Articles tagged with: Mobistar
VOXmobile to Adopt the Orange Brand Name
Luxemburg based mobile network operator, VOXmobile is to adopt the Orange brandname from the end of this month, its parent company, Belgium's mobistar has announced. There will be no change to the mobistar brand in Belgium. more
Related Tags: voxmobile, orange, france-telecom, three, Luxembourg
Mobistar and KPN Group Belgium collaborate to expand network infrastructure
Two Belgium mobile networks, mobistar and KPN Group (BASE) have announced a collaboration agreement to jointly expand their mobile telecommunication networks. more
Related Tags: kpn, base, Belgium
Mobistar Profits Up Despite Price Pressures
Belgium based mobistar has reported a slight rise in first-quarter revenues of 2.5% to reach EUR 371.2 million (US$483.8 million) - although its customer base rose by 6.4% over the same period. The company said the disparity was determined in part by the continuing price pressure in a highly competitive market, by the regulatory decisions (lowering of the mobile termination rates in May and July 2008) and a reduced activity in the business market. more
Related Tags: smartphones, eu, roaming, sms, smartphone, 3g, tim, termination-rates, mobile-termination-rates, Belgium
Microsoft Announces New Mobile Advertising Partners
Microsoft announced that several major European mobile publishers and network operators have chosen Microsoft as their mobile advertising partner. The announcement builds on the acquisition of ScreenTonic and the roll out of advertising opportunities on Microsoft's owned and operated mobile services. more
Related Tags: orange, microsoft, eu, verizon-wireless, verizon, mobile-advertising, mobile-search
Mini-Notebooks Made Explosive Entry into EMEA PC Market in 2008
Following a major surge in the back-to-school season, mini-notebook momentum continued unabated in the final quarter of the year. Thanks to robust consumer demand in Western Europe in the run up to Christmas, overall EMEA mini-notebook shipments reached 3.6 million units, in line with expectations, representing 20% of total portable sales and 30% of consumer portables in EMEA in 4Q08. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, microsoft, amd, intel, samsung, eu, vodafone, tesco, elisa, lte, zte, dell, idc, personal, sfr, touchscreens, asus, notebook, presence, bell
Belgium Regulator Not to Automatically Extend GSM License Terms
Belgium's telecoms regulator, BIPT and Government Minister van Quickenborne have declined to automatically renew the GSM licenses for two of the country's mobile operators, Proximus (owned by Belgacom) and mobistar (majority owned by France Telecom). more
Related Tags: european-commission, 3g-license, proximus, gsm, Belgium
Mobistar Agrees to Let Blyk Use it's Belgian Mobile Network
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Belgian Mobile operator mobistar, majority owned by France Telecom, Tuesday said it has agreed to let Finnish Blyk to use its network to offer mobile services to youth. more
Yet Another iPhone Announcement
Launched:
- USA (AT&T)
- UK (Telefonica O2)
- Ireland (Telefonica O2)
- Germany (T-Mobile)
- Austria (T-Mobile)
- France (Orange)
Related Tags: orange, teliasonera, o2, telefonica, apple, america-movil
Orange is already selling the iPhone in France. more
Related Tags: orange, o2, telefonica, america-movil
Mobistar - MVNOs Boost Growth but ARPU Drops Again
Third-party net additions have outstripped net additions from retail services for the third successive quarter at second-placed Belgian operator, mobistar, majority owned by France Telecom. The operatorĂ's first MVNO, in the form of quad-play telco Telenet, launched in August 2006 and was followed less than a year later by Lycamobile, the pan-European MVNO offering low-cost international calls. It was this latter player which contributed the bulk of the 155k net additions seen in Q4 2007 - the highest number in any quarter for over six years - whilst the two MVNOs in combination provided 72.7% of the new customers. more
Related Tags: roaming, mvno, arpu, proximus, Belgium
