Editing Telecommunications in Austria (section)

==Telephones==

* International calling code: 43<ref name="WFB-Austria-2013" />

===Fixed line phones===
* 3.4 million fixed line phones, 47th in the world (2011).<ref name="WFB-Austria-2013" />

The majority of fixed lines are [[Analog transmission|analogue]], with [[Integrated Services Digital Network]] (ISDN) lines for the remainder.

Fixed-line subscribership has been in decline since the mid-1990s and was eclipsed by mobile-cellular in the late 1990s.<ref name="WFB-Austria-2013" />

===Mobile phones===
* 7.6 million mobile phone lines in use, 60th in the world (2011).<ref name="WFB-Austria-2013" />

The Austrian mobile phone market is highly competitive, with some of the lowest rates in Europe.<ref>[https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Austria-Mobile-Market-Insights-Statistics-and-Forecasts.html "Austria - Mobile Market Insights, Statistics and Forecasts"], BuddeComm, Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd. Retrieved 30 October 2013.</ref> Due to the geographical structures of Austria (mountains, flat lands, lakes) many providers use it as a "testing range" for new services. [[Mobile number portability]] was introduced in 2008, allowing users to retain their mobile phone numbers when switching between network operators. The original area codes allocated to each operator can no longer be used to determine the network with which a subscriber is registered.

;First generation networks
D-Netz by [[Telekom Austria]]. This network was switched off at the end of the 1990s.
;Second generation networks
There are three nationwide [[GSM]] networks which also support additional brands and [[mobile virtual network operator]]s (MVNOs).
* [[mobilkom Austria|A1]]: originally Mobilkom. It now runs a mixed GSM-900, GSM-1800 and [[UMTS]] network. Also provides service for MVNO's bob, B-free (owned by A1), Red Bull Mobile and Yess! 
* [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]]: originally max mobil. It now runs a mixed GSM-900, GSM-1800 and UMTS network. Also marketed as telering as a separate brand.
* [[Orange Austria|Orange]]: originally One (until September 2008). A mixed GSM-1800 and UMTS network. Since end 2011 owned by Drei/Hutchinson Whampoa.

;Third generation networks
Drei: Owned by [[Hutchinson Whampoa]], a [[Hong Kong]] based company that runs its own UMTS network.