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Mobile operator strategies - 25/03/07
BT is planning to launch MVNO operation in Spain, using Vodafone Sapin network. Vimpelcom (Russia) has bought 10% stake in telecom operator ArmenTel fro €38m. Anacom (Portugal) has proposed to utilize the 900 MHz band for 3G services, contemplating to...
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Mobile operator strategies - 23/03/07
Russian mobile operators would invest about $15bn within next five years, according to MTS CEO. Tata Teleservices (India) plans to expand its CDMA 2000 network capacity. Idea Cellular (India) has awarded a $600m-800m outsourcing contract with Big Blue...
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Mobile operator strategies - 22/03/07
KPN is considering launching MVNO business in Spain. Belgian mobile operators will launch m-payment from their mobile devices. Nigeria plans to grant four 3G licenses and bring one new player in the market. Winners are Alheri Engineering, Celtel Nigeria,...
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Mobile operator strategies - 17/03/07
Iliad (France) is interested in French fourth 3G licence, but will file a bid only if requested conditions (cost and planning) change. China Unicom will deply GPRS services in about 50 cities this year. Centennial Dominicana has been sold for $80m to...
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Mobile operator strategies - 14/03/07
Vietnam would launch 3G and WiMAX services this year. Smart (Philippines) plans to shortly provide mobile TV services. Analysts feel that it is risky, and that the company has taken a huge gamble. Euskatel (Spain) has not renewed its partnership with...
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Mobile operator strategies - 22/04/06
China Mobile was given as a potential bidder for Millicom International Cellular, offering around $4bn, but the company denied any such move. Sprint Nextel bought another affiliate, UbiquiTel, for $1.3bn. Chile' s Smartcom won the auction of mobile spectrum...
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Mobile operator strategies - 21/04/06
CelTel (from Kuwait' s MTC) would buy 65% of Nigeria’s Vmobile for about $1 bn, and have an option for the remaining 35%. on equivalent conditions, Embarq (Sprint Nextel wireline business spinoff) plans to launch mobile services using a MVNO model on...
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Mobile operator strategies - 10/03/07
Hutchison 3G UK is launching a new range of free-to-access ad-supported content for customers on its Planet 3 portal. France has launched 3G licensing race for the fourth WCDMA UMTS license worth €619m. The deadline for submissions is 31 July. DT has...
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Mobile operator strategies - 04/03/07
Mobile number portability would be effective (with a delay below 10 days) in France from May 07. Verizon Wireless has launched mobile TV service using MediaFLO technology for at least $15 per month. Frontline Wireless is a new US company aiming to build...
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Mobile operator strategies - 01/03/07
BenQ Mobile failed to find a buyer. So, BenQ will be liquidated and sold in pieces. Vodafone has extended HSDPA services to 6 new cities in Romania. Anacom, the Portuguese telecom regulator, plans to introduce MVNOs in the country. China Unicom' strategy...
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Mobile operator strategies - 24/02/07
Digicel, a pan-Caribbean operator, has extended services to Guyana. Orange will offer its customers a technology allowing to control TV through their mobile handsets. Fastweb (Italy) plans to bid for a WiMAX licence and launch MVNO operations this year....
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Mobile operator strategies - 22/02/07
Telecom Italia cancels TIM Brazil sale and rejects offers. Sprint Nextel expands in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) with a JV, formed with a consortium of regional investors led by Wataniya, to deliver mobile services. UMC (Ukraine) plans to launch...
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Mobile operator strategies - 18/02/07
Bell Canada will provide full-length movies to mobile phones for about $5 per movie. Hutchison 3G Ireland covers now 85% of the population. China Netcom indicates that it will not build TD-SCDMA 3G network, but would prefer buy Unicom' s existing GSM...
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Mobile operator strategies - 15/02/07
The Bridge Mobile Alliance – a group of 9 Asian mobile operators including SingTel, SK T, Maxis or Bharti Airtel – has agreed to expand WCDMA coverage in Asia, develop common mobile services and jointly purchase 3G phones. AT&T (Cingular Wireless) will...
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Mobile operators strategies - 10/02/07
In Russia, five companies, of which MTS, Vimpelcom and Megafon, have requeste documentation necessary to participate in the beauty contest for the country's 3G licences. Vodafone and Orange are considering merging their their 3G RAN networks (radio access)...
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Mobile operator strategies - 15/04/06
Vodafone has extended its Partner Network Agreement with Bite Latvija. Belgacom is interested in buying Vodafone' s 25% stake in Proximus (Belgium). Tata Group has sold its 48% stake in Idea (India) to Aditya Birla Group for nearly $1bn. BT has selected...
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Mobile operator strategies - 07/02/07
SFR (France) plans to join mobile payment trial initiated by NRJ Mobile and Credit Mutuel bank in Strasbourg. Mobile operators are looking for alternative to Google and Yahoo. Germany plans to auction additional UMTS licenses in 2008 in the 2.6GHz band....
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Mobile Operator strategies 1 - 03/02/07
Mobilkom Austria will upgrade its A1 network with HSDPA at 7.2Mbit/s. Reliance (India) has received the green light from shareholders to spin-off of its mobile towers infrastructure. The new entity will be known as Reliance Telecom Infrastructure Limited...
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Mobile operator strategies - 27/01/07
Wataniya (Middle-East mobile operator) has increased its stake in Bravo( iDEN network operator in Saudi Arabia) to 47%. Germany proposes that EU members restrict the roaming fees, charged by mobile operators, to €0.25/mn for incoming calls. China Mobile...
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Mobile operator strategies - 23/01/07
China Mobile buys abroad: it has signed a deal to buy almost 89% stake in Paktel (Pakistan) for $284m from Millicom (Luxembourg). It also would invest in Datang, a TD-SCDMA vendor in China. Vodafone Egypt will sign a 3G licence deal, worth $580m, with...
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Mobile operator strategies - 22/01/07
TDC (Denmark) is selling mobile operator Bite (Latvia) for €450m to Mid Europa Partners. Zapp will build a 3G network covering most of Romania by year-end. NetOne (Zimbabwe) will enhance its GSM coverage, installing some 200 new GSM base stations this...
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Mobile operator strategies - 18/01/07
With 23m subscribers and a network capacity of 24m lines, and orders for additional 45m lines delayed by court decision following Motorola petition (see Telcoflash N133), BSNL (India) is experiencing a tough time in the race against Reliance, Hutchison...
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Mobile operator strategies - 16/01/07
Hutchison Telecom is launching Vietnamese operations within HT Mobile, its JV with Hanoi Telecom. HT Mobile operates a CDMA 2000 1X ED-VO network. Iliad (France) will shortly sell its phone card subsidiary Kertel for an undisclosed amount. Debitel will...
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Mobile operator strategies - 13/01/07
MTV and Amp'd Mobile (US) are working together to develop original made-for-mobile content. Bahrain' s telecom regulator (TRA) has granted two National Fixed Wireless Services (NFWS) licenses to Mena Telecom and MTC-Vodafone Bahrain. Crown Castle' s mobile...
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Mobile operator strategies - 09/01/07
China' s major telecom operators may need to quickly raise as much as $13bn to build and maintain the required 3G new networks. Verizon will launch mobile TV service, V Cast Mobile TV, over Qualcomm' s MediaFLO network in the first quarter. The service...