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Articles tagged with: Avea and Vodafone
Vodafone Turkey Lost 1.24 Million Subscribers in Q1 2009
Turkey followed Italy and the UK in suffering a quarterly loss to its customer base. The 1.44m decline was the largest ever seen, as well as being the first for seven years. At the end of Q1 09, the total customer base stood at 64.48m, just 3.1% above the Q1 08 total. This was the lowest growth rate ever recorded in the Turkish market and 12.3pp below the year-earlier rate. Penetration fell back below 90% during the quarter, finishing on 89.0%. However, there is every chance that a resurgence in growth will take penetration over 100% once 3G is launched, with reports suggesting that the first W-CDMA networks will be operational very soon. more
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Just a few days after apparently announcing plans to hire 500 extra staff this year, Vodafone Turkey has announced 260 job cuts as part of a corporate restructuring. The job cuts came as part of "an organizational overhaul" and to increase efficiency, the company said in a statement. more
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MNP, 3G Rolling Out Bright Prospects for Turkey Mobile Market
A recent announcement by the Turkish government to allow the mobile operators to offer Mobile Number Portability (MNP) following the launch of 3G by the end of 2008 will drive the Turkish mobile market. more
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Turkey has awarded three 3G licenses to the incumbent operators following an auction to battle over the spectrum allocation. Turkcell won the largest block (A License) with a bid of €358 million ($462 million), followed by Vodafone and avea with bids of €250 million (US$323 million) and €214 million (US$276 million) respectively. more
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Safaricom Subscriber Base Jumps 50% in Six Months
..usand post-paid subscribers, representing an overall growth of 50.3%. A caveat is that in the prospectus put out when the Kenyan government floated 25% of the company on the local stock market, it was noted that Safaricom does not remove its i more
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Turkey - Annual Growth at Lowest Ever Level
The Turkish mobile penetration rate reached 88.8% at the end of Q2 08, up 8.0pp year on year, with an end-quarter customer base of 63.81m. On a quarterly basis net additions stood at 1.27m, while the annual gain was 6.28m, the lowest figure for four years. Meanwhile, proportionate annual growth was down to 10.9%, the lowest level ever recorded in Turkey. more
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Turkey On Track for 3G License Auction by Year-End
Turkey is still on track to hold its second attempt at a 3G license auction by the end of this year, subject to no "extraordinary" events preventing it. Unnamed sourced told the Reuters news agency that the "tender will be held in December if there is no extraordinary development," more
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Turkey to Offer 3G Licenses Within Six Months
Turkey is to launch a tender for 3G licenses within the next six months, reports the government's Official Gazette, where all new laws are published. According to the Gazette, the minimum value of the A License is set as US$405 million, while the minimum value is US$355 million for the B License, US$304 million for the C License and US$253 million for the D License. more
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