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T-Mobile / UPC: For the moment, everything remains the same for the customers
VIENNA. Unconditional merger approved. There will be no fixed landline offers in 2019.
Andreas Bierwirth Image: T -Mobile
Telekom Austria IPO: The purchase of the UPC Austria fixed network company by the country's second largest mobile operator, T-Mobile Austria, of 1.9 billion euros. # 39; euros. This merger was authorized by the European Commission without any conditions.
Although the new company of 2200 employees (including 1200 at T-Mobile) would have 7.2 million mobile and fixed connections to the Internet, telephony and television, the competition law is harmless, so the authorities . This is understandable because it creates the former monopoly A1 Telekom Austria, which also combines fixed and mobile under one roof, for the first time an equal competitor. This is likely to stimulate the market rather than restrict the market.
For T-Mobile and UPC customers, nothing will change for the moment, existing customers remain contractually with their respective companies. It is only in 2019 that joint offers will be launched on the market. More details on the implementation of the merger T-Mobile's CEO, Andreas Bierwirth, did not want to reveal on request, since the last contracts are now completed. At the beginning of August, you go to the public. The acquisition will be "an entirely new engine for the digital infrastructure of Austria."
As a fiber optic network operator, which also offers DSL Internet over lines Clbadical copper, UPC is not strongly represented in Upper Austria. Most customers have UPC in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck. In "Upper Austria", only the areas of Hausruckviertel, Bad Ischl and Ennstal are served by UPC connections. (uru)
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