Roland Montagne Principal Analyst +33 6 80 85 04 80 r.montagne@idate.org FTTH Council Europe Panorama & Forecast Market at September 2018 & Forecast by 2020 & 2025 FTTH Council Europe Conference March 14 th 2019 - Amsterdam
Agenda Agenda 1. Study Background 2. General overview and main trends 3. Leading countries 4. European Ranking 5. Conclusion Key outputs Global Ranking 6. FTTH Forecast for Eueope
01 Study Background
Methodology Methodology Mission on behalf of the FTTH Council Europe 17 th edition Provide a complete summary of the status of FTTH/B in Europe at Sept. 2018 ACTIONS Scope Analysis of 39 countries Data per player for FTTH/B and other fibre-based architectures Key parameters study: technical, financial, business model, figures Bottom-up methodology Desk research Direct contacts with leading players and IDATE partners within countries Information exchange with FTTH Council Europe members Results Both quantitative and qualitative data Market status in the country Strategic approach of involved players
02 General overview and main trends
FTTH/B figures as at September 2018 FTTH/B figures as at September 2018 As at September 2018 in EU39*: 59.6 million FTTH/B subscribers Almost 160 million FTTH/B Homes Passed Take-up rate EU28 : 38.2% EU39 : 37.4% EU28 countries FTTH Council Europe scope at September 2018 39 countries covered Subscriber evolution Homes Passed evolution FTTH/B market evolution in terms of Homes passed and Subscribers (EU39) Subscribers Homes Passed 108 126 140 149 160 >x6 >x4 Covered countries in FTTH Panorama Coverage rate EU28 : 36.4% EU39 : 46.4% 11 42 64 16 20 77 31 36 45 52 60 (1) EU39 = EU28 (excl. Cyprus) + 4 CIS countries + Andorra, Iceland, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey (2) Cyprus was replaced by Macedonia at end-2012 because the FTTH/B market is much more developed in this country. September 2010 September 2012 September 2013 September 2014 September 2015 September 2016 September 2017 September 2018 Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Historical data and growing trends (EU28 / EU39) Historical data and growing trends (EU28 / EU39) EU28 has a stronger position in the whole European region By Sept. 2018, half of FTTH/B deployments are performed inside of the EU28 countries, an increasing trend along the previous years Evolution of FTTH/B Subscribers (million) Comparison EU28 / EU39 7 4 11 5 16 20 6 8 31 12 36 15 45 20 52 24 60 30 Evolution of FTTH/B Homes Passed (million) Comparison EU28 / EU39 140 126 108 77 64 67 57 51 42 36 29 30 23 15 149 73 160 81 December 2010 December 2011 December 2012 December 2013 December 2014 September 2015 September 2016 September September 2017 2018 December 2010 December 2011 December 2012 December 2013 December 2014 September 2015 September 2016 September September 2017 2018 Total EU28 Total EU39 Total EU28 Total EU39 Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Incumbents are taking a growing role in FTTH/B Initiatives Incumbents are taking a growing role in FTTH/B Initiatives Analysis of around 400 FTTH/B projects in EU39 at September 2018 Around 55% of total Homes in the region have been passed by Alternative ISPs, and approx. 41% by incumbents (as compared to 21% by incumbents in 2011) Municipalities/Local Authorities, along with utilities when appropriate, will remain those ones that will help ensure an exhaustive coverage at term Top European countries Breakdown in terms of Sockets deployed Breakdown of FTTH/B Sockets deployed by type of player (%) Data comparison between Dec. 2011 and Sept. 2018 8% 71% 21% 55% 4% 41% 1 2 3 Russia Spain France Total Sockets deployed: 71,435,000 Incumbents: 33,200,000 Alternative ISPs: 38,235,000 Total Sockets deployed: 43,234,160 Incumbents: 20,800,000 Alternative ISPs: 22,375,000 Municip./Utilities: 59,160 Total Sockets deployed: 39,201,000 Incumbents: 10,906,000 Alternative ISPs: 26,565,000 Municip./Utilities: 1,730,000 December 2011 September 2018 4 Ukraine Total Sockets deployed: 10,765,000 Alternative ISPs: 10,765,000 Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE Total Sockets deployed: 9,124,750 5 Incumbents: 2,107,000 Romania Alternative ISPs: 7,017,750
03 Leading countries
Millions General Ranking: FTTH/B Homes passed 60 European ranking in terms of FTTH/B Homes passed over time (in million homes) Data comparison between Sept. 2015 and Sept. 2018 Top 5 annual growth rates Homes passed (in %) Data from Sept. 2017 to Sept. 2018 50 40 30 17 countries with more than 2m. HP Sept. 2015 Sept. 2016 Sept. 2017 Sept. 2018 EU28 : 11 countries in the Ranking + 43.1 % + 40.5 % + 22.8 % Italy Poland UK 20 + 17.4 % Portugal 10 0 + 15.1 % Germany Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Millions General Ranking: FTTH/B Sockets deployed* European ranking in terms of FTTH/B Sockets deployed (in million homes) Data comparison between Sept. 2015 and Sept. 2018 Top 5 annual growth rates Sockets deployed (%) Data from Sept. 2017 to Sept. 2018 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 18 countries with more than 2m. Optical sockets Sept. 2015 Sept. 2016 Sept. 2017 Sept. 2018 EU28 : 12 countries in the Ranking + 77 % + 40.5 % + 36.9 % Italy Poland France 10 + 26.2 % 0 Spain + 22.8 % *Total amount of FTTH/B optical sockets deployed by each player in a country (may be higher than Homes Passed when homes are covered by several players). Might lead to overlap situations Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE UK
General Ranking: FTTH/B Coverage FTTH/B coverage* as at September 2018 (* Homes passed / Households) Coverage rate EU28 : 36.4% EU39 : 46.4% FTTH/B coverage > 90% FTTH/B coverage 70 90 % FTTH/B coverage 50 70 % FTTH/B coverage < 50 % 91% Sweden Latvia 96.4% Lithuania 95.4% Andorra 99.9% Portugal Spain 99.2% 97.8% Bulgaria 91% Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
General Ranking: FTTH/B Subscribers General Ranking: FTTH/B Subscribers 25,000,000 European ranking in terms of FTTH/B Subscriptions (million) Data comparison between Sept. 2015 and Sept. 2018 20,000,000 + 83.2 % UK + 72.5 % Italy + 36 % Poland 15,000,000 10,000,000 + 35.1 % France + 30.7 % Spain 5,000,000 0 Sept. 2015 Sept. 2016 Sept. 2017 Sept. 2018
General Ranking: FTTH/B Take-up FTTH/B take-up* as at September 2018 (*Subscriptions / Homes Passed) FTTH/B take-up > 50% Take-up rate EU28 : 38.2% EU39 : 37.4% FTTH/B take-up 40 50 % FTTH/B take-up 30 40 % FTTH/B take-up < 30 % Netherlands 51.5% 52.2% Latvia 64.5% Belarus Andorra 61.4% Belgium 51.2% Romania 52.6% Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
04 European Ranking
European Ranking as at September 2018 Latvia Lithuania Spain Sweden Belarus Romania Portugal Norway Russia Bulgaria Estonia Finland Slovakia Slovenia Netherlands France Luxembourg Denmark Hungary Kazakhstan Czech Republic EU28 Macedonia Turkey Ukraine Switzerland Poland Italy Ireland Germany Serbia Croatia Austria United Kingdom UK is entering the Ranking by Sept. 2018 Penetration rate EU28 : 13.9% FTTH subscribers FTTB subscribers Penetration rates of European countries at September 2018 (FTTH/B Subscriptions / Households) Includes countries of +200k Households in which FTTH/B subscribers represent at least 1% of total households Eastern Europe and Nordic countries are among the top of penetration ranks, mainly due to a proactive state intervention towards fibre expansion Some major European countries are lagging behind (except. Spain and Portugal) due to a predominance of copper-based technologies (VDSL, G.Fast) and/or cable networks (DOCSIS 3.0 / 3.1) 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
05 Key Conclusions
Key outputs Public involvement Public-private initiatives are the key trend of 2018: more and more involvements from public authorities (via subsidies and an adequate policy framework) to promote fibre expansion throughout their country Progressive move towards fibre expansion in hard-to-reach areas: urban dense areas are well covered by fibre networks in Europe, the focus for public & private actors is now on remote areas. How to promote high-speed broadband access in these isolated areas? Regional Recap Pent Up Demand becoming clear: Seeing large pent up demand (high connection rates) in regions now just beginning large FTTH rollouts (UK / Italy) EU28 is Mobilizing for FTTH/B: EU28 now catching up and surpassing the growth trends seen across the larger EU39 EU39 region has reached almost 160 million homes with FTTH/B networks, representing a coverage of 46.4% of the total Homes Countries like Italy, Poland and UK have experienced strong growth, increasing their homes passed by more than 20%, as well as their subscribers by more than 36% Subscribers Homes Passed Subscribers Homes Passed Subscribers Homes Passed + 72.5 % + 43.1 % + 36 % + 40.5 % + 83.2 % + 22.8 % Italy Poland UK
Global Ranking (*) at Sept. 2018 Mature markets UAE Qatar Singapore China South Korea Hong Kong Japan Mauritius New Zealand Uruguay Latvia Taiwan Lithuania Spain Sweden Vietnam Belarus Romania Portugal Norway Russia Bulgaria FTTH subscribers FTTB subscribers FTTH/B Penetration rates worldwide at September 2018 (FTTH/B Subscriptions / Households) GCC and APAC countries leading the ranking (*) Includes countries of +200k Households in which FTTH/B subscribers represent at least 1% of total households 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%
Global Ranking (*) at Sept. 2018 Less than 30% penetration Estonia Finland Slovakia Slovenia Malaysia Netherlands France Luxembourg Trinidad and Tobago Denmark Jamaica Hungary Australia Kazakhstan Czech Republic Mexico Saudi Arabia Ecuador United States Canada Macedonia Turkey Ukraine Oman Chile Switzerland Kuwait Poland South Africa Puerto Rico Brazil Italy Ireland Argentina Colombia Germany Angola Serbia Croatia Austria United Kingdom Jordan FTTH subscribers FTTB subscribers Some European countries still lagging behind *Includes countries of +200k Households in which FTTH/B subscribers represent at least 1% of total households 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%
06 FTTH Forecast for Europe
FTTH/B figures as at September 2018 Forecast study Factors taken into account Supply criteria Strategic plans from telecom players towards high-speed broadband enhancement Willingness to provide public funds Municipality/utility players can accelerate fibre development in remote areas, where private operators don t have any incentives to deploy Impact of cable operators switching to FTTH/B to gain market advantages Impact of mobile broadband enhancement Green-field housing and systematic deployment of FTTH in any new build housing Demand criteria Broadband services take-up since average speeds continue to rise for households Data consumption keeps growing due to an intensive use of video content, highdefinition streaming which demand high bandwidth capacity People in rural areas still not covered by high-speed connections would like to be connected to NGN Others Impact of infrastructure costs Impact of copper-based DSL improvements with new emerging variants, such as G.Fast. Impact of cable-based networks with DOCSIS 3.1 Regulatory changes at European and national level to create a common commitment to FTTH Impact of macroeconomic environment and economical trends
Indicators Historical affecting data and growing the trends FTTH (EU28 adoption / EU39) Positive criteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Regulatory framework and public incentives to promote FTTH deployments (ex. Gigabit Society targets set for 2025) Governments have been revising their Digital Infrastructure strategy to focus on Fibre and 5G leading to higher availability of public funds dedicated to enhancing fibre-based networks Progressive switch-off for copper-based infrastructure and move towards FTTH networks Data demands and video content continue to growth leading to higher bandwidth and lower latency needs (Resilience, symmetricity of Bandwidth) Both incumbents and alternative ISPs shifting their core business towards FTTH Municipalities/Utilities pushing to expand fibre networks in remote areas where not always economically viable for private players Fibre densification driven by 5G deployment & cost savings from fibre-5g convergence
Indicators Historical affecting data and growing the trends FTTH (EU28 adoption / EU39) Negative impacts 1 2 3 4 5 Copper-based Regulatory framework DSL & Cable and improvements public incentives with to promote new emerging FTTH deployments variants could (ex. delay Gigabit FTTH enhancement Society targets set for 2025) Potential risk of mobile 5G broadband technology delaying FTTH in economically non-viable areas Deployment costs are still very high for FTTH technologies (however costs are following a downward trend YoY) Non-feasible business model for isolated areas Some initiatives are facing administrative barriers that are delaying fibre expansion in areas not yet covered (right of ways)
Methodology Forecast study Individual analysis of 15 European countries Bulgaria Romania France Russia Germany Spain Top 15 countries by Homes passed as at Sept. 2018 EU39 countries covered in FTTH Panorama Italy Kazakhstan Netherlands Sweden Turkey Ukraine Poland UK Portugal
Methodology European FTTH/B Forecasts (2012-2025) FTTH/B Subscribers Forecasts (million) Comparison EU28 / EU39 Evolution of FTTH/B Homes Passed (million) Comparison EU28 / EU39 16 20 6 8 31 12 36 15 45 20 52 24 60 30 71 39 83 47 97 56 114 68 132 82 152 97 168 109 64 30 77 36 108 51 126 57 140 149 67 73 160 81 174 92 189 203 220 104 115 130 237 144 250 263 155 166 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total EU28 Total EU39 Total EU28 Total EU39 Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
European FTTH/B Forecasts (2012-2025) FTTH/B Take-up Rates Forecasts (Subs over Homes Passed, in %) Comparison EU28 / EU39 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 25.7% 26.2% 20.3% 21.3% 28.5% 28.9% 24.1% 26.4% 32.0% 30.2% 2019 should be a turning point 34.8% 33.4% 37.4% 37.0% 42.0% 40.7% 45.2% 44.2% 49.0% 48.0% 65.6% 62.5% 63.8% 57.1% 60.6% 52.7% 55.9% 51.8% 10.0% 0.0% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Subs / HP EU28 Subs / HP EU39
Methodology Top 15 Countries by FTTH/B Homes Passed in 2020 & 2025 European ranking in terms of FTTH/B Homes passed (in million homes) 2025 Forecasts EU28 : ~166m FTTH H.P. EU39 : ~263m FTTH H.P. % Evolution 2018 / 2020 2020 Forecasts 2025 Forecasts % Evolution 2018 / 2025 +2% +33% +0.5% +11% +81% +27% +184% +12% +62% +5% +44% +4% +40% +12% +3% +6% +858% +81% +230% +551% +2% +86% +24% +169% +29% +112% +9% +11% +35% +6% Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Methodology Top 15 Countries by FTTH/B Subscribers in 2020 & 2025 % Evolution 2018 / 2020 European ranking in terms of FTTH/B Subscriptions (million) 2020 Forecasts 2025 Forecasts EU28 : ~109m FTTH Subs. EU39 : ~168m FTTH Subs. 2025 Forecasts % Evolution 2018 / 2025 +20% +33% +63% +31% +47% +90% +43% +171% +50% +67% +74% +118% +306% +48% +22% +78% +5567% +233% +92% +1006% +760% +190% +237% +82% +261% +527% +170% +96% +202% +73% Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Top 15 Countries by Household penetration European ranking in terms of Household penetration Subscriptions / Households (in %) 2020 Forecasts 2025 Forecasts Penetration forecast in 2020 EU28 : 17.3% EU39 : 20.4% Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom Romania Netherlands France Russia Bulgaria Kazakhstan Ukraine Italy Poland Turkey Germany 42.5% 35.5% 33.2% 31.6% 28.2% 24.8% 53.0% 62.6% 61.2% 71.7% 70.3% 69.9% 83.2% 81.0% Penetration forecast in 2025 EU28 : 46.2% EU39 : 44.7% 90.3% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
FTTH Architecture & Technology trends FTTH/B at Sept. 2018 FTTH / FTTB architecture Positive FTTH evolution : Fibre closer to end-users by 2025 FTTH / FTTB architecture 2020 Forecasts Positive FTTH evolution : Fibre closer to end-users by 2025 2025 Forecasts 44.4% 55.6% 42.2% 57.8% 36.2% 63.8% FTTH FTTB FTTH FTTB FTTH FTTB Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
FTTH Architecture & Technology trends MDU / SDU ratio Evolution towards the delivery of individualized fibre services by 2025 MDU / SDU ratio at Sept. 2018 2020 Forecasts 2025 Forecasts 27.9% 29.4% 32.8% 72.1% 70.6% 67.2% MDU SDU MDU SDU MDU SDU Source: IDATE for FTTH Council EUROPE
Key Key conclusions 1 GROWTH Public incentives towards fibre-based technologies will accelerate FTTH growth throughout Europe Some major private players will be migrating from copper-based and cable-based architectures to full-fibre solutions in the coming years (e.g. BT in UK / Deutsche Telekom in Germany). Certainly, these substantial investments will be a key enabler of growth. 2 BUSINESS EVOLUTION 3 TECHNO- SYMBIOSIS Delayed responses by incumbents have led to increased investment in alternative FTTH operators, triggering accelerated network builds by the incumbent (UK, Italy) More agreements to deploy FTTH services between private players, utilities companies and local authorities are evolving towards a convergent portfolio where different services can be provided using the same infrastructure (telecom services, smart cities solutions and utilities) Based on recent announcements, 5G will be a key factor for the promotion of fibre deployments and therefore, it will boost investments from public and private players. Evolution from previous years have showed that cable-based and copper-based ISPs have started to diversify its core technologies towards fibre. Certainly, many of these players have implemented full fibre solutions and it can be appreciated that FTTH services are now part of its service portfolio.
Thank you for your attention! www.ftthcouncil.eu Roland Montagne Principal Analyst +33 6 80 85 04 80 r.montagne@idate.org