Switzerland's Fixed Broadband Market 2017-2023: Technological Developments, Broadband Forecasts, and Regulatory Issues - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "Switzerland
- Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses" report has
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This report presents an analysis of Switzerland's broadband market,
including profiles of the main players in the DSL, cable, fibre and
wireless sectors. It details technological developments, provides
broadband forecasts, and examines regulatory issues related to municipal
fibre, local loop unbundling, and the provision of broadband as a
universal service.

Along with the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland has secured one of
the highest broadband penetration rates in Europe. The country benefits
from universal DSL infrastructure and an expansive cable broadband
network, with effective cross-platform competition. The DSL sector,
dominated by Swisscom, has about two-thirds of the market by subscribers.

The dominant cable broadband provider UPC Switzerland offers broadband
in most cities and towns, and its extension of 500Mb/s services has
helped spur Swisscom to intensify its VDSL, G.fast and FttP network
rollouts in a bid to remain competitive. UPC Switzerland as well as
smaller cablecos such as Quicklime have launched services based on the
DOCSIS3.1 standard. In March 2018 the telco Salt, which already operated
in the mobile segment, launched a fibre-based broadband and pay TV
service to about a third of premises at a price markedly lower than
competitors.

Swisscom has set aside for fibre networks a significant proportion of
its planned infrastructure investment over the coming years, and its
program has been facilitated by cooperative deals struck with regional
utility companies. Amendments to the Telecommunications Act approved in
September 2017 were aimed at addressing a number of consumer concerns
and introducing measures to promote competition and deregulation.

There has been a focus on ultra-fast' broadband, defined as a service of
at least 100Mb/s. To this end the government is promoting technologies
based on fibre, LTE, DOCSIS3.1 and 5G. By 2020 fixed-line networks are
expected to deliver at least 100Mb/s to 85% of the population, while
services based on 5G should be available from Swisscom Mobile.

Key Developments

• Swisscom reaches half-way point in CHF1.6 billion national superfast
  broadband program;
• Key telcos call for revision of draft amendments to the
  Telecommunications Act;
• Regulator measures eliminate FttP network duplication, increase
  minimum internet speed on Swisscoms USO;
• Swisscom signs more FttP network construction sharing contract,
  launches 1Gb/s service;
• UPC Switzerland extends footprint reach with third-party network
  agreements;
• Swisscom contracts Huawei for FttS network upgrade;
• Report update includes the regulators market data for 2017, telcos
  operating and financial data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies Mentioned

• Swisscom
• Sunrise
• Cybernet
• UPC Switzerland

Topics Covered

1 Introduction and statistical overview

1.1 Market analysis

1.2 Network Neutrality

1.3 Broadband statistics

1.4 Forecasts broadband subscribers 2019; 2021; 2023

2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

2.1 UPC Switzerland

3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

3.1 Swisscom

3.2 Sunrise

3.3 Cybernet

3.4 Salt

3.5 VDSL

3.6 Naked DSL

3.7 G.fast

4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

4.1 Regulatory measures

4.2 Network sharing

5 Other fixed broadband services

5.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

5.2 Fixed wireless

5.3 Satellite

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