Articles tagged with: Mvno and Vodafone
TelstraClear to Resell Vodafone Services
New Zealand based mvno, TelstraClear says that it has inked a 3-year deal with Vodafone. Existing TelstraClear mobile customers will not be impacted - TelstraClear says that it will continue to sell and support CDMA services and devices for the foreseeable future. more
Related Tags: telstraclear, telecom-new-zealand, New Zealand
TelstraClear Considering Flipping MVNO Back to Vodafone
New Zealand mvno, TelstraClear is reported to be considering another network flip and switching back to Vodafone from Telecom New Zealand. The move is thought to be due to Telecom's decision to block resellers from accessing its WCDMA network until 2011 - leaving them selling access only on the legacy CDMA network. more
Related Tags: telstraclear, telecom-new-zealand, landline, partner, New Zealand
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, orange, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile, iphone, o2, ict, eu, arpu, 3g, , tim, h3g, lte, 3m, 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, t-mobile, sim, social-networking, eu, 3-uk, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, ovi, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
IMImobile takes over Music2You service from Nokia Siemens Networks
Mobile services provider, IMImobile announced last month that it had taken control of the Music2You (M2Y) service previously provided by Nokia Siemens Networks. Under the M2Y brand, Nokia Siemens Networks provided full-track music download and subscription services to telecom operators and media companies, Vodafone in India, AOL in Germany and Akado in Russia. more
Related Tags: nokia, edge, driving, vas, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, nokia-siemens, imimobile
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: t-mobile, hutchison-3g-uk, o2, hutchison-3g, landline, hutchison, hutchison-whampoa, UK
Analytics Boost Customer Retention at Vodafone Netherlands
Customer churn remains one of the biggest challenges for most mobile network operators. And nowhere more so than in Western Europe where intense competition, deregulation, ease of number transfer and more than 100% market penetration have led to an annual overall churn rate as high as 24%. more
Related Tags: prepay, analytics, rsa, dell, personal, seven, Netherlands
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, cmt, movistar, Spain
France Telecom Earnings Stable - Maintains Guidance
France Telecom has reported that its 3rd quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) were flat at €5.09 billion (US$6.5 billion), while revenue was slightly up to €13.55 billion (US$18 billion) from €13.51 billion. more
Related Tags: mobile-broadband, france-telecom, France
Mobile Operators Reclaiming the Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Market
The M2M (machine-to-machine) connectivity market has always seemed to be the playground of specialists: mobile virtual network operators (mvnos) and M2M mobile operators (MMOs). These aggregators, such as Jasper Wireless and Aeris Communications, have garnered most of the limelight in recent years. more
Related Tags: orange, m2m, abi-research, docomo, verizon, telefonica
