Austria - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
Synopsis Austria’s competitive mobile market is dominated by the three operators 3 Austria, Magenta Telekom (T-Mobile Austria) and Telekom Austria’s own unit A1. However, the market also benefits from a growing number of new entrants in the MVNO sector, which collectively have about 7% of the market by subscribers. The growth in the MVNO sector is partly due to regulatory concessions by which 3 Austria, as a condition of its take-over of Orange Austria, was obliged to provide a third of its network capacity to support up to 16 MVNOs.
The competitive environment has led to relatively low ARPU for operators, as well as some of the region’s lowest tariffs for consumers. The operators’ LTE networks have benefited from regulatory measures which have allowed operators to refarm existing 2G and 3G spectrum for LTE, while spectrum in the 700MHz has also been set aside for mobile broadband use once this band is released from broadcasters.
In March 2019 the regulator concluded an auction of spectrum in the 3.4-3.6Hz range to be used for 5G services. Investment among MNOs has been focussed on 5G, with the first 5G capable base stations having already been switched on.
Key developments:
H3 Austria launches a nationwide NB-IoT network;
Regulator concludes 3.4-3.6GHz auction for 5G services;
Magenta Telekom expands Narrowband IoT capabilities, trials 5G, launches VoLTE service;
ZTE and 3 Austria set up Innovation Lab to trial 5G;
A1 and Nokia trial tri-carrier technology;
Regulator reclassifies GSM spectrum for 3G and LTE use;
700MHz spectrum to be assigned for 5G use from 2020;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data for 2018, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q1 2019, recent market developments.
Companies mentioned in this report:
3 Austria, Telekom Austria (A1), T-Mobile Austria, Orange Austria, Tele2, Mundio, Lycamobile, Yesss!, M:Tel Austria, Hofer Telekom.
Table of Contents
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure
Digital networks
Other infrastructure developments
Internet of Things (IoT)
Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Short Message Service (SMS)
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Mobile broadband
Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Regulatory issues
Regulatory authority
Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
450MHz
700MHz
900MHz
800MHz
2.6GHz
Spectrum auctions - 2013
Spectrum auction – 3.4-3.6GHz
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
Network sharing
Major mobile operators
Orange Austria
3 Austria (Drei Austria)
A1 Austria
Magenta Telekom
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
Mobile content and applications
Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 – Mobile market revenue by service – 2012 – 2017 Table 2 – Mobile market revenue by service – 2017 – 2018 Table 3 – Mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale – 2009 – 2018 Table 4 – Average mobile subscriber use of services – 2012 – 2018 Table 5 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010- 2019 Table 6 – Mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid – 2009 – 2018 Table 7 – A1 prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2019 Table 8 – T-Mobile Austria prepaid subscribers – 2014 – 2019 Table 9 – M2M SIM cards – 2012 – 2018 Table 10 – Mobile voice traffic – 2003 – 2018 Table 11 – SMS messages sent – 2009 – 2018 Table 12 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 – 2018 Table 13 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2019 Table 14 – Mobile broadband traffic – 2008 – 2018 Table 15 – A1 mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2019 Table 16 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023 Table 17 – GSM spectrum distribution among MNOs (MHz) – 2010 Table 18 – European data roaming charges – 2017 - 2022 Table 19 – Mobile number portings – 2010 – 2018 Table 20 – 3 Austria active subscribers – 2013 – 2018 Table 21 – 3 Austria registered subscribers – 2009 – 2018 Table 22 – 3 Austria financial data – 2008 – 2018 Table 23 – 3 Austria annualised ARPU – 2008 – 2018 Table 24 – A1 subscribers (Austria) – 2009 – 2019 Table 25 – A1 - mobile financial data – 2004 – 2019 Table 26 – A1 - mobile revenue by quarter – 2015 – 2019 Table 27 – A1 monthly ARPU – 2009 – 2019 Table 28 – T-Mobile Austria mobile service revenue – 2003 – 2019 Table 29 – T-Mobile Austria mobile service revenue by quarter – 2015 - 2019 Table 30 – T-Mobile Austria subscribers – 2009 – 2019 Table 31 – T-Mobile Austria annualised ARPU – 2006 – 2019 List of Charts
Chart 1 – Mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale – 2000 – 2018 Chart 2 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 – 2019 Chart 3 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 – 2018 Chart 4 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2019 Chart 5 – 3 Austria active subscribers – 2013 – 2018 Chart 6 – 3 Austria registered subscribers – 2009 – 2018 Chart 7 – 3 Austria financial data – 2008 – 2018 Chart 8 – 3 Austria annualised ARPU – 2008 – 2018 Chart 9 – A1 subscribers (Austria) – 2009 – 2019 Chart 10 – A1 annualised monthly ARPU – 2009 – 2019 List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 – Active mobile providers Exhibit 2 – 2G spectrum allocations by operator Exhibit 3 – 3G spectrum allocations by operator Exhibit 4 – 3G licence results – 2000 Exhibit 5 – 450MHz licence results – 2006 Exhibit 6 – 2.6GHz spectrum auction results – September 2010 Exhibit 7 – Multi-spectrum auction results – Oct 2013 Exhibit 8 – 3 Austria spectrum concessions
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