Slovakia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Description

Slovakia's fixed broadband providers focussed on gigabit services

Slovakia's broadband market is dominated by fibre, which at the beginning of 2022 accounted for 53% of all connections. A number of fibre networks have been built, and this has led to the steady migration of subscribers away from DSL. Indeed, fibre infrastructure accounts for the major proportion of fixed broadband investment.

Initial FttP projects in Slovakia were municipal, or private and small-scale. The cost of network builds remains a challenge, despite financial support from the government and European funding mechanisms.

Within the cable segment, which is largely centred on urban areas, most connections are via the dominant provider UPC Slovakia. In recent years, UPC has been at the forefront in delivering services based on the DOCSIS3.1 standard, which can deliver data at above 1Gb/s. The company's gigabit service is now widely available across its footprint, and has helped to reduce churn to competing fibre networks. Some years ago it also helped attract new customers, but growth more recently has been stagnant.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Europe Market Comparison

2.1 Market characteristics
2.2 Market Leaders
2.3 Market Challengers
2.4 Market Emergents
2.5 TMI versus GDP
2.6 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.7 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

3 Country overview

4 Telecommunications market

4.1 Market analysis

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 Fixed-line developments
5.4 Mobile network developments

6 Mobile market

6.1 Market analysis
6.2 Mobile statistics
6.3 Mobile infrastructure
6.4 Major mobile operators
6.5 Mobile content and applications

7 Fixed-line broadband market

7.1 Introduction and statistical overview
7.2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
7.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
7.4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
7.5 Other fixed broadband services

8 Digital Economy

8.1 E-government
8.2 E-health
8.3 E-education

9 Fixed network operators

9.1 Slovak Telekom
9.2 Benestra
9.3 SWAN

10 Telecommunications infrastructure

10.1 Overview of the national telecom network
10.2 International infrastructure
10.3 Cloud services

11 Appendix Historic data

12 Glossary of abbreviations

13 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Slovakia 2022 (e)
Table 2 Development of investment in telecom market, by sector ( million) 2012 2020
Table 3 Decline in telecom market revenue ( million) 2012 2020
Table 4 Development in the number of annual fixed-number portings 2012 2020
Table 5 Decline in the number of carrier selection and CPS lines 2012 2021
Table 6 Development in the number of annual mobile portings 2012 2021
Table 7 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Table 8 Gains in population coverage by technology 2012 2021
Table 9 Gains in geographical coverage by technology 2012 2021
Table 10 Change in the number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers (million) 2012 2021
Table 11 Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Table 12 Development of mobile market revenue 2012 2020
Table 13 Development of mobile network voice traffic by type (million minutes) 2012 2021
Table 14 Development of SMS traffic 2012 2021
Table 15 Growth in the number of MMS messages sent 2012 2021
Table 16 Growth in the number of mobile internet subscriptions by type (thousand) 2012 2021
Table 17 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 18 Growth in the number of M2M connections 2014 2021
Table 19 Change in Slovak Telekom's mobile subscriber base (million) 2012 2022
Table 20 Change in the proportion of Slovak Telekom's prepaid subscribers 2012 2020
Table 21 Development in Slovak Telekom's mobile financial data 2012 2020
Table 22 Slovak Telekom's quarterly mobile service revenue 2014 2020
Table 23 Change in Slovak Telekom's mobile ARPU 2012 2020
Table 24 Change in the number of Orange Slovakia's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Table 25 Change in Orange Slovakia's mobile revenue 2012 2021
Table 26 Change in Orange Slovakia's revenue by quarter ( million) 2012 2021
Table 27 Growth in the number of O2 Slovakia's mobile subscribers (million) 2012 2021
Table 28 Development of O2 Slovakia's financial results (CZK million) 2015 2021
Table 29 Change in O2 Slovakia's mobile ARPU 2017 2021
Table 30 Growth in the number of fixed internet subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2021
Table 31 Decline in the number of dial-up internet subscribers 2012 2021
Table 32 Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 33 Steady growth in internet market revenue 2012 2020
Table 34 Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Table 35 Change in the number of UPC Slovakia's broadband/voice subscribers 2012 2022
Table 36 Increase in the number of UPC Slovakia's homes passed 2012 2022
Table 37 Development of UPC Slovakia's revenue 2012 2022
Table 38 Development of the DSL subscriber base and penetration 2012 2021
Table 39 Increase in the number of Slovak Telekom's retail DSL subscribers 2012 2022
Table 40 Growth in the number of FttP/B subscribers 2012 2021
Table 41 Increase in the number of Orange Slovakia's broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Table 42 Growth in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Table 43 Change in the number of satellite broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Table 44 Decline in the volume of fixed-line calls and traffic 2012 2021
Table 45 Development in Slovak Telekom's financial results ( million) 2012 2022
Table 46 Development in Slovak Telekom's subscriber base by type (thousand) 2012 2022
Table 47 Decline in the number of residential fixed lines in service 2012 2021
Table 48 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Table 49 Growth in the number of VoIP lines 2012 2021
Table 50 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2012 2020
Table 51 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2000 2011
Table 52 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1998 2011
Table 53 Historic - Orange Slovakia's blended ARPU 2012 2017
Table 54 Historic - Mobile GSM/3G base stations in service 2005 2012
Table 55 Historic - Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2001 2011
Table 56 Historic - Telefonica O2 prepaid users 2007 2013
Table 57 Historic - International internet bandwidth 2000 2011
Table 58 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 2000 2015
Table 59 Historic Fixed internet subscribers and penetration rate 2000 2011
Table 60 Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration rate 2002 2011
Table 61 Historic - UPC Slovakia - homes passed 2003 2011
Table 62 Historic - Development of investment in telecom market, by sector ( million) 2005 2011
Table 63 Historic - Decline in telecom market revenue ( billion) 2005 2011
Table 64 Historic - Development in the number of annual fixed-number portings 2007 2011
Table 65 Historic - Decline in the number of Carrier selection and CPS lines 2007 2011
Table 66 Historic - Gains in population coverage by technology 2006 2011
Table 67 Historic - Decline in the proportion of Slovak Telekom's prepaid subscribers 2004 2011
Table 68 Historic - Decline in mobile market revenue 2005 2011
Table 69 Historic - Development of mobile network voice traffic by type (million minutes) 2007 2011
Table 70 Historic - Development of SMS traffic 2003 2011
Table 71 Historic - Growth in the number of MMS messages sent 2005 2011
Table 72 Historic - Development in the number of annual mobile portings 2006 2011
Table 73 Historic - Change in Slovak Telekom's mobile subscriber base (thousand) 2006 2011
Table 74 Historic - Development in Slovak Telekom's mobile financial data 2004 2011
Table 75 Historic - Slovak Telekom's mobile ARPU 2004 2011
Table 76 Historic - Change in Orange Slovakia's mobile subscriber base (thousand) 2007 2011
Table 77 Historic - Change in Orange Slovakia's mobile revenue 2003 2011
Table 78 Historic - Growth in the number of O2 Slovakia's mobile subscribers 2007 2011
Table 79 Historic - Decline in the number of dial-up internet subscribers 2005 2011
Table 80 Historic - Steady growth in internet market revenue 2005 2011
Table 81 Historic - Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers 2005 2011
Table 82 Historic - Development in UPC Slovakia's broadband/voice subscriber base 2006 2011
Table 83 Historic - Development of the DSL subscriber base and penetration 2005 2011
Table 84 Historic - Increase in the number of Slovak Telekom's retail DSL subscribers 2005 2011
Table 85 Historic - Growth in the number of FttP/B subscribers 2005 2011
Table 86 Historic - Growth in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers 2007 2011
Table 87 Historic - Change in the number of satellite broadband subscribers 2006 2011
Table 88 Historic - Decline in the volume of fixed-line calls and traffic 2006 2011
Table 89 Historic - Growth in the number of VoIP lines 2007 2011
Table 90 Historic - Growth in the number of mobile internet subscriptions by type 2008 2011
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 investment in telecom market, by sector 2012 2020
Chart 11 Decline in telecom market revenue 2012 2020
Chart 12 Development in the number of annual fixed-number portings 2012 2021
Chart 13 Decline in the number of carrier selection and CPS lines 2012 2021
Chart 14 Development in the number of annual mobile portings 2012 2021
Chart 15 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Chart 16 Gains in population coverage by technology 2012 2021
Chart 17 Gains in geographic coverage by technology 2012 2021
Chart 18 Change in the number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 19 Change in the ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 20 Development of mobile market revenue 2012 2020
Chart 21 Development of mobile network voice traffic by type 2012 2021
Chart 22 Development of SMS traffic 2012 2021
Chart 23 Growth in the number of MMS messages sent 2012 2021
Chart 24 Growth in the number of mobile internet subscriptions by type 2012 2021
Chart 25 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 26 Growth in the number of M2M connections 2014 2021
Chart 27 Change in Slovak Telekom's mobile subscriber base 2012 2022
Chart 28 Change in the proportion of Slovak Telekom's prepaid subscribers 2012 2020
Chart 29 Development in Slovak Telekom's mobile financial data 2012 2020
Chart 30 Change in Slovak Telekom's mobile ARPU 2012 2020
Chart 31 Change in the number of Orange Slovakia's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 32 Change in Orange Slovakia's mobile revenue 2012 2021
Chart 33 Change in Orange Slovakia's revenue by quarter 2012 2021
Chart 34 Growth in the number of O2 Slovakia's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 35 Development of O2 Slovakia's financial results 2015 2021
Chart 36 Change in O2 Slovakia's mobile ARPU 2017 2021
Chart 37 Growth in the number of fixed internet subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2021
Chart 38 Decline in the number of dial-up internet subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 39 Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 40 Steady growth in internet market revenue 2012 2020
Chart 41 Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 42 Change in the number of UPC Slovakia's broadband/voice subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 43 Increase in the number of UPC Slovakia's homes passed 2012 2022
Chart 44 Development of UPC Slovakia's revenue 2012 2022
Chart 45 Development of the DSL subscriber base and penetration 2012 2021
Chart 46 Increase in the number of Slovak Telekom's retail DSL subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 47 Growth in the number of FttP/B subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 48 Increase in the number of Orange Slovakia's broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 49 Growth in the number of fixed-wireless broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 50 Change in the number of satellite broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 51 Decline in the volume of fixed-line calls and traffic 2012 2021
Chart 52 Development in Slovak Telekom's financial results 2012 2022
Chart 53 Development in Slovak Telekom's subscriber base by type 2012 2022
Chart 54 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Chart 55 Growth in the number of VoIP lines 2012 2021
Chart 56 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2012 2020
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, the local loop and unbundling an overview
Exhibit 7 GSM spectrum awards in Slovakia
Exhibit 8 Multi spectrum allocation Dec 2013
Exhibit 9 Multi spectrum auction result Nov 2020

Slovakia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses