1. Executive summary
2. Key statistics
3. Country overview
4. Telecommunications market
5. Regulatory environment
5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 Digital Society initiatives
5.4 Telecom sector liberalisation
5.5 Privatisation
5.6 Interconnect
5.7 Access
5.8 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
5.9 Number Portability (NP)
6. Fixed network operators
6.1 GO
6.2 Melita
7. Telecommunications infrastructure
7.1 Overview of the national telecom network
7.2 International infrastructure
7.3 VoIP
8. Wholesale
9. Fixed-line broadband market
9.1 Introduction and statistical overview
9.2 Broadband statistics
9.3 Fixed-line broadband technologies
9.3.1 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
9.3.2 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
9.3.3 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
9.4 Other fixed broadband services
9.4.1 Satellite
9.4.2 Wireless broadband
9.4.3 Videostreaming
10. Digital economy
11. Mobile market
11.1 Market analysis
11.2 Mobile statistics
11.3 Mobile infrastructure
11.3.1 5G
11.3.2 4G (LTE)
11.3.3 3G
11.4 Other infrastructure developments
11.4.1 NB-IoT
11.5 Mobile data
11.5.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
11.5.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
11.6 Mobile broadband
11.7 Regulatory issues
11.7.1 Roaming
11.7.2 Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
11.7.3 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
11.7.4 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
11.7.5 Spectrum auctions
11.8 Major mobile operators
11.8.1 Vodafone Malta
11.8.2 GO Mobile
11.8.3 Melita Mobile
11.8.4 MVNOs
12. Related reports
Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Malta – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Telecom sector revenue – 2009 - 2016
Table 3 – Annual fixed numbers ported – 2007 - 2018
Table 4 – Fixed-line subscriber market share by operator – 2007 - 2018
Table 5 – Total fixed-line calls – 2009 - 2018
Table 6 – Total outgoing fixed-line traffic – 2008 - 2018
Table 7 – GO financial data (Lm) – 2004 - 2007
Table 8 – GO Group financial data (€) – 2007 - 2018
Table 9 – Fixed lines in service and penetration rate – 2001 - 2018
Table 10 – Fixed lines by operator – 2012 - 2018
Table 11 – Historic - Dialup internet subscribers – 2005 - 2010
Table 12 – Internet users and penetration – 2002 - 2018
Table 13 – Broadband subscriptions by platform – 2002 - 2018
Table 14 – Proportion of broadband connections by data rate – 2013 - 2018
Table 15 – Broadband market share by operator – 2007 - 2018
Table 16 – Broadband penetration – 2005 - 2018
Table 17 – Broadband ARPU – 2011 - 2018
Table 18 – Melita cable broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 19 – DSL subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 20 – GO fibre broadband subscribers – 2015 - 2018
Table 21 – Fixed wireless subscribers – 2007 - 2018
Table 22 – BWA share of broadband market – 2007 - 2018
Table 23 – IPTV subscribers – 2011 - 2018
Table 24 – Annualised blended mobile ARPU – 2013 - 2018
Table 25 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2009
Table 26 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 - 2019
Table 27 – Mobile market share by operator – 2007 - 2018
Table 28 – Mobile traffic – 2005 - 2018
Table 29 – Proportion of contract and prepaid subscribers, all operators – 2005 - 2018
Table 30 – Prepaid and contract subscribers, all operators – 2005 - 2018
Table 31 – SMS messages sent – 2005 - 2018
Table 32 – Average cost of SMS messages (€) – 2011 - 2016
Table 33 – MMS messages – 2006 - 2018
Table 34 – Mobile broadband subscribers by type – 2012 - 2018
Table 35 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2008 - 2018
Table 36 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 37 – European data roaming charges – 2014 - 2017
Table 38 – Roaming traffic (outbound) – 2014 – 2018
Table 39 – Historic - Mobile termination rates by operator – 2005 – 2010; 2012
Table 40 – Annual mobile number portings – 2006 - 2018
Table 41 – Vodafone Malta subscribers – 2005 - 2018
Table 42 – GO Mobile subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 43 – Melita mobile subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 44 – MVNO subscribers by operators – 2011 - 2018
Chart 1 – Fixed-line subscriber market share by operator – 2007 – 2018
Chart 2 – GO Group financial data – 2007 - 2018
Chart 3 – Fixed lines in service and penetration rate – 2003 – 2018
Chart 4 – Fixed lines by operator – 2012 – 2018
Chart 5 – Broadband subscriptions by platform – 2005 – 2018
Chart 6 – Proportion of broadband connections by data rate – 2013 – 2018
Chart 7 – Broadband market share by operator – 2007 – 2018
Chart 8 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 – 2019
Chart 9 – Mobile market share by operator – 2007 – 2018
Chart 10 – Proportion of contract and prepaid subscribers, all operators – 2005 – 2018
Chart 11 – Prepaid and contract subscribers, all operators – 2005 – 2018
Chart 12 – SMS messages – 2005 – 2018
Chart 13 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2008 – 2018
Exhibit 1 – 3G licence allocations – 2005; 2007
Exhibit 2 – Mobile operators and spectrum allocation range