Saturday, August 8, 2009

Ofcom UK Communications Report

Ofcom issued a 334 page Communications Report that discusses TV, Radio, Telecommunications, and convergence. It has a lot of interesting information. Several points that stuck out were:
  • For the first time since Oftel started to collect market data in 1992/93, operator-reported
    revenues from telecoms services did not increase in 2008. Total revenues were
    unchanged at £39.5bn, with increasing retail revenues being offset by falling wholesale
    revenues.
  • Telecoms services accounted for 3.2% of total household expenditure in 2008, down
    from 3.4% in 2007. Telecoms spend fell by 5.2% in real terms over the year, the largest
    annual decline since spend on telecoms services began to fall in 2006.
  • Nearly two-thirds (65%) of UK households had a fixed-line broadband connection in Q1
    2009, up from 58% a year previously.
  • BT’s share of retail fixed voice calls to UK geographic numbers fell to under 50% for the
    first time in 2008. Increasing use of wholesale line rental (WLR) and local loop
    unbundling (LLU) services contributed to the erosion of BT’s retail share

We should all thank Ofcom for continuing to publish these comprehensive reports that shed light on important trends.

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