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KEY FACTS -
as of March 31, 2008
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Provides video, broadband internet, traditional and digital telephony services and offers mobile telephony as part of a bundle |
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1.1 million homes passed |
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541,000 video subscribers, of which 77,000 are digital cable subscribers |
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433,000 broadband internet subscribers
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194,000 telephony subscribers |
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UPC Austria, is the largest cable operator and a market leader in Austria. |
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 UPC Austria is the largest broadband cable operator and market leader in Austria, primarily serving the capital city of Vienna, as well as Graz, Klagenfurt, Innsbruck, and four rural regions in lower Austria. Through the acquisition of unbundled DSL operator INODE, UPC Austria can now reach more than 60% of the country’s footprint including the most densely populated areas throughout Austria. UPC Austria’s high-standard HFC network is entirely upgraded to two-way capability, with 100% of its video cable subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth of at least 860 MHz. UPC Austria offers a range of voice, data, lease line and asymmetric digital subscriber lines, or “ADSL”, services to business customers throughout Austria.
Product Roadmap
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UPC Austria’s new digital platform offers up to 140 TV channels, 70 digital audio channels and radio stations as well as Digital TV EXTRA packages, such as Premiere. With the TV Guide, an Electronic Program Guide, it is possible to receive all the information. With the integrated Digital Video Recorder (DVR) customers decide what they want to see by recording programs, pausing the program being broadcasted or playing it back. The UPC MediaBox DVR makes this possible.
Telekabel TV, UPC’s analog TV product, offers over 30 German-language and international TV stations.
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UPC Austria offers five tiers of chello branded high-speed internet service with download speeds up to 25 Mbps and a student package. UPC Austria’s high-speed internet service is available in all of the cities where it operates. UPC Austria also offers several internet products based on DSL technology to both private and business customers. |
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Multi-feature telephony services are available from UPC Austria to 100% of homes passed. UPC Austria offers basic dial tone service as well as value-added services. UPC Austria began offering digital telephony services through VoIP in March 2006. Digital telephony services are also provided to DSL customers. |
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UPC Austria offers a bundled product of fixed line and mobile telephony services in a co-branding arrangement with the third largest mobile phone operator in Austria, ONE GmbH, under the brand “Take Two.” |
Information above is presented as of December 31, 2007, unless otherwise stated.
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