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Mobile operator strategies -13/10/06
Telstra has opened its 3G-HSDPA network, covering almost 100% of the Aussie population and about 25% of the country. Vodafone Egypt has bought majority stake in Egyptian ISP Raya Telecom for $43m. Vodafone New Zealand has bought service provider ihug...
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Mobile operator strategies - 07/10/06
FT has cancelled its plan to become MVNO in the US, using Cingular network. The market seems too crowded with big players and 30 MVNOs. SkyLink (Russia) announced plans to launch Mobile TV service early in 2007, Crown Castle has agreed to buy smaller...
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Operator results (2)
TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) announced 569m in 1Q05 profit (+15%), EBITDA at 937m (up 8%), and sales of 2.9bn (up 9.4%). Cablevision (US) posted a loss of $119m (almost flat) while revenues rose 6% to $ 1.2bn. NZ Telecom (New Zealand) reported a 12% rise...
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operator results
China Unicom posted a net 1Q05 profit of $128m (down 26%). Telemar (Brazil) reported 1Q05 net income of $76m, down 12%, on revenues of $ 1.58bn, up 8.5%. EBITDA was $660m, up 2.2%. Local call revenues account for about 75% and mobile revenues for 15%...
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Mobile operator strategies - 05/10/06
T-Mobile USA has launched a new service (myFaves) allowing its users to have unlimited calls to five favorite people, regardless of the carrier used. M6 Mobile (France) will remain an Orange licensee, is on the way to gain 1m users in three years (from...
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Operator results
France Telecom posted 1Q05 revenues of 11.6bn, up 3.5%, a gross margin of 38%. Nextel (US) reported 16% growth in 1Q05 revenues to $3.6bn and net income of $589m, almost flat. KDDI (Japan) has reported record FY2004 earnings of $ 1.9bn, up 71%, and an...
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Mobile Operator strategies - 15/9/05
T-Mobile will sell its 10% stake in Russia's OJSC Mobile TeleSystems. Some confusion still exists as to whether or not Turkcell actually paid its share of the license fees in due date (as part of the IranCell consortium in Iran). TurkCell says yes, but...
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Mobile operator strategies - 01/10/06
Vodafone is to introduce a Vodafone-branded 3G phone, Vodafone 710, probably manufactured by Huawei. Celtel , the pan-African mobile operator, has launched One Network, the first ever borderless mobile network in the world that abolish roaming charges...
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Mobile operator strategies - 29/12/05
China Telecom is believed to build a nationwide network (worth $5bn) based on home-made 3G mobile standard TD-SCDMA. China Telecom has already set up a large-scale TD-SCDMA-based trial network in Shanghai with two core networks and 16 base stations. Vodafone...
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Operator results
Tele2 ( Sweden )posted 1Q05 results of 1274m (+12%) in revenues and of 53m (down 29%) inearnings after tax. SBC said that 1Q05 revenues grew 2% to $10.25bn, while earningsfell 53% to $885m. DSL revenues grew 28% to $493m, while voice services decline$127m...
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Mobile operator strategies - 24/12/05
MTN (S. Africa) may bid for Egypt's third mobile license. M6 Mobile (French MVNO) currently has 200k+ subscribers, doubling its initial target for the end of 2005. M6 Mobile launched operations in June 05. MTS (Russia) bought an additional 6.5% share...
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Mobile operator strategies - 22/12/05
Sprint Nextel will acquire Velocita Wireless (NJ, USA) that operates a nationwide Mobitex wireless network. Telenor (Norway) has bought fourth 3G UMTS license in Denmark through its Sonofon local subsidiary for €72m. Ukrainian CDMA operator ITC has started...
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Mobile operator strategies - 10/9/05
Vietnam: two new mobile networks should be launched next year. Hanoi Telecom and VP Telecom are expected to build nationwide CDMA networks. BSNL (India) plans to offer 3G mobile services by March 06. Spain intends to license a number of MVNOs to boost...
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Mobile operator strategies - 17/12/05
Kyrgyz Court confirmed that Russia's Rezervspetsmet was the rightful owner of Kyrgyzstan's largest mobile operator Bitel, and therefore, the sale of 51% of Bitel to MTS was illegal (see above the announcement). It is a blow to the Russian Altimo group....
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Mobile operator strategies - 14/12/05
Virgin Mobile will launch MVNO services in South Africa, through a 50/50 venture with South African GSM network operator Cell C. DoCoMo will acquire a stake in Just In Mobile International (JMI), a Chinese mobile payment company, for $6m. It also plans...
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Operator results N60
Turkcell ( Turkey ) reported full-year revenues of $3.2bn, up 44%, and EBITDA of $1.3bn. Etisalat (UAE) posted 1Q05 revenues of $ 828m, up 23%, and net profit of $ 278m, up 24%. China Netcom reported 2004 net profit of $ 1.1bn (vs. loss in 2003), on revenues...
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Mobile network strategies - 7/9/05
T-Mobile plans launching HSDPA in Germany in Spring 06. Softbank (Japan) has applied for government approval to enter the mobile phone service business. If approved, Softbank plans to start mobile services as early as 2006. eAccess , which offers ADSL...
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Mobile Operator strategies - 1/9/05
Sprint Nextel will buy two network affiliates-IWO Holdings and Gulf Coast Wireless - for $715m, in an attempt to settle dispute with the two affiliates. KPN has received the green light for the purchase of Dutch mobile operator Telfort. KPN will now controls...
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Mobile operator strategies - 31/8/05
Orange believes in mobile video. It recently gave information on its Orange Intense service: 50 TV programs, free access during the week-ends for one year, free multimedia pass for one mobile TV hour per month (beyond, World Intense pre-paid packages...
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operator results N59
Wind (Italia) reported full-year revenues of 4.7bn (+7.6%), of which telecom account for 4bn. MGTS (Russia) saw 2004 revenues growing 17% to $537m, while net profit declined 3% to $ 67m. Rostelecom (Russia) posted 2004 revenues of $ 1.34bn (+25%) and...
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Mobile operator strategies 26/8/05
OTE (Greece) has transferred its stakes in its Bulgarian and Macedonian mobile subsidiaries to its cellular unit, CosmOTE. Eircom (Ireland) bought Meteor Mobile for €420m. Eircom is the Irish fixed incumbent willing to re-enter the mobile market. American...
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Mobile operator strategies
Cingular Wireless plans to spend $6.2bn this year in nationwide network upgrades, amid ongoing speculation that the carrier is delaying deployment of its 3G network. Hutchison Telecom/ Essar (India) swallowed a rival player, with the acquisition of BPL's...
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Mobile operator strategies - 14/7/5
Romania's Zapp is investing $60m to expand and upgrade its CDMA450 network to 90% of Romanian population. Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) will launch its 3G service on July 26. It expects to attract some 100,000 subscribers by the end of the year. Two other...
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Mobile operator strategies 2 - 10/07/05
Orange Romania could launch 3G service in Romania in 2006, after the launch of EDGE services in Oct. 2004. Telekom Malaysia has joined the Asia Mobility Initiative (AMI), a regional mobile operator alliance. AMI has now some a 50m subscriber base. Telmex...
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operator results N58
Tiscali (pan European ISP) reported 2004 revenues growing 20% to 1.1bn. Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong) posted $ 22.7bn in 2004 revenues (up 23%), and $ 2.04bn in net profit (+38%). 3G operations reported a $3.2bn loss and an 8.1m 3G subscriber base, but...