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Telefonica O2 selects Huawei as the provider of UMTS network (Czech Republic)

  • October 30th, 2008
  • 7:43 am

Telefonica O2, the only Czech operator offering 3G network on UMTS/HSDPA technology in Prague and Brno has expanded its coverage from Huawei. As per the tender, Telefonica O2 has chosen Huawei as the provider of the UMTS network infrastructure as well as for the modernisation of its 2G network.

In the beginning of 2009, the operator will provide transfer speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. By the end of 2009, the operator is intending to expand the signal to 20 to 30 localities in the Czech Republic. It is speculated that with in next 2 to 3 years  coverage will reach around 70 percent of the Czech population. The speed of entire GSM network will increase to 150-2000 Kbps via EDGE technology.

Telefonica O2 chooses Huawei Technologies for 3G expansion and 2G modernization (Czech Republic)

  • October 7th, 2008
  • 10:53 am

Telefonica O2, Czech Republic, chooses Huawei Technologies for the expansion of 3G network and modernization of 2G. The operator at present provides it’s 3G network to it’s subscribers Prague and Brno.
So the subscribers in this area will have a high speed access to broadband internet, up to 3.6 Mbps at the beginning of 2009.
The operator plans a further expansion to 20 to 30 towns in the Czech Republic by the end of 2009. By end of 2010 the modernisation of 2G will provide speeds of 150-200 Kbps in its entire GSM network.

   

Telefonica O2 plans 3G expansion (Czech Republic)

  • August 20th, 2008
  • 10:55 am

Telefonica O2, Czech Republic has planned to expand its 3G coverage to another 20 to 30 towns in the country. The current status of the operator is that it provides 3G coverage in Prague and Brno.

The first stage is scheduled for Q1′09, in which the coverage will extend across the Ostrava and Pilsen areas.

Telefonica also plans to provide 3G coverage to over 70 percent of the Czech population during the following two to three years.

Currently, the 3G network supports data transfer speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps, which is expected to reach 7.2 Mbps within two years.

   

Vodafone continues to receive the highest ARPU in Czech (Czech Republic)

  • August 13th, 2008
  • 12:39 pm

Vodafone will continue to outpace Telefonica and T-Mobile in the competitive Czech Republic Mobile operator space. Mobile penetration in the Czech Republic is among the highest in Central European nations and is high even by western European levels. With mobile voice markets saturated, the established operators have focused on customer retention and launched a variety of mobile content services over 3G/HSDPA networks. Czech off-deck content is also appearing, a trend which is expected to continue if mobile broadband penetration increases as expected.

Operators covered for Czech include: Telefonica O2 CZ, T-Mobile, and Vodafone.

Notable highlights of the 3Q08 Czech Mobile Forecast include:

  • The wireless penetration level in the Czech Republic will continue to increase and it will reach 131.2% in 2010.
  • Our model predicts a relatively competitive scenario in the Czech market. Market shares in the Czech market will remain fairly stable over the next few years with Telefonica O2 CZ, T-Mobile, and Vodafone registering market shares of 39.4%, 40.4% and 20.3% respectively.
  • All the three operators will continue to have similar monthly churn rates in the range of 1.2% - 1.7%.
  • It is expected that Vodafone will continue to receive the highest ARPU in Czech. Its ARPU will reach US$36.27 in 2010 while Telefonica O2 CZ and T-Mobile will receive US$30.44 and US$28.73 respectively.

iPhone 3G launches in 20 countries on August 22

  • August 7th, 2008
  • 12:18 pm

The iPhone 3G will be launched in twenty more countries on August 22. All the operators concerned have made their formal announcements. 10 countries are Latin American.It is predicted that SingTel will also join the mix, but the reports are yet to be confirmed.

August 22 releases

    * Argentina - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Chile - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Colombia - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Czech Republic - O2
    * Ecuador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * El Salvador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Estonia - Eesti Mobii Telefon
    * Guatemala - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Honduras - America Movil
    * Hungary - T-Mobile
    * India - Bharti Airtel and Vodafone
    * Paraguay - America Movil
    * Philippines - GlobeTelecom
    * Peru - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Poland - Orange and Era
    * Romania - Orange
    * Uruguay - Telefonica and America Movil

   

Telefonica O2 Q2′08 revenues up by 0.6% (Czech Republic)

  • July 25th, 2008
  • 1:07 pm

Telefonica O2, Czech Republic has announced its Q2′08 revenues of CZK 15.8 billion, up by 0.6% from a year earlier. Mobile revenues grew 3% to CZK8.4 billion. OIBDA improved 6.5 percent to CZK 7.6 billion, giving a margin of 48.1 percent, while net profit rose 30.4 percent to CZK 3.4 billion, helped by gains on property sales. Capex fell 16.7 percent from a year ago to CZK 1.6 billion. The number of mobile customers increased by 6 percent year-on-year to 5.2 million at 30 June, of which 2.369 million were contract subscribers. The operator lost 36,000 prepaid subscribers during Q2, while gaining 63,000 contract subscribers. Mobile ARPU fell to CZK 523 from CZK 529 a year earlier, while revenue from data services increased 6.8 percent to CZK 505 million. O2 added 7,000 data users during the quarter for a total 212,000 at the end of June.
Despite a more challenging operating environment, the company expects to meet its earlier full-year guidance for revenues up 2-4 percent and OIBDA flat to 2 percent higher. Capex is expected to be around CZK 9 billion in 2008.

   

Vodafone CR ends March with 2.7m users

  • May 28th, 2008
  • 2:43 pm

The Czech Republic’s third largest mobile operator by subscribers, Vodafone CR (formerly Oskar), added 40,000 net new additions in January-March 2008 to increase its total base to 2.7 million users by the end of the first quarter. Year-on-year, the cellco’s growth rate was 9%, or 223,000 new SIM cards, its UK parent said in a press release. The Prague Daily Monitor reports that Vodafone’s growth compared favourably with larger rivals Telefonica O2 CR and T-Mobile, which recorded annual growth of 6.6% (to 5.16 million) and 3.2% (to 5.27 million), respectively. Mobile data services provider MobilKom (U:fon) had an estimated 150,000 users at the same date. Vodafone said contract users accounted for 51.9% of its total user base at the end of March 2008, compared with 52.4% in Q1 2007, while average revenue per user (ARPU) amounted to CZK581 (USD36.3) a month - versus CZK484 at T-Mobile and CZK509 at O2.

   

 

 

T-Mobile’s Czech unit considering opening network to virtual operators

  • March 11th, 2008
  • 12:08 pm

T-Mobile’s Czech unit is considering becoming the first mobile operator in the country to allow virtual operators to use its network, opening the market to more competition, daily E15 reported.

‘An internal strategy for access for virtual operators is being prepared,’ a T-Mobile spokesman was quoted as saying.

Up to now, the Czech market’s three main operators, Prague-listed Telefonica O2 (NYSE:OOM) Czech Republic, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Vodafone (NYSE:VOD) , have not concluded network access deals, although more than a dozen firms are looking to offer mobile services on rented networks.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

O2 announces femtocell trials with NEC, Ubiquisys in UK

  • February 11th, 2008
  • 12:49 pm

Telefonica O2 Europe has announced live femtocell experience trials in the UK in partnership with NEC and Ubiquisys, targeting a commercial launch of the technology by early 2009. The UK’s trial of femtocell technology has begun an initial period of live testing in February. If successful, the trial will be rolled out in greater numbers across the UK in the summer. NEC has supplied an integrated service centred around Ubiquisys ZoneGate femtocells. Femtocells are designed to improve indoor 3G mobile-broadband coverage by re-routing data from mobile networks and onto wired DSL connections, building mobile coverage from the inside out. O2 also launched trials in the Czech Republic this month, on the back of successful tests that have been carried out in Madrid by Telefonica since last year.

   

Telefonica slashes data roaming charges (Spain)

  • January 15th, 2008
  • 12:28 pm

Telefonica has reduced its mobile data charges for its European customers. O2 businesses and Movistar in Spain will implement a range of new data roaming tariffs aimed at consumers travelling within Europe, while for business travellers, a new roaming bundle provides worldwide access to data at a price equivalent to EUR 1 per MB. Both prepay and postpay consumers will, starting from early February, pay no more than EUR 0.32 to send an SMS from any EU country, representing a reduction of up to 49 percent on current prices. The new rate will apply to all customers by April. O2 and Movistar business customers can use 50 MB of data on any roaming partner network worldwide for a flat monthly fee of EUR 50. The package is available now in Spain, the UK, the Czech Republic and Ireland and will be introduced in Germany in the second quarter of 2008. From March 2008, mobile laptop users will be able to monitor their data usage in real time via their ‘Connection Manager’ software, while all roaming customers will automatically receive a text message containing SMS, data and voice pricing information. In addition, O2 and Movistar customers will not incur penalties if their phone selects a non-preferred network.