Tagged in: Germany
Germany – Falling telecom market revenue requires new operator strategies
Germany’s telecom sector is supported by one of the largest and more affluent populations in Europe. Nevertheless, the sector has been affected by the poor economic climate since mid-2008: the government has stepped in with a €50 billion economic stimulus … Continue reading
German LTE success – deployment in several spectrum bands
The German mobile data market has enormous potential for growth following massive investments by the four network operators to upgrade networks supporting mobile data services. The regulator anticipated future growth in coming years by auctioning spectrum in the 1.8GHz and … Continue reading
Germany adopts framework policy on the interoperability of broadband networks
Germany has the second largest broadband market in Europe. The dominant DSL platform is led by Deutsche Telekom which has invested in ADSL2+ and VDSL upgrades serving many urban areas. The greatly consolidated cable sector has responded with extensive DOCSIS … Continue reading
Germany – Telecom market investment recovers despite continuing slide in revenue
Germany’s telecom sector is supported by one of the largest and more affluent populations in Europe. Nevertheless, the sector has been affected by the poor economic climate since mid-2008: the government has stepped in with a €50 billion economic stimulus … Continue reading
Mobile broadband market gains momentum
The mobile broadband market is gaining momentum and the key reason for this growth is the fact that due to competition and a saturated mobile voice market, the operators have been forced to offer very competitive capped data packages. Non-SMS … Continue reading
M-ticketing for European railways becoming more popular
As is often the case with telecoms and technologies, the Swedes were among the first to do it: since 2008 the state-owned national passenger train operator SJ has implemented a successful m-ticketing platform. By early 2011, up to 40% of … Continue reading
Germany’s MNOs prepare LTE in the 800MHz range
The German telecoms regulator auctioned spectrum in the 800MHz, 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz bands in May 2010. This auction was among the first of its kind in Europe, and set a benchmark for similar auctions throughout the region. It … Continue reading
T-Mobile and Orange extend collaboration beyond UK
In 2010 Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom formally combined T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a 50:50 joint venture (JV), branded as Everything Everywhere. For the JV, DT contributed T-Mobile on a cash-free, debt-free basis (including its half-share in the … Continue reading
Germany’s merging telecoms and energy networks
The German regulator, responsible for the telecoms and energy sectors, is gradually seeing some of the fundamental characteristics of those sectors merge. In a recent review of its performance, the regulator noted how much both need to be regularly modernised … Continue reading
The Dutch push another nail into the mobile TV coffin
DVB-H was developed with almost €40 million of EC research funding. The EC in early 2008 endorsed DVB-H as the single European standard for mobile TV, and it soon afterwards published guidelines relating to reception quality, non-proprietary technologies and licence … Continue reading
