24.11.2009
Price level increase of telecom services stays below consumer price rise
In 2008, telecom service price level rose by approximately two per cent compared to the previous year. However, the price level increase was moderate compared to that of general price level, because all consumer prices in Finland rose, on the average, by approximately four per cent.
Drop in mobile voice service price level, fixed network prices rose
The price level of mobile voice and messaging services dropped by more than two per cent whereas the prices of fixed network voice services rose by 25 per cent. Despite the significant increase in the price level of fixed network voice services, the price level of voice services rose by approximately two per cent only.
A partial reason for the increase in the price level, based on minutes, of fixed network voice services was the rapid drop in the use of fixed network voice services. On the average, in comparison to 2007, household customers have not paid more for their subscriptions in 2008.
The price level of data transmission services in the mobile and fixed network rose by one per cent only. The price level of data transmission services in the mobile network rose by four per cent and the price level of data transmission services in the fixed network rose by about one per cent. Compared to the general increase in consumer prices, the price level increase of data transmission services was moderate.
More than 60 per cent of the money households spent on telecom services was put in voice and messaging services of the mobile network. The remaining 40 per cent was spent on the voice and data transmission services of the fixed network as well as data transmission services of the mobile network.
FICORA's Market review 3/2009 explores the price level of telecom services in Finland
FICORA's Market review 3/2009 explores the price development of telecom services consumed by households in 2008 in comparison with the previous year. The report is based on prior surveys commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications on the price development of telecom services.
The FICORA Market review 3/2009 is available in Finnish at www.ficora.fi. The English version will be published later.
Further information:
Torsti Alhava, Communications Market Specialist, tel. +358 9 6966 461, +358 50 514 8285
Jukka-Pekka Juutinen, Communications Market Specialist, tel. +358 9 6966 433, +358 40 359 1091
