Articles tagged with: Movistar and Vodafone

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

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Telefonica in Palm Pre Talks - Looks to Rebrand

Spain's Telefonica has decided to consolidate its consumer brands around movistar and O2 - retaining the Telefonica name purely for the corporate operations, reports the El Pais newspaper. The company already runs most of its mobile networks under the movistar brands, but still has a few under the Telefonica name.  more

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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

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