Mobile oprator strategies - 18/06/05
Tele2 France, a MVNO using Orange mobile network, ambitiously targets to become number 3 in France. It positions itself in the low-cost segment with first packages starting at 10 per month for 30mn, and 22 for 2hours without the handset, or respectively 14 and 26 with Nokia camera phone 6060i.
Vodafone NZ could delay launching its 3G service until November.
Telekom Malaysia continues its expansion abroad with buying an additional 4.2% stake in mobile operator Excelcomindo (Indonesia), to reach a 27% stake, for $48m in cash.
Pannon GSM (Hungary) has launched commercial trials of its UMTS network in Budapest.
Sercotel, a unit of Mexico's America Movil, will launch its cellular telephone service in Peru before the end of the year.
Cosmote (Greece) is launching i-mode 3G Services.
Virgin Mobile Australia could launch 3G services in 2007.
TOT (Thailand) plans to buy CAT Telecom's 42% stake in their ACT Mobile joint venture, then merge ACT Mobile with Thai Mobile to form TOT Mobile. TOT plans to sell a 25% stake in TOT Mobile to a potential partner, perhaps NTT DoCoMo.
China Unicom said it will gradually cancel the high-cost mobile phone subsidies to its CDMA phone service customers.
TIM (Italy) has sold its TIM Hellas (Greece) unit for $ 1bn to Apex.