Abstract
"Local loop unbundling is at the start of a huge growth curve. By 2010, 28.6
million local loops will have been unbundled in Western Europe and competition
in the DSL market will be increasingly infrastructure driven. However,
unbundling is potentially becoming a victim of its own success - urban
exchanges are becoming overcrowded. This report explains what happens next and
how incumbent and alternative operators can each turn events in their favour."
Martin Scott, Analyst
The Western European market for local loop unbundling (LLUB) has taken off but
the ultimate size and dynamics of that market remain to be seen. The
Competitive Dynamics of DSL in Western Europe: prospects for local loop
unbundling and bitstream explains the roles of various wholesale products in
the evolving DSL broadband market and identifies the potential strategies of
different types of operator (alternative operators, DTH players, incumbents
and non-traditional fixed telecoms players, such as mobile operators). The
report includes individual forecasts for 16 Western European markets.
The Competitive Dynamics of DSL in Western Europe: prospects for local loop unbundling and bitstream answers your key questions:
- What are the big issues for unbundlers?
- What are the most important points for incumbents?
- Where do DTH and mobile players fit into the LLUB market?
- What is the present state of the Western European market and what can your
company learn from this?
- How much will individual country markets be worth up to 2010 and what will
the incumbent take?
- How can incumbents slow down the growth of alternative operators, while
maintaining their own market share?
- Should you unbundle and, if so, where?
- What are the long-term options for rural deployment?
- How can alternative operators gain the trust of the consumer?
- How must bitstream evolve to remain more than a service taken by
incumbent' s retail arms?
- How will cabinet-based DSL affect unbundlers' options?
- Will VDSL, fibre and triple play raise more regulatory uncertainties?
Who should read this report
- Incumbent operators: See detailed forecasts of incumbents' shares
of the DSL and broadband markets, including breakdowns of revenue for
wholesale and retail services. Read in-depth discussion and analysis of
Western European DSL markets, including strategy for how to maintain retail
market share and to prolong the life of wholesale services.
- Alternative operators: Study detailed forecasts of subscriber
numbers and revenue for alternative operators' share of the DSL and broadband
markets. Examine in-depth discussion and analysis of Western European DSL
markets, including strategy for how to maintain retail market share, how and
where to unbundle and future regulatory issues.
- Mobile and DTH operators: See discussion of strategies for mobile
and DTH operators considering a fixed broadband approach, including guidance
on the best policies on infrastructure, as well as detailed forecasts of
subscribers in the DSL market.
- Financial institutions and investors: Inform your investment
strategies through detailed forecasts of subscriber numbers and revenue for
unbundlers, other alternative operators and incumbents.
- Vendors: Establish the drivers of DSL market dynamics and future
demand for ULL infrastructure from demand-driven market forecasts.
- Regulators: Examine future market sizings and an overview of the
regulatory issues of today and tomorrow.
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