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| Despite the lack of large scale competition, Slovenia enjoys high levels of fixed-line, mobile and Internet usage, similar to those in Western Europe. The incumbent Telekom Slovenije and its subsidiaries dominate the fixed-line, mobile, ISP and ADSL markets although competition is slowly entering the market Progress has been made in unbundling and the regulator has made moves to make ADSL more accessible, resulting in stronger uptake growth. The incumbent remains majority state-owned although there have been renewed attempts at privatisation. This report provides a concise overview of the well-developed Slovenian telecoms market with the aid of a variety of statistics. |
| Nearly half of Slovenians use the Internet at least once a week, which is on par with the average in the EU, a European survey has found. According a report from the European statistics office, Eurostat, 47% of Slovenians were found to have been using the Internet on a weekly basis in the first quarter of 2006. The percentage of regular Internet users in Slovenia was highest among the 16 to 24 year-olds, as 81% of them said they went online at least once a week. The percentage is above the EU average of 73%. The Eurostat report ranks Slovenia slightly above the European average of households and companies having an Internet connection. The report shows that 54% of Slovenian households have an Internet connection, whereas the EU average is 52%. The survey found that 96% of Slovenian companies are connected to the web, which is also 2 percentage points above the EU average. Slovenia also placed above the EU average in terms of households with broadband Internet access: with 34% of households having broadband, it beat the EU average by 2 percentage points. At the same time 75% of Slovenian companies had a broadband Internet connection, which is equal to the EU average. |
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