Croatia's MNOs providing universal population coverage with 5G
Although Croatia's telecom market is dominated by the incumbent telco Hrvatski Telekom and the local units of United Group and Telekom Austria, there is effective competition from a number of smaller operators. The regulator has helped promote competition via measures encouraging network access, as well as regional licencing. This has been seen most recently with two 5G licences having been reserved for regional rather than national operations.The mobile market is served by three MNOs, supplemented by a number of MVNOs. The network operators have focused on improving ARPU by encouraging prepaid subscribers to migrate to postpaid plans, and on developing revenue from mobile data services. 5G services are widely available, though the sector will only show its full potential later in 2021 following the award of licences in several bands. Hitherto reserved for GSM, 3G and LTE use, this spectrum will contribute towards the government's national broadband plan through to 2027, which is tied to the EC's two allied projects aimed at providing gigabit connectivity by the end of 2025.
The broadband sector benefits from effective competition between the DSL and cable platforms, while there are also numerous fibre deployments in urban areas. The number of FttP subscribers broached 134,000 in March 2021.
This report provides an overview of Croatia's fixed-line market, covering regulatory developments, infrastructure, and the financial and operating performance of the main operators. The report also covers the mobile voice and data markets, including statistics on service providers, and an assessment of network developments and deployed technologies. In addition, the report reviews the fixed and fixed wireless broadband segment, including statistics and subscriber forecasts.
Key Developments:
- United Group increases its stake in Optima Telekom to 95.07%. Regulator begins delayed multi-spectrum 5G auction;
- RUNE project secures additional 130 million to cover more premises with fibre;
- Croatia is referred to the European Court of Justice for not transposing the EECC into national law;
- A1 Croatia and Hrvatski Telekom deploy NB-IoT network;
Table of Contents
- Key statistics
- Regional Europe Market Comparison
- Market characteristics
- Market Leaders
- Market Challengers
- Market Emergents
- TMI versus GDP
- Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
- Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
- Country overview
- Telecommunications market
- Historical overview
- Market analysis
- Regulatory environment
- Historical overview
- Regulatory authority
- Fixed-line developments
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Privatisation
- Interconnect
- Universal Service
- Access
- Number Portability (NP)
- Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
- European Electronic Communications Code
- Mobile network developments
- Third GSM licence and 3G licences
- Fourth GSM licence
- Spectrum auctions
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- Roaming
- Network Termination Rate (MTR)
- Mobile market
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile infrastructure
- 5G
- 4G (LTE)
- 3G
- IoT and M2M networks
- Mobile data
- SMS/ MMS
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
- Hrvatski Telekom
- A1 Croatia
- Telemach Croatia
- Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
- Mobile content and applications
- M-commerce
- M-banking
- Fixed-line broadband market
- Introduction and statistical overview
- Market analysis
- Broadband statistics
- Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- VDSL
- G.fast
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
- Wi-Fi
- WiMAX
- Digital economy
- Introduction
- E-government
- E-education
- E-health
- Fixed network operators
- Hrvatski Telekom (HT)
- A1 Croatia
- Optima Telekom
- Metronet
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- Overview of the national telecom network
- International infrastructure
- Cloud computing
- Wholesale
- Smart Infrastructure
- Data centres
- Appendix - Historic data
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Related reports
List of Tables
List of Charts
List of Exhibits
Companies Mentioned
- Hrvatski Telekom (HT)
- Optima Telekom
- Metronet
- A1 Croatia (VIPnet)
- Tele2 Group
- United Group
- Telemach Croatia
