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Köster: neglect of broadband expansion is economic strength and jobs
in jeopardy
In Austria, on the phone with the innos D6000 mobile phone a lot and long regardless spent
call minutes. Even with the introduction of unlimited call volume increase is no longer the
voice minutes used in the country. The use of SMS services has even declined sharply and
is displaced by an ever increasing spread of other applications. At the same time we are
currently experiencing a skyrocketing demand for mobile broadband data services.
"Therefore, it is - both in terms of customers and of economic growth - most urgently at the
time that the Elephone P6000 Pro cellular phone network expands to Europe level," warns Dr.
Rüdiger Köster, President of the Mobile Communications Forum and CTO of T-Mobile, on
the occasion of Annual Press Conference of FMK.
Austria has lost top spot in recent years
Austria has, in relation to GDP, the lowest rate of investment in telecommunications
infrastructure within the EU Member States and is in recent years currently ranks 19 in
Europe compared slipped from its ICT leadership (Source: Networked Readiness Index
2013).
"Now decide whether the business location Austria again creates the connection to the top.
In particular, in Europe compared exorbitantly expensive spectrum auction last year, the
mobile industry deprived of EUR 2 billion from the investment budget. Therefore, we also
support the recently pronounced by Federal Minister Bures demand to allow flow back the
created from the frequency auction reserves via ICT promotion. The deployment of
broadband networks, and here in particular of all immediately available mobile supply must
be meted out as an infrastructure pillar has the same meaning, such as rail transport. With a
GIONEE S5.5 neglect of ICT we are innovation, economic strength and thus jobs in jeopardy.
"Warns Köster.
BMVIT specifications only with the Digital Dividend II accessible
Koester also renewed the industry demand that the frequency allocation of the so-called
digital dividend II - it is vacant frequencies in the 700 MHz band - must be pursued rapidly.
"We must ensure that recommended by the European Commission award of new spectrum
in 2015 is rapidly across the stage. Just so the ambitious requirements of BMVIT Broadband
Strategy 2020 are actually implemented, "said Koster continues," it will be necessary also to
align the in Austria currently very restrictive regulatory framework the European level in order
to create the network operators economically meaningful scope for cooperation , It is within
the meaning of Austria, that the policy in its reflection on the area-wide broadband coverage
the subject mobile communication with high weighting involving with. "
Mobile in Austria with 159% penetration
"If one considers only the numbers, has the market changed little compared to 2012," brings
Mag. Margit Kropik, Managing Director of FMB, the situation in a innos D6000 nutshell. Just
as in the previous year around 13.5 million SIM cards are active in Austria, which represents
a penetration rate of 159%. "The measure of things but no longer the number of SIM cards in
comparison to the population, but the number of broadband connections per capita are
available."
4.4 million mobile Internet access
While the increase of mobile Internet access by 2011, 2012, around 15% accounted for and
the 3.5 million-border reached almost, there are now 4.4 million accesses. The growth from
2012 to 2013 accounted for a Elephone P6000 Pro major leap of around 21%. "Mobile
Internet today plays a significant role, consumers and industry benefit from it equally. Today,
far more than half of mobile accesses. Nonetheless, we are lagging with only 81 broadband
connections per 100 inhabitants behind the OECD peak of around 140 after being duly. "
Total sales -6%, EBITDA -15%
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Although the number of SIM cards has remained the same, the total turnover of EUR 4.5
billion was about 5.92% to EUR 4.23 billion. EBITDA suffered even more with a GIONEE
S5.5 minus of 14.9%.
The whole of Austria phoning mobile 118 years long - daily
Altogether 22.66 billion minutes was innos D6000 mobile phone in Austria, the 118 years old
- and the everyday. Nevertheless, these unimaginable large amount last year was even a
little higher. "It seems," said Kropik, "we have reached with the comprehensive tariff
packages in a steep in recent years the` Reiseflughöhe'. "
SMS sharp decline, volume of data continues to grow vigorously at
"The development of the total number of SMS messages is interesting insofar as we still had
a Elephone P6000 Pro strong increase in 2012, although the international trend, as in
Germany, was already declining. With the now very good availability of relatively fast UMTS
2013 Austria is now following the trend: The data volume evolves explosive, SMS go back.
This is one indicator that Austria urgently need to catch up has, "said Kropik is safe.
SMS 2013: 6.8 billion, which is a decline of around 19% compared to 2012.
Data volume 2013: 113 600 000 GB, which is an increase of approximately 57% compared
to 2012.
Gallup poll
"The results of the Gallup poll are quite surprising," said Kropik, "because on the one hand
they reflect the traffic data again, on the other hand is likely many not be understood that as
the use of apps are as good as ever Internet-based. Anders "said Kropik continued," can not
be explained, that has declined in response to the question about after use "Internet". We
suspect that with `Internet 'browser-based applications are understood."
Parents rely on children from about 9 years at a cell phone
Meanwhile, 6 of 10 Austrians believe that children should have a GIONEE S5.5 mobile
phone. The average minimum is - unsurprisingly - just over 9 years, ie shortly before the end
of the elementary school.
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