| NOTAS: | This study was carried out for the European Commission by empirica in cooperation with TÜV Rheinland
"The current study provides comprehensive data on 2019 retail prices of fixed and mobile broadband offers for consumers in the EU28, Iceland, Norway, Japan, South Korea and the USA. The five largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the two or three largest Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in each country were included. Data was collected from ISP and MNO websites within a period of three weeks, from 7th to 25th October 2019. The baskets defined in the study fully conform to the guidelines issued by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). The set of baskets cover 5 fixed broadband baskets of different download speeds and 5 mobile broadband baskets (for tablet/modem/data card use) of different download volumes purchased individually (stand-alone), 7 individual mobile handheld baskets with voice telephony and a set of 17 baskets for representative households. To support valid cross-national comparison of retail prices of fixed and mobile broadband offers in each bundle and basket, consistent price normalisation procedures were applied. These take full account of features such as one-off fees, volume limits, discounts, different contract durations and limits for telephony call time and data volumes. Applying the normalised prices in Euro in Purchasing Power Parity (€/PPP), the least expensive countries for fixed broadband in the EU in 2019 were Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and Slovakia. Prices differ considerably between the least and most expensive countries in the EU." |
