1. Key statistics
1.1 Country overview
2. Telecommunications market
2.1 Recent developments
2.2 Historical overview
3. Regulatory environment
3.1 Historical overview
3.2 Regulatory authority
3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
3.3.1 Privatisation
3.4 Interconnect
3.5 Access
3.6 Number Portability (NP)
3.6.1 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
4. Fixed network operators
4.1 Market overview
4.2 Telekom Deutschland (Telekom, TD)
4.3 Vodafone Germany
4.4 Freenet
4.5 Tele2
4.6 Telefónica Germany
5. Telecommunications infrastructure
5.1 National telecom network
5.2 International infrastructure
5.2.1 Terrestrial
5.2.2 Submarine cable networks
5.2.3 Satellite networks
5.3 Smart infrastructure
5.3.1 Smart cities
6. Broadband market
6.1 Introduction and statistical overview
6.1.1 Market analysis
6.1.2 Government support
6.1.3 Government Broadband Strategy
6.1.4 Forecasts – fixed broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
6.2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
6.2.1 Cable market consolidation
6.2.2 Kabel Deutschland (Vodafone Germany)
6.2.3 Unitymedia
6.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
6.3.1 VDSL
6.3.2 Providers
6.3.3 G.fast
6.4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
6.4.1 Telekom Deutschland
6.4.2 Other developments
6.5 Other fixed broadband services
6.5.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
6.5.2 Fixed wireless
7. Mobile communications
7.1 Market analysis
7.2 Mobile statistics
7.2.1 General statistics
7.2.2 Operator market shares
7.3 Mobile infrastructure
7.3.1 5G
7.3.2 4G (LTE)
7.3.3 3G
7.3.4 Other infrastructure developments
7.3.5 Mobile voice/VoLTE
7.3.6 Mobile data services
7.3.7 Mobile broadband
7.4 Regulatory issues
7.4.1 Regulatory authority
7.4.2 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
7.4.3 Roaming
7.4.4 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
7.4.5 Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
7.5 Major mobile operators
7.5.1 Telekom Deutschland
7.5.2 Vodafone Germany
7.5.3 Telefónica Germany
7.5.4 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
7.6 Mobile content and applications
7.6.1 Mobile banking
7.6.2 M-payments
7.6.3 Mobile Cloud
Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Germany – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Historic - Fixed-line investment: Telekom and altnets – 1998 - 2009
Table 3 – Fixed-line investment: Telekom and altnets – 2010 - 2018
Table 4 – New entrants’ market share of revenue, investment – 2008 - 2017
Table 5 – New entrants’ market share of subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2017
Table 6 – Telecom market revenue by sector (VATM data) – 2006 - 2018
Table 7 – Historic - Telecom market revenue: Telekom and altnets – 1998 - 2009
Table 8 – Telecom market revenue: Telekom and altnets – 2010 - 2018
Table 9 – Revenue by sector – 2015 - 2018
Table 10 – Voice traffic by sector – 2007 - 2018
Table 11 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 – 2018
Table 12 – Fixed number portings – 2009 - 2013
Table 13 – CPS, Call by Call and direct call traffic – 2008 - 2016
Table 14 – Annual traffic by alternative access – 2013 - 2017
Table 15 – Historic - Fixed-line market revenue – 1998 - 2012
Table 16 – Historic - Fixed-telecom traffic, DT and altnets – 2005 - 2012
Table 17 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 - 2018
Table 18 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2018
Table 19 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2018
Table 20 – Vodafone fixed-line revenue – 2005 - 2019
Table 21 – Vodafone fixed-line subscribers – 2016 - 2018
Table 22 – Freenet fixed network subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2018
Table 23 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2018
Table 24 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 - 2018
Table 25 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 - 2018
Table 26 – Telefónica Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2018
Table 27 – Telefónica Germany financial data – 2007 - 2018
Table 28 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2002 - 2018
Table 29 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2005 - 2017
Table 30 – International internet bandwidth – 2002 - 2016
Table 31 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2009
Table 32 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 - 2018
Table 33 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 - 2018
Table 34 – Broadband traffic, by year and average per connection – 2005 - 2018
Table 35 – Market share of broadband subscribers by major provider – 2012 - 2018
Table 36 – Market share of broadband subscribers by minor provider – 2012 - 2018
Table 37 – Broadband penetration – 2001 - 2018
Table 38 – Broadband penetration by sector – 2007 - 2017
Table 39 – Broadband lines by data rates – 2005 - 2018
Table 40 – Proportion of broadband lines by data rates (VATM data) – 2005 - 2018
Table 41 – Share of overall fixed broadband lines by provider – 2003 - 2018
Table 42 – Forecast fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 43 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2000 - 2018
Table 44 – Vodafone KDG financial data – 2007 - 2018
Table 45 – Vodafone KDG internet and telephony RGUs – 2007 - 2018
Table 46 – Vodafone KDG blended ARPU – 2007 - 2018
Table 47 – Unitymedia broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 - 2018
Table 48 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 - 2018
Table 49 – Proportion of DSL connections by provider – 2001 - 2018
Table 50 – DSL broadband subscribers – 2001 - 2018
Table 51 – DSL lines by data rates – 2012 - 2017
Table 52 – Proportion of DSL lines by data rates – 2012 - 2017
Table 53 – DSL connections by type – 2007 - 2017
Table 54 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 - 2018
Table 55 – United Internet financial data – 2007 - 2018
Table 56 – United Internet subscribers by type– 2010 - 2018
Table 57 – Vodafone fixed broadband subscribers – 2010 - 2018
Table 58 – Telefónica Germany broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 59 – QSC financial data – 2006 - 2018
Table 60 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 - 2018
Table 61 – Annual net additions in FttP/B households passed and connected – 2011 - 2018
Table 62 – FttP/B connections by provider – 2012 - 2018
Table 63 – FttP/B share of connections by provider – 2011 - 2018
Table 64 – Telekom Deutschland fibre subscribers – 2015 - 2018
Table 65 – Historic – Active mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 - 2009
Table 66 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 - 2018
Table 67 – Historic - Mobile market revenue – 1998 – 2009
Table 68 – Mobile market revenue – 2010 – 2018
Table 69 – Mobile market revenue share by type – 2012 – 2018
Table 70 – Mobile revenue; MNOs and MVNOs – 2006 - 2017
Table 71 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2018
Table 72 – Mobile voice traffic – 2011 – 2018
Table 73 – Average use per SIM card by service– 2011 - 2017
Table 74 – Prepaid customer share of all subscribers – 2000 - 2017
Table 75 – Mobile operator share of retail revenue – 2011 - 2018
Table 76 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2000 - 2018
Table 77 – LTE subscribers – 2015 - 2018
Table 78 – Telefónica Deutschland LTE subscribers – 2014 - 2018
Table 79 – Telefónica Germany M2M connections – 2014 - 2018
Table 80 – Mobile data sent – 2005 - 2018
Table 81 – Telefónica Germany mobile data traffic – 2013 - 2018
Table 82 – Historic - SMS annual message traffic – 1998 - 2009
Table 83 – SMS annual message traffic – 2010 - 2017
Table 84 – SMS sent per day – 2005 - 2015
Table 85 – Mobile 3G/LTE data users – 2009 - 2018
Table 86 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2007 – 2018
Table 87 – European roaming charges – 2007 - 2016
Table 88 – European data roaming charges – 2014 - 2017
Table 89 – Mobile number portings – 2009 - 2013
Table 90 – Mobile termination tariffs by operator – 2007 - 2013
Table 91 – Telekom Deutschland mobile financial data (Germany) – 2005 - 2018
Table 92 – Telekom Deutschland quarterly mobile financial data (Germany) – 2015 - 2018
Table 93 – Telekom Deutschland subscribers – 2001 - 2018
Table 94 – Telekom Deutschland average consumer monthly churn (Germany) – 2009 - 2018
Table 95 – Telekom Deutschland mobile ARPU (Germany) – 2015 - 2018
Table 96 – Vodafone Germany ARPU – 2008 - 2018
Table 97 – Vodafone Germany customer churn – 2007 - 2018
Table 98 – Vodafone Germany – voice and data usage – 2005 - 2018
Table 99 – Vodafone Germany mobile subscribers – 2006 - 2018
Table 100 – Vodafone Germany – financial data – 2003 - 2019
Table 101 – Vodafone mobile customer cost – 2007 - 2019
Table 102 – Telefónica Germany subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 - 2018
Table 103 – Telefónica Germany monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2018
Table 104 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue – 2006 - 2018
Table 105 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue by type – 2011 - 2018
Table 106 – Telefónica Germany quarterly mobile revenue by type – 2015 - 2018
Table 107 – Unitymedia mobile subscribers – 2016 - 2018
Table 108 – Drillisch financial data – 2011 - 2018
Table 109 – Drillisch mobile subscribers – 2012 - 2018
Table 110 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 - 2018
Table 111 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 - 2018
Table 112 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 1 – Fixed-line investments: Telekom and altnets – 2005 – 2018
Chart 2 – Telecom market revenue – 2002 – 2018
Chart 3 – Telekom Deutschland unbundled lines – 2008 – 2018
Chart 4 – Telekom Deutschland domestic revenue – 2009 - 2018
Chart 5 – Telekom Deutschland domestic subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2018
Chart 6 – Deutsche Telekom Group financial data – 2005 - 2018
Chart 7 – Freenet financial data by segment – 2005 - 2018
Chart 8 – Tele2 subscriber statistics by sector – 2007 – 2018
Chart 9 – Tele2 revenue by sector – 2007 - 2018
Chart 10 – Telefónica Germany subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2018
Chart 11 –O2 Germany financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 12 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 - 2018
Chart 13 – Broadband subscriber lines by type – 2006 – 2018
Chart 14 – Broadband lines by data rates – 2005 – 2018
Chart 15 – Proportion of broadband lines by data rates (VATM data) – 2005 – 2018
Chart 16 – Vodafone KDG financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 17 – Vodafone KDG blended ARPU – 2007 - 2018
Chart 18 – Unitymedia broadband and telephony subscribers – 2006 - 2018
Chart 19 – Unitymedia financial data – 2006 - 2018
Chart 20 – Telekom Deutschland wholesale and resale lines – 2004 - 2018
Chart 21 – United Internet financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 22 – United Internet subscribers by type– 2010 – 2018
Chart 23 – QSC financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 24 – Households passed with fibre – 2007 – 2018
Chart 25 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 - 2018
Chart 26 – Mobile market revenue share by type – 2012 – 2018
Chart 27 – Telecom traffic, fixed and mobile (per day) – 1998 – 2018
Chart 28 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2000 - 2018
Chart 29 – Telefónica Deutschland LTE subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Chart 30 – SMS annual message traffic – 2005 - 2017
Chart 31 – Telekom Deutschland subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Chart 32 – Vodafone Germany mobile subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Chart 33 – Telefónica Germany subscribers – contract and prepaid – 2005 - 2018
Chart 34 – Telefónica Germany monthly ARPU – 2006 - 2018
Chart 35 – Telefónica Germany mobile revenue by type – 2011 – 2018
Chart 36 – Freenet Group subscribers – 2007 - 2018
Chart 37 – Freenet Group ARPU – 2007 - 2018
Chart 38 – Freenet (mobile) financial data – 2007 – 2018
Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 2 – Number portability defined
Exhibit 3 – 3G auction results – August 2000
Exhibit 4 – Spectrum auction results (700MHz, 900MHz, 1.5GHz, 1.8GHz) – June 2015
Exhibit 5 –Spectrum auction results (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010
Exhibit 6 – Spectrum auction block allocations (800MHz, 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz) – May 2010