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Articles tagged with: Mvno and T Mobile
Vectone Mobile Signs MVNO Deal with T-Mobile UK
European mobile virtual network operator (mvno) Vectone Mobile, is partnering with T-Mobile UK to extend its services to the UK market with the launch of a low-cost prepay service. more
Related Tags: vectone-mobile, base, mobile-virtual-network-operator, top-up, target, UK
Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs
The UK added over 3m new mobile connections during 2008, to take the total base to 75.75m, equivalent to 124% penetration. The market is one of the most competitive in Europe, if not the world, with five established MNOs and several mvnos, of which the most successful are Virgin and the increasingly ambitious Tesco. more
Related Tags: tesco, virgin-mobile, vodafone, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, iphone, o2, ict, eu, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, virgin, UK
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, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, vodafone, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, p4, virgin, UK
Future sharing opportunities for Mobile Network Operators
Opinion by Steven Hartley, senior analyst at Ovum
The notion of one network is not entirely far-fetched. After the savings of
passive sharing have been realised, where can future savngs come from? In our
forthcoming report 2020 vision for mobilewe predict that operators will seek
increasingly active forms of sharing. Sharing ever more of your infrastructure
might sound ridiculous today, but all forms of sharing sounded ridiculous ten
years ago.
more
Related Tags: sim, eu, ict, o2, driving, tim, wind, lte, ericsson, ovum, one-network, backhaul, spice, managed-services, option
Tele2 Switches Dutch MVNO to T-Mobile
Tele2 has announced the signing of a mvno (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) agreement with T-Mobile for both GSM and 3G mobile services in the Netherlands. Currently Tele2 is the largest mvno in the Netherlands with more than 450,000 mobile customers. more
Related Tags: 3g, tele2, gsm, Netherlands
BT Mulls a Return to the UK Mobile Market
The UK's dominant landline operator, British Telecom (BT) is reported to be considering a return to the mobile market in an effort to boost profits by taping the growing market for combined home broadband/mobile services. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, landline, hutchison, hutchison-whampoa, british-telecom, UK
Croatia is set to get its first mvno after new entrant, Telcro announced that it has secured a network leasing contract with T-Mobile Hrvatska. In an interview with the local Poslovni Dnevnik, company director, Kre…ˇimir Profaca confirmed that he expects the firm to launch its services during the summer of 2009. more
Related Tags: Croatia
No sign of wireless downturn in North America yet
Independent Analyst Comment - Steven Hartley, Senior Analyst at Ovum
North America was the first region to be affected by the current economic
crisis and, to date, has been the hardest hit. Although the full effects of the
downturn are yet to be felt, the wireless operators' results in the third
quarter reflect how mobile services have become indispensable and two-year
contracts are protecting the sector in the region. Mobile telecom remains on
track to grow in the region in 2009.
more
Related Tags: iphone, mobile-data, rsa, virgin-mobile, verizon-wireless, ovum, verizon, rogers-wireless, bell-canada, sprint, rogers, bell, virgin,
US Mobile Market Remains Slow as Economic Concerns Mount
During Q2 08, the US mobile market saw a marginal recovery from the depressed levels of Q1, with around 4m net additions, taking the total to 261.5m, up from 243.3m one year ago. Overall penetration has now reached 86.1%, against 80.8% in June 07. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, arpu, t-mobile-usa, rural, metropcs, leap-wireless, virgin-mobile, verizon, alltel, cdma, iden, sprint, billing, churn, virgin,
Ikea to Launch SIM Only MVNO in the UK
The UK arm of flat-pack home furnishing chain, Ikea is launching a SIM only mvno service, powered by the T-Mobile network. Under the agreement with Mobile Partners UK, T-Mobile is providing Ikea with prepay services that will be available to Ikea Family loyalty programme members in the UK. Currently there are 1.4 million members in the UK with new registrations growing daily. more
Related Tags: sim-card, prepay, t-mobile-uk, tax, text-message, UK
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