Austria Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 9 Jun 2021 Update History

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Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Austria aiming for national 1Gb/s broadband services

Austria has a mature telecom market, dominated by Telekom Austria, Magenta Telekom (formed from the merger of T-Mobile Austria and the cableco UPC Austria), and 3 Austria. The mobile market benefits from a growing number of MVNOs.

In common with other countries in the region, the telcos as well as the government and regulator have been focussed on delivering improved telecom infrastructure. The government has in train a program to provide a national gigabit service by 2030, delivered by private enterprise though with some state funding. This is based on fibre networks supported by 5G, with the MNOs able to expand the reach of their 5G services following auctions held in March 2019 and September 2020.

The fixed-line broadband market is still dominated by the DSL sector, while the cable broadband sector has held a steady share of connections in recent years. The fibre sector was slow to develop, and although fibre penetration remains low there is considerable vigour among operators to build out network infrastructure. By February 2021, A1 Telekom’s fibre network reached more than 2.3 million premises. Magenta Telekom continues to invest in DOCSIS3.1 technology, and by mid-2021 about a third of premises (some 1.4 million) nationally could access the company’s gigabit service.

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 affecting broadband access and mobile spectrum.

BuddeComm notes that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the telecoms market. On the consumer side, spending on telecoms services and devices is under pressure from the financial effect of large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes. However, the crucial nature of telecom services, both for general communication as well as a tool for home-working, has offset such pressures. In many markets the net effect has been a reduced (and sometimes negative) subscriber growth, which will continue into 2021.

Overall progress towards 5G may be postponed or slowed down in some countries.

On the consumer side, spending on telecoms services and devices is under pressure from the financial effect of large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes. However, the crucial nature of telecom services, both for general communication as well as a tool for home-working, will offset such pressures. In many markets the net effect should be a steady though reduced increased in subscriber growth.

Although it is challenging to predict and interpret the long-term impacts of the crisis as it develops, these have been acknowledged in the industry forecasts contained in this report.

The report also covers the responses of the telecom operators as well as government agencies and regulators as they react to the crisis to ensure that citizens can continue to make optimum use of telecom services. This can be reflected in subsidy schemes and the promotion of tele-health and tele-education, among other solutions.

Key developments:

A1 expecting to provide national coverage with its 5G service by end-2023;
Magenta Telekom extends its 1Gb/s services to a third of premises nationally;
Regulator completes multi-spectrum auction for 5G services;
MNOs deploy 700MHz spectrum for 5G;
Telekom Austria trials XG-Fast technology providing data at over 11Gb/s;
Government provides an additional €1.4 billion for its national broadband program;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to Q4 2020, telcos' financial and operating data to Q1 2021, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telekom Austria (A1), Tele2, tele.ring, Magenta Telekom (UPC Austria, T-Mobile Austria), 3 Austria, Orange Austria, Mundio, Lycamobile, Yesss!, M:Tel Austria, Hofer Telekom, Xlink.

Key statistics
Regional European Market Comparison

Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier

Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents

TMI versus GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Economic considerations and responses
Subscribers
Infrastructure

Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authorities

Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Telekom Control Commission
Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria)

Fixed-line developments

Privatisation of Telekom Austria
Interconnect
Access
Fibre access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
European Electronic Communications Code

Mobile network developments

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Network sharing

Mobile market

Mobile statistics

General statistics

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Major mobile operators

3 Austria (Drei Austria)
Orange Austria (historic)
A1 Austria
Magenta Telekom
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

M-commerce

Fixed-line broadband market

Market analysis

Government broadband strategy

Broadband statistics
Regional broadband
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

Magenta Telekom

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
G.fast
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

BPL
Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)
Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
Wireless LANs/Wi-Fi
WiMAX
Internet via satellite

Fixed network operators

Introduction
Telekom Austria
Tele2
tele.ring
Magenta Telekom
eTel Austria

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
International infrastructure

Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks

Smart infrastructure

Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities- Austria – 2021 (e)
Table 2 – Development of telecom revenue by sector (€ million)– 2011 – 2020
Table 3 – Development of telecoms sector investment by type (€ million)– 2011 – 2020
Table 4 – Development of telecom traffic by sector (billion minutes)– 2011 – 2020
Table 5 – Average fixed-line residential subscriber use of services – 2014 – 2020
Table 6 – Decline in fixed-line interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2020
Table 7 – Wholesale access lines by type – 2016 – 2020
Table 8 – Decline in the number of CPS and CbC lines – 2011 – 2020
Table 9 – European data roaming charges – 2017 – 2022
Table 10 – Decline in revenue from providing roaming services – 2012 – 2020
Table 11 – Growth in the number of mobile number portings – 2010 – 2020
Table 12 – Development of mobile interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2020
Table 13 – Mobile market revenue by service (€ million) – 2012 – 2020
Table 14 – Development of mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale (€ million)– 2011 – 2020
Table 15 – Average mobile subscriber use of services – 2012 – 2020
Table 16 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2011 – 2026
Table 17 – Change in mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid (million) – 2011 – 2020
Table 18 – Change in the number of A1’s prepaid subscribers – 2011 – 2020
Table 19 – Change in the number of Magenta Telekom’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2020
Table 20 – Growth in the number of M2M SIM cards – 2012 – 2020
Table 21 – Change in mobile voice traffic – 2011 – 2020
Table 22 – Decline in the number of SMS messages sent – 2011 – 2020
Table 23 – Change in the number of mobile broadband subscribers (million) – 2010 – 2020
Table 24 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Table 25 – Growth in mobile broadband traffic – 2011 – 2020
Table 26 – Growth in the number of A1’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2021
Table 27 – Change in the number of 3 Austria’s active subscribers (thousand) – 2013 – 2020
Table 28 – Change in the number of 3 Austria’s registered subscribers (thousand) – 2009 – 2020
Table 29 – Development of 3 Austria’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2020
Table 30 – Development of 3 Austria’s annualised ARPU (€/month) – 2011 – 2020
Table 31 – Change in the number of A1’s mobile subscribers (million)– 2011 – 2021
Table 32 – Development of A1’s mobile service revenue – 2010 – 2021
Table 33 – Change in A1’s mobile service revenue by quarter – 2015 – 2021
Table 34 – Change in A1’s monthly mobile ARPU (€/month)– 2011 – 2020
Table 35 – Development of Magenta Telekom’s mobile service revenue – 2011 – 2020
Table 36 – Magenta Telekom’s mobile service revenue by quarter – 2015 – 2020
Table 37 – Change in the number of Magenta Telekom’s mobile subscribers (million)– 2009 – 2021
Table 38 – Decline in Magenta Telekom’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2020
Table 39 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2020
Table 40 – Change in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type (thousand) – 2009 – 2020
Table 41 – Change in the market share of fixed broadband connections by technology – 2013 – 2020
Table 42 – Growth in fixed-line broadband traffic – 2018 – 2020
Table 43 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Table 44 – Change in the number of bundled and standalone broadband connections – 2015 – 2020
Table 45 – Increase in revenue from retail and wholesale broadband services (€ million) – 2011 – 2020
Table 46 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 47 – Growth in Magenta Telekom’s broadband subscriber base – 2009 – 2021
Table 48 – Change in the number of Telekom Austria’s fixed broadband lines – 2009 – 2021
Table 49 – Decline in the number of Telekom Austria’s unbundled lines – 2009 – 2020
Table 50 – Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2009 – 2020
Table 51 – Growth in the number of FttP subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 52 – Growth in the number of fixed-line wireless broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2020
Table 53 – Development of Telekom Austria Group’s financial data (€ billion) – 2011 – 2021
Table 54 – Development of Telekom Austria’s financial data (€ billion) – 2009 – 2021
Table 55 – Decline in the number of Telekom Austria’s PSTN and ISDN access lines – 2009 – 2021
Table 56 – Development of Telekom Austria’s financial data by sector (€ million) – 2009 – 2021
Table 57 – Magenta Telekom revenue by type (€ million) – 2009 – 2021
Table 58 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2012 – 2020
Table 59 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2011 – 2026
Table 60 – Development of fixed-line revenue by type (€ million) – 2012 – 2020
Table 61 – Historic - Telecom revenue by sector (€ million) – 2003 – 2010
Table 62 – Historic - Annual ported geographic numbers – 2007 – 2014
Table 63 – Historic - CPS and CbC lines – 2004 – 2010
Table 64 – Historic - Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections (€ million) – 2005 – 2010
Table 65 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate (regulator data) – 1999 – 2010
Table 66 – Historic - Mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid – 2004 – 2010
Table 67 – Historic - A1 prepaid subscribers – 2005 – 2010
Table 68 – Historic - GSM SIM cards in service – 2012 – 2017
Table 69 – Historic - LTE SIM cards in service – 2013 – 2017
Table 70 – Historic - 3G SIM cards in service – 2012 – 2017
Table 71 – Historic - A1 M2M connections – 2015 – 2016
Table 72 – Historic - Mobile data traffic – 2008 – 2010
Table 73 – Historic - SMS messages sent – 2001 – 2010
Table 74 – Historic - Text messaging revenue – 2013 – 2017
Table 75 – Historic - A1 SMS sent – 2006 – 2015
Table 76 – Historic - Mobile broadband download speed by technology (Mb/s) – 2013 – 2017
Table 77 – Historic - Household broadband penetration by fixed/mobile platform – 2012 – 2017
Table 78 – Historic - Roaming revenue – 2015 – 2017
Table 79 – Historic - Roaming traffic – 2015 – 2017
Table 80 – Historic - Mobile termination charges by operator (€ cents)– 2008 – 2011
Table 81 – Historic - Orange Austria mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2012
Table 82 – Historic - A1 subscribers (Austria) (million) – 2000 – 2010
Table 83 – Historic - A1 monthly ARPU (€/month)– 2004 – 2010
Table 84 – Historic - T-Mobile Austria subscribers – 2004 – 2010
Table 85 – Historic - UPC Austria mobile subscribers – 2016 – 2018
Table 86 – Historic - Mobile voice traffic – 2003 – 2010
Table 87 – Historic - Mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale (€ million) – 2000 – 2010
Table 88 – Historic - A1 - mobile service revenue (€ million) – 2004 – 2009
Table 89 – Historic - T-Mobile Austria mobile service revenue – 2003 – 2010
Table 90 – Historic - Mobile market revenue by service (€ million) – 2012 – 2017
Table 91 – Historic - Telekom Austria Group financial data (€ billion) – 2001 – 2010
Table 92 – Historic - Telekom Austria traffic statistics (million minutes) – 2007 – 2015
Table 93 – Historic - Telekom Austria traffic statistics, annual change – 2010 – 2015
Table 94 – Historic - Tele2 financial data by sector (SEK million) – 2007 – 2017
Table 95 – Historic - Tele2 subscribers (thousand) – 2007 – 2017
Table 96 – Historic - UPC Austria revenue – 2005 – 2018
Table 97 – Historic - UPC Austria subscribers (thousand) – 2006 – 2018
Table 98 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and household teledensity – 1999 – 2010
Table 99 – Historic - Development of telecoms sector investment by type (€ million) – 2006 – 2010
Table 100 – Historic - Development of telecom traffic by sector (billion minutes) – 2005 – 2010
Table 101 – Historic - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2010
Table 102 – Historic - Development of 3 Austria’s financial data (€ million)– 2008 – 2011
Table 103 – Historic - Development of 3 Austria’s annualised ARPU (€/month)– 2008 – 2010
Table 104 – Historic - Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2010
Table 105 – Historic - Decline in the number of Telekom Austria’s PSTN and ISDN access lines (thousand) – 2005 – 2008
Table 106 – Historic - Decline in Magenta Telekom’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2006 – 2010

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders (top tier)
Chart 2 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers (middle tier)
Chart 3 – Europe Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents (bottom tier)
Chart 4 – Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 5 – Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 – Scandinavia and Baltics – mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 – Northern Europe – mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 – Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 11 – Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 12 – Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 13 – Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 14 – Development of telecom revenue by sector – 2011 – 2020
Chart 15 – Development of telecoms sector investment by type – 2011 – 2020
Chart 16 – Development of telecom traffic by sector – 2011 – 2020
Chart 17 – Decline in fixed-line interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2020
Chart 18 – Decline in the number of CPS and CbC lines – 2011 – 2020
Chart 19 – Decline in revenue from providing roaming services – 2012 – 2020
Chart 20 – Growth in the number of mobile number portings – 2010 – 2020
Chart 21 – Development of mobile interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2020
Chart 22 – Mobile market revenue by service – 2012 – 2020
Chart 23 – Development of mobile service revenue, retail and wholesale – 2011 – 2020
Chart 24 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2011 – 2026
Chart 25 – Change in mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid – 2011 – 2020
Chart 26 – Change in the number of A1’s prepaid subscribers – 2011 – 2020
Chart 27 – Change in the number of Magenta Telekom’s prepaid subscribers – 2009 – 2020
Chart 28 – Growth in the number of M2M SIM cards – 2012 – 2020
Chart 29 – Change in mobile voice traffic – 2011 – 2020
Chart 30 – Decline in the number of SMS messages sent – 2011 – 2020
Chart 31 – Change in the number of mobile broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2020
Chart 32 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Chart 33 – Growth in mobile broadband traffic – 2011 – 2020
Chart 34 – Growth in the number of A1’s mobile broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2021
Chart 35 – Change in the number of 3 Austria’s active subscribers – 2013 – 2020
Chart 36 – Change in the number of 3 Austria’s registered subscribers – 2009 – 2020
Chart 37 – Development of 3 Austria’s financial data – 2012 – 2020
Chart 38 – Development of 3 Austria’s annualised ARPU – 2011 – 2020
Chart 39 – Change in the number of A1’s mobile subscribers – 2011 – 2021
Chart 40 – Development of A1’s mobile service revenue – 2010 – 2021
Chart 41 – Change in A1’s monthly mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2020
Chart 42 – Development of Magenta Telekom’s mobile service revenue – 2011 – 2020
Chart 43 – Change in the number of Magenta Telekom’s mobile subscribers – 2009 – 2021
Chart 44 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2012 – 2020
Chart 45 – Change in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers by access type – 2009 – 2020
Chart 46 – Change in the market share of fixed broadband connections by technology – 2013 – 2020
Chart 47 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Chart 48 – Change in the number of bundled and standalone broadband connections – 2015 – 2020
Chart 49 – Increase in revenue from retail and wholesale broadband services – 2011 – 2020
Chart 50 – Cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 51 – Growth in Magenta Telekom’s broadband subscriber base – 2009 – 2021
Chart 52 – Change in the number of Telekom Austria’s fixed broadband lines – 2009 – 2021
Chart 53 – Decline in the number of Telekom Austria’s unbundled lines – 2009 – 2020
Chart 54 – Growth in the number of FttP subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Chart 55 – Development of Telekom Austria Group’s financial data – 2011 – 2021
Chart 56 – Development of Telekom Austria’s financial data – 2009 – 2021
Chart 57 – Development of Telekom Austria’s financial data by sector – 2009 – 2021
Chart 58 – Fixed lines in service by type – 2012 – 2020
Chart 59 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2011 – 2026
Chart 60 – Development of fixed-line revenue by type – 2012 – 2020

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 3 – 3G licence results – 2000
Exhibit 4 – 450MHz licence results – 2006
Exhibit 5 – GSM spectrum allocations by operator - 2002
Exhibit 6 – GSM spectrum distribution among MNOs (MHz) – 2010
Exhibit 7 – 2.6GHz spectrum auction results – September 2010
Exhibit 8 – Multi-spectrum auction results – Oct 2013
Exhibit 9 – Multi-spectrum auction results – Sept 2020
Exhibit 10 – 3 Austria spectrum concessions
Exhibit 11 – Regional WLL licenses in 3.5GHz spectrum by operator – 2004
Exhibit 12 – Regional WLL licenses in 3.5GHz spectrum by operator – 2009
Exhibit 13 – 450MHz frequency allocation overview – 2006
Exhibit 14 – 450MHz frequency allocation overview – 2006

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Austria aiming for national 1Gb/s broadband services

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Key statistics

Regional European Market Comparison

Country overview

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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