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Development of Broadband markets
Communications Regulatory authority of Lithuania
Electronic communications department
www.rrt.lt
Disclaimer: The views, opinions or positions expressed in this presentation are of my own and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or positions of Communications Regulatory authority of Lithuania
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Outline
1. Broadband markets in Lithuania (statistics)
2. New EU initiatives (EC rec.; Regulation)
3. Broadband promotion. Lithuanian approach:- EU context;- Regulatory impact on NGA (main drivers)
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I. Broadband market developments in Lithuania
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Market maturity?
TEO LT, AB
42%
UAB "Omni-
tel"8%
UAB "Bitė Li-
etuva"7%
AB Radijo ir Televizijos centras
7%
UAB "Balticum TV"4%
UAB "C-
gates"4%
Other28%
2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
709.8 796.1 879.6 988.8 1054.3
21.223.9
27.130.9
35.4
The number of internet access subscribers, thousandThe penetration of internet access (per 100 people)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
200.3247.6
294.6358.8 378.8 368.5 369.2 370.096
Internet access services market revenues, LTL million
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Technologies: towards fibre
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
15.126
51.703
91.037
127.430149.952148.013
202.847216.653
232.479252.705
FTTH FTTB
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
23.5%
33.0% 35.0% 36.4% 38.2%
9.1% 6.8%
5.6%4.6%
4.1%
36.9%
29.5%24.2%
20.0% 17.4%
6.3% 6.5%
10.1%10.8% 12.2%
17.8%
20.5% 22.1%
26.0%26.7%
FTTx CTV networks xDSLWireless communication lines Mobile communications
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Technologies in EU: different story
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DSL (LT)
DSL (EU)
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Increasing speed
Data upload Data download
1. Hon Kong 28,52 Mbps 1. Hon Kong 42,41 Mbps
2. South Korea 28,15 Mbps 2. Singapore 36,01 Mbps
3. Lithuania 26,83 Mbps 3. Lithuania 35,06 Mbps
4. Singapore 20,01 Mbps 4. Luxembourg 34,51 Mbps
5. Latvia 18,74 Mbps 5. South Korea 33,73 Mbps
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
57.10%
36.60%
17.30%
10.70%
8.50%
25.20%
37.70%
40.80%
37.50%
34.40%
17.60%
25.80%
12.80%
11.80%
10.40%
0.21
0.306
0.366
0.081
0.094
0.101
to 2 Mbps from 2 Mbps to 10 Mbps from 10 Mbps to 30 Mbps from 30 Mbps to 100 Mbps
100 Mbps and higher
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High fibre penetration
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NGA (>30 Mbps) take up
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- Draft EC recommendation on non-discrimination and costing- EC proposal for Regulation on cost saving measures to promote BB investment
II. New EU initiatives
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I. Draft EC recommendation on non-discrimination and costing (latest CoCom draft 2013-05-29)
• Non – discrimination– EoI vs. EoO– Technical replicability– KPIs + auditing– SLGs
• Costing– BU-LRIC– Reusable vs. Non-reusable civil eng. assets– Price band (8-10 EUR for copper ULL)
• Trade-off (EoI + tech./econ. repl. + price constraints)
• Implementation – 2016-12-31
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Copper access in EU
Copper ULL prices are declining…
…but too slow to have significant impact on NGA investments
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II. Regulation on cost saving measures to promote BB investment (2013-03-27)• Objective - to reduce the cost and enhance the
efficiency of deploying high-speed electronic communications infrastructure
• Access to existing physical infrastructure:– all infrastructure to be shared– NRAs to solve disputes
• Transparency:– Single information point (location, size, owner) +12m.– Electronic means (public+6m.; private+12m)– in-site surveys
• Coordination of civil works• Permit granting• In-building equipment
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- Only with regard to the powers of NRA
II. Broadband promotion. Lithuanian approach
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Broadband usage in EU
• Super-fast BB (>100 Mbps) is lagging;
• Fixed BB usage (all
speeds) in EU is increasing, but slowly
• Mobile BB is increasing
• Still significant differences persist among the countries
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BB: Lithuania in EU context (1)
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Lithuanian case: Wholesale access products are not popularULL: only ~ 500 lines unbundled (0,09 %)
WBBA: only ~ 1,300 wholesale lines used (0,33 %)Alternative operators tend to use their own access infrastructure.
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BB: Lithuania in EU context (2)
2013.08.29, Latvia 17Alternative providers (and therefore – their end-users) benefit from being
independent from incumbent.
51% of broadband lines are based on alternative
infrastructure
Source: 15th Implementation report, European Commission, 2009
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Incumbent‘s new FTTx lines Alternative new FTTx lines Total new FTTx lines
BB in Lithuania: infrastructure competition
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Share of alternative operators’ investments into FTTx declining.
Since 2010 m. ~70% of new FTTx deployment is done by TEO (incumbent)
60% of total FTTx infrastructure is still owned by alternative providers (2011 QIV)
Source: RRT
FTTx is being provided by 57 undertakings in Lithuania.
Duct rental price
1km = 30 EUR/month
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Ducts, km
Change, kmAverage duct renting rate is approx. 500 km
per year
Access to the ducts – essential for FTTx investment
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essential enabler of alternative infrastructure roll-out.
Source: RRT2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
FTTx
xDSL
The change of leading broadband technology from xDSL toFTTx occured in 2009 (quite early)
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Residential Internet connections
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
57.10%
36.60%
17.30%10.70% 8.50%
25.20%
37.70%
40.80%
37.50%34.40%
17.60%25.80%
12.80%
11.80%10.40%
0.210.306
0.366
0.081 0.101
100 Mbps and higher
from 30 Mbps to 100 Mbps
from 10 Mbps to 30 Mbps
from 2 Mbps to 10 Mbps
to 2 Mbps
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Questions…
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Thank you!
Giedrius Pūras_________________________________________________________________
Acting head of Price control and Statistics division
Electronic communications department
Communications regulatory authority of Lithuania
Tel. +370-698-56100
e-mail: gpuras@rrt.lt
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BB QoS measurements (1)
1. Providers must state the minimum speed in contracts (mobile BB – usually 0 kbps)
2. Dedicated speed test website:
www.matuok.lt
– Similar to SpedTest.net– No single Exchange point in LT, therefore all providers were asked
to allow connecting the RRT server at certain nodes;– Speed test reports can be archived or saved to PC
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Wireless BB quality measurements
3. Wireless broadband speed measurements and publication of results:
– Based on partnership. Currently: 3 MNOs + WiMAx operator;– Commercially available (provided by operator) modems are used; – RRT developed software is used;– Locations: Post offices (one week testing in certain location);– Yearly report published;– Interactive and up to date measurement data available in dedicated
website:
http://epaslaugos.rrt.lt/matavimai/– Open data for third parties’ applications made available in 2013:
http://epaslaugos.rrt.lt/WebServices/
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Termination rates regulation
Pure LRIC results to be applied from 2013 (EC. Rec.)
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CountryTarget Rate (€ct/min.)
NL (OPTA) 1,20BE 1,08FR 0,80IT 0,98ES 1,09UK 0,81
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Wireless broadband measurement locations (2012)
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