Articles tagged with: Polkomtel and Sfr

Europe's Top Ten Networks - All Now Over 20m Customers

In Issue 98 of the Mobile World Briefing, when last reviewing the European market, we suggested that "if the normal seasonal pattern is repeated in Q4, then the final period of the year should see something between 25-30m new connections, enough to take penetration up to 110%". We mention this, because the normal seasonal pattern was repeated, we did see 25m new connections across the region and penetration is now standing at exactly 110%.  more

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Who are the Top 20 European Network Operators?

The European mobile market is gradually becoming more democratic, with virtually every market seeing penetration levels of 100% or more. In this environment, there are few changes and the list of the largest operators reflects this. Only one company has entered this list over the last quarter and, in all, there have only been two changes in position. T-Mobile Germany has overtaken Turkcell, to regain the second spot in Europe, behind TIM of Italy, while polkomtel of Poland has nudged its compatriot PTC out of the top 20, by a margin of less than 0.25m. more

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Vodafone Sees 3G Demand Picking Up

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- U.K.-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group PLC on Monday said adoption of third-generation devices were gaining momentum, but Chief Executive Arun Sarin's absence of comments on cash returns at the company's analyst day pulled on the company's share price.  more

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