Denmark - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Denmark - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Denmark connected to Norway via a new cable system

Denmark has one of the highest broadband penetration rates globally, with a near universal availability of superfast connections. Extensive cable and DSL infrastructure has been supported by a progressive regulatory regime which has encouraged operator access to both copper and fibre networks. Fibre networks have a fast-growing footprint, while a number of community and metropolitan schemes have supplemented TDC's own commitments to build out fibre nationally. A number of wholesale fibre schemes have also added to the wider availability of fibre broadband.

The reach of LTE infrastructure is comprehensive, while the MNOs by mid-2022 also provided near universal population coverage with 5G. Services based on 5G were initially launched using trial 3.5GHz licences. The multi-spectrum auction held in April 2021 has enabled them to improve the resilience and capacity of 5G. At the same time, all MNOs are engaged in closing down their 3G networks and refarming spectrum for LTE and 5G use.

This report introduces the key aspects of the Danish telecom market, providing data on the fixed network services sector as well as profiles of the major operators. It also analyses market statistics and assesses the key regulatory issues including interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection. In addition, the market reviews the fixed broadband and mobile markets, including a range of subscriber forecasts.

Key developments

Havsil cable connecting Denmark to Norway is completed;
Telenor Denmark planning to upgrade an additional 1,400 base stations for its 5G SA network by end-2022;
Denmarks MNOs closing down 3G services;
Nokia Networks given five-year managed services contract for TT-Netværket;
TDC expands NB-IoT across its LTE footprint;
AquaComms upgrades the Havfrue submarine cable;
Report update includes the regulator's market data update to December 2020, telcos' operating and financial data to Q2 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report

TDC, Telia Denmark, Telenor, MIT Tele (DLG Tele), 3 Denmark, Lycamobile, Tele2, Cibicom, Net 1 Denmark


  • Executive Summary
  • Key statistics
    • Table Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – 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 Development of telecom revenue by sector (DKK billion) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Development of telecom earnings (EBIT) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Development of telecom investment and proportion of revenue – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in fixed infrastructure investment by type (DKK million) –2015 – 2020
  • Regulatory environment
    • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
    • REGULATORY AUTHORITY
    • FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
      • Privatisation of Tele Danmark
      • Interconnect
      • Access
      • Number Portability (NP)
        • Table Change in the number of annual fixed-line number portings – 2012 – 2020
      • Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
      • European Electronic Communications Code
    • MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
      • Spectrum
      • Roaming
      • Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
        • Table Change in the number of annual mobile numbers ported – 2012 – 2020
      • Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
      • Network sharing
  • Mobile market
    • MOBILE STATISTICS
      • Table Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
      • Table Growth in the number of mobile voice and data subscribers – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in mobile services revenue by type (DKK billion) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Fall in retail revenue per mobile subscriber – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in mobile sector investment – 2015 – 2020
      • Table Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator (main operators) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Fall in the number of prepaid subscriptions and proportion of total – 2012 – 2020
    • MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
      • 5G
      • 4G (LTE)
        • Table Growth in the number of LTE subscriptions – 2015 – 2020
      • 3G
      • Other infrastructure developments
        • Table Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions by operator – 2012 – 2020
      • Mobile voice
        • Table Development of mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2020
      • Mobile data
        • Table Fall in SMS traffic – 2012 – 2020
        • Table Growth in MMS traffic – 2012 – 2020
      • Mobile broadband
        • Table Growth in mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2020
        • Table Change in the number of dedicated mobile data subscriptions – 2012 – 2020
        • Table Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
        • Table Growth in the number of TDC’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
    • MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
      • TDC
        • Table Change in the number of TDC’s domestic mobile subscribers (retail, wholesale) (thousand) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Growth in TDC’s mobile voice ARPU (consumer) –2012 – 2022
      • Telenor Denmark
        • Table Change in the number of Telenor Denmark’s mobile subscribers, proportion prepaid – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Telenor Denmark’s mobile ARPU by type (NOK/Q4) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Telenor Denmark’s mobile revenue (NOK million) –2012 – 2022
      • Telia Denmark
        • Table Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s mobile subscribers (thousand) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Change in Telia Denmark’s blended mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Telia Denmark’s mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2022
      • 3 Denmark
        • Table Change in the number of 3 Denmark’s registered subscribers – 2012 – 2021
        • Table Change in the number of 3 Denmark’s active subscribers – 2014 – 2021
        • Table Development of 3 Denmark’s mobile financial data (DKK million) –2012 – 2021
        • Table Change in 3 Denmark’s annualised monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2021
      • Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
    • MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
      • Near Field Communications
      • M-commerce
  • Fixed-line broadband market
    • MARKET ANALYSIS
    • BROADBAND STATISTICS
      • Table Change in the number of fixed and mobile internet subscribers (million) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in the total number of broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology – 2012 – 2021
      • Table Development of fixed broadband subscribers by technology – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
      • Table Broadband subscribers by lower access speeds – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Growth in the number of broadband subscribers by superfast (>100Mb/s) access speed – 2017 – 2020
      • Table Development of fixed-line broadband revenue by type (DKK million) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Growth in fixed-line broadband traffic – 2017 – 2020
    • GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
    • HYBRID FIBRE COAX (HFC) NETWORKS
    • DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) NETWORKS
      • Table Change in the number of TDC’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
      • Table Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s broadband subscribers and ARPU – 2012 – 2022
      • Table Decline in the number of Telenor Denmark’s broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
      • Very High Data Rate DSL (VDSL)
        • Table Growth in the number of VDSL lines – 2013 – 2020
      • Vectoring DSL
    • FIBRE-TO-THE-PREMISES (FTTP) NETWORKS
      • Table Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers by type – 2012 – 2020
    • OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
      • Fixed wireless
        • Table Change in the number of wireless broadband subscribers by type – 2012 – 2018
      • WiMAX
      • Satellite
        • Table Satellite broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
      • Broadband Powerline (BPL)
  • Fixed network operators
    • INTRODUCTION
      • Table Decline in the number of fixed subscriber lines by major operator – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Fixed subscriber lines by minor operator – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Decline in the number of fixed network lines by type – 2012 – 2020
    • TDC
      • Table Development of TDC Group’s financial data (DKK billion) –2012 – 2022
      • Table Development of TDC’s consumer and business revenue (DKK billion) –2012 – 2019
      • Table TDC consumer revenue by sector (DKK million) –2012 – 2019
      • Table TDC business revenue by sector (DKK million) –2012 – 2019
      • Table Development of TDC’s consumer RGUs by sector (million) –2012 – 2022
    • TELENOR DENMARK
      • Table Decline in Telenor Denmark’s fixed-line revenue – 2012 – 2022
      • Table Development of Telenor Denmark’s EBITDA, op. profit (NOK million) –2012 – 2022
      • Table Change in the number of Telenor Denmark’s fixed-line subscribers – 2012 – 2022
    • TELIA DENMARK
      • Table Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s fixed-line subscribers by sector – 2012 – 2022
      • Table Development of Telia Denmark’s revenue by sector (SEK million) –2012 – 2022
  • Telecommunications infrastructure
    • OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
      • Table Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
      • Table Decline in fixed-telephony voice traffic (billion minutes) –2012 – 2020
      • Table Development of retail and wholesale fixed-telephony revenue (DKK million) –2013 – 2020
      • Table Average revenue per fixed line – 2012 – 2020
    • VOIP
      • Table Development of VoIP subscribers and traffic – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in the number of TDC’s VoIP subscribers – 2012 – 2020
      • Table Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s VoIP subscribers – 2012 – 2022
    • NEXT GENERATION ACCESS (NGA)
      • Table Change in the number of NGA connections by type – 2013 – 2020
    • ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS
    • INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
      • Table Change in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2017
      • Submarine cable networks
      • Satellite networks
  • Smart infrastructure
    • SMART CITIES
  • Appendix – Historic data
    • Table Historic - Telecom sector investment – 2002 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telecom investment and proportion of revenue – 2001 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Carrier and call-by-call PreSelection registrations – 2005 – 2013
    • Table Historic - Mobile voice traffic – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - TDC mobile services revenue by segment (DKK million) –2007 – 2019
    • Table Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration – 1999 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Prepaid subscriptions and percentage of subscribers – 1999 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Mobile retail services revenue – 2001 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Mobile traffic in minutes – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Annual mobile numbers ported – 2003 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telenor Denmark mobile subscribers, proportion prepaid – 2004 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telenor Denmark ARPU (NOK/Q4) –2004 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telenor Denmark’s mobile revenue (NOK million) –2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - 3 Denmark financial data (SEK million) –2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - 3 Denmark annualised monthly ARPU and data proportion – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - SMS traffic – 2003 – 2011
    • Table Historic - SMS sent per subscriber – 2014 – 2017
    • Table Historic - Total MMS sent – 2003 – 2011
    • Table Historic - MMS sent per subscriber – 2014 – 2017
    • Table Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 – 2015
    • Table Historic - Internet subscribers and penetration rate – 2004 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers – 2007 – 2018
    • Table Historic - Total fixed-line broadband subscribers by sector – 2001 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Mobile, fixed telephony and broadband revenue (DKK million) –2001 – 2012
    • Table Historic - Broadband coverage by data rate – 2011 – 2015
    • Table Historic - Fibre broadband subscribers by type – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed network and ISDN lines (thousand) –2003 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telenor Denmark fixed-line subscribers – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telia Denmark fixed-line subscribers by sector – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed-telephony domestic voice traffic (billion minutes) –2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of VoIP subscribers and traffic – 2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Telenor VoIP subscribers – 2005 – 2014
    • Table Historic - International internet bandwidth – 1999 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of telecom earnings (EBIT) –2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of annual fixed-line number portings – 2006 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Fall in average revenue per mobile subscriber – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions by operator – 2008 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of dedicated mobile data subscriptions – 2008 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Growth in the number of TDC’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of TDC’s domestic mobile subscribers (retail, wholesale) (thousand) –2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s mobile subscribers (thousand) –2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in Telia Denmark’s blended mobile ARPU – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Telia Denmark’s mobile service revenue – 2006 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of 3 Denmark’s registered subscribers – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of Telia Denmark’s broadband subscribers and ARPU – 2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of TDC Group’s financial data (DKK billion) –2007 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Decline in Telenor Denmark’s fixed-line revenue – 2006 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Telenor Denmark’s EBITDA, op. profit (NOK million) –2005 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Telia Denmark’s revenue by sector (SEK million) –2006 – 2011
    • Table Historic - Change in the number of TDC’s VoIP subscribers – 2008 – 2011
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