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Total mobile subscribers may reach 7.02 million mark (Finland)

  • August 22nd, 2008
  • 2:08 pm

One of the most technologically developed mobile markets of Europe is Finland. Sonera, Elisa, and DNA are the operators serving the mobile market. Though mobile penetration is above the EU average. Considering the 3G sector, growth continues to be strong. Finland has the third lowest mobile call charges of all EU Member States, behind only Denmark and Luxemburg, and the lowest 3G user costs.

Notable highlights of Finland Mobile Forecast include:

  • Wireless penetration in Finland will continue to grow, and it will reach 133.2% in 2010. Total subscribers will increase from 6.76 million to 7.02 million during the forecast period, 2008 - 2010.
  • Market shares (by subscribers) of major operators will remain roughly the same over the next several years in Finland. Sonera, Elisa and DNA will continue to have approximately 43%, 37% and 22% of total subscribers respectively in the foreseeable future.

Elisa posts a steep fall in Q2 profits (Finland)

  • August 1st, 2008
  • 7:59 am

Elisa, Finland’s telecom operator, has posted a steep fall in second-quarter profits, but repeated it sees sales and profits in 2008 flat year-on-year.

Elisa reported April-June earnings per share of 0.20 euro, compared with 0.31 euro a year earlier.

   

Elisa posts small rise in Q4 results, sees better 2008 (Finland)

  • February 13th, 2008
  • 2:45 pm

Finnish operator Elisa reported fourth-quarter sales of EUR 402 million, up from EUR 401 million a year earlier. EBITDA, excluding one-time items, rose 8 percent to EUR 128 million, while EPS grew to EUR 0.32 from EUR 0.31. Growth came mainly in the mobile market, as fixed-line operations were under pressure. While the number of broadband customers grew 5 percent last year to 521,844, analogue and other lines were down 10 percent to 471,542. The number of mobile customers rose to 2.657 million, including 322,800 in Estonia, from 2.489 million at the end of 2006, while mobile ARPU improved to EUR 30.1 from EUR 29.9 in Q3. Elisa now has over 1 million 3G customers, with network coverage at 75 percent of the population. Further growth in 3G and efficiency measures are expected to lead to further revenue and EBITDA growth in 2008. Capex for this year was forecast at 10-12 percent of revenues, while cash flow will substantially exceed last year’s level.

   

Elisa launches HSUPA (Finland)

  • August 31st, 2007
  • 3:15 pm

Finnish telco Elisa, in cooperation with Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson, has announced the launch of HSPA on the uplink (also known as Enhanced Uplink or HSUPA) on its 3G network. HSUPA allows data transfer speeds of 1.4 Mbps, more than three times the speed of traditional 3G networks. Janne Laitala, President, Ericsson Finland, said: ‘HSPA on the uplink is an important milestone in the evolution of HSPA and we are happy to take this step with Elisa. With the take-off of online communities and video-sharing services, greater uplink speed will add a new, mobile dimension to such activities.’

   

 

Will the iPhone support Microsoft Exchange?

  • July 4th, 2007
  • 12:49 pm

The last time this question was asked, it surrounded a quote in the Wall Street Journal given during Walt Mossberg’s review of the device. The review had a single quote about Exchange support if there was a setting allowed by the IT department. This is true because the iPhone supports IMAP email and Microsoft Exchange has a setting that will allow IMAP to function on an Exchange server. The issue that many took, with the press announcements after that review, was that the stories started to get really hyped up because at no time did the review or Apple announce Exchange support.

Apple said in many interviews about the iPhone that there would be a move to support business in the future. It appears that the future is sooner than many first thought, as soon as the third quarter of 2007; IT departments might start allowing the iPhone on the network. Why will this happen? Because of a little publicized news release from Visto over the weekend.

Visto enables email for the mass market, targeting enterprises, small businesses mobile professionals and consumers. The company’s patented Visto Mobile platform with ConstantSync technology works in real time with POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and IBM’s Lotus Domino email platforms “Visto’s customized, brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including Elisa, Rogers Wireless, Qtel,   SmarTone, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Sprint-NEXTEL, TELUS, Turkcell and the Vodafone Group,” the company said.

On Friday, Visto announced that they would offer the same level of services and support to Apple and by proxy their iPhone customers. Through Visto, iPhone users will experience secure mobile access to current and legacy versions of both Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino corporate messaging platforms. Visto said that their mobile platform would enable access that is easy to implement and administer and will alleviate IT concerns regarding security and reliability.

“The iPhone and other devices to follow will continue to accelerate demand for secure mobile access to corporate data including email, contacts, calendar and other important information sources,” said Brian Bogosian, CEO of Visto. “To be useful to business users, it must easily and securely provide access to corporate email - and that’s where Visto adds value and functionality for end users as they consider the iPhone over BlackBerry, Symbian or Windows Mobile devices as their single converged device to support both their personal and business needs.”

Visto Mobile will directly offer secure and easy-to-use mobile access to corporate and personal email for the iPhone in the United States. Additionally, Visto Mobile offers iPhone users peace of mind by securing their personal information using end-to-end security. For IT departments, this means that they can encrypt and   protect sensitive corporate data without making any changes to their existing security infrastructure.

Visto Mobile for the iPhone will be available in late Q3 2007. iPhone users will be able to take advantage of a free sixty-day trial of the Visto Mobile service.

 

   
 

Elisa reports 1Q results

  • April 24th, 2007
  • 12:57 pm

Telegeography writes…Elisa has reported a first quarter pre-tax profit of EUR64 million, up from last year’s EUR39 million, but just below market consensus of EUR65.4 million. Sales for the three months ended 30 March 2007 climbed 9% year-on-year to EUR378 million, while EBITDA saw an improvement to EUR115 million from last year’s figure, excluding non-recurring items, of EUR99 million.

At the end of March the group’s domestic wireless operation claimed 2.23 million subscribers, of which 10% were connected to its 3G network. During the period average revenue per subscription (ARPU) declined slightly quarter-on-quarter to EUR29.7, from EUR30.8 in 4Q 2006, due to decreased interconnection fees. Churn was flat on the previous quarter at 1.2%.

 

 

Elisa to introduce 4.9 cent connection fee for domestic mobile calls

  • January 24th, 2007
  • 1:00 pm

Telegeography writes…Elisa has said it will begin charging its residential wireless customers a EUR0.049 connection fee for every call made, from the start of March. The new fee will come on top of the regular per-minute rate. Elisa said the move would support further investment and encourage customers to switch to 3G monthly call package subscriptions. The fee will not apply to 3G packages, to corporate subscribers, or to customers of its Kolumbus unit.

 

Elisa outsources to Barona

  • January 11th, 2007
  • 7:28 am

TotalTele writes…Elisa Oyj Wednesday said it has signed a letter of intent with Barona Solutions Oy to outsource its operations related to order management and invoicing of corporate customers to Barona as of 1 Feb. 

In connection with the transfer, 187 employees will transfer from Elisa to Barona as established employees.

In regional terms, 155 employees will transfer from the Helsinki office, 17 from Tampere, eight from Jyvaeskylae, six from Joensuu and one employee from Riihimäki.

For the present, the workplaces of these employees will be located at Elisa’s facilities.

The current outsourcing agreement is part of Elisa’s streamlining program for 2005-2007.

Elisa has previously outsourced order management and invoicing operations related to private customers to Barona.

Barona Solutions Oy is a company within the Barona Group, and it provides its customers with personnel-related service solutions.