Ref. Ares(2013)3033573 - 11/09/2013 Broadband Coverage in Europe Final Report 2009 Survey Data as of 31 December 2008 DG INFSO 80106 December 2009 IDATE 1 Development of Broadband Access in Europe Table of contents 1. Methodological notes .......................................................................................................................................5 2. Executive summary ..........................................................................................................................................7 3. European benchmark .......................................................................................................................................9 3.1. EU-27 + Norway & Iceland at the end of 2008........................................................................................ 9 3.1.1. Fixed broadband subscriber bases and penetration.................................................................... 9 3.1.2. DSL coverage and penetration.................................................................................................. 11 3.1.3. Cable modem coverage and penetration .................................................................................. 18 3.1.4. FTTH subscribers...................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.5. Satellite solutions ...................................................................................................................... 25 3.1.6. 3G coverage and take-up.......................................................................................................... 26 3.2. EU-25 + Norway & Iceland, from year-end 2006 to year-end 2008 ...................................................... 30 3.2.1. Coverage................................................................................................................................... 30 3.2.2. Penetration................................................................................................................................ 34 3.2.3. Download rates ......................................................................................................................... 37 3.2.4. Origin of DSL connections......................................................................................................... 45 4. Country profiles ..............................................................................................................................................48 4.1. Austria .................................................................................................................................................. 48 4.2. Belgium................................................................................................................................................. 54 4.3. Bulgaria ................................................................................................................................................ 60 4.4. Cyprus .................................................................................................................................................. 66 4.5. The Czech Republic ............................................................................................................................. 72 4.6. Denmark ............................................................................................................................................... 78 4.7. Estonia.................................................................................................................................................. 84 4.8. Finland.................................................................................................................................................. 90 4.9. France .................................................................................................................................................. 96 4.10. Germany............................................................................................................................................. 102 4.11. Greece................................................................................................................................................ 108 4.12. Hungary .............................................................................................................................................. 113 4.13. Iceland................................................................................................................................................ 119 4.14. Ireland................................................................................................................................................. 124 4.15. Italy..................................................................................................................................................... 130 4.16. Latvia.................................................................................................................................................. 137 4.17. Lithuania ............................................................................................................................................. 143 4.18. Luxembourg........................................................................................................................................ 150 4.19. Malta................................................................................................................................................... 156 4.20. The Netherlands ................................................................................................................................. 162 4.21. Norway ............................................................................................................................................... 168 4.22. Poland ................................................................................................................................................ 174 4.23. Portugal .............................................................................................................................................. 184 4.24. Romania ............................................................................................................................................. 190 4.25. Slovakia .............................................................................................................................................. 196 4.26. Slovenia.............................................................................................................................................. 204 4.27. Spain .................................................................................................................................................. 211 4.28. Sweden............................................................................................................................................... 217 4.29. The United Kingdom ........................................................................................................................... 223 5. Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................229 IDATE 3 Development of Broadband Access in Europe Figures Figure 1: Gaps ranging from 0% to 81% between DSL coverage in rural areas and national DSL coverage ......... 7 Figure 2: Gaps of 0% to 13% between DSL penetration in rural areas and national DSL penetration .................... 8 Figure 3: Fixed broadband subscriber base at the end of 2008 (in million subscribers) .......................................... 9 Figure 4: Fixed broadband penetration at the end of 2008.................................................................................... 10 Figure 5: National DSL coverage at the end of 2008............................................................................................. 11 Figure 6: DSL coverage in rural areas at the end of 2008 ..................................................................................... 12 Figure 7: National DSL subscriber base at the end of 2008 (in million subscribers)..............................................13 Figure 8: National DSL penetration at the end of 2008.......................................................................................... 14 Figure 9: DSL penetration in rural areas at the end of 2008.................................................................................. 15 Figure 10: DSL subscriber bases broken down by download rates, at the end of 2008 ........................................ 16 Figure 11: Breakdown of rural DSL subscriber bases by download rate, at the end of 2008 ................................ 16 Figure 12: DSL subscriber bases broken down by access origin, at the end of 2008............................................ 17 Figure 13: Breakdown of rural DSL subscriber bases by access origin, at the end of 2008 .................................. 17 Figure 14: National cable modem coverage at the end of 2008 ............................................................................ 18 Figure 15: Cable modem coverage in rural areas at the end of 2008.................................................................... 19 Figure 16: National cable modem subscriber bases at the end of 2008 (in million subscribers) ........................... 20 Figure 17: National cable modem penetration