1. Key broadband players

Telia Sonera (telecom operator, old monopoly): 582 000 connections (Q1 2005 Financial Report)
Bredbandsbolaget (broadband operator): 336 382 connections (31 March 2005, company web site)
Comhem (cable): 154 000 connections (company web site)
UPC/Chello (cable): 80 000 connections
Glocalnet (telecom operator): 63 000 connections (Q1 2005 Financial Report)
Spray (Internet company, dial-up ISP heritage): 58 000 connections (company web site)
Other (city fibre networks etc): about 70 000 connections (Q1 estimation). A number of service providers retail over these including Riksnet (~10K customers Q4 2005)

2. Main Access Technologies

ADSL/VDSL: Telia Sonera, Bredbandsbolaget, Glocalnet, Spray
Cable: UPC/Chello and Comhem
Fibre: Bredbandsbolaget

3. The price of bandwidth per megabit

512 kb/s = $34 per month
2/0.5-1 mb = $42 per month
8/1 = $45 per month
24/1 = $50 per month
Fibre (10-100 mbit) = $32

Average consumer prices of Telia, UPC, Bredbandsbolaget, Comhem, Glocalnet and Spray 11th of October 2005.
Non-bundled offers. By using the same provider for broadband and telephony consumers can reduce the price by $3-$7 per month.
Prices include value added tax (VAT) of 25 %.
SEK/USD conversion at 7.79 SEK/USD

4. Average speeds available to consumers

512 kb/s available in most part of the country.
8/1 available in most cities.
24/1 available in major cities.
In some smaller northern cities the standard offer is now 100 Mbit/s based on utiloty or TeliaSnoera dark fibre to apartment blocks. First small fibre to the single residential home projects are starting.

5. Misc

Broadband penetration in 15-74 age group 47 % (3.1 million persons) in Q2 2005 according to Mediavision (pdf, in Swedish).

Triple play (broadband + telephony (often IP telephony) + TV) is starting to get traction. Driven by cable companies Comhem and UPC/Chello and broadband company Bredbandsbolaget, but telecom operators are also pushing triple play but in reality offering broadband + telephony.

Bredbandsbolaget is owned by Telenor.