Reportlinker Adds Austria (country regulation overview)

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Austria (country regulation overview)

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The Austrian telecoms market has seen significant activity during the past year. In 2010 the TKK has completed a market analysis of five wholesale markets and one retail market, and is expected to finalize the analysis of the remaining five markets by the end of the year. Interestingly, unlike many other EU countries, the Austrian regulator, the Telekom Control Kommission (TKK), defines relevant markets specific to Austria and does not follow the EU's recommended definitions.

Among its key decisions, the TKK obligated the incumbent, A1 Telekom Austria, to provide access to cable ducts and optical fiber, and also permitted alternative operators to offer VDSL2-based services. Alongside this, the Austrian government is carrying out a feasibility study on the deployment of fiber-optic networks to expand broadband networks to the rural regions of the country. These initiatives of the regulator and the government are expected to encourage investment in optical fiber networks, thereby driving the growth of bundled and converged services in the country.

Like many other telecoms regulators of European countries including Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway, the TKK also issued licenses in the 2.6GHz band in September 2010 for offering LTE-based services. The introduction of 4G technologies is expected to enable service providers to launch innovative mobile broadband services at increased speeds, enabling the country to remain in competition with its counterparts in the EU region.

Overview

Ovum view

Market overview

Fixed market overview

Broadband market

Mobile market overview

National regulatory authority

Competition authority

Key legislation and regulation

Acts

Ordinances

Current status of market analysis

Mobile licensing

3G licenses

Allocation of frequencies in the 2.6GHz range

Allocation of GSM frequencies in the 450MHz range

Allocation of frequencies in 26GHz range

Allocation of frequencies in 3.5GHz range

Digital dividend

Retail regulation

The retail market

Cost model for retail tariffs

VoIP

Wholesale fixed regulation

Services subject to regulation

Number portability

Fixed voice interconnection

Cost model for reference interconnection offer

Procedure for setting and reviewing charges

Wholesale access

Wholesale line rental

Local loop unbundling

Wholesale broadband services

Government support for broadband expansion

Wholesale mobile regulation

Services subject to regulation

National roaming

Fixed-to-mobile termination

Mobile number portability

Competition cases

Current cases

Universal service

Universal service obligation

Appendix

Market definitions

Methodology

List of Tables

Table 1: Austria: mobile market information

Table 2: Austria: 2.6GHz spectrum allocation

Table 3: 3.5GHz auction results (2009)

Table 4: Fixed sector: services subject to regulation

Table 5: Mobile sector: services subject to regulation

Table 6: Glidepath: mobile call termination 2009–11

Table 7: The RTR's definition of relevant markets and SMP designation

List of Figures

Figure 1: Fixed lines in Austria: 2005–09

Figure 2: Fixed broadband connections in Austria: 2005–09

Figure 3: Mobile subscribers in Austria: 2005–09

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