BEREC REPORT ON IMPACT OF FIXED-MOBILE ... - berec - Europa

INDEX
BoR (11) 54
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 3
2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 5
2.1. Structure of the report .................................................................................................... 6
2.2. Scope of analysis ........................................................................................................... 7
3. KEY CONCEPTS................................................................................................................ 9
3.1. Market Definition ............................................................................................................. 9
3.2. Substitution .................................................................................................................... 10
4. EXISTENCE OF FMS ...................................................................................................... 15
4.1. FMS trends – Voice services ...................................................................................... 16
4.1.1. General snapshot ..................................................................................................... 16
4.1.2. A highly heterogeneous picture .............................................................................. 18
4.2. FMS trends – Data services ........................................................................................ 20
4.2.1. General snapshot ..................................................................................................... 20
4.2.2. Local differences ....................................................................................................... 21
5. FMS & MARKET DEFINITION BY NRAs ..................................................................... 23
5.1. Practice and conclusions ............................................................................................. 23
5.2. Type of analysis and information sources ................................................................ 25
6. INFORMATION FOR FMS ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 27
6.1. Difference in offer characteristics between fixed and mobile services ................. 28
6.2. Market structure and strategy ..................................................................................... 30
6.3. Analysis of bundled offers ........................................................................................... 31
6.4. Comparison of the Number of accesses/Penetration Evolution ............................ 33
6.5. Evaluation of the possible use of television like services in mobile networks ..... 34
6.6. Historic and potential substitutability between fixed and mobile services ........... 35
6.7. Terminal equipment differences ................................................................................. 38
6.8. Differences in end user characteristics or service usage ....................................... 39
6.9. Existence of promotion programmes for specific networks and services ............ 41
6.10. End user satisfaction ................................................................................................ 43
6.11. Specific supply issues .............................................................................................. 44
6.12. Differences in the information used for FMS analysis ........................................ 45
7. POTENTIAL IMPACT OF FMS ON FIXED MARKETS FAILURES ......................... 46
7.1. Retail markets ............................................................................................................... 46
7.2. Wholesale markets ....................................................................................................... 48
8. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................................ 50
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