Research and Markets Adds Report: Lithuania - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts 2011

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05-13-2011
Research and Markets Adds Report: Lithuania - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts 2011
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Lithuania - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts" report to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
This report provides an overview of trends and developments in Lithuania's telecommunications market. The report analyses the mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media sectors.

After a period of steady growth the number of fixed lines started to decline from 2001, largely attributed to fixed-to-mobile substitution. About 12 percent of fixed lines are provided by wireless, cable TV and ISDN platforms. Individual VoIP usage will fall in coming years as the facility is increasingly bundled with other services.

The incumbent TEO will face increasing pressure from fixed-line competition and fixed-mobile substitution. The company, having no presence in the mobile market, is diversifying revenue through broadband and convergence offerings, focusing on fibre access network deployments.

The mobile telephony sector was worth some LTL982 million in 2010 and an expected LTL920 in 2011: the sector's value is likely to continue to slide during the next two years due to competition and the impact of regulated MTRs and roaming charges. Some recovery is anticipated from 2013 as revenue from high-end mobile data is made possible as a result of a wider deployment of HSPA and LTE networks.

FttX infrastructure had been limited to greenfield sites, but TEO's plan to roll out FttX by the end of 2011 will extend its NGN infrastructure to Lithuania's five largest cities. Fibre is now available to half of the population (570,000 households), while coverage reaches up to 95 percent in some towns. By the end of 2011 the incumbent's network will be expanded to over 50 cities, and covering 80 percent of the country's corporations and organisations. A number of smaller operators means that the fibre market, though fragmented, has become among the most developed in Europe.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

Report information:

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4e670b/ lithuania_teleco

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