Market

In order to ensure fair and smoothly functioning competition on the telecommunications market in Austria, the Austrian legislature has defined precise objectives for the activities of the telecommunications regulatory authorities. The first priority is to ensure that Austrian people and businesses are provided with cost-effective, high-quality, innovative telecommunications services. This is achieved, for example, by lowering barriers to market entry for new service providers, by ensuring open network provision and by acting as an arbitrator in case of disputes between market participants. The pages that follow clearly demonstrate that since January 1, 1998, the Austrian telecommunications market has been privatized successfully in accordance with to national and international standards.