Austria - Broadband Market Insights, Analysis and Forecasts

Synopsis

The Austrian broadband market is dominated by the DSL sector, which rapidly overtook cable as the preferred access method. UPC Austria is the leading cable operator, while Telekom Austria, partly through its early reluctance to cooperate with local loop unbundling, retains a leading share of the DSL market. This report provides data and analysis on the broadband market and public data services in Austria, including technologies such as xDSL, leased lines, cable modems, FttH, powerline broadband, WiFi and Internet via satellite. The report also profiles of some of the key providers, and provides forecasts for broadband penetration to 2020.

Key developments:

Xlink launches 1Gb/s FttH broadband offer; Telekom Austria targets connecting 2.3 million homes with FttH by 2013; mobile broadband subscribers approach two million mark, representing almost 60% of all broadband customers; TA’s GigaNet FttX network reaches 52% of households; UPC Austria tests 1.3Gb/s service; TA trials vectoring technology; regulator’s market data to Q2 2011; operator data to end-2011; market developments into early 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telekom Austria, UPC Austria, Xlink, Orange Austria, T-Mobile Austria.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Broadband market
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Regulating wholesale access
  • 2.3 Wholesale market
    • 2.3.1 Bitstream
    • 2.3.2 Unbundling
  • 2.4 Broadband statistics
  • 2.5 Government support
  • 2.6 Regional broadband
• 3. Cable modems
  • 3.1 UPC Austria
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
• 6. Mobile broadband
• 7. Broadband Powerline (BPL)
• 8. Wireless broadband
  • 8.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
  • 8.2 450MHz frequency band
  • 8.3 3.5GHz frequency band
  • 8.4 Wireless LANs/WiFi
    • 8.4.1 Metronet/T-Mobile Austria
    • 8.4.2 Orange
  • 8.5 WiMAX
  • 8.6 Internet via satellite
• 9. Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2012; 2020
  • 9.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband subscriber growth
  • 9.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband subscriber growth
  • 9.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – Online advertising spend – 2001 - 2010
• Table 2 – Broadband penetration of households – 2006 - 2012
• Table 3 – ICT development – households with computers, internet, broadband (%) – 2002 - 2011
• Table 4 – ICT development – businesses with computers, internet, websites (%) – 2003 - 2011
• Table 5 – Bitstream access lines by type – 2004 - 2011
• Table 6 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2004 - 2011
• Table 7 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2012
• Table 8 – Total fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2002 - 2013
• Table 9 – Total fixed-line broadband penetration – 2002 - 2013
• Table 10 – Broadband market share by technology – 2002 - 2013
• Table 11 – Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections – 2005 - 2013
• Table 12 – UPC Austria broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2011
• Table 14 – Telekom Austria ADSL subscribers – 2004 - 2011
• Table 15 – ADSL subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2013
• Table 16 – Telekom Austria FttX addressable households – 2010 - 2011
• Table 17 – Fibre broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2013
• Table 18 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2015
• Table 19 – Mobile broadband share of broadband market – 2008 - 2012
• Table 20 – A1 mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2011
• Table 21 – Fixed-line wireless broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2012
• Table 22 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2020
• Table 23 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2020

• Chart 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 – 2012
• Chart 2 – Total fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2002 – 2013
• Chart 3 – Broadband market share by technology – 2002 – 2013
• Chart 4 – Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections – 2005 - 2013

• Exhibit 1 – Regional WLL licenses in 3.5GHz spectrum by operator – 2004
• Exhibit 2 – Regional WLL licenses in 3.5GHz spectrum by operator – 2009
• Exhibit 3 – 450MHz frequency allocation overview – 2006
• Exhibit 4 – 3.5GHz frequency allocation – 2008