1. Broadband market in Latvia
Dana Radionova
Senior Expert Market Analysis Division
Tbilisi, 20 February 2016

2. Broadband revenues

3. The nature of competition in Latvia – infrastructure-based competition
Investments in NGA by the incumbent (usage of own ducts)
Altnets pushed incumbent to invest)
2000
2010
Investments in NGA by Alternative operators (deployment of overhead cables and usage of own ducts)
2005
2015
Year
As a result 43% of active broadband access lines are based on alternative infrastructures
FTTH/B network in Latvia is the second largest (in terms of coverage) in the EU
Alternative operators and ultimately consumers benefit (in terms of price, speeds etc.) from the independence they have achieved from the incumbent

4. The largest operators LMT LATTELECOM BITE LATVIJA TELE 2
TELEKOM BALTIJA

5. Attractive broadband offers from altnets

6. Fiber To The Premises coverage
FTTP – key architecture providing fixed broadband (60% of all active broadband connections )
Incumbent mainly deploys FTTH
Alternative operators FTTB

7. 4G coverage Fixed and mobile broadband are still complements.
However, mobile broadband is becoming more substitutable to fixed broadband

8. Fixed BB subscribers and download speeds

9. Mobile BB download speeds in 2016

10. Broadband by technologies

11. Broadband by technologies

12. Thank you! Dana Radionova Senior Expert Market Analysis Division Electronic Communications and Post Department