A1, T-Mobile, Hutchison Drei secure first Austrian 5G licences

VIENNA: Austria has awarded licences to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile, Telekom Austria’s A1 and Hutchison Drei in the country’s first 5G auction, raising 188 million euros ($213 million), telecoms regulator RTR said on Thursday.

Austria, a laggard in the European Union for fast broadband connections, is among the first countries in the bloc to auction 5G licences. Its first 5G auction is mainly aimed at speeding up data services in densely populated areas.