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Articles tagged with: Arpu and Eu
Telecom Italia Mobile Lost 1.5 Million Customers in 2008
The Italian market lost a total of 135k customers over the year, with net losses in Q2 and Q4 trumping the smaller net gains in the other two periods. The year closed with a total base of 88.58m, compared to 88.72m, while penetration dropped from 152.6% to 152.4%. more
Related Tags: telecom-italia-mobile, tim, wind, vodafone, h3g, 3g, , ovi, Italy
Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in Europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several MVNOs, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, mvno, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, UK
Fitch Downgrades Deutsche Telekom on Guidance Revision, Weak Operating Results
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Deutsche Telekom's (DT) Long-term Issuer Default rating (IDR) to 'BBB+' from 'A-' (A minus) and assigned a Stable Outlook. This follows DT's downward guidance revision for 2009 as operating pressures continue apace in key markets. more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, deutsche-telekom, sim, 3g, , tim, ovi, sharp, fitch
Deutsche Telekom Issues Profits Warning - May Write Down T-Mobile Value
Deutsche Telekom has issued a profits warning, and now expects adjusted EBITDA in 2009 to be 2 to 4 percent below last year. The company is now expecting to post EBITDA in the range of EUR18.7 billion - EUR19.1 billionn (US$24.7 billionn) after an initial forecast of EUR19.5 billion. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, ptc, 3g, pops, , prepay, roaming, t-mobile-usa, ict, itu, tim, lte, ovi, t-mobile-uk, sharp, ote, telekom, Germany
Study Finds Large Cost Savings for Migrating Heavy Data Users to Femtocells
Signals Research Group has completed a whitepaper on the business case for femtocells as part of its ongoing femtocell business modeling initiative with the trade group, the Femto Forum. The study found, across a wide variety of scenarios considering different regions of the world, the business case for femtocells is strong---often doubling the customer lifetime value---and does not depend on any one critical factor or assumption in order to generate a favorable outcome. Further to this, the research demonstrated that femtocells can dramatically reduce the growing financial costs made by heavy mobile broadband data users on the mobile network. more
Related Tags: , sim, ict, tim, mts, hspa, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, femtocell, 3, fmc, femtocells, ev-do
Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014
Users of mobile broadband services (3G and 3G+ technologies) will grow from 181 million in 2008 to over 2 billion in 2014, growth of 1024%, according to Ovum's latest research. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, sim, driving, lte, ovi, ovum, iden, usb-modem, vas, mobile-broadband, opex, laptop
Bouygues Telecom - Management Believes Financial Crisis Won't Hit Firm
Bouygues, the third operator in France, is a part of the Bouygues Group, a multinational with interests in television, property and construction as well as telecommunications. Management therefore believes that "L'aspect financier de la crise n'a pas de conséquence significative sur les comptes du Groupe". Let's hope they're right.... more
Related Tags: orange, sfr, France
European telecoms operators in strong position to ride out recession
European telecoms operators in strong position to ride out recession according to Arthur D. Little - Exane BNP Paribas joint study "reviving the fixed line" predicts increase in incumbents' valuations of up to 27% over the period 2008-15 more
Related Tags: ict, itu, wind, lte, arthur-d.-little, mobile-broadband, comcast, satellite, sfr, tele2, billing
Regulatory Problems Still Haunt African Telecoms Growth
Fitch Ratings says in a special report released today that Africa's telecommunications sector is set to continue to grow and eventually undergo a consolidation phase. more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, presence
Fitch Places WIND Hellas' Ratings on Negative Watch on Liquidity Concerns
Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of Greek mobile operator, WIND Hellas
Telecommunications, on Rating Watch Negative due to liquidity concerns, which
are mainly related to seasonal working capital outflows in H109.
more
Related Tags: itu, fitch-ratings, wind, capex, termination-rates, wind-hellas, weather, mtr, mobile-termination-rates, Greece