Articles tagged with: Entel and Arpu

Synchronica Signs Up Entel PCS as First Operator in Latin America

Mobile email vendor, Synchronica says that it has won a key contract in South America with Chilean mobile operator entel PCS. The agreement, Synchronica's first win in the region, will enable entel PCS to launch a mass email solution called Email Movil to subscribers, an affordable instant email (push email) and synchronization service that works on a broad range of mobile phones in use today.  more

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Quality not quantity for Entel Chile as new growth dries up

Both net additions and growth figures at Chilean incumbent entel have fallen to record lows for the second successive quarter. The size of the potential market for new additions looks to be steadily decreasing in the country as the penetration rate approaches 100%; Telefonica Moviles may yet be in with a surprise, but we doubt it. entelÃ's situation was also worsened this quarter by the fact that America MovilÃ's Chilean operation took a greater share of the new connections than its larger competitor for the first time in six quarters - although the size of the premium this time (51k to 28k) versus that in Q1 07 (178k to 118k) indicates just how much new growth has dried up in that time. entelÃ's churn rates bear testament to this: churn actually hit a six-quarter low of 1.75% in Q3 08, and still net growth fell to its lowest ever level.  more

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Lat-Am Operators Pushing On-Net Traffic

According to a report from Signals Telecom Consulting, one strategy implemented by a variety of operators in different American mobile telephony markets has been to encourage communications within their own networks or "On Net". In order to accomplish this, these operators have developed differentiated rates structures for communications originated and ended on their networks. The objective is to encourage the concept of "community". The implementation of this policy can be seen in promotional campaigns carried out by Movistar in Argentina, Chile, Peru, etc.  more

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