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Articles tagged with: Movistar and Mvno
There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market
The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, vodafone, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, play, UK
Mobile Number Portability Rates Stable in Spain
Spain's telecoms regulator, the CMT has reported that mobile number portability has remained roughly stable at around 300,000 per month, with 338,361 numbers ported in the month of October. This is a 5.9% rise on the same month a yeat ago. more
Related Tags: orange, vodafone, cmt, Spain
Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversión) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, roaming, rural, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, personal, oi, cdma2000, adult-content, ev-do, claro, Peru
Mexican Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Surpass $11.9 Billion Mark by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which examines the Mexican mobile services market with a focus on the Value Added Services (VAS) offered by local mobile operators. The report notes that the Mexican market is characterized by a VAS offering focused on SMS services. The slowdown in subscriber growth and the development of 3G networks, however, will force operators to aggressively pursue a VAS offering that is not focused on text messaging. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, sms, text-messaging, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, digicel, telcel, nextel, adult-content, millicom, Mexico
Dotcom receives virtual mobile operator license
Dotcom is now authorized to rent capacity from mobile operators and resell the minutes under its own brand name. The license was issued despite objections from the country's three mobile companies: Entel PCS, Claro Chile, of Mexico's America Movil, and movistar Chile, of Spain's Telefonica. more
Related Tags: bluetooth, voip, entel, claro
GUEST COLUMN - More spectrum, for whom?"
Mexico's antitrust authority CFC (Cofeco) recently won a legal battle upholding its decision to allow bidders no more than 35MHz of 1900MHz spectrum that was auctioned in 2005. This puts an end to temporary injunctions that allowed bidders to claim up to 65MHz and means the government must now re-auction any spectrum awarded in excess of the 35MHz permitted. more
Related Tags: at&t, boost-mobile, signals-telecom-consulting, iden, at&t-wireless, cingular, telcel, cdma2000, antitrust, cdma2000-evdo
Subtel sees MVNOs entering the market
The entrance of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to the Chilean market will only be possible once companies reach agreements to unbundle their networks, Chile's telecoms regulator Subtel head Pablo Bello told reporters. more
Related Tags: subtel
VTR studies entering MVNO market
Chilean triple play operator VTR is looking to enter the mobile market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), local newspaper Diario Financiero quoted VTR CEO Mateo Budinich as saying. more
Related Tags: subtel