Ad-hoc | 23 January 2002 12:28

Telekom Austria AG english

Telekom Austria Group Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Vienna, January 23, 2002: Telekom Austria’s (VSE:TKA; NYSE:TKA) mobile communications business segment (which includes Austrian market leader Mobilkom Austria, VIP-Net (Croatia) and Si.Mobil (Slovenia)) reported customer figures for the year end 2001 today. The total number of customers rose to 3,975,200 at December 31, 2001, up 19.2% from 3,335,700 at December 31, 2000. In Austria, Mobilkom Austria increased its market share during the last quarter of 2001 to 42.9%, up from 42.3% at the end of September 2001. Total customer numbers stood at 2,849,900 at the end of 2001, up from 2,804,300 at the end of 2000. 40.8% of all new customers in Austria chose Mobilkom Austria in 2001. In light of the high mobile penetration rate in Austria (82.2%), Mobilkom Austria was successful in shifting its focus onto the quality of its customer base. This led to an increase of the share of Mobilkom Austria’s contract customers at the end of 2001 compared both with the third quarter 2001 and year-end 2000. VIP-Net (Croatia) increased its customer numbers by 61% to 855,700 at the end of 2001, from 531,400 at the end of 2000. VIP-Net remains market leader in the Croatian GSM-market. Si.Mobil (Slovenia), which was acquired during the first quarter of 2001, had 269,600 customers at the end of 2001, a market share of 21%. It more than doubled the number of customers during 2001. The international business now accounts for 28% of total customer numbers of the mobile communications business segment, up from 16% at the end of 2000. Data is increasing its share in the business of Mobilkom Austria. The availability of GPRS handsets during the last quarter of 2001 permitted growth in GPRS customers in Austria from 7,000 at the end of September to 26,000 at the end of December 2001. The number of chargeable SMS increased 25,3% to 126.3million during the fourth quarter of 2001 from 100.8million during the same period in 2000. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 23.01.2002 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 072000; ISIN: AT0000720008; Index: ATX Listed: Amtlicher Handel in Wien; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, München, Stuttgart 231228 Jän 02