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ITU Regional Forum for Europe.
Broadband: A Pillar of Social and Economic Development
6-7 September 2012, Tirana Albania
Broadband Access in Albania
Piro XHIXHO
Chairman
Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP)
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Market overviewMarket players:
◦4 MNO◦80 Fixed telephony operators◦120 ISP
Mobile market: significant growthBroadband market: moderate
growthFixed market: slow growth and
very low penetration
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Market revenues Total revenues in 2011: 370 million
Euros Total revenues in 2011 down by 9%
compared with 2010:
◦ AMC, Vodafone and Albtelecom: fall in revenues
◦ Other operators revenues increased
Mobile operators: 75% of all the market
Albtelecom plus 4 MNO: 93% of the market
Abcom, Primo and ASC (3 largest OAO): 4% of the total market or 50% of all OAO revenues
AMC25%
Vodafone Albania39%
Eagle Mobile
9%
Plus Commu-nications
1%
Albtele-com sh.a
18%
OA6%
OA AlbtelecomPlus EM AMC Vodafone0
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Mobile telephony
2001-2009: Significant growth rate. 2010-2012/1: Moderate growth 1.07.2012:
◦ 5.3 million users (active SIM): 187% penetration
◦ 3.2 million active users (usage in the last 3 months): 114% penetration
Prepaid users: 91% Average Call Usage has increased significantly in 2009-2012/1 Subscribers’ Market shares:
AMCVODAFONE
ALBANIAEAGLE MOBILE
PLUS COMMUNICATION
2012/1 32.82% 34.76% 24.66% 7.76%
Market Entry
1996 2001 2008 2010
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Fixed telephony2000-2009: Moderate growth over the years2010-2012: low/negative growth rate1.07.2012:
◦ 324 000 subscribers: 11.5% penetration◦ 4% lower than end 2011
Fixed incumbent (Albtelecom): ◦ 2009-2012/1: 16% fall in the number of subscribers◦ Reduction of market shares
ABCom: largest alt.net (cable operator) with 30 thousands subscribers
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Mobile and fixed telephony susbscribers
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012/1
Fiks 152700
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222000
243858
256266
273056
289637
296146
303964
337885
331502
338844
324727
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1259195
1530244
1909885
2322436
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4184845
4547807
5236349
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500,000
1,500,000
2,500,000
3,500,000
4,500,000
5,500,000
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Broadband accessBroadband access (fixed and
Mobile 3G modem/USB) 1.07.2012: ◦189 thousands subscribers:
151 000: fixed broadband 38 000: Mobile Broadband 3G
USB/modem
◦6.6 % per population (3.7 % 2010)◦175 thousands households◦24% households
Steady growth 2007-2012/1
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Broadband access subsc. 2007-2012/1
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012/10
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
Broadband access subscribers
Fixed broadband Mobile 3G Modem/USB Total
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Fixed Broadband accessAlbtelecom:
◦ Significant increase in 2008-2012/1 reduction by 15% in 2011.
◦ reduction in market share for fixed broadband: from 58% in 2010 to 46% in 2012/1
◦ Techonology: 90% ADSL; 10 % FTTN. In the process of migration from PSTN to NGN (VoIP based ):
currently 50% of subscribers are connected to MSAN
Alternative operators: ◦ Significant increase in 2011-2012/1◦ Technology: mostly XDSL◦ ABCom:
largest AO with 21% market share Cable operator with triple pay offers
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Fixed broadband The most used access speed:
◦ from 1-2Mbps in 2010 to 2-4Mbps in 2011/2012(1).
Main operators offers for 4-20 Mbps, but with limited take up
Total Installed optical fibre:◦ 4689 km in 2011 compared to 2161 km in 2010.
International Internet Connectivity: ◦ from about 6 Gbps in 2009, to about 30 Gbps in 2011.
Retail tariffs: ◦ Significant reductions in 2010-2012/1
◦ Current level: At average level in SEE
Converged services (Bundles):◦ Mostly Broadband and fixed telephony
◦ Triple play: 2 main players (Abcom and Tring) but limited take up
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Fixed broadband Retail tariffs 2012
HR IS MK ME RS TR AL BA-bh BA-ts BA-ht XK0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
<1 Mbps 1-2 Mbps 2-4 Mbps 4-8 Mbps 8-20 Mps >20 Mbps
Euro
/Month
V
AT inclu
ded
Source: Cullen International Report 2 2012
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Mobile Broadband: 3G authorizations
2.12.2010: First 3G authorization
• Vodafone Albania: winner with 31.4 Million Euro Bid
• Coverage at 1.07.2012: 85.6% of territory/99% of population
28.09.2011: Second 3G authorization
• AMC: winner with 15.1 Million Euro Bid
• Coverage at 1.07.2012: 73.3% of territory/96.2% of population
10.10.2012: Tender for the next two 3G authorizations
Source: Cullen International Report 1, November 2011
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Mobile Broadband 1.07.20123G access:
◦38000: modem/USB subscribers 21% of total broadband subscribers (fixed
and mobile)
◦270 000: access through mobile phones
GPRS/EDGE access users: 830 000
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Market shares 2012/1
Albtelecom 46.4
Abcom 21%
Abissnet 11%
ASC 7%
Primo 4.0
Bleta 2%
Nisatel 2%
Other AO 6%
Fixed broadband
Albtelecom 37%
Abcom 16%Abissnet 9%
ASC 6%Primo 3%Bleta 2%
Nisatel 2%
Other AO 5%
AMC 7%
Vodafone 15%
Fixed and mobile Broadband
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Fixed Broadband: LLU and bitstream access13.04.2011: AKEP designated
Albtelecom as SMP on LLU. Main obligations:
◦RUO for LLU◦Access for LLU and bitstream◦Prices:
shared and full access: BULRAIC cost Bitstream: commercial negotiation
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RUO: Local Loop UnbundlingNovember 2011: Albtelecom submitted RUO
to AKEP20.11.2011: AKEP published on www.akep.al
RUO for consultation with market players. 31.05.2012: AKEP approved RUO of
Albtelecom◦ significant changes to Albtelecom proposed RUO,
especially prices◦ Obligation for Albtelecom to publish reference offer
for bitstream access June 2012: RUO published on AKEP and
Albtelecom website and operational for operators for LLU services
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Other AKEP initiatives for Broadband related issues Regulation Nr. 22 date 24.06.2011 “On Technical
Requirements for building the infrastructure of urban cable
networks and interurban optical fiber networks for electronic
communications”: ◦ Rules for building and maintaning cable and fiber networks
Backbone infrastructure Atlas:
◦ Regulation no.26 date 16.08.2012 “On content, form and
functioning of electronic register of public electronic
communication networks in Albania
Broadband Speed Tester•One tool more for measuring the broadband access for
albanian users.
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Backbone infrastructure ATLAS (phase 1)
Aim: ◦ Store information on all backbone infrastructure of public
electronic◦ communications networks in the Republic of Albania. ◦ Provide transparency and data for free capacities.◦ Improved capacity utilization of the public electronic
communications networks.◦ Development of multiple roles for its users to access the data.
Users: General public: access to data on connection points and free
capacities (no details on the provider) Operators: access to the system and change information only for
their own networks. Government bodies: access at certain levels of the system AKEP: access to all detailed infrastructure information regarding
geographical positioning, technical info and data on free capacities.
Technologies applied : Geoserver, PostGis, OpenLayers, GeoExt,
Google Maps ,Web GIS-AKEP
Map of Radio Facilities
“Atlasi elektronik i Republikes së Shqipërisë lidhur
me aksesin me brez të gjerë në nivel kombëtar”
Optical Cables of different operators: Tirana
Broadband Speed Tester Service AKEP provides a speed
tester for all broadband users in Albania
http://www.akep.al/speedtest/index.html Broadband Speed Test
measures:◦ Download Speed ◦ Upload Speed ◦ Latency◦ Date/Time of test
Soon to be made avail. from all ISP
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