A1 and Drei partner for fiber optic Internet

It’s called a “paradigm shift”. A1 Boss Marcus Grossama New collaboration with telecom company three, The latter will also offer its products through the A1 fiber optic network in the future. with this Assignments New fiber optic communities will be scaled up and roll-out will be accelerated.

“We will invest in the next 5 years” 3 billion euros in fiber optic detail,” emphasizes Grossum. Austria lagged behind high speed internet still behind. Among the 38 OECD member states, the Alpine Republic tops in terms of fiber optic use 36th place,

According to Grossum, Austria also has a “demand problem”. up to internet speed 1,000 Mbps per second Private homes are likely to get sizable in the coming years. Most Austrians are satisfied with their relatively slow internet cube.

fiber to the home

Accordingly, it is economically unviable to lay fiber optic cables in individual homes. “If a train is only 30 percent full, that’s also not efficient,” Grossum says. working together you can more cost efficient Work and pass the savings to the customers.

The most popular landline tariffs on A1 and Drei are currently . offer download rates from 100 Mbps Feather. Only individual users, such as obsessive computer gamers, will 200 Mbps Or choose more, he says. But you already have some corporate customers who are already using gigabit internet.

Magenta collaborates with investor

Overall, A1 17 partnerships Closed with various companies including many local provider, Drei is the first participant to be presented to the public. The products should reach customers by the end of the year.

For Schraffle, collaborations like this are key to moving forward with fiber optic expansion in Austria: “It’s incredibly difficult to go through it as one company alone.” Magenta has recognized this as well, but the company is taking a different approach and focusing on partnering with an investor. With whom magenta works together, the company intends to reveal next week.

Drei CEO Rudolf Schraffle is confident that with 5G and massive fiber optic expansion, a new internet age Morning. already exist 70 to 80 percent of internet traffic from video. It includes not only youtube either Netflixbut also about video calling, O also To play Growing more and more in the cloud: players no longer need a powerful computer at home, but play via remote access and simply view images.

Users need money

In addition to funding for infrastructure expansion, A1 and Drei also want Demand Promote among consumers. According to the State Secretariat for Digitization, new models are being continuously evaluated to achieve the broadband expansion goals. However, they will have to conform to the legal provisions of the European Union.