecommunications market
    1. Market analysis
  5. Regulatory environment
    1. Historical overview
    2. Regulatory authority
    3. Fixed-line developments
    4. Mobile network developments
  6. Mobile market
    1. Mobile statistics
    2. Mobile infrastructure
    3. Major mobile operators
    4. Mobile content and applications
  7. Fixed-line broadband market
    1. Market analysis
    2. Broadband statistics
    3. Government support
    4. Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
    5. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
    6. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
    7. Other fixed broadband services
  8. Fixed network operators
    1. Introduction
    2. TDC
    3. Telenor Denmark
    4. Telia Denmark
  9. Telecommunications infrastructure
    1. Overview of the national telecom network
    2. VoIP
    3. Next Generation Access (NGA)
    4. Alternative networks
    5. International infrastructure
  10. Smart infrastructure
    1. Smart cities
  11. Appendix Historic data
  12. Glossary of abbreviations
  13. Related reports

List of Tables

  • Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities 2022 (e)
  • Table 2 Development of telecom revenue by sector (DKK billion) 2012 2020
  • Table 3 Development of telecom earnings (EBIT) 2012 2020
  • Table 4 Development of telecom investment and proportion of revenue 2012 2020
  • Table 5 Change in fixed infrastructure investment by type (DKK million) 2015 2020
  • Table 6 Change in the number of annual fixed-line number portings 2012 2020
  • Table 7 Change in the number of annual mobile numbers ported 2012 2020
  • Table 8 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Table 9 Growth in the number of mobile voice and data subscribers 2012 2020
  • Table 10 Change in mobile services revenue by type (DKK billion) 2012 2020
  • Table 11 Fall in retail revenue per mobile subscriber 2012 2020
  • Table 12 Change in mobile sector investment 2015 2020
  • Table 13 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator (main operators) 2012 2020
  • Table 14 Fall in the number of prepaid subscriptions and proportion of total 2012 2020
  • Table 15 Growth in the number of LTE subscriptions 2015 2020
  • Table 16 Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions by operator 2012 2020
  • Table 17 Development of mobile voice traffic 2012 2020
  • Table 18 Fall in SMS traffic 2012 2020
  • Table 19 Growth in MMS traffic 2012 2020
  • Table 20 Growth in mobile data traffic 2012 2020
  • Table 21 Change in the number of dedicated mobile data subscriptions 2012 2020
  • Table 22 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Table 23 Growth in the number of TDC's mobile broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Table 24 Change in the number of TDC's domestic mobile subscribers (retail, wholesale) (thousand) 2012 2022
  • Table 25 Growth in TDC's mobile voice ARPU (consumer) 2012 2022
  • Table 26 Change in the number of Telenor Denmark's mobile subscribers, proportion prepaid 2012 2022
  • Table 27 Development of Telenor Denmark's mobile ARPU by type (NOK/Q4) 2012 2022
  • Table 28 Development of Telenor Denmark's mobile revenue (NOK million) 2012 2022
  • Table 29 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's mobile subscribers (thousand) 2012 2022
  • Table 30 Change in Telia Denmark's blended mobile ARPU 2012 2022
  • Table 31 Development of Telia Denmark's mobile service revenue 2012 2022
  • Table 32 Change in the number of 3 Denmark's registered subscribers 2012 2021
  • Table 33 Change in the number of 3 Denmark's active subscribers 2014 2021
  • Table 34 Development of 3 Denmark's mobile financial data (DKK million) 2012 2021
  • Table 35 Change in 3 Denmark's annualised monthly ARPU 2012 2021
  • Table 36 Change in the number of fixed and mobile internet subscribers (million) 2012 2020
  • Table 37 Change in the total number of broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2020
  • Table 38 Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology 2012 2021
  • Table 39 Development of fixed broadband subscribers by technology 2012 2020
  • Table 40 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Table 41 Broadband subscribers by lower access speeds 2012 2020
  • Table 42 Growth in the number of broadband subscribers by superfast (>100Mb/s) access speed 2017 2020
  • Table 43 Development of fixed-line broadband revenue by type (DKK million) 2012 2020
  • Table 44 Growth in fixed-line broadband traffic 2017 2020
  • Table 45 Change in the number of TDC's broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Table 46 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's broadband subscribers and ARPU 2012 2022
  • Table 47 Decline in the number of Telenor Denmark's broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Table 48 Growth in the number of VDSL lines 2013 2020
  • Table 49 Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers by type 2012 2020
  • Table 50 Change in the number of wireless broadband subscribers by type 2012 2018
  • Table 51 Satellite broadband subscribers 2012 2020
  • Table 52 Decline in the number of fixed subscriber lines by major operator 2012 2020
  • Table 53 Fixed subscriber lines by minor operator 2012 2020
  • Table 54 Decline in the number of fixed network lines by type 2012 2020
  • Table 55 Development of TDC Group's financial data (DKK billion) 2012 2022
  • Table 56 Development of TDC's consumer and business revenue (DKK billion) 2012 2019
  • Table 57 TDC consumer revenue by sector (DKK million) 2012 2019
  • Table 58 TDC business revenue by sector (DKK million) 2012 2019
  • Table 59 Development of TDC's consumer RGUs by sector (million) 2012 2022
  • Table 60 Decline in Telenor Denmark's fixed-line revenue 2012 2022
  • Table 61 Development of Telenor Denmark's EBITDA, op. profit (NOK million) 2012 2022
  • Table 62 Change in the number of Telenor Denmark's fixed-line subscribers 2012 2022
  • Table 63 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's fixed-line subscribers by sector 2012 2022
  • Table 64 Development of Telia Denmark's revenue by sector (SEK million) 2012 2022
  • Table 65 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
  • Table 66 Decline in fixed-telephony voice traffic (billion minutes) 2012 2020
  • Table 67 Development of retail and wholesale fixed-telephony revenue (DKK million) 2013 2020
  • Table 68 Average revenue per fixed line 2012 2020
  • Table 69 Development of VoIP subscribers and traffic 2012 2020
  • Table 70 Change in the number of TDC's VoIP subscribers 2012 2020
  • Table 71 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's VoIP subscribers 2012 2022
  • Table 72 Change in the number of NGA connections by type 2013 2020
  • Table 73 Change in international internet bandwidth 2012 2017
  • Table 74 Historic - Telecom sector investment 2002 2011
  • Table 75 Historic - Telecom investment and proportion of revenue 2001 2011
  • Table 76 Historic - Carrier and call-by-call PreSelection registrations 2005 2013
  • Table 77 Historic - Mobile voice traffic 2005 2011
  • Table 78 Historic - TDC mobile services revenue by segment (DKK million) 2007 2019
  • Table 79 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration 1999 2011
  • Table 80 Historic - Prepaid subscriptions and percentage of subscribers 1999 2011
  • Table 81 Historic - Mobile retail services revenue 2001 2011
  • Table 82 Historic - Mobile traffic in minutes 2005 2011
  • Table 83 Historic - Annual mobile numbers ported 2003 2011
  • Table 84 Historic - Telenor Denmark mobile subscribers, proportion prepaid 2004 2011
  • Table 85 Historic - Telenor Denmark ARPU (NOK/Q4) 2004 2011
  • Table 86 Historic - Telenor Denmark's mobile revenue (NOK million) 2005 2011
  • Table 87 Historic - 3 Denmark financial data (SEK million) 2007 2011
  • Table 88 Historic - 3 Denmark annualised monthly ARPU and data proportion 2007 2011
  • Table 89 Historic - SMS traffic 2003 2011
  • Table 90 Historic - SMS sent per subscriber 2014 2017
  • Table 91 Historic - Total MMS sent 2003 2011
  • Table 92 Historic - MMS sent per subscriber 2014 2017
  • Table 93 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 1996 2015
  • Table 94 Historic - Internet subscribers and penetration rate 2004 2011
  • Table 95 Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers 2007 2018
  • Table 96 Historic - Total fixed-line broadband subscribers by sector 2001 2011
  • Table 97 Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration 2001 2011
  • Table 98 Historic - Mobile, fixed telephony and broadband revenue (DKK million) 2001 2012
  • Table 99 Historic - Broadband coverage by data rate 2011 2015
  • Table 100 Historic - Fibre broadband subscribers by type 2005 2011
  • Table 101 Historic - Fixed network and ISDN lines (thousand) 2003 2011
  • Table 102 Historic - Telenor Denmark fixed-line subscribers 2005 2011
  • Table 103 Historic - Telia Denmark fixed-line subscribers by sector 2005 2011
  • Table 104 Historic - Fixed-telephony domestic voice traffic (billion minutes) 2005 2011
  • Table 105 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 1999 2011
  • Table 106 Historic - Development of VoIP subscribers and traffic 2005 2011
  • Table 107 Historic - Telenor VoIP subscribers 2005 2014
  • Table 108 Historic - International internet bandwidth 1999 2011
  • Table 109 Historic - Development of telecom earnings (EBIT) 2007 2011
  • Table 110 Historic - Change in the number of annual fixed-line number portings 2006 2011
  • Table 111 Historic - Fall in average revenue per mobile subscriber 2007 2011
  • Table 112 Historic - Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions by operator 2008 2011
  • Table 113 Historic - Change in the number of dedicated mobile data subscriptions 2008 2011
  • Table 114 Historic - Growth in the number of TDC's mobile broadband subscribers 2008 2011
  • Table 115 Historic - Change in the number of TDC's domestic mobile subscribers (retail, wholesale) (thousand) 2007 2011
  • Table 116 Historic - Change in the number of Telia Denmark's mobile subscribers (thousand) 2005 2011
  • Table 117 Historic - Change in Telia Denmark's blended mobile ARPU 2007 2011
  • Table 118 Historic - Development of Telia Denmark's mobile service revenue 2006 2011
  • Table 119 Historic - Change in the number of 3 Denmark's registered subscribers 2007 2011
  • Table 120 Historic - Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology 2007 2011
  • Table 121 Historic - Change in the number of Telia Denmark's broadband subscribers and ARPU 2007 2011
  • Table 122 Historic - Development of TDC Group's financial data (DKK billion) 2007 2011
  • Table 123 Historic - Decline in Telenor Denmark's fixed-line revenue 2006 2011
  • Table 124 Historic - Development of Telenor Denmark's EBITDA, op. profit (NOK million) 2005 2011
  • Table 125 Historic - Development of Telia Denmark's revenue by sector (SEK million) 2006 2011
  • Table 126 Historic - Change in the number of TDC's VoIP subscribers 2008 2011

List of Charts

  • Chart 1 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
  • Chart 2 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
  • Chart 3 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
  • Chart 4 Europe - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
  • Chart 5 Europe Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 6 Scandinavia/Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 7 Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 8 Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 9 Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 10 Development of telecom revenue by sector 2012 2020
  • Chart 11 Development of telecom investment and proportion of revenue 2012 2020
  • Chart 12 Change in fixed infrastructure investment by type 2015 2020
  • Chart 13 Change in the number of annual fixed-line number portings 2012 2020
  • Chart 14 Change in the number of annual mobile numbers ported 2012 2020
  • Chart 15 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Chart 16 Growth in the number of mobile voice and data subscribers 2012 2020
  • Chart 17 Change in mobile services revenue by type 2012 2020
  • Chart 18 Fall in retail revenue per mobile subscriber 2012 2020
  • Chart 19 Change in mobile sector investment 2015 2020
  • Chart 20 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator (main operators) 2012 2020
  • Chart 21 Fall in the number of prepaid subscriptions and proportion of total 2012 2020
  • Chart 22 Growth in the number of LTE subscriptions 2015 2020
  • Chart 23 Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions by operator 2012 2020
  • Chart 24 Development of mobile voice traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 25 Fall in SMS traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 26 Growth in MMS traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 27 Growth in mobile data traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 28 Change in the number of dedicated mobile data subscriptions 2012 2020
  • Chart 29 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Chart 30 Growth in the number of TDC's mobile broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Chart 31 Change in the number of TDC's domestic subscribers (retail, wholesale) 2012 2022
  • Chart 32 Change in the number of Telenor Denmark's mobile subscribers, proportion prepaid 2012 2022
  • Chart 33 Development of Telenor Denmark's mobile ARPU by type 2012 2022
  • Chart 34 Development of Telenor Denmark's mobile revenue 2012 2022
  • Chart 35 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's mobile subscribers 2012 2022
  • Chart 36 Change in Telia Denmark's blended mobile ARPU 2012 2022
  • Chart 37 Development of Telia Denmark's mobile service revenue 2012 2022
  • Chart 38 Change in the number of 3 Denmark's registered subscribers 2012 2021
  • Chart 39 Change in the number of 3 Denmark's active subscribers 2014 2021
  • Chart 40 Development of 3 Denmark's mobile financial data 2012 2021
  • Chart 41 Change in 3 Denmark's annualised monthly ARPU 2012 2021
  • Chart 42 Change in the number of fixed and mobile internet subscribers 2012 2020
  • Chart 43 Change in the total number of broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2020
  • Chart 44 Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology 2012 2021
  • Chart 45 Development of fixed broadband subscribers by technology 2012 2020
  • Chart 46 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
  • Chart 47 Growth in the number of broadband subscribers by superfast (>100Mb/s) access speed 2017 2020
  • Chart 48 Development of fixed-line broadband revenue by type 2012 2020
  • Chart 49 Change in the number of TDC's broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Chart 50 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's broadband subscribers and ARPU 2012 2022
  • Chart 51 Decline in the number of Telenor Denmark's broadband subscribers 2012 2022
  • Chart 52 Growth in the number of VDSL lines 2013 2020
  • Chart 53 Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers by type 2012 2020
  • Chart 54 Decline in the number of fixed subscriber lines by major operator 2012 2020
  • Chart 55 Decline in the number of fixed subscriber lines by minor operator 2012 2020
  • Chart 56 Decline in the number of fixed network lines by type 2012 2020
  • Chart 57 Development of TDC Group's financial data 2012 2022
  • Chart 58 Development of TDC's consumer and business revenue 2012 2019
  • Chart 59 Development of TDC's consumer RGUs by sector 2012 2021
  • Chart 60 Decline in Telenor Denmark's fixed-line revenue 2012 2022
  • Chart 61 Change in the number of Telenor Denmark's fixed-line subscribers 2012 2022
  • Chart 62 Change in the number of Telia Denmark's fixed-line subscribers by sector 2012 2022
  • Chart 63 Development of Telia Denmark's revenue by sector 2012 2022
  • Chart 64 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
  • Chart 65 Decline in fixed-telephony voice traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 66 Development of retail and wholesale fixed-telephony revenue 2013 2020
  • Chart 67 Average revenue per fixed line 2012 2020
  • Chart 68 Development of VoIP subscribers and traffic 2012 2020
  • Chart 69 Change in the number of NGA connections by type 2013 2020

List of Exhibits

  • Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Europe
  • Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
  • Exhibit 3 Europe Market Leaders and market developments
  • Exhibit 4 Europe Market Challengers and market developments
  • Exhibit 5 Europe Market Emergents and market developments
  • Exhibit 6 Access and the local loop
  • Exhibit 7 Licensing results 2001
  • Exhibit 8 Licence awards 2.5GHz 2010
  • Exhibit 9 Licence awards 800MHz 2012
  • Exhibit 10 Licence awards 1800MHz 2016
  • Exhibit 11 Licence awards April 2021
  • Exhibit 12 TDC's spectrum concessions in Denmark
  • Exhibit 13 3 Denmark spectrum concessions