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 in 2011, 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 10Gb/s FttH broadband offer; Telekom Austria targets connecting 2.3 million homes with FttH by 2013; mobile broadband subscribers approach two million mark; regulator’s end-2010 market data; operator data to Q1 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telekom Austria, UPC Austria, Xlink.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Broadband market overview
  • 2.1.1 Regulating wholesale access
  • 2.2 Wholesale market
    • 2.2.1 Bitstream
    • 2.2.2 Unbundling
  • 2.3 Broadband statistics
  • 2.4 Government support
  • 2.5 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 – Bitstream access lines by type – 2004 - 2010
• Table 4 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2004 - 2011
• Table 5 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2012
• Table 6 – Total fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2002 - 2011
• Table 7 – Total fixed-line broadband penetration – 2002 - 2012
• Table 8 – Broadband market share by technology – 2002 - 2010
• Table 9 – Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections – 2005 - 2010
• Table 10 – UPC Austria broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2011
• Table 12 – Telekom Austria ADSL subscribers – 2004 - 2011
• Table 13 – ADSL subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2011
• Table 14 – Fibre broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 15 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2012
• Table 16 – Retail mobile broadband lines by type – 2008 - 2009
• Table 17 – A1 mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2011
• Table 18 – Fixed-line wireless broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 19 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2007 - 2012; 2020
• Table 20 – 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 – 2011
• Chart 3 – Broadband market share by technology – 2002 – 2010
• Chart 4 – Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections – 2005 - 2010

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