The Broadband Atlas is the Federal Government’s central information medium on current broadband coverage in Austria and above all provides initial information on the broadband supply of private households.
Broadband - this is a term frequently encountered today. However, except for that it concerns the internet, that it has do with fibre and that it is obviously important to drive broadband rollout, most people in Austria know relatively little about broadband.
The Broadband Office (“Breitbandbüro”) attends to all strategic and operative affairs around broadband. Its focus is on the transfer of knowledge on established and new support programmes and support strategies of the BMLRT. In addition, the Broadband Office monitors, records and supervises the progress made in the broadband rollout in Austria.
Working at the office or at home, making video calls with relatives and friends, streaming movies, series and music - for all that people in Austria need fast internet, so-called “broadband internet”. The Corona crisis has shown more clearly than ever how important it is to have access to fast and smoothly working internet.
Providing cities with fast internet pays off for telecommunications providers. However, a good communications infrastructure is essential in rural areas as well. Therefore, the Federal Government supports broadband rollout in rural areas.
Fast internet is very important to most people in Austria. However, only few know which technologies actually provide them with broadband internet and how fibre-optic, 5G and Co. work.
A complex infrastructure is needed to enable people to use fast internet, so-called broadband internet. Broadband coverage relies on a hierarchical structure whose levels interact in a way that the internet finally reaches the individual households.
The objective of this support strategy is to encourage investments in broadband development also in less densely populated Austrian regions. By 2020 almost all Austrian households and enterprises are to have access to ultra-fast Internet. The public sector is making a total of one billion Euros available for this purpose.