Telecommunications in Serbia

Telecommunication in Serbia is an important economic sector, accounting for 4.7% of country's GDP in 2015.[1]

Telephony

Fixed telephony

Serbia has a developed and efficient telephone network infrastructure. Domestic line system is 100% digital, with digital cable trunk line connecting switching centers. A drop in fixed-line connections in the last decade has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use. Telekom Srbija, the former state monopoly, is the predominant player in landline telephony with 93.8% of market share.[5] Since the liberalization of the telecommunications market in 2013, Telekom Srbija has been very slowly losing market share to 16 other telecom operators, of which the most significant ones include SBB and Orion Telekom.

Mobile telephony

Serbia currently has three mobile networks, Telekom Srbija, Telenor, and Vip mobile, all of which are licensed for 2G GSM, 3G UMTS, and 4G LTE. The largest mobile operator is Telekom Srbija, marketed as mts, with 46.8%  market share, followed by Telenor with 31.2% and Vip mobile with 22% market share.[6] In addition, SBB gained mobile virtual network operator licence in 2013 but is still not offering services.

Radio and television

Free-to-air terrestrial television

Digital television transition has been completed in 2015 with MPEG-4 compression standard and DVB-T2 standard for signal transmission.[11]

Pay television

Some 67% of households are provided with pay television services (i.e. 38.7% cable television, 16.9% IPTV, and 10.4% satellite).[12] There are 90 pay television operators (cable, IPTV, DTH), largest of which are SBB (mainly cable) with 48% market share, Telekom Srbija (mts TV) with 25%, followed by PoštaNet with 5%, and Ikom and Kopernikus with 4% and 3%, respectively.[13]

Internet

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/RATEL%20-%20Pregled%20trzista%20u%202015.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  5. ↑ http://static.mts.rs/pdf/poslovanje/konacni-izvestaj-2015.pdf?d=False&h=636039318327200000
  6. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  8. ↑ http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/userFiles/file/Aktuelnosti/StatGod2015.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  10. ↑ http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/userFiles/file/Aktuelnosti/StatGod2015.pdf
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  12. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  14. ↑ https://www.rnids.rs/en/domains/national-domains
  15. ↑ http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/repository/documents/00/02/25/86/IKT__2016_pres_s.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  17. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
  18. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ri.html
  19. ↑ http://www.ratel.rs/upload/documents/Pregled_trzista/Pregled%20trzista%202016.pdf
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