BEREC REPORT ON IMPACT OF FIXED-MOBILE ... - berec - Europa
BEREC REPORT ON IMPACT OF FIXED-MOBILE ... - berec - Europa
BEREC REPORT ON IMPACT OF FIXED-MOBILE ... - berec - Europa
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BoR (11) 54<br />
Available information essentially focuses on voice and broadband residential retail<br />
markets. Consequently, preliminary analysis carried out in this section only focuses on<br />
residential retail markets. These trends may thus not be the same for businesses retail<br />
markets.<br />
Although the development of bundled offers tends to blur the boundaries between<br />
voice and broadband retail markets, the existence of FMS will be looked at considering<br />
voice services and broadband services separately.<br />
4.1. FMS trends – Voice services<br />
4.1.1. General snapshot<br />
At the EU 27 level, as pointed out in the 15 th Implementation report, fixed voice<br />
telephony is declining both in terms of revenues and volumes. Traditional fixed voice<br />
telephony services are increasingly being replaced by Voice over Broadband services<br />
and also by mobile solutions.<br />
FMS for voice services can be considered in terms of calls and access.<br />
Calls<br />
The total number of voice calls (in minutes) initiated from fixed accesses decreased<br />
from 2005 to 2008, while it increased from mobile accesses. This could demonstrate, at<br />
a European level, a certain trend of FMS over time, regarding calls. However, as can<br />
be seen from the graph below, the rate of decline in fixed voice traffic and<br />
corresponding increase in the share of mobile voice traffic in relation to total traffic<br />
notably slowed between 2008 and 2009 17 suggesting a possible levelling off in this<br />
trend. Because many other factors are involved in the increase/decrease of fixed or<br />
mobile voice traffic 18 , this basic analysis is not sufficient to reach a conclusion. An<br />
analysis based on detailed national data is necessary to reach a conclusion.<br />
17<br />
In 2009, the Mobile traffic share (51.6%) exceeds for the first time the fixed traffic share (48.4%) – Source: Digital<br />
Agenda Scoreboard 2011.<br />
18<br />
Remark – Other parameters may explain the decrease in the total number of voice calls initiated from fixed access.<br />
For instance, part of the voice traffic initiated from fixed access is not counted as such Skype.<br />
16
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