Danmark topper det europæiske telemarked
Ifølge BuddeComm's netop offentliggjort 'Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI)' så er Danmark 'Europamester', når det gælder udbygningen og kvaliteten af den samlede teleinfrastruktur (in english).
BuddeComm's Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI) analyses the broadband, mobile and fixed line markets of a country as well as a range of economic parameters to rank it on a scale of 1 to 100 and compare it to its region. The European TMI is now available and reveals the market leaders, the challengers and the developing ones.According to BuddeComm is Denmark the top-ranking country in Europe with a 'Telecoms Maturity Index' score of 98, followed by Estonia (94) and Sweden (91). Following is UK (83) France (82) and Germany (80).
BuddeComm stresses, that Scandinavian nations all have sophisticated telecom markets with competitive mobile and internet sectors. Not only is each market characterized by the early adoption of new technologies, but their respective governments and telecom regulators have also successfully aligned policies to ensure that national broadband coverage is achieved using the optimum technologies available
In addition to high mobile voice penetration, these countries have among the highest fixed broadband penetration rates in the world, which further supports their high TMI ratings.
The top three market 'challengers' are Malta with a score of 78, Luxembourg (77) and Ireland (73). Eleven other countries are in this category including Spain, Portugal and Italy.
The top 'developing' markets includes according to BuddeComm The top developing markets are mainly Eastern European with the exception of Greece: Slovenia has a score of 64, Latvia (62) and Romania (62). Thirteen other countries are in this category.
In general Europe is one of the most developed regions globally in terms of telecommunications. The competitive landscape has vastly improved the range and quality of services to end-users, and reduced consumer prices.
These efforts have fostered a mature telecom infrastructure supported by operators at the forefront of developing and implementing new technologies. However, there remain some significant differences in maturity within the region as the new rapport indicates.
