Cyprus - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Cyprus is slowly developing fibre infrastructure
Cyprus’s telecom market is largely supported by the mobile sector, which accounts for the largest share of voice and data connections, as well as revenue. The sector is set to develop further into 2021, supported by 5G services which were launched in February 2021 shortly after the award of licences following the multi-spectrum auction held in December 2020.
However, the country’s fibre broadband sector remains lacklustre. There were barely 30,000 fibre-based
subscribers at the beginning of 2021, accounting for only 9% of all fixed broadband connections. Similarly, gigabit connections accounted for only 0.05% of the total. Nevertheless, there are promising signs that the market will develop strongly in coming years. Cablenet’s cable broadband network reaches 60% of premises, and the company is investing to increase its footprint to 80% of premises. Fror its part, Cyta is fast-tracking its fibre rollout plans, having adjusted its original 10-year NBN program in preference for rolling out fibre to 90% of the population (covering 200,000 premises) by the end of 2023.
- Executive Summary
- Key statistics
- Table Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Cyprus - 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
- Telecommunications market
- Table Telecom revenue by service ( million) - 2012 - 2018
- Regulatory environment
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- REGULATORY AUTHORITY
- FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Privatisation
- Universal Service Obligation
- Interconnect
- Access
- Table Change in the number of LLU and WLR lines - 2012 - 2021
- Number Portability (NP)
- Table Fixed number portings - 2012 - 2018
- Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
- European Electronic Communications Code
- MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- Table Mobile number portings - 2012 - 2018
- Second GSM licence
- 3G licences awarded in Northern Cyprus
- Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
- 2.6GHz spectrum auction
- Multi-spectrum auction (900, 1800, 2100MHz)
- Multi-spectrum auction (800MHz, 1470MHz, 2600MHz, 3600MHz)
- 5G spectrum auction - 2020
- SIM card registration
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- Mobile market
- MARKET ANALYSIS
- MOBILE STATISTICS
- Table Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 2012 - 2027
- Table Change in the mobile market share of subscribers by operator - 2012 - 2021
- Table Prepaid and contract subscribers - 2012 - 2021
- Table Ratio of prepaid to contract subscribers - 2012 - 2021
- Mobile data
- Table Development of SMS traffic - 2012 - 2020
- Mobile broadband
- Table Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2027
- Table Mobile broadband market share by operator (no specific data plan) - 2012 - 2020
- Table Mobile broadband market share by operator (data-only plans) - 2017 - 2021
- MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
- 5G
- 4G (LTE)
- 3G
- MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
- Cytamobile-Vodafone
- Epic
- Table Growth in the number of Epic's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2021
- Table Development of Epic's revenue (ZAR million) - 2012 - 2018
- Kibris Telekom
- PrimeTel
- Cablenet
- Table Growth in the number of Cablenet's mobile subscribers - 2015 - 2021
- MVNOs
- MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
- Fixed-line broadband market
- INTRODUCTION AND STATISTICAL OVERVIEW
- Market analysis
- Broadband statistics
- Table Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration rate - 2012 - 2027
- Table Fixed broadband market share by data speed - 2012 - 2021
- Table Broadband subscriber market share by operator - 2012 - 2021
- Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
- Table Cablenet financial data ( million) - 2016 - 2021
- Table Growth in the number of Cablenet's broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- Table DSL broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
- Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)
- INTRODUCTION AND STATISTICAL OVERVIEW
- Digital economy
- E-GOVERNMENT
- E-COMMERCE
- Fixed network operators
- Table Fixed-line subscriber market share by operator - 2012 - 2021
- CYTA
- Table Development of Cyta's financial data ( million) - 2012 - 2020
- EPIC
- PRIMETEL
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
- Table Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2012 - 2027
- Table Decline in the number of PSTN lines - 2012 - 2021
- INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- Submarine cable networks
- Table International bandwidth - 2012 - 2020
- Satellite networks
- Submarine cable networks
- NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
- Historic data
- Table Historic - Fixed-line domestic traffic market share - 2009 - 2014
- Table Historic - PrimeTel revenue by sector ( million) - 2013 - 2016
- Table Historic - Internet users and penetration rate - 1999 - 2015
- Table Historic - Broadband retail market share by operator - 2009 - 2015
- Table Historic - Cyta financial data ( million) - 2005 - 2011
- Table Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2011
- Table Historic - Mobile number portings - 2008 - 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2000 - 2011
- Table Historic - International bandwidth - 2000 - 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration rate - 2003 - 2011
- Table Historic - Cablenet broadband subscribers - 2006 - 2011
- Table Historic - Mobile market share of subscribers by operator - 2005 - 2011
- Table Historic - DSL broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2011
- Table Historic - Ratio of prepaid to contract subscribers - 2005 - 2011
- Table Historic - Total SMS messages sent - 2006 - 2011
- Table Historic - Telecom revenue by service ( million) - 2004 - 2011
- Table Historic - Development of PrimeTel's financial data ( million) - 2008 - 2017
- Table Historic - Broadband subscriber market share by operator - 2008 - 2011
- Table Historic - Growth in the number of Epic's mobile subscribers - 2007 - 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed number portings - 2008 - 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed broadband market share by data speed - 2009 - 2011
- Table Historic - Fixed-line subscriber market share by operator - 2009 - 2011
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Related reports
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