Telekom Austria to focus on focuses on broadband in 2002
05/02/2002

Telekom Austria (TA) announced that its new wire-line organisation would form the basis for a comprehensive market offensive in 2002.

In this new organisation, TA's key account division is to be merged with Datakom Austria's sales division to form a joint "business solutions" unit. All access-related internet activities for Jet2Web Internet Services will be reintegrated into Telekom Austria.

As of the end of December 2001, the company’s fixed line market share was slightly more than 56 per cent. This represents a reduction of 0.9 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2001, compared to a 1.4 and 1.2 per cent reduction in the second and third quarters respectively.

This year, Telekom Austria's management board will focus on the development of the broadband market. By the end of December 2001, TA had gained 100,000 ADSL customers. This figure is expected to double by December 2002.

The total number of Telekom Austria internet users in increased by 122 per cent to 656,000 by the end of 2001, compared to the same period in 2000.

Across the country 77 per cent of households will be able to receive ADSL services in 2002. In urban areas ADSL coverage will increase to 98 per cent.

Micorsoft launches mobile MSN portals in Europe.

Microsoft today launched two mobile versions of its MSN Internet portal in Europe. The two mobile MSN portals -- launched in France and Germany -- are designed for the small color displays of Pocket PC handhelds. British and Spanish versions of the mobile MSN portal will make their debut in a few weeks. Microsoft recently launched SMS versions of Hotmail in Denmark and Switzerland, generating 27 text messages per user per month in the first month of service. Hotmail is currently the world's most popular Web-based email service, claiming 110 million users.