New Market Report: Sweden Telecommunications Report Q1 2015

Despite the fact that the growth trend has been reversed on the Swedish mobile market, and the market has displayed two consecutive quarters of positive growth, BMI believes that the market has passed its saturation point and any subscriber growth will come from cannibalising the shares of existing operators. However, growing data usage could help the operators grow their profit margins despite the relatively stagnant subscriber numbers and lower income from traditional voice and other non-data services.

Key Data

* The latest operator data for Q214 show that the mobile market reached 14.4603mn users for a penetration rate of 151.6%.
* LTE subscription growth accelerated in 2013, to 1.546mn connections, coinciding with the arrival of a wider range of LTE-enabled handsets.
* The latest data published by the PTS show there were 11.443mn internet subscribers in total at the end of H114, representing a y-o-y increase of 7%. During H114 fixed broadband subscriptions increased 5% to 3.24mn y-o-y and dedicated mobile broadband subscriptions increased by 7% to 8.120mn.
* Total M2M connections rose to 5.185mn in 2013, up by 31.2% y-o-y. Rising revenues and traffic bode well for this segment.

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Key Developments

In June 2014 cable broadband operator Com Hem listed on the stock market and the initial public offering took place on June 16. The IPO increased ComHem's shares by 5% and raised SEK5.67bn This will provide the company with the increased financial flexibility needed to develop new services for a market that is being disrupted by infrastructure-agnostic over-the-top (OTT) services. Its recently-launched TiVo digital TV on-demand service provided some much needed respite to company's revenues highlighting the importance of next-generation products to its long-term survival.

Although Com Hem primarily sees the offering as an opportunity to help pay down its debt to a more manageable 4.15 times adjusted 2014 EBITDA, BMI believes it may also look to...

The Sweden Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Sweden's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Sweden Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Sweden.

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