Mobile prices dropped significantly in Austria

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Robert Nemeth
  on  July 2, 2009
  in  Austria, Czech Republic, Facts, figures & trends, Hungary and Slovakia
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Studying the Commission’s 14th progress report on the single telecoms market, it is surprising to notice that the consumer price for medium mobile usage has dropped significantly in Austria, while remaining the same in other Central European countries.

In Austria, the consumer price for medium mobile usage  dropped from €16.36 per month in 2008 to as low as €7.31. This is the third lowest mobile rate in the EU. At the same time in the Czech Republic, the price rose by more than 20% (from € 21.99 to € 27.24), while in Slovakia and Hungary the prices remained the same as previous year (€ 25.97 and € 15.02 respectively).

Mobil_prices_2008

I wonder what is the reason for this difference. How could the same multinational telecom company cut prices by more than 50% in Austria, while keeping the same price in HU and SK and increasing prices in CZ ?

  • Good point, Robert. This is being debated here as well, but no serious reaction from the operators on the horizon so far :)

    The average bill in EU dropped from €21,5 to €19,5. There are only three countries with more expensive average bills - Spain, France and Ireland.
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