Talk:Austria/@comment-26572271-20161024073442/@comment-24682153-20161024102143

Well, according to "Netztests" this is very close. The Connect test sees essentially a dead race between 3 and A1, while two other tests see A1 slightly ahead. It depends what really matters in tests: coverage or speed, 3G or 4G, voice or data. Generally, they agree that 3 and A1 both have a very good level with T-Mobile a bit behind, but still reasonable.

About who is No.2: 3 has slightly more customers in 2016. That's true, but comparision is tricky as 3 excludes all MVNOs and T-Mobile includes these numbers. But when you look at sales figures ("Umsatz") T-Mobile is still cleary ahead of 3. So it's hard to actually determine this ranking: number of customers or sales. But one has to acknowledge the rise of 3 to very competitive player in Austria.

It's a bit like in Germany now where there are 3 market leaders: O2/Telefónica according to customers, Telekom according to sales and Vodafone according to ARPU. That's why I suggest to keep the historical order: A1, T-mobile, 3 - (similar to Germany) as long as there is no clear winner.