3G Subscriber Forecast for Slovenia Anticipates an Annual Average Growth Rate Of 12.5% over the Five Years To 2016

BMI's annual update for 2012 contains revised and extended forecasts that predict how the country's fixedline, internet, broadband and mobile telephony sectors will develop through to the end of 2016.

Mobile market leader Mobitel, which was merged with parent company Telekom Slovenije on July 1 2011, revealed that it was testing LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) mobile broadband innovation in June 2011. BMI's newly extended 3G subscriber forecast for Slovenia anticipates an annual average growth rate of 12.5% over the five years to 2016, predicting nearly 1.6mn 3G clients at the end of its forecast, equivalent to over 71% of the total mobile user base.

Slovenia's fixed-line sector shrank by an estimated 1.9% in 2011, with a decline in the number of traditional fixed voice connections only partially being replaced by a growing number of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) lines. BMI expects this trend to continue for the duration of BMI's forecast. In the meantime, the broadband subscriber base grew by 3.8% in 2011.