Austria - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses

Synopsis

Austria’s competitive mobile market is dominated by the three operators 3 Austria, 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 by early 2018 collectively had about 6.7% 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.

Key developments:

Regulator making progress with 3.4-3.6GHz auction for 5G services;
T-Mobile Austria expands Narrowband IoT capabilities, trials 5G in Innsbruck, launches VoLTE service, acquires UPC Austria;
ZTE and 3 Austria set up Innovation Lab to trial 5G;
MVNOs secure 6.7% market share of subscribers;
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;
Telekom Austria adds M2M platforms;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data for 2017, telcos’ financial and operating data to Q2 2018, 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

1. Synopsis
2. Market analysis
3. Mobile statistics
- 3.1 General statistics
4. Mobile infrastructure
- 4.1 Digital networks
  - 4.1.1 5G
  - 4.1.2 4G (LTE)
  - 4.1.3 3G
- 4.2 Other infrastructure developments
  - 4.2.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
  - 4.2.2 Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
5. Mobile voice
6. Mobile data
- 6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 6.3 Mobile broadband
- 6.4 Forecasts – mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
7. Regulatory issues
- 7.1 Regulatory authority
- 7.2 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
  - 7.2.1 450MHz
  - 7.2.2 700MHz
  - 7.2.3 900MHz
  - 7.2.4 800MHz
  - 7.2.5 2.6GHz
  - 7.2.6 Spectrum auctions - 2013
  - 7.2.7 Spectrum auction – 3.4-3.6GHz
- 7.3 Roaming
- 7.4 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- 7.5 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
- 7.6 Network sharing
8. Major mobile operators
- 8.1 Orange Austria
- 8.2 3 Austria (Drei Austria)
- 8.3 A1 Austria
- 8.4 T-Mobile Austria
- 8.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
9. Mobile content and applications
- 9.1 M-commerce
10. Related reports

Table 1 – Mobile market revenue by service – 2012 - 2017
Table 2 – Mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale – 2000 - 2018
Table 3 – Average mobile subscriber use of services – 2012 - 2017
Table 4 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate (regulator data) – 1999 – 2009
Table 5 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010- 2018
Table 6 – Mobile SIMs in use, 2G, 3G and 4G – 2004 – 2017
Table 7 – Mobile market share of subscribers by operator – 2006 - 2017
Table 8 – Mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid – 2004 - 2017
Table 9 – A1 prepaid subscribers – 2005 - 2018
Table 10 – T-Mobile Austria prepaid subscribers – 2014 - 2018
Table 11 – GSM SIM cards in service – 2012 - 2017
Table 12 – LTE SIM cards in service – 2013 - 2017
Table 13 – 3G SIM cards in service – 2009 - 2017
Table 14 – M2M SIM cards – 2012 - 2017
Table 15 – A1 M2M connections – 2015 - 2016
Table 16 – Mobile voice traffic – 2003 - 2017
Table 17 – Mobile data traffic – 2015 - 2017
Table 18 – SMS messages sent – 2004 - 2017
Table 19 – Text messaging revenue – 2013 - 2017
Table 20 – A1 SMS sent – 2006 - 2015
Table 21 – Mobile broadband download speed by technology – 2013 - 2017
Table 22 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2017
Table 23 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 - 2017
Table 24 – Household broadband penetration by fixed/mobile platform – 2012 - 2017
Table 25 – Mobile broadband traffic – 2008 - 2017
Table 26 – A1 mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 27 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 28 – GSM spectrum distribution among MNOs (MHz) – 2010
Table 30 – European data roaming charges – 2017 - 2022
Table 33 – Mobile number portings – 2010 - 2017
Table 34 – Mobile termination charges by operator (historic) – 2008 - 2011
Table 35 – Orange Austria mobile subscribers (historic) – 2009 - 2012
Table 36 – 3 Austria active subscribers – 2013 - 2017
Table 37 – 3 Austria registered subscribers – 2009 - 2017
Table 38 – 3 Austria financial data – 2008 - 2017
Table 39 – 3 Austria annualised ARPU – 2008 - 2017
Table 40 – A1 subscribers (Austria) – 2000 - 2018
Table 41 – A1 - mobile financial data – 2004 - 2018
Table 42 – A1 - mobile revenue by quarter – 2015 - 2018
Table 43 – A1 monthly ARPU – 2004 - 2018
Table 44 – T-Mobile Austria mobile service revenue – 2003 - 2018
Table 45 – T-Mobile Austria mobile service revenue by quarter – 2015 - 2018
Table 46 – T-Mobile Austria subscribers – 2004 - 2018
Table 47 – T-Mobile Austria annualised ARPU – 2006 - 2017
Table 48 – UPC Austria mobile subscribers – 2016 - 2018

Chart 1 – Mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale – 2000 - 2018
Chart 2 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 - 2018
Chart 3 – Mobile SIMs in use, 2G and 3G – 2004 - 2017
Chart 4 – Mobile market share by operator – 2006 - 2017
Chart 5 – 3 Austria active subscribers – 2013 – 2017
Chart 6 – 3 Austria subscribers – 2009 - 2016
Chart 7 – 3 Austria financial data – 2008 – 2017
Chart 8 – 3 Austria annualised ARPU – 2008 - 2017
Chart 9 – A1 subscribers (Austria) – 2000 – 2018
Chart 10 – A1 annualised monthly ARPU – 2004 - 2018

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 –2018

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Last updated 23 Jul 2018
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Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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