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Articles tagged with: Arpu and Virgin Mobile
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, mvno, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, eu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, UK
Virgin Mobile USA Added 216,000 Subscribers in Q4 '08
Virgin Mobile USA has announced that fourth quarter net customer additions were approximately 216,000 with churn for the fourth quarter 2008 of 4.8%. The CDMA based MVNO ended the year with approximately 5.38 million customers, including customers added with the acquisition of Helio, which closed on August 22, 2008. The Company attracted more than 3.3 million gross customer additions during the year. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, mvno, cdma, virgin-mobile-usa, nextel, USA
US Mobile Market Remains Slow as Economic Concerns Mount
During Q2 08, the US mobile market saw a marginal recovery from the depressed levels of Q1, with around 4m net additions, taking the total to 261.5m, up from 243.3m one year ago. Overall penetration has now reached 86.1%, against 80.8% in June 07. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, mobile-data, t-mobile-usa, rural, metropcs, leap-wireless, mvno, verizon, alltel, cdma, iden, sprint, billing, USA
Virgin Mobile USA and UK Q2 2008 Results
The Virgin GroupĂ's two largest mobile businesses reported their second quarter results this week, which showed a drop in customer numbers on both sides of the pond. In the United Kingdom, Virgin Mobile lost 3.0% of its customer base in the quarter - equivalent to 134k connections - reducing its total from 4.42m to 4.29m. Meanwhile in the USA, its namesake lost 111k connections, which saw the base drop back through the 5m mark to end June at 4.99m - 2.2% down quarter on quarter. more
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FOCUS: MTS, Vimpelcom Hope Chatty Russians Can Prolong Growth
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia's two biggest mobile operators will struggle to maintain their impressive growth unless they squeeze more out of customers at home and successfully exploit foreign markets, experts say. more
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FOCUS: India Bet Becomes a Sure Thing for Global Mobile Operators
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- When Vodafone Group forked out $13 billion for a majority stake in India's No. 4 mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, a year ago, many feared the British giant had overpaid for an investment that would take years to yield a return. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, huawei, zte, abi-research, gartner, samsung, lg, bharti, sony, sharp, text-messages, london, bharti-airtel, mumbai, hutchison, essar, vodafone-essar, cricket, vodafone-group, India