At its largest, Tele2 was present in 25 countries but from 2005 the company began to refocus its geographic presence and is now present in 12 countries. Recently, Tele2 has divested three more subsidiaries in Europe: Luxembourg and Liechtenstein to Belgacom, while Polish fixed network operator Netia bought Tele2 Poland. At the same time, rumours have been floating around about Tele2 wanting to sel... more information

Since HTC launched mobile handsets under its own brand on the Benelux market, the company's performance has been quite good. HTC's 74% increase in the number of mobile devices sold in the first six months of this year is impressive. According to Mark Moons, the country manager for HTC Benelux, the Apple 3G iPhone will have only a limited impact on HTC sales, and the iPhone introduction will help t... more information

This EXCEL sheet summarises a Telecompaper survey of around 1,000 broadband subscription offers across 15 Western European countries, looking at both the business and consumer markets and different types of network access technology. The broadband speeds are rounded to the nearest 0.5 or whole number.... more information

The Dutch telecom retail landscape has undergone a hectic period over the last year, with the introduction of new formats, test shops and more shop-in-shops, as well as some shops closing down and expansion in online sales. The Phone House acquired three online shops on the expectation of strong growth in web sales. Telfort agrees that online sales are the future, but the mobile operator is still ... more information

This chart shows the penetration of smartphones in the Dutch Mobile market, the trend for the past six months, split of penetration smartphone for the debitel, Hi, KPN, T-Mobile, Tele2 Mobiel, Telfort and Vodafone, and split based on the bearer capabilities of customers' subscription. Results based on months December 2007 - May 2008. ... more information

This research brief compares the average monthly fees for the first quarter of 2007 with prices for the first quarter of 2008 as reported in Telecompaper's quarterly Western European Broadband Pricing Updates. These updates are Excel sheets containing an overview of almost 1,000 consumer and business broadband services offered in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembou... more information

The Dutch and German markets are two distinct mobile markets, particularly in terms of size; in other areas as maturity they are quite comparable. The most striking difference is that the German market is at least three times larger with a value of almost EUR 4.9 billion (in the first quarter of 2008) but with a blended ARPU of almost EUR 10 lower than in the Netherlands. In terms of similarities ... more information

This report is intended for the entire mobile payments industry, including merchants, financial institutions, mobile network operators, handset manufacturers, scheme organisations and policy makers. The report consists of two parts. Part 1 elaborates on the recent trends and developments in the field of mobile payments. Part 2 provides an overview of the most relevant mobile payment initiatives fr... more information

At the end of March 2008, around 3.49 million customers used a VO to connect to a mobile network. Compared with the end of September 2007, the number of MVNO customers grew by 4.7 percent, up from 3.34 million. VOs share of the larger Dutch mobile market was stable over the period. In March 2008, VOs had a market share in number of SIMs of 17.8 percent, which was almost the same as in September 20... more information

On 9 June, Apple unveiled the second version of its iPhone including HDSPA capabilities. The 3G iPhone will be commercially launched on 11 July 2008 in 22 countries including the Netherlands, where T-Mobile has won an exclusive contract. T-Mobile Netherlands unveiled its pricing on 1 July, offering a 3G iPhone 8GB for EUR 79.95 in combination with a subscription costing EUR 29.95 per month includ... more information

This chart shows how many SMS messages on average Dutch consumers send each month, split for postpaid / prepaid and per gender. Results are based responses from the Telecompaper Consumer Panel in the months December 2007 - May 2008.... more information

Chart provides insight on the average spending (EUR) on mobile services split in total market versus the youth aged 19-30 years, for postpaid and prepaid.... more information

This chart provides insight on where men and women buy their mobile connection, split for the mobile brands: Albert Heijn, Debitel, Hi, KPN, Orange, Simyo, Tele2 Mobiel, Telfort, T-Mobile, UPC and Vodafone. Responses taken from period: November 2007 - April 2008.... more information

This chart shows the type of television set Dutch consumers use as their main television set at home. The chart further includes the trend for the past twelvemonths, split per type of technology used and the main TV provider. Split results based on months December 2007 - May 2008.... more information

This brief offfers a short overview of Ziggo's image campaign, which ended with the Dutch consumer union setting up a special service desk for complaining Ziggo customers and the possible consequences for Ziggo.... more information

Mobile internet data revenues are expected to show strong growth in the near future. Vodafone is preparing for this growth both through alliances (e.g. with Google, Yahoo and MySpace) and through acquisitions (ZYB). In 2008, Vodafone even created a dedicated Internet Services Unit, with which it targets an additional 10 percent of group revenue. Part of the expected growth should come from mobile ... more information

The report analyses developments in the German market for mobile communication, and analyses the market's performance in the first quarter of 2008. The focus is on mobile network operators as T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, and E-Plus and their activities in the German mobile market. The German mobile telecommunications services market achieved revenues of EUR 4.86 billion in the first quarter of 2008, do... more information

The total Dutch consumer telephony market grew by almost 55,000 connections during the first quarter of 2008 to 5.76 million, despite a 5.8 percent drop in PSTN/ISDN connections to 2.68 million on 31 March 2008. The number of Dutch consumer VoIP subscriptions grew 7.7 percent during the quarter, to 2.73 million at the end of March 2008. The number of DSL-based VoIP subscriptions grew at a faster r... more information

The total number of Dutch TV connections grew slightly during the fourth quarter to 7.65 million on 31 March 2008. Year-on-year, the number of TV connections grew by 69,000, with the digital TV growth clearly offsetting the drop in analogue TV connections. The number of digital TV connections grew by 5.2 percent or 166,600 net additions during the quarter to 3.4 million on 31 March 2008. At the sa... more information

This latest report from Telecompaper's continued research into developments on the Dutch communication services market looks at the leading Dutch mobile network operators: KPN (including Telfort), Vodafone, T-Mobile (including Orange) and the MVNO market. The Dutch mobile communication services market was worth EUR 1.53 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 2008. Revenues in the first quarte... more information