European Union LTE and Next Generation Broadband Coverage Increases at Record Pace, IHS and European Commission Say
October 22 2015 - 9:37AM
Business Wire
216 million households now have access to broadband in EU;
Increase in coverage of next generation services
A new study on broadband access in the European Union (EU)
produced by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of
critical information and insight, and released today by the
European Commission, found that between 2013 and 2014,
next-generation broadband and LTE coverage made big jumps in
coverage availability.
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The study, Broadband Coverage in Europe 2014: Mapping Progress
towards the Coverage Objectives of the Digital Agenda, was prepared
for the European Commission by IHS Technology and Valdani, Vicari
& Associati (VVA). To download the full report visit:
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/study-broadband-coverage-europe-2014.
Europe-wide trend: LTE on the rise
Overall, three million new households gained access to broadband
(both mobile and fixed broadband) in the past year, bringing the
total to more than 216 million across the EU. About 15.5 million
new households gained access to high-speed next-generation
broadband and LTE coverage rose from 59 percent in 2013 to 79
percent in 2014.
“In the past year, we have seen LTE coverage across the EU
increase at a record pace and it was the fastest growing broadband
access technology in terms of coverage,” said Alzbeta Fellenbaum,
senior analyst at IHS Technology. “Mobile operators have expanded
their network coverage areas across the EU and additional service
providers have launched new LTE offerings.”
LTE coverage recorded the highest growth of all access
technologies in rural areas as well, increasing from about 15
percent in 2013 to 27 percent in 2014. “With the continued growth
of LTE coverage and improvements in LTE network performance, it is
possible to expect a further positive impact LTE technology will
have on the expansion of rural broadband availability,” Fellenbaum
said.
Europe-wide trend: Next-generation broadband
Out of the 31 study countries, 19 countries had fixed broadband
coverage levels at or above the EU average of 97 percent at the end
of 2014, 27 countries had fixed broadband covering at least 90
percent of their households. Fixed broadband coverage was highest
in Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and the United
Kingdom and lowest in Poland, Slovakia, Estonia and Romania, where
it reached between 85 percent and 89 percent of households.
Malta was the only country to report complete coverage for Next
Generation Access (NGA) technologies, followed by Belgium,
Switzerland, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Denmark,
all above 90 percent. In total, 24 countries performed above the
European average (68 percent) with regards to NGA availability, and
only three countries reported NGA coverage below 50 percent
(France, Greece and Italy).
UK
The United Kingdom is one of the top performers with regards to
overall broadband coverage and fixed broadband coverage, reporting
complete coverage on national level and nearly complete coverage in
rural areas. National NGA coverage was the fastest growing category
in the UK, increasing coverage by 6.8 percentage points to 89
percent of all households; over twenty percentage points above the
EU average.
France
By the end of 2014, overall and fixed broadband coverage in
France remained above the EU average, both on national and rural
level. NGA coverage, however, remained below the European average
despite being the category that grew the most between 2013 and
2014. In 2014, high-speed broadband services were available to 42.6
percent of all French households and 20 percent of rural
households.
Italy
In 2014, overall broadband coverage and fixed broadband coverage
in Italy exceeded the EU average. Despite NGA coverage increasing
by 15.5 percentage points throughout the year and reaching 36
percent of Italian households, it remained below the EU average. In
rural areas, progress was made with regard to fixed broadband
coverage, which increased by 2.8 percentage points to 90.5 percent,
almost one percentage point above the EU average of 90 percent.
However, Italy was the only country with no rural NGA coverage in
2014.
Germany
In 2014, Germany remained above average in all technology
combinations, with the slight exception of overall rural coverage.
Most substantial gains in coverage were recorded for NGA
technologies, with national coverage reaching 81 percent of
households (a six percentage point increase compared to 2013) and
rural NGA coverage passing a third of rural households in Germany,
a significant 12 percentage point growth year-on-year. These
increases in turn contributed to Germany outperforming the average
by almost 13 percentage points for national NGA coverage and eight
percentage points in the case of rural NGA coverage.
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