Austria's telecommunications market: Fewer and fewer landline connections in the downward trend!

Austria's telecommunications market: Fewer and fewer landline connections in the downward trend!

Austria's telecommunications landscape shows a dramatic change: The number of landline connections fell to only 2.02 million in the 2nd quarter of 2024, which corresponds to a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to the previous year. Dr. Klaus M. Steinmaurer, managing director of RTR, points out that more and more people are relying on broadband telephony, while the classic landline connection is becoming increasingly important. This development also leads to an increase in the SIM cards used: from 12.8 million in the 2nd quarter of 2023 to remarkable 13.6 million in the same period of 2024, such as ots reported .

market changes and providers

The market shares of the mobile operators are also dynamic. The MVNOS (mobile operator without their own network) were able to increase their share to a total of 17 percent. Compared to the previous year, this is an increase of 1.9 percent. A1 remains the market leader with 37 percent, followed by Magenta with 25 percent and three with 21 percent. Hot and Spusu form the next places with market shares of 9 and 5 percent, while the remaining providers together make up 3 percent. These developments illustrate that the providers are increasingly able to serve specific customer needs and act successfully on the market.

In Germany, Deutsche Telekom AG dominates with over 17.3 million landline connections and more than 15 million broadband connections - a market share of around 40 percent in the field of broadband. According to Statista , Telekom generated sales of around 112 billion euros worldwide, largely by the subsidiary T-Mobile in the USA. With a turnover of around 16.5 billion euros from landline services, Deutsche Telekom remains unchallenged in Germany. In the area of mobile communications, she recorded around 61 million customers at the end of 2023, which takes second place behind Vodafone.