The Austrian federal government has sold 2.6GHz licences to Austria’s four existing mobile operators, raising a total of E39.5m.
A1 Telekom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria each acquired 2×20 MHz in the paired band and 25 MHz in the unpaired band. Orange…
The Austrian federal government has sold 2.6GHz licences to Austria’s four existing mobile operators, raising a total of E39.5m.
A1 Telekom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria each acquired 2×20 MHz in the paired band and 25 MHz in the unpaired band. Orange Austria Telecommunication snapped up 2×10 MHz in the paired band, while T-Mobile Austria received 2×20 MHz in the paired band.
According to Austrian communications regulator RTR, the auction reaped far more money than expected, since minimum bids had been set at around E7.4m.
The regulator anticipates that operators will use their new frequencies primarily for the development of high-speed mobile broadband.
“LTE technology enables operators to offer wireless broadband access with top speeds of up to 100 MBit/s,” said Georg Serentschy, managing director of RTR’s telecommunications division.
“These additional frequencies are important because the use of mobile broadband has skyrocketed in recent years, which in turn has led to bottlenecks in urban areas. Austria’s operators will now be able to offer their subscribers high-capacity mobile broadband services.”
