Nokia scores 5G deal in Austria
Nokia has inked a 5G core and access deal with A1 in Austria, which is obviously good news, but not necessarily a major step forward the Finnish vendor.
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A1 Telekom becomes HERE’s first operator customer
Location-based services company HERE Technologies has managed to entice the first telecoms client to its Marketplace in the form of A1 Telekom Austria Group.
Austria gives itself the power to censor Facebook globally
The Austrian Supreme Court has decided that any censorship demands it places on Facebook must be implemented globally.
Austria and Australia join the march against Silicon Valley
The days of the wild-west internet seem to be coming to a close with Austria and Australia becoming the latest nations to update the rules governing the business activities of the internet giants.
Deutsche Telekom forks out €1.9bn to boost Austrian business
After a failed attempt to buy Sprint in the US, Deutsche Telekom has proved it still knows its way through the acquisition maze, with its second purchase in a matter of days.
Austrian discount retailer set to enter MVNO market – report
Hofer, the Austrian branch of Aldi, is reportedly entering the mobile market in January with its own mobile service offering. It would replace Yesss!, the MVNO Hofer announced it was dropping last December, although the contract is still valid until the end of this year.
3 Austria gets Android carrier billing
Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 group has successfully integrated Google Play direct carrier billing into the network of its Austrian subsidiary, 3 Austria. The company has already rolled out the system in Sweden, Ireland and Hong Kong, allowing apps and other digital goods such as books, music, games as well as the music streaming service Music All Access to be paid for via the mobile bill.
America Movil bids to take control of Telekom Austria
Latin American operator group America Movil has announced its intention to acquire all outstanding shares in European operator group Telekom Austria.
Telekom Austria migrates fixed net telephony to VoIP
Operator group Telecom Austria has announced that its domestic subsidiary, A1, has fully migrated its fixed net telephony to VoIP, claiming to be the first to do so in the EU.
T-Mobile Austria confirms intent to appeal auction results
The Austrian arm of operator group Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile Austria, has confirmed its intent to appeal the results of the country’s recent LTE spectrum auction. A spokesperson from the operator told telecoms.com that it plans to appeal to Austria’s Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court next week.
Telekom Austria sees Q3 profit down by 48 per cent
Telekom Austria, which last month paid out more than €1bn in the Austrian LTE spectrum auction, has reported a drop in third quarter profit of almost 50 per cent. Net income for the period was €52.13m, down 48.3 per cent year on year from €99.2m, while revenue declined 5.3 per cent to €1.04bn.
Austrian spectrum auction comes under fire
Industry consultants have attacked the recent Austrian LTE spectrum auction process, claiming that the outcome took too much money out of the market and threatens competition in the Austrian mobile sector. The fact that incumbent Telekom Austria was able to acquire half of all the spectrum made available could be particularly detrimental.
3 to buy O2 Ireland as consolidation drive continues
Hutchison Whampoa, which operates the 3 brand in Europe, has announced that it is to buy Telefónica’s Irish mobile operation O2 for €780m, with a further €70m payable if a number of agreed financial targets are hit. It is the second consolidatory move made by Hutchison in recent months, following the acquisition of Orange Austria, which was completed at the end of 2012.
Austria outlines 4G spectrum auction plans
Austrian regulator the Telekom-Control Commission (TKK) will begin auctioning the country’s 800MHz, 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands in September 2013. A total of 28 frequency blocks of 2x5MHz will be on offer.
Telekom Austria to incubate start-ups
Incumbent operator Telekom Austria this week launched a start-up initiative under its domestic A1 brand. The idea is to select highly skilled individuals with entrepreneurial spirit and leadership potential, who are in the process of starting up a business, and give them the necessary network infrastructure, technical equipment and specialist support to market their business.
Austrian mobile mergers under scrutiny
Austria was a hotbed of activity towards the end of this week as the Austrian Federal Competition Authority applied for an in-depth assessment by the Cartel Court of Telekom Austria’s proposed acquisition of MVNO brand YESSS!
3 Austria goes live with LTE
Hutchison Whampoa’s Austrian 3G operation, 3 Austria, on Wednesday switched on its commercial LTE network in Vienna, with a plan to roll out to other major cities in coming months.
Austrian incumbents win LTE spectrum
The Austrian telecoms regulator has concluded the auction of the country’s 2.6GHz spectrum, to be used for LTE deployments, raising €39.5m from the four incumbent operators Telekom Austria, Hutchison, T-Mobile and Orange.
Telekom Austria looks to LTE to divert data flood
Telekom Austria announced Wednesday that it has successfully run a Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, showcasing a high definition videoconferencing platform in Vienna.
Telefonica O2, Hutch Austria roll out LTE kit
European carrier Telefónica is to roll out LTE test projects in six countries with a view to selecting technology providers for its 4G deployments.
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