ll telcos have focused on growing revenue by marketing mobile broadband and other value-added services such as mobile content and applications. To this end they have invested in LTE infrastructure and technologies.

/EIN News/ -- Sydney, Feb. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of Paul Budde Communication’s focus report on Czech Republic outlines the major developments and key aspects in the mobile telecoms markets.

Click here to access the report : https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Czech-Republic-Mobile-Infrastructure-Operators-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses

The Czech mobile market is dominated by three operators, of which two are the local units of the major pan-European players Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Group. O2 Czech Republic was sold by Telefónica to an investment firm, the PPF Group, and has been split into a network management business and a separate retail business, while the mobile services provider U:fon was acquired by Nordic Investors and now trades as Nordic Telecom.

Although the government in 2017 amended the Telecommunications Act to improve pricing for end-users the market remains relatively uncompetitive. To address this the regulator planned to attract a new market player when it auctions 5G-suitable spectrum at the end of 2019.

All telcos have focused on growing revenue by marketing mobile broadband and other value-added services such as mobile content and applications. To this end they have invested in LTE infrastructure and technologies. LTE coverage reaches about 98% of the population, while technologies including LTE-A and tri-band carrier aggregation are being widely deployed. T-Mobile and O2 are both active in developing services and applications based on 5G.

This report covers the Czech Republic’s mobile market, providing an overview of the network operators Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 and Nordic Telekom, as well as developments in technologies and regulatory affairs. A range of market and company statistics provide an insight into the state of both the mobile voice and data markets, as well as the performance and strategies of the key network players.

Key developments:

• Regulator delays 700MHz and 3.4GHz spectrum auction for 5G to mid-2020;
• Antitrust regulators rule against T-Mobile CR network sharing deal with O2 CR;
• Regulator assigns 3.6GHz spectrum blocks to licensees;
• T-Mobile switches on LTE in the 2600MHz band, adding to services in the 800MHz and 1800MHz bands;
• MNOs promote m-payment services;
• T-Mobile to close 3G services by 2020;
• Report update includes the regulator’s annual reports and market reports to December 2018; telcos’ operating and financial data to Q4 2019; recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

O2 Czech Republic, T-Mobile Czech Republic, Vodafone Czech Republic, Nordic Telecom (MobilKom, U:fon).

Table of Contents

• Market analysis
• Mobile statistics
  • General statistics
• Mobile infrastructure
  • 5G
  • 4G (LTE)
  • 3G
  • GSM
  • Analogue networks
  • Other infrastructure developments
    • M2M
    • IoT
  • Mobile voice
  • Mobile data
    • SMS and MMS
  • Mobile broadband
• Regulatory issues
  • Significant market power (SMP) obligations
  • Roaming tariffs
  • Mobile Termination Rates (MTR)
  • 2G licences
  • 3G licences
  • Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
  • Network sharing
  • Spectrum auctions
    • 3.6-3.8GHz
    • 700MHz
    • Spectrum allocations
• Major mobile operators
  • O2 Czech Republic
  • T-Mobile Czech Republic
  • Vodafone Czech Republic
  • Nordic Telecom (MobilKom/U:fon)
  • Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
• Mobile content and applications
  • Location-based services
  • Mobile advertising
  • M-commerce
  • M-payments
• Appendix – Historic data
• Related reports

List of Tables

• Table 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
• Table 2 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2001 – 2017
• Table 3 – Change in the number and proportion of T-Mobile CR’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Table 4 – Change in the number and proportion of O2 CR’ prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Table 5 – Change in the number and proportion of Vodafone CR’ prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Table 6 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2017
• Table 7 – Growth in mobile voice traffic – 2009 – 2017
• Table 8 – Growth in average mobile broadband data use per subscriber – 2011 – 2017
• Table 9 – Decline in the number of SMS messages sent – 2009 – 2020
• Table 10 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
• Table 11 – Growth in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers by type – 2007 – 2017
• Table 12 – Change in the number of O2 CR subscribers – 2006 – 2019
• Table 13 – Development of O2 CR’s mobile service revenue (CZK) – 2012 – 2019
• Table 14 – Development of O2 CR’s mobile ARPU (CZK) – 2012 – 2018
• Table 15 – Growth in the number of T-Mobile CR’s mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2019
• Table 16 – Growth in T-Mobile CR’ mobile service revenue – 2009 – 2019
• Table 17 – Development of T-Mobile CR’s blended mobile ARPU – 2004 – 2019
• Table 18 – Change in the number of Vodafone CR’s mobile subscribers – 2008 – 2019
• Table 19 – Historic – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 – 2009
• Table 20 – Historic - Annual mobile number portings – 2006 – 2016
• Table 21 – Historic - SMS messages sent – 2003 – 2009
• Table 22 – Historic – Ration of prepaid to contract subscribers – 2001 – 2009
• Table 23 – Historic - T-Mobile CR prepaid subscribers – 2005 – 2009
• Table 24 – Historic - O2 CR prepaid subscribers – 2004 – 2009
• Table 25 – Historic - O2 CR prepaid subscribers – 2004 – 2009
• Table 26 – Vodafone CR prepaid subscribers – 2005 – 2009
• Table 27 – Historic - O2 CR mobile service revenue (€) – 2006 – 2013
• Table 28 – Historic - O2 CR ARPU (€) – 2006 – 2013

List of Charts

• Chart 1 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2024
• Chart 2 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2001 – 2017
• Chart 3 – Change in the number and proportion of T-Mobile CR’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Chart 4 – Change in the number and proportion of O2 CR’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Chart 5 – Change in the number and proportion of Vodafone CR’ prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019
• Chart 6 – Growth in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2017
• Chart 7 – Growth in mobile voice traffic – 2009 – 2017
• Chart 8 – Growth in average mobile broadband data use per subscriber – 2011 – 2017
• Chart 9 – Decline in the number of SMS messages sent – 2009 – 2020
• Chart 10 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2024
• Chart 11 – Growth in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers by type – 2007 – 2017
• Chart 12 – Change in the number of O2 CR mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2019
• Chart 13 – Development of O2 CR’s mobile service revenue (CZK) – 2012 – 2019
• Chart 14 – Development of O2 CR’s mobile ARPU (CZK) – 2012 – 2018
• Chart 15 – Growth in the number of T-Mobile CR’s mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2019
• Chart 16 – Development of T-Mobile CR mobile service revenue – 2009 – 2019
• Chart 17 – Decline in T-Mobile CR blended ARPU – 2004 – 2019
• Chart 18 – Vodafone CR subscribers – 2008 – 2019

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit 1 – 2G spectrum – 1999
• Exhibit 2 – Multi-spectrum auction – 2013

Click here to access the report : https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Czech-Republic-Mobile-Infrastructure-Operators-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses

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