annual report 2011 - Konkurentsiamet

(thousands)
350
300
250
SIM small data
SIM with data
Data SIM
200
150
100
50
0
EMT Tele2 Elisa
FIGURE 12. Number of mobile broadband service end-users broken down by providers and
services.
Wholesale market: access to communications networks offering the
prospect of broadband connection
The wholesale data communications markets can be divided into two segments: the wholesale
market of copper pair access and broadband access. A sector-specific regulation established by
the Competition Authority in 2009 applies to the above wholesale markets and declares Elion an
undertaking with significant market power on these markets, binding it to comply with the
obligations of ensuring access, equal treatment, transparency and price regulation.
In 2011, the number of access lines allocated for the use of other service providers kept
decreasing (-12%). The number of broadband access links allocated for the use of other service
providers (bit stream access) remained the same compared to 2010. The turnover of broadband
access services decreased by 18% whereas the monthly fee for copper pair access and for selected
copper pair access decreased by 5% and 4.9% respectively. Depending on the speed of the
connection, the monthly fees for bit stream access decreased by up to 30% (except for the 4
Mbit/s DSLAM access service, where the fee increased by 10.85%).
On average, broadband access service fees decreased by 28% on the national level, by 30% on
the local level, and by 16% on the regional level (DSLAM).
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