2 million in circulation
Strong increase in the number of 5G SIM cards
The telecommunications regulatory authority RTR counted around 13.7 million SIM cards in Austria at the beginning of the year, of which 2.03 million were for the latest 5G mobile technology. "Compared to the first quarter of 2023, this is an increase (for 5G) of 35%," said RTR Managing Director Klaus M. Steinmaurer on Thursday.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen M2M SIM cards, which are used between machines for data exchange via the internet, increased by 33% to 20.6 million.
Year-on-year, data consumption increased by 13% to 2,950 petabytes in the first quarter of 2024. Fixed broadband accounted for 1684 petabytes and mobile broadband for 1266 petabytes.
"The time series here show that data usage via mobile broadband is now increasing significantly faster than via fixed broadband," Steinmaurer commented in a press release.
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