According to
the last report published by Quantum-Web, since the
launch of bundled services from in the first quarter
of 2006, price of broadband bandwidth for bundled
packages decreased from 79.49 Euro/Mbps to 18.33 Euro/Mbps.
In the cable
modem segment the gap between the price of bandwidth
for bundled and unbundled is lower than xDSL segment.
This is mainly du to the cost of bundled services
in xDSL and Cable modem and secondly, the pricing
model of CATV operators and telcos.
Telcos as part
of their bundled services, provide free local and
national calls, VoD and cheap mobile calls. These
offers are economically viable and cheap for telcos
and it reflects on the lower cost of their bundled
services compare to CATV operators.
CATV operators in order to offer such bundled services
have to pay telcos and therefore their bundled packages
are not as cheap as those of telcos but they play
“speed” and “low entry level tariffs”
cards to grasp the attention of potential clients.
This report
provides insight into the status of the broadband
tariffs in Europe. It analyses the trend of tariffs
and speed of over 1300 packages in Europe and briefs
pricing policy and bandwidth offered by 147 operators
in 39 counties (table below). In addition, it quantifies
the competitive situation for tariffs for the main
bandwidths and for bundled and unbundled packages
separately. For pooled analysis all tariffs are calculated
in local currency, Euro, US Dollar and in PPP terms.
For more information
about this press release or the reports, please contact
Pauline Vahey at:pauline.v@quantum-web.com
or Barrie Simpson at: barrie.s@quantum-web.com
