Mobile operator strategies - 06/12/06

Mobily (Saudi Arabia) plans to cover 90% geographical area with GSM/GPRS expansion by the end of this year.

Swisscom Mobile bought Minick Holding, a small mobile Internet portal and interactive application solution provider.

TDC (Denmark) is looking to become MVNO in Sweden and Finland.

Vodafone got additional 4.3% stake in Vodafone Egypt from Telecom Egypt.

Chunghwa Telecom targets to add 1m 3G subscribers in 2007.

Telia has fulfilled the 3G licence conditions and is accessible to 8.9m inhabitants in Sweden.

Leclerc, another French hypermarket (after Auchan and Carrefour) targets to become MVNO in France.

Verizon has sold its Verizon Dominicana unit to America Movil for $2.1bn.