25th Telecommunications Market Analysis Germany 2023 (VATM / DIALOG CONSULT)

Summary

• The German telecommunications services market is estimated at €60.2 billion in 2023.p.5
• VATM member companies provide more than 85 percent of fixed lines of all competitors.p.2
• Deutsche Telekom recorded the largest gain in broadband customers, with 300,000 new customers within a year.p.10
• Demand for high-performance internet grows to 23 percent of connections, yet nearly 5 million lines remain at a maximum of 16 Mbit/s.p.12
• 25 years after liberalisation, more than two thirds of all broadband connections still run on Telekom's network.p.11

Key insights

1. Fibre connections grow by more than 20 percent.p.9
2. Fixed networks account for €32.6 billion and mobile networks for €27.6 billion of revenue.p.5
3. A gigabit-capable connection can technically offer downlink bandwidths of at least 1 Gbit/s.p.2
4. VATM members generate over 97 percent of mobile revenues of all competitors.p.2
5. Competitors invest almost twice as much as Telekom in 2023, mostly in FTTB/H and 5G infrastructure.p.7