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Articles tagged with: Movistar and Nextel
Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender
The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3G licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced. more
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Mexico Q2 2008 - Telcel maintains unparalleled dominance
Mexico has the second largest customer base in South America behind Brazil with 73.45m customers at the end of Q2 08. This is approximately the same size as the UK customer base, although the population of Mexico is almost twice that of the UK, with a figure of just under 110m. This yields a penetration figure of 66.8% at the end of the quarter, up from 57.1% a year earlier. Penetration has been increasing at a steady rate, and if there is no significant slowdown then the 75% mark should be reached during Q2 09. more
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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, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, digicel, telcel, adult-content, millicom, Mexico
Telefonica's 2Q Mexico Wireless Subscribers Up 38% to 14.1 Million
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Spanish phone giant Telefonica said Thursday its wireless subscriber base in Mexico reached 14.1 million at the end of the second quarter, up 38% from a year earlier. more
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Mexico's Wireless Subscribers Reach 71 Million at End-March
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's wireless subscribers rose to 71 million at the end of March, up from about 59.4 million in the year-earlier period, according to data from the country's four mobile operators. more
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Mexico Q3 Market Update - Telcel reigns supreme
The total mobile market in Mexico grew to 64.57m customers at the end of Q3, with total net additions of 11.64m in the year. This is equivalent to an annual growth rate of 22.0%, an improvement on the 21.1% recorded in Q3 06. Penetration stood at 59.2%, up from 49.1% a year previously. In quarterly terms, net additions were at the lowest level of the calendar year so far, although the figure of 2.48m was still higher than the 2.28m recorded in Q3 06. more
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Telcel agrees to interconnect with Nextel
Mexico's largest mobile phone operator Telcel, a unit of América Móvil, has no problem interconnecting with digital trunking operator Nextel, local press reported América Móvil's CEO Daniel Hajj as saying. more
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Telefonica targets 23-25% of Mexico's mobile market by 2010
The mobile unit movistar had 8.6mn subscribers in Mexico at the end of last year. TEF also expects mobile penetration in Mexico to reach 80% by 2010 compared to 53% today. more
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