Kabelplus
| kabelplus GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | January 4, 1978 First entry according to the commercial register as kabelsignal Rundfunk-Vermittlungsanlagen Gesellschaft mbH |
| Seat | Maria Enzersdorf |
| management | Management Gerhard Haidvogel, Wolfgang Schäffer |
| Number of employees | 105 |
| sales | EUR 64.9 million (2017/18) |
| Branch | telecommunications |
| Website | www.kabelplus.at |
The cable plus GmbH, a 100% affiliate of EVN AG , headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf is a telecommunications provider for Internet, television, fixed and mobile services. As a cable network operator , the company reaches households and companies in Lower Austria and Burgenland via its cable ( coax ) and fiber optic network . In addition, there is a largely nationwide coverage of the two federal states with radio infrastructure.
history
Kabel plus GmbH was founded as kabelsignal Rundfunk-Vermittlungsanlagen GmbH in 1978 by Siemens AG as the owner. With headquarters in Maria Enzersdorf , the company followed the broadcast of domestic and foreign analog radio programs. The company has been using fiber optics as the main supply lines for the network since 1992. In 1997, the classic cable television offer was expanded to include Internet connections via the cable and fiber optic network, with the result that the company established itself as one of the first broadband providers.
In 1998, the telecommunications provider was taken over 100% by EVN AG under the company name kabelsignal AG. Since 2005 the company has also been offering wireless internet, especially for rural regions. The product range was expanded in 2006 to include landline telephony over the cable network. The cable network operator is thus active as a triple player in the telecommunications market: this means that television, Internet and telephony can be offered from a single source.
In 2009 kabelsignal bought B.net Burgenland Telekom GmbH, at that time a subsidiary of BEWAG , the Burgenland counterpart. Furthermore, in 2010 nökom (previously an affiliate of EVN and the Province of Lower Austria) was merged with kabelsignal after taking over the shares of the Province of Lower Austria. In March 2012, B.net and kabelsignal merged to form kabel plus . In December 2012 the company changed its legal form from AG to GmbH.
Since March 2019, kabel plus has also been offering cellular services as a so-called MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). For this purpose, the company rented Hutchison Drei Austria's existing mobile network . For private customers, the focus is on quad-play (TV, Internet, landline and mobile telephony) and for business customers, the merging of landline and mobile telephony.
Today, kabelplus GmbH, with 253 municipalities served, is by its own account the largest cable network operator and multimedia service provider in Lower Austria and Burgenland and thus also one of the largest Austrian cable network operators.
Company data
As of September 30, 2019, kabel plus provides customers in Lower Austria and Burgenland with 113,000 television, 87,000 broadband Internet and around 68,000 landline and mobile phone services. In addition, kabel plus offers business solutions for companies. Kabel plus currently has 105 employees (as of September 30, 2019).
Kabel plus operates fiber optic and cable ( coax ) networks and offers FTTH (fiber optic connection to the home) in around 50 communities. A total of EUR 23.8 million was invested in fiber optic technology, network expansion and optimization in the 2018/19 financial year. In the current financial year the total investment will also amount to over EUR 23 million.
Business areas
Television - kabelTV, kabelplusMAGIC TV
Kabel plus customers have been able to receive digital programs since 1986 and programs in high definition (HD) since 2007 . In 2016, the exit from analogue transmission technology was implemented in favor of a greater variety of HD TVs and an improved range of bandwidths. kabel plus feeds approx. 130 digital TV channels including 62 HD programs as well as digital radio programs into the network.
In 2009, kabel plus launched kabelPremiumTV, a special pay TV entertainment offer. The program packages range from family, documentary, sport, to music, leisure, erotic and foreign languages and can be received via a smart card when ordered. Since 2017, the company has integrated the online video library Flimmit into its offer for customers .
Since June 2019, kabel plus has been offering Internet Protocol Television ( IPTV ) under the name MAGIC TV. This replaced KabelPremiumTV. More than 130 television and around 50 radio stations can be received using the Mediabox , plus video-on-demand , time-shifted television (replay TV) and apps for smartphones and tablets are available.
Internet - cableNET
The company has been offering broadband internet via cable since 1997. With fiber optic cables, bandwidths of up to 300 Mbit / s can now be ordered via kabel plus . With the product wavenet, Internet via radio, the provider also supplies structurally weaker regions outside of metropolitan areas with fast Internet. Kabel plus has been planning and building new local networks and larger residential complexes exclusively as fiber-to-the-home networks (FTTH) since 2014 .
For business customers, solutions with various access technologies such as fiber optic Ethernet, cable network or radio network are provided.
As part of the Lower Austria model of Open Access Networks launched by Niederösterreichische Glasfaserinf InfrastrukturgesmbH (nöGIG) as an internet service provider and / or network operator, Kabel plus is involved in the activities of subsidized broadband expansion in Lower Austria. For example, the company operates as a neutral network operator in the Triestingtal pilot region.
Telephony - kabelTEL
In 2006 the company expanded its fixed line telephony services and positioned itself on the market as a triple player.
Mobile communications - kabelplusMOBILE
Since March 2019, kabel plus has also included mobile communications. The SIM card tariffs are offered without binding on a contract or prepaid card basis. There is the option of porting your number and participating in the EVN bonus points program .
literature
- Georg Rigele: Between monopoly and market. EVN the energy and infrastructure company . 2004, EVN: Maria Enzersdorf
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] , March 30, accessed on March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Kabelplus company in Maria Enzersdorf. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ about kabelplus. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ^ Georg Rigele: Between monopoly and market. EVN the energy and infrastructure company . Ed .: EVN. Maria Enzersdorf 2004, p. 213 .
- ^ Markus Sulzbacher: Kabelplusmobile: Mobile operator number 38 started. DerStandard, April 1, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ kabelplus company history. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ kabelplus pushes broadband expansion. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ TV programs. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ partnership with Flimmit. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ kabelplusMAGIC TV. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Internet bandwidths . Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ^ Fiber to the Home. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Article nöGIG. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Kabelplus mobile portal. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .