Report: United Kingdom - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts TOC

1. Key Statistics
2. Telecommunications Market
- 2.1 Overview of the UK' s telecom market
3. Regulatory Environment
- 3.1 History
- 3.2 Regulatory authority
  - 3.2.1 Office of Communications (Ofcom)
  - 3.2.2 Ofcom' s strategic review
- 3.3 BT' s structural separation
  - 3.3.1 Openreach
- 3.4 Telecom sector liberalisation in the UK
  - 3.4.1 Privatisation of British Telecom
  - 3.4.2 Interconnect
  - 3.4.3 Access
  - 3.4.4 Number Portability (NP)
  - 3.4.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
  - 3.4.6 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
4. Major Fixed Network Operators In The UK
- 4.1 New regulations
- 4.2 British Telecom
  - 4.2.1 Company restructure
- 4.3 KCOM
- 4.4 Cable & Wireless (C&W)
- 4.5 Virgin Media
- 4.6 COLT Telecom
- 4.7 THUS
- 4.8 Carphone Warehouse
- 4.9 Post Office re-entry
- 4.10 Orange
- 4.11 BSkyB
5. Telecommunications Infrastructure
- 5.1 National telecom network
- 5.2 Next Generation Networks
  - 5.2.1 Cable & Wireless
  - 5.2.2 COLT
  - 5.2.3 BT' s 21CN
  - 5.2.4 Cable telephony
  - 5.2.5 Fibernet
- 5.3 International
  - 5.3.1 Submarine cable networks
  - 5.3.2 Satellite networks
6. Broadband Market
- 6.1 Overview
  - 6.1.1 Emerging trends
  - 6.1.2 Super-fast broadband
  - 6.1.3 Government support
- 6.2 Cable modems
- 6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  - 6.3.1 BT products
  - 6.3.2 Broadband consumer access
  - 6.3.3 Broadband providers
  - 6.3.4 ADSL2+
  - 6.3.5 SDSL
  - 6.3.6 VDSL
- 6.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  - 6.4.1 Costing fibre
  - 6.4.2 Fibre access and Community Broadband Access networks
  - 6.4.3 BT
  - 6.4.4 Other developments
- 6.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
  - 6.5.1 Broadband over the Electricity Network (BoEN)
  - 6.5.2 Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- 6.6 Wireless broadband
  - 6.6.1 Regulatory environment
  - 6.6.2 Spectrum 900/1800MHz
  - 6.6.3 Spectrum 1452/1492MHz
  - 6.6.4 Spectrum 2.6GHz
  - 6.6.5 Spectrum 3.4GHz
  - 6.6.6 Spectrum 5.8GHz
  - 6.6.7 Spectrum 10GHz
  - 6.6.8 Spectrum 28GHz
  - 6.6.9 Spectrum 71-86GHz
  - 6.6.10 Other spectrum awards
  - 6.6.11 Digital dividend spectrum
  - 6.6.12 WLAN/WiFi
  - 6.6.13 WiMAX
  - 6.6.14 Mobile broadband
  - 6.6.15 Internet via satellite
7. Convergence
- 7.1 Overview of media convergence
- 7.2 Key general trends
- 7.3 Digital media
  - 7.3.1 Business models - triple play
- 7.4 Regulator issues
  - 7.4.1 Ofcom
  - 7.4.2 Digital Dividend Review
  - 7.4.3 Releasing dividend spectrum
  - 7.4.4 DTTV pay services
  - 7.4.5 Digital switchover licensing
- 7.5 Digital TV (DTV)
  - 7.5.1 Broadband TV (IPTV)
  - 7.5.2 Cable TV
  - 7.5.3 Satellite TV
  - 7.5.4 Digital Terrestrial TV
  - 7.5.5 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
  - 7.5.6 VoIP
  - 7.5.7 Interactive TV
8. Mobile Communications
- 8.1 Overview of the UK' s mobile market
  - 8.1.1 Mobile statistics
  - 8.1.2 Operator market shares
- 8.2 Regulatory issues
  - 8.2.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
  - 8.2.2 Roaming
  - 8.2.3 Number portability
  - 8.2.4 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
- 8.3 Mobile technologies
  - 8.3.1 Digital
  - 8.3.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile
  - 8.3.3 Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC)
- 8.4 Major mobile operators
  - 8.4.1 Hutchison 3
  - 8.4.2 O2
  - 8.4.3 Vodafone
  - 8.4.4 T-Mobile
  - 8.4.5 Orange
  - 8.4.6 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
- 8.5 Mobile voice services
  - 8.5.1 Prepaid cards
  - 8.5.2 ARPU statistics
- 8.6 Mobile data services
  - 8.6.1 Overview
  - 8.6.2 Regulatory issues
  - 8.6.3 Operator services - 3G
  - 8.6.4 Mobile data services
9. Forecasts
- 9.1 Forecast broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2012; 2018
  - 9.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband subscriber growth
  - 9.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband subscriber growth
- 9.2 Forecast mobile ARPU - 2007 - 2010; 2014
- 9.3 Forecast UMTS subscribers - 2007 - 2010; 2015
10. Glossary of Abbreviations

TABLES:

Table 1 - Country statistics United Kingdom - 2009
Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2008
Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2008
Table 4 - Internet user statistics - June 2009
Table 5 - Broadband statistics - January 2009
Table 6 - Mobile statistics - June 2009
Table 7 - National telecommunications authority
Table 8 - Communications retail sector revenue - 2003 - 2008
Table 9 - Household spend on telecoms services - 2004 - 2008
Table 13 - Share of call volumes, fixed-line and mobile - 2003 - 2008
Table 43 - COLT financial data - 2006 - 2009
Table 44 - THUS subscribers - 2006 - 2008
Table 45 - THUS financial data - 2004 - 2008
Table 46 - THUS financial data - 2009
Table 47 - Carphone Warehouse Group revenue, profit - 2007 - 2009
Table 48 - TalkTalk financial data - 2007 - 2009
Table 49 - BSkyB voice customers - 2006 - 2009
Table 50 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2009
Table 51 - Broadband retail revenue - 2003 - 2008
Table 52 - Broadband connections by type - 2002 - 2009
Table 53 - Internet connections by consumer group - 2003 - 2008
Table 54 - Market share of broadband subscribers by type - 2002 - 2008
Table 55 - Broadband availability by households - 2000 - 2009
Table 56 - Share of broadband subscribers by ISP - 2005 - 2009
Table 57 - Broadband penetration by technology - 2004 - 2008
Table 58 - Total broadband subscribers by type - 2004 - 2009
Table 59 - Broadband subscribers by type - incumbent or other provider - 2007 - 2009
Table 60 - Percentage Internet access by dial-up and broadband - 2000 - 2009
Table 61 - PC, broadband and Internet household penetration - 2000 - 2009
Table 62 - Value of e-commerce sales - 2007 - 2012
Table 63 - BT Openreach WRL lines - 2007 - 2009
Table 64 - Virgin Media ARPU - 2007 - 2009
Table 65 - Virgin Media broadband subscribers by speed of service - 2007 - 2009
Table 66 - Virgin Media financial data - 2007 - 2009
Table 67 - xDSL subscribers - 2000 - 2009
Table 68 - BT retail and wholesale broadband subscribers - 2004 - 2009
Table 69 - Mobile broadband connections - 2008 - 2009
Table 70 - Mobile broadband connection types and usage - 2008
Table 71 - Mobile broadband market share - September 2008
Table 72 - Availability of digital services - June 2009
Table 73 - Adoption of services - March 2009
Table 74 - Broadcast HD homes by provider - 2006 - 2009
Table 75 - Proportion of bundled services by type - 2006 - 2009
Table 76 - Proportion of homes with bundled services by type - March 2009
Table 77 - Statistical overview of digital TV market - 2006 - 2009
Table 78 - Market share of TV homes by platform (primary sets) - 2005 - 2009
Table 79 - Digital TV uptake, share of main TV sets - 2005 - 2009
Table 80 - BT Vision subscribers - 2007 - 2009
Table 81 - Free-to-view satellite households - 2003 - 2009
Table 82 - BSkyB subscriber statistics - 2005 - 2009
Table 83 - BSkyB annualised ARPU - 2005 - 2009
Table 84 - BSkyB revenue, operating profit and annual change - 2007 - 2009
Exhibit 12 - Digital broadcasting switchover timetable - 2008 - 2012
Table 85 - Homes equipped for DTTV - 2006 - 2009
Table 86 - DTTV equipment sales - 2005 - 2009
Table 87 - Cumulative DTTV equipment sales - 2006 - 2009
Table 88 - Online TV revenue - 2005 - 2008
Table 89 - Virgin Media VoD use - 2007 - 2009
Table 90 - Virgin Media V+ base - 2008 - 2009
Table 91 - VoIP users as % of total Internet subscribers - 2005 - 2008
Table 92 - BT VoIP subscribers - 2006 - 2008
Table 93 - Mobile and fixed-line voice traffic and total traffic in minutes - 2005 - 2009
Table 94 - Mobile call revenue by operator - 2002 - 2009
Table 95 - Mobile retail revenue by service - 2002 - 2008
Table 96 - Mobile revenue as proportion of total - 2002 - 2008
Table 97 - Average cost of mobile services by type - 2003 - 2008
Table 98 - Mobile handset sales - 2005 - 2009
Table 99 - Mobile operator and subscribers - June 2009
Table 100 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2009
Table 101 - Percentages of mobile and fixed phones in homes - 2000 - 2009
Table 102 - Mobile subscribers by operator - 2000 - 2009
Table 103 - Mobile retail revenue by operator - 2000 - 2009
Table 104 - Mobile ARPU by sector - 2000 - 2008
Table 105 - Mobile share of outbound calls - 2002 - 2008
Table 106 - Average mobile charges by service - 2000 - 2007
Table 107 - Mobile market share by operator - 2004 - 2009
Table 108 - Mobile operator share of revenue - Q2 2009
Table 109 - European roaming charges - 2007 - 2009
Table 110 - Mobile numbers ported - 2003 - 2005
Table 111 - MTRs by operator - 2009 - 2011
Table 112 - 3 UK and Ireland subscribers by sector and annual change - 2008
Table 113 - 3 UK and Ireland revenue; annual change - 2008
Table 114 - O2 financial data - 2007 - 2009
Table 115 - O2 quarterly ARPU - blended, contract, prepaid and data - 2006 - 2009
Table 116 - O2 subscribers, prepaid and contract - 2005 - 2009
Table 117 - Vodafone ARPU: blended, contract and prepaid - 2005 - 2009
Table 118 - Vodafone mobile non-voice as % service revenue - 2005 - 2009
Table 119 - Vodafone 3G and live! subscribers - 2005 - 2009
Table 120 - Vodafone (UK) subscribers and proportion prepaid - 2001 - 2009
Table 121 - Vodafone (UK) financial data - 2008 - 2009
Table 122 - Vodafone Group revenue by sector - 2007 - 2009
Table 123 - Vodafone (UK) service revenue by sector - 2008 - 2009
Table 124 - T-Mobile financial data - 2005 - 2009
Table 125 - T-Mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2009
Table 126 - Orange subscribers, contract and prepaid - 2006 - 2009
Table 127 - Orange subscribers by type, retail, 3G, MVNO - 2006 - 2009
Table 128 - Orange revenue - 2005 - 2009
Table 129 - Orange ARPU by category - 2006 - 2009
Table 130 - MNO and MVNO share of subscribers - 2004 - 2008
Table 131 - Virgin Mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2009
Table 132 - Virgin Mobile financial data - 2007 - 2009
Table 133 - Carphone Warehouse subscribers - 2007 - 2009
Table 134 - Carphone Warehouse mobile revenue - 2006 - 2009
Table 135 - Percentage of prepaid customers per operator - 2003 - 2008
Table 136 - Average cost per mobile minute - 2002 - 2009
Table 137 - Prepaid and contract subscribers - 2002 - 2008
Table 138 - Mobile retail ARPU by service - 2002 - 2008
Table 139 - ARPU by subscription type - 2002 - 2008
Table 140 - 3G subscribers and percentage of total subscribers - 2003 - 2009
Table 141 - 3G subscriber penetration rate - 2003 - 2009
Table 142 - 3G licence results - April 2000
Table 143 - 3 UK and Ireland subscribers by sector and annual change - 2008
Table 144 - 3 UK and Ireland revenue and annual change - 2008
Table 145 - Vodafone 3G subscribers - 2005 - 2009
Table 146 - Average ARPU per data service - 2009
Table 147 - Vodafone live! subscribers - 2005 - 2007
Table 148 - Total and average text messages sent - 1999 - 2008
Table 149 - Average SMS and MMS sent per month - 2003 - 2008
Table 150 - SMS and MMS revenue by operator - 2006 - 2008
Table 151 - SMS and MMS volumes by operator - 2006 - 2009
Table 152 - Mobile broadband connections - 2008 - 2009
Table 153 - Mobile broadband connection types and usage - 2008
Table 154 - Mobile broadband market share per operator - September 2008
Table 155 - Forecast broadband subscribers - higher market growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018
Table 156 - Forecast broadband subscribers - lower market growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018
Table 157 - Forecast mobile ARPU - 2007 - 2010; 2014
Table 158 - Forecast UMTS subscribers - 2007 - 2010; 2015

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit 1 - EU New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
Exhibit 2 - Principal submarine cables from the UK - 2009
Exhibit 3 - BT' s wholesale DSL products - 2008
Exhibit 4 - Estimated cost of fibre by deployment technology - 2009
Exhibit 5 - Wireless opportunities using technology and frequencies
Exhibit 6 - Spectrum auction results 10GHz - February 2008
Exhibit 7 - WLAN operator business models - 2009
Exhibit 8 - Overview of media convergence
Exhibit 9 - Operators' service bundling offers - 2009
Exhibit 10 - Technology developments in bundled services - 2009
Exhibit 11 - Snapshot of digital TV services and providers - 2009
Exhibit 13 - Popular VoIP providers - 2009
Exhibit 14 - Spectrum available for mobile services
Exhibit 15 - 3G licensees and infrastructure suppliers

United Kingdom - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts

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