2007 Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Benelux

• Market and industry analyses, trends and developments
• Facts, figures and statistics
• Industry and regulatory issues
• Research, Marketing, Benchmarking
• Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, Prepaid
• VoIP, IPTV, VoD, digital TV and DTTV
• Converged media

1. BELGIUM

1.1 Key statistics

1.2 Telecommunications market

1.2.1 Overview of Belgium’s telecom market

1.3 Regulatory environment

1.3.1 History

1.3.2 Regulatory authority

1.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Belgium

1.4 Fixed network operators in Belgium

1.4.1 Belgacom

1.4.2 COLT Telecom NV

1.4.3 Mobistar

1.4.4 Scarlet (formerly KPN Belgium)

1.4.5 Tele2 Belgium

1.4.6 Telenet

1.4.7 Versatel Telecom

1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

1.5.1 National telecom network

1.5.2 Next Generation Network (NGN)

1.5.3 International infrastructure

1.6 Broadband market

1.6.1 Overview

1.6.2 Cable modems

1.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

1.6.4 Other DSL developments

1.6.5 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks

1.6.6 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

1.6.7 Wireless broadband

1.6.8 Broadband forecasts to 2017

1.7 Convergence

1.7.1 Overview of media convergence

1.7.2 Key general trends

1.7.3 Triple play models

1.7.4 Regulatory issues

1.7.5 Digital TV (DTV)

1.8 Mobile communications

1.8.1 Overview of Belgium’s mobile market

1.8.2 Regulatory issues

1.8.3 Mobile technologies

1.8.4 Major mobile operators

1.8.5 Mobile voice services

1.8.6 Mobile data services

1.8.7 Mobile applications

2. LUXEMBOURG

2.1 Key statistics

2.2 Telecommunications market

2.2.1 Overview of Luxembourg’s telecom market

2.3 Regulatory environment

2.3.1 History

2.3.2 Regulatory authorities

2.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Luxembourg

2.4 Fixed network operators in Luxembourg

2.4.1 P&T Luxembourg

2.4.2 Cegecom

2.4.3 Tele2

2.4.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

2.5.1 National telecom network

2.6 Broadband and Internet market

2.6.1 Overview

2.6.2 Cable modems

2.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

2.6.4 Wireless broadband

2.6.5 Internet via satellite

2.6.6 Broadband forecasts to 2017

2.7 Convergence

2.7.1 Overview of media convergence

2.7.2 Digital TV (DTV)

2.8 Mobile communications

2.8.1 Overview of Luxembourg’s mobile market

2.8.2 Regulatory issues

2.8.3 Mobile technologies

2.8.4 Major mobile operators

2.8.5 Mobile data services

3. NETHERLANDS

3.1 Key statistics

3.2 Telecommunications market

3.2.1 Overview of the Netherlands’ telecom market

3.3 Regulatory environment

3.3.1 History

3.3.2 Regulatory authority

3.3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in The Netherlands

3.4 Fixed network operators in The Netherlands

3.4.1 Overview of operators

3.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

3.5.1 National telecom network

3.5.2 International infrastructure

3.5.3 Regulatory issues

3.6 Broadband market

3.6.1 Overview

3.6.2 Cable modems

3.6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

3.6.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks

3.6.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

3.6.6 Wireless broadband

3.6.7 Broadband forecasts to 2017

3.7 Convergence

3.7.1 Overview of media convergence

3.7.2 Key general trends

3.7.3 Triple play models

3.7.4 Regulator issues

3.7.5 Digital TV

3.8 Mobile communications

3.8.1 Overview of The Netherlands’ mobile market

3.8.2 Regulatory issues

3.8.3 Mobile technologies

3.8.4 Major mobile operators

3.8.5 Mobile voice services

3.8.6 Mobile data services

4. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - WiMAX spectrum licenses - 2001 - 2005

Exhibit 2 - Plan of action and targets - 2003 - 2015

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Belgium - 2007

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2005

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - June 2007

Table 4 - Broadband statistics - March 2007

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - June 2007

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Market share of households by sector - 2002 - 2005

Table 8 - LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental - 2004 - 2006

Table 9 - Unbundled loops and access lines - 2004 - 2007

Table 10 - Analogue access channels - PSTN, ISDN-2, ISDN-30 - 2000 - 2005

Table 11 - BRUO and BROBA monthly access fees

Table 12 - Fixed numbers ported (regulator data) - 2000 - 2005

Table 13 - Fixed number portings (EC data) - 2005 - 2006

Table 14 - Fixed numbers ported and annual change - 2000 - 2005

Table 15 - Belgacom residential access channels and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 16 - Belgacom residential traffic by sector and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 17 - Belgacom financial statistics - 2003 - 2006

Table 18 - Belgacom revenue by sector and annual change - 2004 - 2006

Table 19 - Belgacom fixed-line services revenue annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 20 - Belgacom revenue share by sector - 2005 - 2006

Table 21 - Belgacom ARPU by sector, annual change - 2005 - 2007

Table 22 - Mobistar financial statistics and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 23 - Telenet financial statistics and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 24 - Telenet revenue by sector - 2003 - 2006

Table 25 - Telenet subscribers by sector - 2005 - 2007

Table 26 - Versatel operating statistics - 2005 - 2007

Table 27 - Versatel subscriber statistics - 2005 - 2007

Table 28 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2005

Table 29 - New broadband lines per year / day - 2004 - 2007

Table 30 - Internet users and penetration - 1995 - 2007

Table 31 - Broadband subscribers statistics and penetration (cable modem & DSL) - 2000 - 2007

Table 32 - Broadband market share by sector - 2002 - 2005

Table 33 - Cable modem subscribers - 2000 - 2006

Table 34 - Telenet broadband subscribers - 2002 - 2007

Table 35 - UPC Belgium subscriber statistics - 2006

Table 36 - ADSL subscribers - 2000 - 2007

Table 37 - Belgacom ADSL subscribers - 2000 - 2007

Table 38 - Bitstream and wholesale subscribers - 2002 - 2007

Table 39 - WLL broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2007

Table 40 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - stronger market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 41 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - weaker market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 42 - Belgacom TV subscribers and ARPU - 2006 - 2007

Table 43 - Belgacom TV financials - 2006

Table 44 - Cable TV subscriber statistics and penetration - 1995 - 2006

Table 45 - Telenet operating statistics - 2005 - 2007

Table 46 - Telenet monthly ARPU - 2005 - 2006

Table 47 - UPC Belgium statistics per market segment - 2005 - 2006

Table 48 - Satellite TV subscribers - 1995 - 2006

Table 49 - Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual change - June 2007

Table 50 - Mobile subscribers and teledensity - 1995 - 2007

Table 51 - Outgoing minutes - 2002 - 2005

Table 52 - Market share by operator - 2006

Table 53 - Market share by operator - historical - 2002 - 2005

Table 54 - Market share of net adds by operator - 2005 - 2006

Table 55 - Mobile termination tariffs - 2006 - 2008

Table 56 - Annual mobile numbers portings - 2002 - 2005

Table 57 - Mobile number portings (EC data) - 2005 - 2006

Table 58 - Proximus revenue by sector and annual change - 2004 - 2006

Table 59 - Proximus subscriber statistics prepaid and contract - 2005 - 2007

Table 60 - Proximus ARPU, market share and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 61 - Mobistar subscribers and ARPU - 2005 - 2007

Table 62 - BASE financial statistics and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 63 - BASE revenue - 2005 - 2007

Table 64 - BASE ARPU contract and prepaid - 2005 - 2007

Table 65 - BASE prepaid and contract subscribers - 2004 - 2007

Table 66 - BASE net adds: prepaid and contract - 2005 - 2007

Table 67 - Proximus prepaid and contract subscribers - 2004 - 2007

Table 68 - Mobistar subscriber statistics - percentage contract and prepaid - 2003 - 2007

Table 69 - Proximus SMS messages / subscriber / month and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 70 - Premium SMS market overview

Table 71 - Country statistics Luxembourg - 2007

Table 72 - Telephone network statistics - 2005

Table 73 - Internet user statistics - June 2007

Table 74 - Broadband statistics - Sept 2006

Table 75 - Mobile statistics - 2007

Table 76 - National telecommunications authorities

Table 77 - Fixed-line revenue - 2003 - 2005*

Table 78 - Telecom licences in Luxembourg - 2005*

Table 79 - Fixed services revenue - 2003 - 2005*

Table 80 - Fixed services revenue - 2003 - 2005*

Table 81 - Fixed services traffic - 2004 - 2005*

Table 82 - Overall fixed and mobile revenue - 2004 - 2005*

Table 83 - Fixed and mobile subscription revenue and annual change - 2005*

Table 84 - Unbundled loops and access lines - 2004 - 2007

Table 85 - LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental - 2004 - 2006

Table 86 - Fixed numbers ported - 2002 - 2006

Table 87 - P&T Luxembourg total revenue - 2001 - 2005

Table 88 - P&T Luxembourg telecom revenue - 2001 - 2005

Table 89 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2004*

Table 90 - Broadband market revenue - 2003 - 2005

Table 91 - Internet users and penetration - 1995 - 2007

Table 92 - Total broadband subscribers and penetration - 2001 - 2007

Table 93 - Broadband subscribers by type, provider - Oct 2006

Table 94 - LuxDSL subscribers and annual change - 2004 - 2005

Table 95 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - stronger market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 96 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - weaker market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 97 - Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual growth - 2006

Table 98 - Mobile subscribers and penetration - 1996 - 2007

Table 99 - Market share by operator - 2005 - 2006

Table 100 - Mobile services revenue - 2004 - 2005

Table 101 - On-net (within the network) traffic - 2004 - 2005

Table 102 - SMS messages sent and annual change - 2004 - 2005

Table 103 - Mobile numbers ported - 2005 - 2006

Table 104 - LuxGSM mobile revenue and annual change - 2004 - 2005

Table 105 - Country statistics Netherlands - 2007

Table 106 - Telephone network statistics - 2005

Table 107 - Internet user statistics - June 2007

Table 108 - Broadband statistics - March 2007

Table 109 - Mobile statistics - March 2007

Table 110 - National telecommunications authorities

Table 111 - Fixed-to-mobile interconnections tariffs - 2007 - 2009

Table 112 - Unbundled loops and access lines - 2004 - 2007

Table 113 - LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental - 2004 - 2006

Table 114 - Number portability status - 2002 - 2006

Table 115 - Fixed network channels - 1999 - 2005

Table 116 - Households with fixed telephony, by operator - 2004 - 2006

Table 117 - Market share of alternative fixed-line providers - September 2006

Table 118 - Households with fixed telephony, by technology - 2003 - 2005

Table 119 - KPN net line loss - 2005 - 2007

Table 120 - KPN network channels, PSTN, ISDN - consumer voice - 2005 - 2007

Table 121 - KPN fixed-line revenue and annual change - 2007

Table 122 - KPN subscribers by sector, market share - 2005 - 2007

Table 123 - Traffic minutes (billion) and annual change - 2005 - 2007

Table 124 - KPN voice consumer market share - 2004 - 2007

Table 125 - KPN financial statistics - 2006 - 2007

Table 126 - KPN revenue by sector - 2005 - 2006

Table 127 - UPC Nederland statistics - 2004 - 2007

Table 128 - UPC Netherlands revenue and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 129 - Versatel (Dutch) DSL subscribers - 2005 - 2006

Table 130 - Versatel (Dutch) revenue, EBITDA and CAPEX - 2005 - 2006

Table 131 - Versatel (Dutch) subscriber statistics by type - 2005 - 2006

Table 132 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2005

Table 133 - KPN wholesale operating statistics - 2004 - 2007

Table 134 - Broadband household and IP-VPN penetration - 2002 - 2007

Table 135 - Main ISPs, and subscriber base - June 2007

Table 136 - Share of broadband market - September 2006

Table 137 - Broadband market share - 2004 - 2005

Table 138 - Broadband penetration in Internet households - 2004 - 2007

Table 139 - Total broadband subscribers (cable modem, xDSL, fibre) - 1999 - 2007

Table 140 - Broadband penetration - 1999 - 2007

Table 141 - Broadband subscribers by operator - June 2007

Table 142 - Cable modem subscribers - 2000 - 2007

Table 143 - UPC Nederland cable and Internet subscribers - 2004 - 2007

Table 144 - KPN consumer retail broadband subscribers and annual change - June 2007

Table 145 - ADSL subscribers - 2000 - 2007

Table 146 - KPN consumer DSL subscribers - 2005 - 2007

Table 147 - Analogue / digital leased line use - 2003 - 2005

Table 148 - KPN broadband accesses - 2005 - 2006

Table 149 - Forecast fibre subscriber growth - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 150 - WiFi hotspots by major players - 2005

Table 151 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - stronger market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 152 - Forecast broadband subscriber growth - weaker market growth scenario - 2007 - 2011; 2017

Table 153 - Proportion of households with products from a single provider - 2004 - 2006

Table 154 - Cable and satellite TV statistics per market segments and penetration - 1998 - 2005

Table 155 - Average TV subscription fees by infrastructure - 2006

Table 156 - TV distribution infrastructure market share - 2005 - 2006

Table 157 - VoIP subscribers and quarterly change - 2005 - 2007

Table 158 - KPN VoIP subscribers - 2006 - 2007

Table 159 - TV homes, cable subscribers and penetration - 1998 - 2005

Table 160 - Cable TV penetration - selected European countries comparison - 2005

Table 161 - Cable TV operators’ estimated market shares - 2003; 2005 - 2006

Table 162 - UPC Nederland statistics per market segment - 2004 - 2007

Table 163 - @Home subscriber statistics - June 2007

Table 164 - Casema subscribers by sector - June 2006

Table 165 - Essent Kabelcom subscribers by sector - June 2006

Table 166 - Satellite TV subscribers and penetration - 2002 - 2006

Table 167 - Mobile services market - 2004 - 2007

Table 168 - Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual growth - Q4 2006

Table 169 - Total mobile subscribers and penetration (regulator data) - 1997 - 2007

Table 170 - Subscribers (millions) and market share by operator (historic) - 2003 - 2005

Table 171 - Market share by operator - Q4 2006

Table 172 - 3G licence awards (spectrum, spectrum fees and admin fees) - July 2000

Table 173 - Mobile termination tariffs - 2006 - 2008

Table 174 - Mobile number portability status - 2001 - 2006

Table 175 - Average monthly ARPU - 2005 - 2006

Table 176 - Mobile subscribers - 1998 - 2007

Table 177 - KPN Mobile retail subscribers - 2006 - 2007

Table 178 - KPN Mobile wholesale subscribers and annual change - 2007

Table 179 - KPN international revenue and annual change - 2007

Table 180 - KPN mobile market share - revenue - 2004 - 2005

Table 181 - KPN market share - subscribers - 2004 - 2005

Table 182 - KPN Mobile financial statistics and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 183 - KPN Mobile ARPU - 2005 - 2006

Table 184 - Vodafone Netherlands financial statistics - 2005 - 2006

Table 185 - Vodafone Netherlands subscribers, blended ARPU and voice minutes - 2004 - 2007

Table 186 - T-Mobile (Netherlands) subscribers, revenue, EBITDA, ARPU and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 187 - MVNO subscriber numbers and market shares - March 2006

Table 188 - MVNO subscribers - 2005 - 2006

Table 189 - Prepaid subscribers by operator - 2004 - 2005

Table 190 - KPN Mobile prepaid subscribers - 2006 - 2007

Table 191 - KPN Mobile net adds: prepaid / contract - 2005 - 2007

Table 192 - Premium SMS market overview - 2005

Table 193 - KPN’s i-mode subscribers - 2002 - 2005