The 2019 FTTH
Market Panorama

SCENARIOS

The latest FTTH Market Panorama figures, prepared by IDATE, were released at the FTTH Conference 2019, held in Amsterdam in March. For the first time, forecasts were also shared.

Roland Montagne

PRINCIPAL ANALYST FTTX, BROADBAND, IDATE

The number of FTTH and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe grew by 15.7% in EU391 since September 2017. There were over than 59.6 million FTTH/B subscribers in September 2018. Russia remains the leader in terms of FTTH/B subscribers in the European region but showed a lower growth rate than other European countries, which are catching up quickly with 21% growth.

 

Spain added the largest number of new FTTH/B subscribers: 1,858,743. France came in second with 1,480.220, while Russia saw its FTTH/B subscriber base increase with 1,256,000 new customers. Other countries also experienced notable increases: Czechia welcomed 523,950 new subscribers and Italy 449,637. Italy also saw 43.12% growth in the number of homes passed, from 4,398,435 in September 2017 to 6,295,000 in September 2018.

 

Latvia remains a leader in FTTH/B, heading the ranking for the third year followed by Lithuania (46.9%). Spain made huge progress 33.9% to 44%, coming in slightly ahead of Sweden at 43.6%.

 

Take-up rate rose to 37.4% for EU39, from 34.8% the previous year. At 38.2%, take-up rate for EU282 surpassed the EU39 rate for the first time. Countries such as Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Latvia, Netherlands and Romania experience a take-up rate surpassing 50%.

 

Deployment of FTTH and FTTB networks increased significantly. By September 2018 it is estimated that coverage reached 46.4% in the EU39 and 36.4% in EU28. A clear upward trend from September 2015, when the estimated coverage rate in the region was 39% in the EU39 and 27.2% in the EU28. Coverage is calculated by dividing the number of homes passed by a fibre connection by the total number of households in a country.

 

“Looking further ahead, we see public incentives towards fibre technologies accelerating FTTH growth across Europe beyond 2020,” explains Roland Montagne. “Incumbents’ delayed response has led to increased investment in alternative FTTH operators, triggering incumbents to accelerate network builds. Major private players will be migrating from copper-based and cable-based architectures to full-fibre solutions in the coming years.”

 

“Furthermore, agreements between private players, utilities and local authorities to deploy FTTH services are bringing converged portfolios closer, with different services provided over the same infrastructure. 5G will be key in promoting fibre deployments, boosting public and private investments.”

 

1. EU 39: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

 

2. EU 28: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

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The number of FTTH and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe grew by 15.7% in EU391 since September 2017. There were over than 59.6 million FTTH/B subscribers in September 2018. Russia remains the leader in terms of FTTH/B subscribers in the European region but showed a lower growth rate than other European countries, which are catching up quickly with 21% growth.

 

Spain added the largest number of new FTTH/B subscribers: 1,858,743. France came in second with 1,480.220, while Russia saw its FTTH/B subscriber base increase with 1,256,000 new customers. Other countries also experienced notable increases: Czechia welcomed 523,950 new subscribers and Italy 449,637. Italy also saw 43.12% growth in the number of homes passed, from 4,398,435 in September 2017 to 6,295,000 in September 2018.

 

Latvia remains a leader in FTTH/B, heading the ranking for the third year followed by Lithuania (46.9%). Spain made huge progress 33.9% to 44%, coming in slightly ahead of Sweden at 43.6%.

 

Take-up rate rose to 37.4% for EU39, from 34.8% the previous year. At 38.2%, take-up rate for EU282 surpassed the EU39 rate for the first time. Countries such as Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Latvia, Netherlands and Romania experience a take-up rate surpassing 50%.

 

Deployment of FTTH and FTTB networks increased significantly. By September 2018 it is estimated that coverage reached 46.4% in the EU39 and 36.4% in EU28. A clear upward trend from September 2015, when the estimated coverage rate in the region was 39% in the EU39 and 27.2% in the EU28. Coverage is calculated by dividing the number of homes passed by a fibre connection by the total number of households in a country.

 

“Looking further ahead, we see public incentives towards fibre technologies accelerating FTTH growth across Europe beyond 2020,” explains Roland Montagne. “Incumbents’ delayed response has led to increased investment in alternative FTTH operators, triggering incumbents to accelerate network builds. Major private players will be migrating from copper-based and cable-based architectures to full-fibre solutions in the coming years.”

 

“Furthermore, agreements between private players, utilities and local authorities to deploy FTTH services are bringing converged portfolios closer, with different services provided over the same infrastructure. 5G will be key in promoting fibre deployments, boosting public and private investments.”

 

1. EU 39: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

 

2. EU 28: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

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