List of mobile phone providers in Austria

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The list of mobile provider in Austria shows all on the Austrian mobile communications market -based mobile service provider (also: Mobilfunkdiscounter called resellers ) brands of Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNO) and discount brands of the network operator A1 Telekom Austria , Hutchison Three Austria and magenta Telekom in Austria .

Subsidiaries and brands of mobile network operators

bob / VECTONE

bob started in July 2006 as a brand of A1 Telekom Austria, then Mobilkom Austria, as a mobile phone discounter with its own area code 0680. The focus is on postpaid customers. The area code 0688 comes from the mobile phone division of Tele2, which was sold to Telekom Austria , which in turn merged it with bob.

VECTONE is a sub-brand and also has the area code 0688. This enables cheap calls mainly for people who are constantly changing countries, such as B. 24 hour supervisors, business travelers, or companies based in different locations in Europe.

eety

eety was founded on April 24, 2006, among other things with a 25.1% share from Orange Austria , whose network it used. Through the merger with Hutchison Drei Austria, this stake was transferred and this mobile network, which now has a 100% share, is also used. Once the target group was non-German speaking customers, for whom service was sometimes offered in their native language. The starter packages are sold through various supermarket chains. As of August 2, 2016, the account manager only has rudimentary self-care functions. Tariff changes are made either by telephone with the assistance of support or by entering a code on the device. The area code is 0665 and 0681/83.

RedBull Mobile

RedBull-Mobile has been offered by A1 Telekom Austria since October 1st, 2008 in cooperation with RedBull . Later, a cooperation with Sunrise started in Switzerland as a similar offer under the same name. Today, RedBull-Mobile also offers tariffs with selected smartphones and a special information service about the company.

Yesss!

Yesss! As a subsidiary of Orange Austria , then One,startedits no-frills offer on April 1, 2005 as the first discount mobile communications provider on the Austrian market and used the parent company's network. With around 550,000 customers, Yesss! According to its own information, it is the fourth largest mobile operator in Austria.

For years, besides mobile communications, VoIP (called discount webfonieren) was also offered with a "landline number", but the focus was always on mobile communications. This service was discontinued on July 31, 2013.

On September 6, 2007, Yesss! as the first Austrian mobile communications discounter to set up its own Internet offering under the name discount-surfing . This is a prepaid tariff with which credit or data volume can be loaded that must be used within one year. The UMTS / HSDPA network from Orange is used, which was previously blocked for customers of the discounter.

As part of the Orange sale to Drei, Yesss! handed over to A1 Telekom Austria for EUR 390 million. A1 operates Yesss! as a separate company. Integration into A1's mobile network has been in place since April 15, 2013.

Active marketing was carried out almost exclusively through the food discounter Hofer until the end of 2014 , and since then through Austrian Post and Tobacco Shops, Pagro, Libro and Rewe Group stores . Today the brand is distributed by Billa , Merkur (Austria) , BIPA , ADEG Austria , LIBRO , Austrian Post , tobacco tobacconists throughout Austria and petrol stations throughout Austria . The area code is 0681 and 0699/81.

Other mobile phone discounters (brands)

The core business of all the mobile phone discounters mentioned here is the exchange of calls abroad, especially to the local landline connections.

billitel!

billitel! is an offer from ICC Calling Cards GmbH and uses the services of the MVNE ( Mobile Virtual Network Enabler ) Yesss! and thus the mobile network of A1.

delightmobile

delightmobile is an offer from English Mundio Mobile (Austria) Limited, which uses the mobile network of Magenta Telekom in Austria.

Educom

Educom is a brand of Edustore, in cooperation with A1. The area code is 0681.

Freeeway

Freeeway is a product of Machine and Voice Communication GmbH and uses the services of KPN , Magenta Telekom and Telekom Liechtenstein. The company's focus is on roaming-free communication, especially for the transport and logistics industry. The M2M communication segment is also covered.

Ge (-) org!

ge org is offered by the two brands Saturn and Media Markt of the Metro Group in cooperation with A1 as an “in-house” mobile communications brand . Marketing is mainly carried out by the fact that every mobile device purchased without a contract receives a starter kit free of charge. In the past, Ge org! handled by Tele.Ring / T-Mobile Austria, any from this time still with Ge org! printed SIM cards are listed as Tele.Ring prepaid cards.

goood mobile

goood mobile is a German-Austrian provider of mobile communications services in the A1 Telekom Austria AG network. The area code is 0681.

HoT

HoT Hofer Telekom is offered by Hofer Telekom und Service GmbH, a subsidiary of Ventocom GmbH , and has been sold through the food discount company Hofer KG since January 2, 2015 . The Magenta Telekom network is used for this. In May 2020, the brand was used by over 930,000 customers, making it the fourth largest provider in Austria. The area code is 0677.

joymobile

joymobile is a brand of EGR Vertriebs- und Handelges.mbH in the network of Hutchison Austria. This is managed in cooperation with the eety brand. The area code is 0665.

Kabelplus Mobile

Kabelplus Mobile is a brand of Kabelplus in the network of Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH, the area code is 0686.

Kronemobile / courier mobile

On September 3, 2016, Krone mobile and Kuriermobil started in Austria and use the A1 network. The area code is 0681.

kwikki

kwikki was started at the end of 2011 by Orange Austria in cooperation with Tobaccoland Austria . The sale takes place exclusively through tobacco shops . In the course of the merger with Hutchison Drei Austria, this brand was transferred to A1 Telekom Austria and now also uses this mobile network. The area code is 0699.

Lidl Connect

Lidl Connect has been a mobile phone brand offered by Lidl Austria in cooperation and network with Hutchison Drei Austria since July 1, 2019 . Various telephony and data packages are offered. In June 2020, the company announced that it had sold a total of 70,000 SIM cards.

Liwest Mobil

Liwest offers wireless services in the Magenta Telekom network. The brand is managed by LTK Telekom und Service GmbH, a subsidiary of Ventocom GmbH , the area code is 0677.

Lycamobile

Lycamobile started in Austria on November 8, 2013 and uses the A1 Telekom Austria network.

m: tel

M: tel is aimed "primarily at customers who live and work in Austria and come from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Montenegro".

Rapid Mobil

Rapid Mobil offers special tariffs for fans of the football club and advertises "exclusive home benefits". The administration is carried out by RTK Telekom und Service GmbH in the Magenta Telekom network, the area code is 0677.

s-budget-mobile

s-budget-mobile is offered by the Spar Austria retail chain in cooperation with the Magenta Telekom brand tele.ring. The clear focus is on prepaid customers as well as the monthly packages for voice and SMS (one of them with additional data volume) as well as a pure data package.

Symphony

A Wien Energie brand , spelling: SIMfonie.

HELP mobile / spusu / Tchibo Mobil Austria

In June 2015 the brand spusu (“ speak and surf”) started as a virtual mobile operator in the network of Hutchison Drei Austria. Spusu relies heavily on marketing via Facebook. The HELP mobile brand was launched as an offshoot of this, presenting itself as a mobile operator for families. Tchibo Mobil Austria is distributed directly by Eduscho .

Behind the brands is MASS Response Service GmbH, according to its own information, spusu alone will have around 300,000 customers in 2020. The primary code is 0670.

Vectonemobile

Vectonemobile is an offer from English Mundio Mobile (Austria) Limited, which uses the mobile network of Magenta Telekom in Austria. In addition to the focus on international calls, other services are also offered.

VOLmobil

VOLmobil is an offer from Russmedia with a special focus on customers in Vorarlberg. Sales are carried out by Teleport Consulting & Systemmanagement GmbH. The area code is 0676/44.

Wowww!

Wowww! is an offer from ICC Calling Cards GmbH, uses the services of the MVNE Yesss! and thus the mobile network of A1 Telekom Austria.

Yooopi!

Yooopi! is an offer from Alpinacom GmbH, uses the services of the MVNE Yesss! and thus the mobile network of A1 Telekom Austria, and focuses on cheap tariffs for international calls.

Former mobile phone discounters

Alliance SIM

The Allianz insurance company in September 2015 announced its own Diskount-mobile radio equipment, including insurance. The offer was discontinued on December 21, 2019. The area code was 0677.

C-Cube Mobile

As a sub-tenant of Tele2 (TWAUSMOB GmbH), the Calling Card Company (CCC) offered its own SIM cards for cheap calls abroad. After the sale of the Tele2 mobile communications division to A1 Telekom Austria, the service of C-Cube - as part of the voluntary commitments to the federal competition authority - was discontinued.

Hello Mobile

Hello Mobile was finally discontinued on April 1, 2008 and August 2015.

MediaMarkt Mobil and Saturn Mobil

Since June 30, 2016, Media Markt and Saturn have been offering a second brand in addition to ge org, which is called Media Markt Mobil or Saturn Mobil, depending on the store. The network was used by Hutchison Drei Austria. The brands were discontinued in 2019.

ProcosMobile

ProcosMobile was an offer from Procos FM (Facility Management), which used the services of YouMobile and thus the cellular network of T-Mobile Austria. ProcosMobile also wanted to score with low tariffs for international calls.

Black radio

As in Germany, there was a mobile phone service from the uboot.com community in Austria called Schwarzfunk. Schwarzfunk originally used the tele.ring network, which was integrated into the network of the new owner T-Mobile Austria after the takeover.

Tele2 Champion

Tele2 (formerly Tele2UTA ) offered landline and internet in Austria and, with Champion, also offered mobile telephony until the mobile phone division was sold. Tele2 Champion (formerly Tele2Mobil) began its price war as a mobile phone discounter, mainly with advertising against the already well-known discounter Yesss! with a lower price per minute. Tele2 offered as an advantage over Yesss! MMS and GPRS , and even roaming if you register by name . In the course of the price war, Yesss reacted! with a contract option where roaming was also possible here by registering by name when signing the contract. Tele2 also used the Orange Austria network. However, the mobile communications division was sold for around EUR 7 million to A1 Telekom Austria, which transferred the around 131,000 former Tele2 customers from what was then One (now Drei) to the Mobilkom Austria network under the discount brand bob. Existing customers could keep their old tariffs for the time being.

tele.ring

tele.ring was originally founded as a separate company by Verbund , ÖBB and Stadtwerkeholding Citykom Austria in 1997. In 1998, Mannesmann took part and later took over tele.ring completely, but sold the company to Western Wireless in 2001. Western Wireless in turn sold tele.ring to T-Mobile Austria after its own takeover by Alltel in August 2005, and Magenta Telekom from spring 2019. The UMTS network of tele.ring was switched off in August 2006, the GSM network was integrated into that of T-Mobile Austria, so that tele.ring no longer had its own mobile network and tele.ring customers now use the network of T- Use Mobile Austria. tele.ring was retained as its own brand, but became the discount division of T-Mobile Austria, with services such as WAP, MMS and broadband internet still being offered, so that the designation as a no frills provider does not apply to tele.ring.

With the purchase of tele.ring, T-Mobile Austria was able to expand its total market share by one million customers, thus catching up with the market leader Mobilkom Austria. Shortly after the release of the Yess! -Prepaid data tariffs, tele.ring started with its own internet offer and was thus the second Austrian mobile communications discounter with its own broadband tariff. This tariff was in contrast to the offer from Yesss! a postpaid tariff with conditions that were similar to those of the major mobile network operators. The UMTS / HSDPA network from Magenta Telekom was used, whereby a maximum download speed was not limited.

The brand was discontinued in 2020 and customers were fully integrated into the structure of Magenta Telekom. The area code was 0650.

UPC Mobile

UPC Austria started in 2015 as a virtual mobile communications provider under the name UPC mobile. Until the acquisition and merger with T-Mobile Austria in 2018, the network was also used by Hutchison Drei Austria. The area code was 0678.

Vinmobile

Vinmobile was an offer from Vin Traders GmbH and used the services of YouMobile and thus the cellular network of T-Mobile Austria. Vinmobile wanted to score with low tariffs for international calls.

YouTalk

YouTalk was the MVNE YouMobile's own offer (Mitacs Telekomservice GmbH), using the T-Mobile Austria mobile network. The selling point were cheap tariffs for international calls. Mitacs filed for bankruptcy in February 2014 and has since ceased operations.

Web links

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