Just Published: "Czech Republic Telecommunications Report Q3 2016"

We retain our view that the Czech mobile market is highly mature and is exhibiting classical signs of saturation. Characterized by a high degree of penetration, we do not estimate the subscribers number to increase significantly over the course of our forecast period. Nevertheless, we believe that the high levels of competition among the three telecoms companies have provided fresh impetus for organic growth in high data services. The operators have to deepen their customer bases. Data services growth, primarily fuelled by the heavy investment into 3G and now 4G and LTE-Advanced services will be the primary driver of growth during the course of our forecast period from 2016 to 2020. Furthermore, all three operators will continue to invest significantly over the next two years to improve their LTE infrastructure in the country and to prepare for the adoption of 5G technology from 2017/18 onwards. Uptake of new services, such as smartphones, LTE, fibre or convergence, will happen in stages across the country.

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Latest Updates & Industry Developments

The mobile market added 35,000 subscriptions to reach 14.496mn in 2015, the latest data available.

We have revised our 3G and 4G figures for the country and are anticipating much stronger growth over the next few years based on the heavy investments made by all three telecoms operators. We expect the number of 3G and 4G subscribers to reach 6.07mn by the end of 2016, a figure we see jumping to over 9.7mn by the end of 2020.

O2 reported more VDSL than ADSL subscribers for the first time in Q215, at 404,000 and 395,000 respectively.

Horizon TV, the triple-play set-up box launched by UPC in May 2015, had attracted 3,500 customers by the end of the quarter.

The Czech Republic Telecommunications Report features BMI Research's independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Czech Republic'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 Czech Republic 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 Czech Republic.

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Benchmark BMI's independent telecoms industry forecasts for Czech Republic to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Czech telecoms market.

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