Pay TV Subscriber Database (2013 Edition)

PAY TV SUBSCRIBER DATABASE HIGHLIGHTS

1. China Telecom is the world leader in telco IPTV subscribers, with 20.5 million subscribers as of 4Q12In one year, KPN in the Netherlands saw a 77% jump in IPTV subscribers, Brazil’s GVT saw a 62% jump, and Russia’s Rostelecomsaw a 42% jump
2. Deutsche Telekom’s Eastern European divisions are also gaining IPTV subscribers at a healthy clip
3. The top 5 cable pay TV providers by subscribers are Comcast, Jiangsu Cable TV, Guangdong Cable TV, Shandong Cable TV, andSichuan Cable TV
4. Meanwhile, DirecTV US is tops in satellite pay TV subscribers, followed by DISH Network, British Sky Broadcasting, and DirecTV Latin America – the operators together accounted for 55 million subscribers in 4Q12
   
   

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ quarterly pay TV subscriber database tracks the digital and analog cable pay TV, satellite pay TV and telco IPTV subscribers of more than 140 providers around the world. The database, which includes searchable and sortable pivot tables, data and charts, provides operator demographics; subscribers per operator per quarter from 2004 to now; sub-region and country-level data where available; and a Set-Top Box Tracker by service provider, vendor and region.

TOP TAKEAWAYS ............................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 2

FD-LTE RULES THE WORLD .............................................................................................. 3

W-CDMA to HSPA+ to LTE network remains mainstream migration scenario ..........................................4

LTE-Advanced trials are going gangbusters ........................................................................................6

VOICE SERVICES OVER THE LTE RAN ARE GAINING SERIOUS MOMENTUM ............... 7

IMS is the universal VoLTE platform ...................................................................................................8

2G and 3G service shutdown is not on the agenda ...............................................................................10

Single radio voice call continuity (SR-VCC) availability lost a bit of momentum . ...................................11

. . . And LTE data and voice roaming is in limbo ................................................................................11

INCREASING ARPU IS NO LONGER AMONG CHIEF LTE DRIVERS; WE’RE BACK TO BASIC LONG-TIME DRIVERS! ............................................................................................ 13

Asked in an open-ended question, the drivers are similar and interrelated......................................15

Barriers continue to wane, only VoLTE immaturity pops up and that is a core issue ............................17

Standard compliance is a key LTE requirement . . . ..........................................................................18

. . . because use of and investment in current cellular data technology remains steady .........................20

MME SCALABILITY WITH HIGH NUMBER OF SESSIONS REMAINS TOP EPC EQUIPMENT FEATURE .............. 22

eNodeB are expected to feature high throughput and high capacity ......................................................23

MACROCELLS RULE AND HETNET CONTINUES TO GATHER MOMENTUM ................ 25

Even for 3G network expansion, thinking is spread across HetNet variants ....................................26

ERICSSON, NOKIA SIEMENS NETWROKS ARE PERCEIVED AS TOP LTE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ....... 28

Again, manufacturers installed differ from our 1Q13 market share findings ......................................29

Service provider familiarity with manufacturers ...............................................................................31

Price performance is manufacturers’ chief selection criterion ............................................................32

Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Huawei are seen as strong players ...................................33

BOTTOM LINE ..................................................................................................................... 35

METHODOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHICS .......................................................................... 36

Respondents are influential in the purchase decision . . . .............................................................36

. . . and account for 36% of worldwide revenue and 41% of capex .................................................37

Mobile operators and incumbents are predominant, and the geographic distribution is more balanced than in previous  years .....................................................................................................................38

Year to year sample comparison ... ..............................................................................................39

Like last year, the sample is skewed toward 3GPP ..........................................................................39