Austria - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Nov. 30, 2009 - 94 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview of Austria’s telecom market

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 History

3.1.1 EU regulatory framework

3.2 Regulatory authorities

3.2.1 Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications

3.2.2 Telekom Control Commission

3.2.3 Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria)

3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Austria

3.3.1 Privatisation of Telekom Austria

3.3.2 Interconnect

3.3.3 Access

3.4 Number portability

3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

4. Fixed Network Market

4.1 Overview of operators

4.2 Telekom Austria

4.3 Tele2UTA

4.4 tele.ring

4.5 UPC Austria

4.6 eTel Austria

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

5.1 National telecom network

5.2 Next Generation Network (NGN)

5.3 Structural separation

5.4 Wholesaling

5.5 International infrastructure

5.5.1 Submarine cable networks

5.5.2 Satellite networks

6. Broadband Market

6.1 Overview

6.1.1 Regulating wholesale access

6.1.2 Wholesale market

6.1.3 Broadband statistics

6.1.4 Government support

6.1.5 Regional broadband

6.2 Cable modems

6.2.1 UPC Austria

6.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

6.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks

6.5 Mobile broadband

6.6 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

6.7 Wireless broadband

6.7.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

6.7.2 450MHz frequency band

6.7.3 3.5GHz frequency band

6.7.4 Wireless LANs/WiFi

6.7.5 WiMAX

6.7.6 Internet via satellite

7. Convergence

7.1 Key general trends

7.2 Business models

7.2.1 Triple play

7.3 Regulatory issues

7.4 Digital TV

7.4.1 Overview

7.4.2 TV-over-DSL (IPTV)

7.4.3 Cable TV

7.4.4 Satellite TV

7.4.5 Digital terrestrial TV

7.4.6 Free-to-Air (FTA) TV

7.4.7 VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services

7.4.8 Personal Video Recorders (PVRs)

8. Mobile Communications

8.1 Overview of Austria’s mobile market

8.1.1 Mobile statistics

8.1.2 Operator market shares

8.2 Regulatory issues

8.2.1 Regulatory authority

8.2.2 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions

8.2.3 Roaming

8.2.4 Mobile number portability (MNP)

8.2.5 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)

8.3 Mobile technologies

8.3.1 Digital

8.3.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile

8.4 Major mobile operators

8.4.1 Orange

8.4.2 Hutchison 3 Austria

8.4.3 mobilkom austria

8.4.4 tele.ring

8.4.5 T-Mobile

8.4.6 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

8.5 Mobile voice services

8.5.1 Prepaid cards

8.6 Mobile data services

8.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

8.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

8.6.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

8.6.4 Push-to-Talk (PTT)

8.6.5 Enhanced data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

8.6.6 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

8.6.7 High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD)

8.6.8 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

8.6.9 LTE

8.6.10 Mobile TV

8.6.11 BlackBerry

8.6.12 Femtocells

8.7 Mobile content and applications

8.7.1 M-commerce

8.7.2 Mobile Internet

8.7.3 Mobile VoIP

9. Forecasts

9.1 Forecasts - broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2012; 2018

9.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband subscriber growth

9.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband subscriber growth

9.2 Forecasts - mobile market - 2006 - 2010; 2012 - 2014

9.2.1 UMTS forecasts

9.2.2 Mobile ARPU forecasts

10. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of Tables and Exhibits

Table 1 - Country statistics Austria - 2009

Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2008

Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - March 2009

Table 4 - Internet user statistics - June 2009

Table 5 - Broadband statistics - March 2009

Table 6 - Mobile statistics - March 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 investments - 2004 - 2008

Table 11 - Telecom traffic by sector - 2005 - 2009

Table 12 - Market share of retail telecoms revenue by sector - 2003 - 2008

Table 13 - LLU, shared access price - connection, monthly rental - 2005 - 2008

Table 14 - Unbundled loops and access lines - 2004 - 2009

Table 15 - Ported numbers by year - 2006 - 2009

Table 16 - Cumulative ported numbers - 2008 - 2009

Table 17 - CPS lines - 2004 - 2008

Table 18 - Telekom Austria financial data - 2001 - 2009

Table 19 - Telekom Austria: PSTN and ISDN access lines - 2005 - 2008

Table 20 - Telekom Austria: retail and wholesale DSL lines - 2005 - 2009

Table 21 - Telekom Austria traffic statistics in minutes - 2005 - 2009

Table 22 - Telekom Austria traffic statistics annual change by sector - June 2009

Table 23 - Telekom Austria financial data by sector and annual change - 2006 - 2009

Table 24 - UPC Austria revenue and annual change - 2005 - 2009

Table 25 - UPC Austria subscribers and operating statistics - 2005 - 2009

Table 26 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1999 - 2009

Table 27 - Fixed-line retail revenue - 1997 - 2007

Table 28 - Telekom Austria broadband wholesale and LLU lines - 2006 - 2009

Table 29 - Broadband penetration of Internet households - 2006 - 2009

Table 30 - Online advertising spend - 2001 - 2007

Table 31 - Household broadband access by type - 2008

Table 32 - Bitstream access lines by type - 2004 - 2009

Table 33 - Leased line revenue by data capacity - 2005 - 2007

Table 34 - Leased lines by data capacity - 2004 - 2007

Table 35 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1995 - 2009

Table 36 - Total broadband subscribers by access type - 2002 - 2009

Table 37 - Revenue from retail and wholesale broadband connections - 2005 - 2009

Table 38 - UPC Austria broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2009

Table 39 - UPC Austria revenue - 2005 - 2009

Table 40 - Telekom Austria ADSL subscribers - 2004 - 2009

Table 41 - ADSL subscribers and annual change - 2000 - 2009

Table 42 - Telekom Austria Internet subscribers and annual change - 2000 - 2008

Table 43 - Fibre broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2009

Table 44 - Mobile broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2009

Table 45 - Retail mobile broadband lines by type - Jan 2009

Table 46 - Fixed-line wireless broadband subscribers - 2006 - 2009

Table 47 - Household TV reception by technology - 2007 - 2009

Table 48 - Digital receiver sales by technology - 2007 - 2009

Table 49 - Telekom Austria IPTV subscribers - 2007 - 2009

Table 50 - Cable and satellite TV households - 2000 - 2009

Table 51 - UPC Austria revenue and annual change - 2005 - 2009

Table 52 - UPC Austria subscribers and operating statistics - 2005 - 2009

Table 53 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - June 2009

Table 54 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate (regulator data) - 1999 - 2010

Table 55 - Mobile subscribers by operator (regulator data) - 2005 - 2009

Table 56 - Mobile SIMs in use, 2G and 3G - 2004 - 2009

Table 57 - Mobile revenue and call minutes - 2003 - 2009

Table 58 - Mobile market share by operator - 2006 - 2009

Table 59 - EC maximum roaming charges - 2007 - 2009

Table 60 - Cumulative ported mobile numbers - 2004 - 2009

Table 61 - Mobile termination charges by operator - 2008 - 2009; 2011

Table 62 - 2G spectrum allocations by operator

Table 63 - 3G spectrum allocations by operator

Table 64 - 3 Austria subscribers - March 2009

Table 65 - 3 Austria revenue and ARPU- 2008

Table 66 - mobilkom austria group subscribers; Europe and Austria - 2000 - 2009

Table 67 - mobilkom austria group subscriber breakdown - 2005 - 2009

Table 68 - mobilkom austria - mobile financial data - 2004 - 2009

Table 69 - mobilkom austria monthly ARPU - 2004 - 2009

Table 70 - tele.ring subscribers (historic) - 2005

Table 71 - T-Mobile Austria revenue, subscribers, ARPU - 2003 - 2009

Table 72 - Mobile numbers in use, contract and prepaid - 2004 - 2009

Table 73 - mobilkom austria prepaid subscribers - 2005 - 2009

Table 74 - Mobile data services revenue as % of total - 1999 - 2009

Table 75 - SMS messages sent - 2004 - 2009

Table 76 - mobilkom austria SMS sent - 2006 - 2009

Table 77 - mobilkom austria: data as proportion of revenue - 2004 - 2009

Table 78 - MMS messages sent - 2005 - 2009

Table 79 - Mobile broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2009

Table 80 - Retail mobile broadband lines by type - January 2009

Table 81 - Forecast broadband subscribers - higher growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018

Table 82 - Forecast broadband subscribers - lower growth scenario - 2007 - 2012; 2018

Table 83 - Forecast UMTS subscribers - 2006 - 2010; 2012 - 2014

Table 84 - Forecast mobile ARPU - 2005 - 2010; 2012 - 2014

Exhibit 1 - EU - The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)

Exhibit 2 - Access, the local loop and unbundling - an overview

Exhibit 3 - Chart of broadband access by technology - 2002 - 2008

Exhibit 4 - Chart of broadband connections by technology - 2002 - 2008

Exhibit 5 - Regional WLL licenses in 3.5GHz spectrum by operator - 2004

Exhibit 6 - 450MHz frequency allocation overview - 2006

Exhibit 7 - 3.5GHz frequency allocation - 2008

Exhibit 8 - Overview of media convergence

Exhibit 9 - Chart of mobile market revenue, wholesale and retail - 1997 - 2008

Exhibit 10 - Active mobile providers - 2009

Exhibit 11 - 3G licence results

Exhibit 12 - 450MHz licence results - 2006

Exhibit 13 - 3.5GHz licence regions - December 2008

Exhibit 14 - 3.5GHz licence regions - August 2009

Abstract

• Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
• Facts, figures and statistics;
• Industry and regulatory issues;
• Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, Prepaid;
• VoIP, IPTV, VoD, digital TV and DTTV;
• Convergent media and mobile broadband;
• Telecom market forecasts for selective years to 2014 and 2018.

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