Vienna (OTS) –

• 1st place for customer service, price/performance, network quality and service app.
• Satisfaction of companies with mobile communications in German-speaking countries has continued to rise since the advance of 5G.
• First place also in B2B customer satisfaction on the Internet.
• Drei CEO Rudolf Schrefl: “We want to make 5G available and affordable for everyone.”

In the annual B2B customer barometer of the German industry magazine Connect, Drei achieved the best rating of all providers in the German-speaking area for the first time and thus won the Austrian rating for the second time following 2021.

In February 2023, the technical institute FifT surveyed 3,298 business customers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the customer barometer. 22 detailed criteria were collected – from price-performance, satisfaction with the network, network availability, call quality and transmission speed to personal customer service and the service app. Drei received the top grade of 1.6 from its business customers with a total score of 136 points in the entire German-speaking area, followed by the Swiss Swisscom with 127 points (grade 1.7) and the German 1&1 with 116 points (grade 1.8).

Three also the most popular B2B Internet providers in Austria.

In addition to the B2B customer barometer as a mobile operator, Drei also came first in the new Connect study on Internet use by business customers. With an overall result of 122 points (grade 1.8), Drei clearly leads the Austrian ranking and was able to increase the previous year’s result by 27 points.

Customer proximity and 1.2 billion euros network investment are having an effect.

“Customer proximity, contact at eye level and service orientation are values ​​that Drei Business has consistently lived for years. The best ratings for both mobile communications and our Internet are the best confirmation that business customers appreciate our commitment,” emphasized Rudolf Schrefl, CEO of Drei.

In order to make the advantages of digitization available and affordable for all customers, the company is investing 1.2 billion euros in network expansion as part of the largest investment project in its history. Drei is the only provider to set up a completely new network for 5G. This is why Drei’s 5G network is currently achieving significantly higher speeds than the competition, even in real tests.[1] In the course of the year, Drei’s 5G network will already reach three quarters of all companies and more than 200 of the most remote communities in Austria.

Drei recently reduced the cost of switching to 5G by around 20 percent. Mobile phone tariffs with unlimited data volume via 5G start at Drei for less than 20 euros per month*.

The details of the survey

The results of the study on customer satisfaction B2B Internet

* Plus 27 € service fee / year. No minimum contract period.

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Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (Hong Kong) and as part of the “3Scandinavia & Austria” division a member of 3Group Europe. Drei achieved sales of EUR 885 million in the 2022 financial year. As the leading telecommunications provider in Austria, the company offers mobile telephony, Internet, landline, television and business solutions from a single source. In addition to the largest shop network of all Austrian telecom operators and comprehensive customer service for private and business customers, Drei also has the most powerful LTE network in the country with population coverage of 98 percent. After the first, real, connected 5G network in Austria in June 2019 in Linz, Drei started the commercial operation of Austria’s first 5G standalone network in September 2022. With the new fixed tariffs, the full service provider is offering mobile Internet with a bandwidth guarantee for the first time. In January 2023, the company received the Ookla Speedtest AwardTM for the country’s fastest 5G network for the fourth time in a row. More at www.drei.at