New Report Available: Italy Telecommunications Report Q1 2015
New Fixed Networks research report from Business Monitor International is now available from Fast Market Research
[USPRwire, Thu Jan 15 2015] The mobile market has been impacted by sustained economic weakness that has hit the consumer spending with a delay. BMI believes that this will result in negative subscriber growth in 2014 and 2015, however as the economy will start to recover, the mobile sector too will rebound. In the wireline sector, consolidation is the key and BMI also believes that the competition fibre-optic broadband will increase as operators are investing heavily into new network.
Key Data
* BMI believes there were 89.282mn retail mobile subscribers in the country at the end of Q214, down 3.7% y-o-y. The market's growth momentum has been lost as the penetration rate has declined to 146.2% in Q214 from 152% in Q213. Uptake of 3G subscriptions remains robust even in a difficult economic climate as consumer demand for smartphones drove growth.
* The dedicated mobile broadband market continues to expand rapidly. Accordingly, we forecast continued growth in total broadband subscriptions for the duration of our forecast to 2018, but growth will be limited by saturation in the fixed-line broadband segment.
* The MVNO market maintained an uptrend in 2013, and the proportion of MVNO subscriptions gained further ground over the year. However, the close of Bip Mobile in January 2014, and the movement of larger MVNOs to different host networks suggests that this market is under considerable pressure.
While the Italian government maintains its stance that it will only allow increased foreign investment in Telecom Italia if it is absolutely necessary and makes business sense, investors are now looking to Vodafone and 3 Italia to kick-start the long-awaited consolidation process in Italy's mature and saturated telecoms market. Vodafone is thought to be considering buying Swisscom-owned broadband operator Fastweb in order to pursue its converged services ambitions. However, it will likely wait on the conclusion of its withdrawal from Verizion...
The Italy Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Italy'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 Italy 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 Italy.
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