LONDON, Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Irish
government poised to invest €600 million for national broadband
coverage
Ireland's telecom market has
emerged from a long period in which it had been held back by low
broadband uptake and a poor economic climate which hindered
investment among operators as well as spending among consumers. The
country during the last two years has recorded the highest GDP
growth within the European Union (EU), and this has reinvigorated
the telecom sector. Operators including eir, enet and Vodafone
Ireland (in cooperation with the utility ESB) have extensive
fibre-based networks deployments in place aimed at providing 1Gb/s
services, while the government is poised to award a contract as
part of its National Broadband Plan by which all premises will
receive a service of at least 30Mb/s by 2022. This Plan, requiring
an investment of up to €600 million and expected to deliver
broadband services to about 900,000 premises considered
uncommercial by market players, will greatly boost the adoption of
OTT videostreaming services as well as services including
e-government, e-health and e-learning.
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Although there was a downward trend for overall telecom revenue
after 2010, this has been reversed since 2015. There was an
encouraging 1.4% increase sector revenue in the fourth quarter of
2015, year-on-year, and a 1.6% increase in the fourth quarter of
2016.
In the broadband market investment has been channelled into
fibre-based access. In the cable sector, Virgin Media Ireland
expects to increase its footprint from 50% of premises to 70%
within the next two years, and is looking to upgrade it network
capabilities by deploying the DOCSIS3.1 standard, which can deliver
data at above 1Gb/s.
Ireland's mobile market is
dominated by Vodafone Ireland and 3 Ireland, followed at some
distance by Eir Mobile. The market has room for a small number of
MVNOs, the largest of which is Tesco Mobile. Competition in the
market in recent years has left some MVNOs struggling. Although the
number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers fell in 2016 for
the first time, mobile broadband use, supported by extensive HSPA
and LTE networks, remains very popular among consumers,
particularly since the introduction of flat-rate data plans. LTE
forms an integral part of the government's national broadband
strategy, with upgraded LTE technologies being used to provide the
required minimum service in many rural areas.
This report provides statistics and analysis on the key sectors of
the Irish telecom market, presenting an overview of the regulatory
environment, the fixed network operators and services, and telecom
infrastructure. The report also profiles the fixed and wireless
broadband markets as well as the mobile market, together with
analyses of developments in related technologies such as FttP,
powerline broadband, wireless and mobile broadband, Wi-Fi, internet
via satellite, LTE and5G. The report includes forecasts for
broadband and mobile uptake to 2022.
Key developments:
Government to tender for vendors for the National Broadband Plan by
mid-2017;
Eir challenges some elements of its USO;
Ireland-France Cable-1 (IFC-1)
system secures additional finance;
Eir requests to close copper infrastructure in some areas upgraded
with fibre;
Eir reports slight increase in revenue into fiscal 2017;
Regulator revises strategy to manage radio spectrum to 2018;
3 Ireland invests €300 million to
provide 225Mb/s '4G Plus' service nationally;
Vodafone Ireland completes national LTE network upgrade
project;
Vodafone launches NB-IoT services;
SMS traffic shows continuing decline;
VDSL connections grew 40% in 2016;
Vodafone Ireland and SIRO launch the 'Gigabit Hub Initiative';
Government completes Broadband Intervention Map;
Eir launches VDSL vectoring services;
Eir's eFiber service accounting for 57% of its broadband
connections by end-2016;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to Q4 2016,
telcos' operating and financial data to Q4 2016, recent market
developments.
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