Austria - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Austria’s telecom market is dominated by the incumbent Telekom Austria and the cableco UPC, though there has been greater competitive pressure in the fixed-line and mobile sectors in recent years. The regulator has also encouraged local loop unbundling to improve competition in the broadband market, and has introduced ‘virtual’ unbundling in the fibre sector. This report presents key aspects of the Austrian telecom and ICT markets, 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.

Key developments:

Telekom Austria expands in CEE through additional acquisitions; infrastructure investment increases 25% in 2010; mobile sector revenue accounting for two-thirds of total telecom revenue; regulator’s market data for Q2 2011; operator data to end-2011; market developments into early 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telekom Austria, Tele2, tele.ring, eTel Austria, UPC Austria.

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
    • 4.1.2 Revised NFR
  • 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
    • 5.1.1 Consolidating European markets
  • 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 Austria – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2010
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – September 2011
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – Mar 2011
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 8 – Retail telecoms revenue by sector – 2003 – 2012; 2015
• Table 9 – Retail telecoms revenue by sector – 2003 – 2012; 2015
• Table 10 – Telecoms revenue by sector - retail, business – 2009 - 2013
• Table 11 – Telecom traffic by sector – 2005 - 2012
• Table 12 – Market share of retail telecoms revenue by sector – 2003 - 2010
• Table 13 – Telecom investment by sector – 2006 - 2010
• Table 14 – Telecom investments – 2004 - 2012
• Table 15 – Price index for telecom services – 2005 – 2011
• Table 16 – LLU, shared access price – connection, monthly rental – 2006 - 2009
• Table 17 – Telekom Austria unbundled lines – 2008 - 2011
• Table 18 –Ported numbers by year– 2006 - 2011
• Table 19 – CPS and CbC lines – 2004 - 2011
• Table 20 – Fixed-line retail revenue – 1997 - 2013
• Table 21 – Telekom Austria Group financial data – 2001 - 2011
• Table 22 – Telekom Austria: PSTN and ISDN access lines – 2005 - 2011
• Table 23 – Telekom Austria: retail and wholesale DSL lines – 2005 - 2011
• Table 24 – Telekom Austria: retail and wholesale DSL lines – 2005 – 2011
• Table 25 – Telekom Austria traffic statistics in minutes – 2007 - 2011
• Table 26 – Telekom Austria traffic statistics, annual change – 2009 - 2011
• Table 27 – Telekom Austria financial data by sector – 2009 - 2011
• Table 28 – Telekom Austria financial data – 2009 - 2011
• Table 29 – Tele2 financial data by sector – 2007 - 2011
• Table 30 – Tele2 subscribers – 2007 - 2011
• Table 31 – UPC Austria revenue and annual change – 2005 - 2011
• Table 32 – UPC Austria subscribers – 2006 – 2011
• Table 33 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 - 2012

• Chart 1 – Telecom traffic by sector – 2005 - 2012
• Chart 2 – Market share of retail telecoms revenue by sector – 2003 – 2010
• Chart 3 – Telecom investment by sector – 2006 – 2010
• Chart 4 – Telecom investments and annual change – 2004 - 2012
• Chart 5 – Price index for telecom services – 2005 – 2011
• Chart 6 – Tele2 financial data by sector – 2007 – 2011
• Chart 7 – Tele2 subscribers – 2007 – 2011

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