Austria - Key Statistics, Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Austria’s telecom market is dominated by the incumbent Telekom Austria though there has been greater competitive pressure in the fixed-line and mobile sectors in recent years, while regulatory measure to encourage local loop unbundling have improved competition in the broadband market. This report introduces the key aspects of the Austrian telecom market in 2010, including statistical data on the country, the fixed network services sector and telecom infrastructure. It presents an overview of recent regulatory developments, including broadband access and carrier preselection. The major fixed network operators are also profiled, together with the most recent performance data and an analysis on market strategies.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Austria’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 History
    
    • 4.1.1 EU regulatory framework
      
  • 4.2 Regulatory authorities
    
    • 4.2.1 Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications
      
    • 4.2.2 Telekom Control Commission
      
    • 4.2.3 Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria)
      
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Austria
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of Telekom Austria
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Access
      
  • 4.4 Number portability (NP)
    
  • 4.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
    
• 5. Fixed network operators in Austria
  
  • 5.1 Telekom Austria
    
  • 5.2 Tele2UTA
    
  • 5.3 tele.ring
    
  • 5.4 UPC Austria
    
  • 5.5 eTel Austria
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
  • 6.2 Next Generation Network (NGN)
    
  • 6.3 Structural separation
    
  • 6.4 Wholesaling
    
  • 6.5 International infrastructure
    
    • 6.5.1 Submarine cable networks
      
    • 6.5.2 Satellite networks
      
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2009 (e)
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – June 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – June 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – June 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – June 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 8 – Retail telecoms revenue by sector and annual change – 2003 - 2009
• Table 9 – Total telecoms revenue – 2006 - 2008
• Table 10 – Telecom traffic by sector – 2003 - 2009
• Table 11 – Market share of retail telecoms revenue by sector – 2003 - 2008
• Table 12 – Telecom investments – 2004 - 2008
• Table 13 – LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental – 2005 – 2008
• Table 14 – Unbundled loops and access lines – 2004 - 2009
• Table 15 –Telekom Austria unbundled lines– 2008 - 2009
• Table 16 –Ported numbers by year– 2006 - 2009
• Table 17 –Cumulative ported numbers – 2007 - 2008
• Table 18 – CPS lines – 2004 - 2008
• Table 19 – Telekom Austria financial data – 2001 - 2009
• Table 20 – Telekom Austria: PSTN and ISDN access lines – 2005 - 2008
• Table 21 – Telekom Austria: retail and wholesale DSL lines – 2005 - 2009
• Table 22 – Telekom Austria traffic statistics in minutes – 2005 - 2009
• Table 23 – Telekom Austria traffic statistics, annual change – 2009
• Table 24 – Telekom Austria financial data by sector and annual change – 2006 - 2009
• Table 25 – UPC Austria revenue and annual change – 2005 - 2009
• Table 26 – UPC Austria subscribers and operating statistics – 2005 - 2009
• Table 27 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 - 2009
• Table 28 – Fixed-line retail revenue – 1997 - 2007
• Table 29 – Telekom Austria broadband wholesale and LLU lines – 2006 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop