Telekom Austria Group Posts Successful Christmas Sales
Telekom Austria Group Posts Successful Christmas Sales
Vienna, January 16, 2008: The Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) today announced its latest access line figures in the Fixed Net segment as well as Mobile Communication customer numbers and market figures as of year-end 2007.
Fixed Net
In 2007 the trend in the Fixed Net segment continued. Due to the fixed-to-mobile migration fixed net access lines further declined to 2.4 million access lines at year-end 2007 compared to 2.6 million at the end of the previous year.
In a very competitive environment the Fixed Net segment could increase the number of xDSL access lines. xDSL net adds reached 28,600 during the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 23,700 during the same period of the previous year. The number of xDSL access lines was 750,700 as of December 31, 2007 compared to 693,600 at the end of 2006.
Detailed Fixed Net Figures (18.2 KB)
Mobile Communication
The number of Mobile Communication customers* in 2007 increased by 44.6% to 14.8 million customers due to the contribution made by MDC in Belarus and due to the positive development across all countries. Without MDC the subscriber base would have grown by 14.7% to 11.7 million customers with 510,700 net additions during the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 454,500 during fourth quarter 2006.
mobilkom austria won 105,600 net adds during the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 101,100 during the same period of the previous year. mobilkom austria was able to expand its subscriber base by 9.1% to 3.96 million customers in 2007. The contract subscriber base increased by 19.0% due to the strong sales of data cards and USB modems. In a very competitive market landscape mobilkom austria was able to increase the market share from 38.7% at the end of 2006 to 40.3% at the end of 2007. The penetration rate in Austria stood at 118.3% at year-end 2007.
Mobiltel gained 284,900 net adds in the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 231,600 in the fourth quarter of the previous year. The subscriber base at year-end 2007 amounted to 5.1 million, an increase of 19.5% compared to the end of the previous year. During the same period the market share of Mobiltel decreased due to strong competition from 52.5% at the end of 2006 to 50.3% at the end of 2007. Mobile market penetration reached 132.8% as a result of multiple SIM cards.
MDC, consolidated from October 3, 2007, is the second largest mobile communications operation in Belarus and had 3.06 million customers at year-end 2007, 23.0% more than at the end of the previous year. MDC’s market share was 43.4% at the end of December 2007. The mobile penetration in Belarus reached 71.5%.
Vipnet also registered an excellent Christmas business and was able to increase its subscriber base by 14.0% to 2.18 million customers. 102,600 net adds were won during the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 106,700 customers in the fourth quarter of the previous year. Vipnet’s market share increased slightly and reached 43.0% at the end of the fourth quarter 2007. The mobile penetration was 114.9%.
Si.mobil managed to increase its customer base by 18.2% to 497,300 customers as of year-end 2007. Si.mobil registered 17,400 net additions during the fourth quarter 2007 compared to 15,000 during the same period last year. Due to a very strong performance Si.mobil’s market share rose to 26.9%. The penetration rate in Slovenia increased from 85.4% to 92.2%.
Detailed Mobile Communication Figures** (25.5 KB)
* Excluding subscribers of recently launched operations in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Macedonia.
** Excluding subscribers of recently launched operations in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Macedonia. Subscriber figures for these operations will be announced on February 27, 2008.
Contact:
Elisabeth Mattes
Spokeswoman Telekom Austria Group
Tel: +43 664 331 2730
E-Mail: elisabeth.mattes@telekom.at