Internet access on mobile phones and tablets has resulted in rapid growth of mobile networks. A1 (Telekom Austria Group's operative company in Austria) with Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks is working on further evolution of mobile technologies in the years to come.

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider has made an announcement that said that the new routers developed by the company would boost up Hutchison 3G Austria's (H3G) data performance.

Recent reports about the expansion plans in the Eastern Europe with the largest shareholder Carlos Slim have been denied by Telekom Austria. Slim, the world's richest man as rated by Forbes, was 23% shareholder in the firm last year.

Vodafone has recorded its first ever downfall in the annual revenues as the recession in southern Europe sighted its taking falls up to 17%.

Along with the overburdened finances, the major British mobile phone company said that it will reinvest in the upcoming month's £2.1bn dividend from US subsidiary Verizon Wireless in the business rather than giving back the cash to the shareholders.

In the legal fight against radio frequencies' allocation, a result of takeover of Orange Austria by rival Hutchison Whampoa, partial victory has been claimed by T-Mobile Austria on Monday.

It was said by the Deutsche Telekom unit on its website in a blog entry that the case had been referred by an administrative court in Vienna to the European Court of Justice.

An announcement by Optus has said that Günther Ottendorfer will return to Austria to work as chief technology officer with Telekom Austria.

Optus Networks managing director, Guenther (Günther) Ottendorfer has affirmed that he will be leaving the telecommunications provider to return home to Austria.

According to recent reports, Telekom Austria has announced launch of several Vodafone services to its customers in Austria and Croatia. Telekom Austria's A1, is Vodafone partner in Austria and Vipnet is Vodafone partner in Croatia.

In an evident attempt to turn around its fortunes for the better, China's ZTE Corp - the fifth-ranking producer of telecoms equipment in the world - is banking on a new generation of tech-savvy smartphone users for driving at least $7.5 billion (4.9 billion pounds) of high-speed 4G network projects.