According to
the last report published by Quantum-Web, Q3 2006
was the quarter of bundling services for the European
operators. At the end of the 3rd quarter nearly 17%
of all available broadband packages were bundled.
Most of the cable operators and telecom carriers gear
up for competition in the market of bundled services.
As the consequence, our survey reveals an increase
in the DSL tariffs for European operators that have
been launching bundled services. In fact our results
show a steady increase of DSL prices in terms of Euro/Mbps
since Q3 2005.
At the moment,
the tilt is in the favour of DSL providers as they
have been able to offer better deals on fixed and
mobile phone calls together with broadband. This is
mainly due to the fact that the voice as part of bundle
services is nearly costless for telecom carriers.
The tariffs
trend for the period of Q3 2005- Q3 2006 shows that
cable prices has seen the lowest decrease compared
to the other access technologies (-8.51%); cable operators
are getting more aggressive, in terms of maximising
ARPU, offering bundled services.
During the third quarter of 2006, tariffs for broadband
services vary widely between the operators and countries.
During this quarter for example tariffs for uncapped
amortized packages are clearly lowest in Italy, France
and Germany with the leading operators charging €1.09
(Club Internet) to €21.45 per 1Mbps bandwidth
(Numericable). At the other end of the scale, some
of the most expensive operators are in Luxembourg,
Bosnia and Belgium with tariffs up €212 per 1
Mbps bandwidth (Cybernet in Belgium).
European tariffs tend to be in the middle of the range,
around €30/Mbps to €60/Mbps.
The report - European Broadband Pricing Benchmarks
- is based on extensive research conducted with operators
featured across 40 European countries and some 1380
tariff packages.
This report
provides insight into the status of the broadband
tariffs in Europe. It analyses and recommends strategies
for the different types of access technologies' tariffs
in the European broadband market. In addition, it
quantifies the competitive situation for tariffs for
each speed band and for residential and businesses
separately. It includes top broadband service providers
packages by country at the end of third quarter of
2006. In addition, prices are calculated in Local
currency, Euro, US dollar and in US dollar in PPP
terms.
For more information
about this press release or this report, please contact
us at
info@quantum-web.com
