Bulgaria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Bulgaria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Bulgaria’s MNOs approach 70% population coverage with 5G

Bulgaria’s telcos saw a steady increase in revenue in 2021 and in the first quarter of 2022, despite the difficult economic climate and the economic effects of the pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in a decline in mobile revenue, largely the result of declining roaming and voice revenue. The number of subscribers was also negatively impacted by the consolidation of SIM cards among subscribers.

Despite growth in revenue, investment among operators has declined in recent years. Nevertheless, there has been continuing developments in 5G, as the MNOs seek to improve revenue streams from mobile data services. The telecom regulator finalised public consultations on its 5G spectrum strategy in late 2018, and in mid-2019 it made available 100MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz range for 5G.

A1 Bulgaria began trialling 5G using this spectrum in mid-2019, and launched commercial services soon afterwards, delivering data at up to 1Gb/s. Yettel (then branded as Telenor Bulgaria) began trialling 5G at the same time, while Vivacom launched its own 5G offer in September 2020. By May 2022, Vivacom had extended its 5G service to over 530 cities and towns. It expected that 5G would provide 72% population coverage by the end of the year.

Executive Summary
Key statistics
- Table Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Bulgaria – 2022 (e)
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
- MARKET ANALYSIS
  - Table Telecom sector investment – 2013 – 2020
  - Table Investment in NGA – 2013 – 2020
  - Table Development of in telecom sector revenue, annual change – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Telecom sector revenue by service (BGN million)– 2012 – 2020
  - Table Proportion of telecom sector revenue by service – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in the share of fixed-voice revenue by type – 2012 – 2020
Regulatory environment
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- REGULATORY AUTHORITY
- FIXED LINE DEVELOPMENT
  - Telecom sector liberalisation
  - Privatisation
  - Interconnect
  - Access
  - Number Portability (NP)
    - Table Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2012 – 2020
  - Carrier selection/Carrier PreSelection
- MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
  - 5G
  - GSM licences
  - 3G licences
  - 800MHz
  - 1800MHz
  - 2.5-2.6GHz
  - Other spectrum
  - Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
    - Table Annual mobile number portings – 2012 – 2020
  - Roaming
  - Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
    - Table MTR – 2014 – 2020
Mobile market
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- MOBILE STATISTICS
  - Table Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
  - Table Decline in mobile sector revenue – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in the proportion of mobile revenue by service – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in mobile market share of revenue by operator – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Mobile base stations in service by technology – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s prepaid subscribers – 2012 – 2020
- MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
  - 5G
  - 4G (LTE)
    - Table Growth in the number of LTE subscribers – 2015 – 2020
  - 3G
  - GSM
  - Mobile voice
  - Mobile data
    - Table Drop in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2020
    - Table Drop in MMS traffic – 2012 – 2020
  - Mobile broadband
    - Table Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
    - Table Share of mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2017 – 2020
    - Table Growth in the number of A1 Bulgaria’ mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
- MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
  - Vivacom
    - Table Change in the number of Vivacom’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2020
    - Table Development of Vivacom’s mobile revenue (BGN million) –2012 – 2019
    - Table Vivacom annualised mobile ARPU (BGN/month) –2012 – 2019
  - A1 Bulgaria (MobilTel/M-Tel)
    - Table A1 Bulgaria prepaid, postpaid, and blended monthly ARPU (€/ month) –2012 – 2021
    - Table Change in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s mobile subscriber base (million) –2012 – 2022
    - Table Increase in A1 Bulgaria’s Minutes of Use (MoU) –2012 – 2020
  - Yettel (Telenor Bulgaria, Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile/GloBul)
    - Table Change in the number of Yettel’s mobile subscribers (million) –2012 – 2021
    - Table Development of Yettel’s financial data (€million) –2017 – 2021
    - Table Yettel’s mobile ARPU (€/ month) –2018 – 2021
  - Mobile content and applications
  - Mobile virtual network Operators (MVNOs)
Fixed-line broadband market
- INTRODUCTION AND STATISTICAL OVERVIEW
  - Table Change in the share of fixed-line broadband subscribers by operator – 2017 – 2020
  - Broadband statistics
    - Table Change in fixed-line broadband market share by access type – 2012 – 2020
    - Table Increase in the total internet subscribers (fixed and mobile) and annual change – 2013 – 2020
    - Table Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
    - Table Change in the proportion of fixed broadband subscribers by data speed – 2012 – 2020
    - Table Growth in total internet (retail and wholesale) revenue – 2012 – 2020
    - Table Retail and wholesale internet revenue (BGN million) –2013 – 2020
- HYBRID FIBRE COAX (HFC) NETWORKS
  - Table Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
- DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) NETWORKS
  - Table Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Growth in the number of Vivacom’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
  - Table Growth in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
- FIBRE-TO-THE-PREMISES (FTTP)
  - Table Increase in the number of Vivacom’s fibre broadband connections and homes passed (thousand) –2013 – 2020
  - Table Growth in the number of FttP subscribers – 2012 – 2020
- OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
  - World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)
  - Satellite broadband
Digital economy
- E-ENTERTAINMENT
- E-LEARNING
- E-PAYMENTS
- E-GOVERNMENT
- E-HEALTH
Fixed network operators
- INTRODUCTION
- VIVACOM/BULGARIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY (BTC)
  - Table Development of Vivacom’s financial data (BGN million) –2012 – 2020
  - Table Development of Vivacom’s financial data by sector (BGN million) –2012 – 2019
  - Table Change in the number of Vivacom’s subscribers by sector (million) –2012 – 2020
  - Table Change in the number of Vivacom’s pay TV and IPTV subscribers – 2013 – 2020
- A1 BULGARIA
  - Table Change in A1 Bulgaria’s financial data (€million) –2012 – 2022
  - Table Growth in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s fixed RGUs – 2012 – 2022
  - Table Increase in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s fixed access lines – 2012 – 2021
Telecommunications infrastructure
- OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
  - Table Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
- INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
  - Table Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
- SMART GRID
Appendix – Historic data
- Table Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration – 1995 – 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 – 2011
- Table Historic - International bandwidth – 2000 – 2011
- Table Historic - Ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2002 – 2011
- Table Historic - Total SMS messages sent – 2003 – 2011
- Table Historic - Telenor Bulgaria’s financial data (NOK million) –2013 – 2018
- Table Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2005 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 – 2011
- Table Historic - A1 Bulgaria’s prepaid subscribers – 2004 – 2011
- Table Historic - Total MMS messages sent – 2003 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in the number of A1 Bulgaria’s mobile subscriber base (million) –2004 – 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2005 – 2011
- Table Historic - Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2005 – 2011
- Table Historic - Development of in telecom sector revenue, annual change – 2006 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in mobile market share of revenue by operator – 2007 – 2011
- Table Historic - Increase in A1 Bulgaria’s Minutes of Use (MOU) –2007 – 2011
- Table Historic -Telenor Bulgaria subscribers – 2007 – 2011
- Table Historic - Telecom sector revenue by service (BGN million) –2008 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2009 – 2011
- Table Historic - Annual mobile number portings – 2008 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in mobile market revenue share by service – 2019 – 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in the number of A1 Bulgaria’ mobile broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2011
- Table Historic - A1 Bulgaria prepaid, postpaid, and blended monthly ARPU (€/ month) –2009 – 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in total internet (retail and wholesale) revenue – 2008 – 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in the number of FttP subscribers – 2008 – 2011
- Table Historic - Development of Vivacom’s financial data (BGN million) –2009 – 2011
- Table Historic - Change in A1 Bulgaria’s financial data (€million) –2009 – 2011
Glossary of abbreviations
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