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Montenegro has 1.22 million mobile phone users, double the population of the country (Montenegro)According to the reports of Montenegro’s telecommunications agency, the country’s registered mobile phone users are nearly double the population. While Montenegro has some 620,000 citizens, the number of mobile phone users reached 1.22 million, by the end of June.
Montenegro has three mobile phone operators: the leader being Deutsche Telecom’s T-Mobile, followed by Norwegian Telenor’s Promonte and Serbian state-run Telecom.
ProMonte expands the UMTS network (Montenegro)ProMonte, Montenegrin wireless network operator, announced it’s UMTS network expansion to six municipalities in the north, a year after launching 3G services in the coastal resorts of Podgorica, Niksic and Cetinje. Berane, Bijelo Polje, Rozaje, Plav, Pljevlja and Zabljak are now covered by the W-CDMA/HSDPA network, with Kolasin, Mojkovac and Danilovgrad in line for an upgrade in the autumn.
In the next four years ProMonte has targeted to cover 97% of the inhabited territory in Montenegro.
Montenegro’s mobile penetration rate rises to 174.6 percent (Montenegro)Montenegro’s mobile phone penetration rate rose to 174.6 percent at the end of January from 169 percent a month earlier, according to the country’s telecommunications regulator. The market share of ProMonte fell to 39.65 percent, T-Mobile increased its share to 34.3 percent, and M:tel was up to 26 percent. In comparison to December, the number of mobile telephony users was up 3.5 percent to 1.08 million. Compared to the same period last year, the number of users in January was 67 percent higher. The majority of the mobile telephony users in Montenegro, around 80 percent, are prepaid. A total of 103.4 million SMS messages were registered on Montenegro’s mobile networks in January, one third more than in December.
MTEL deploys Comverse solution (Montenegro)Comverse Technology has announced that Montenegro’s newest cellco, MTEL, has deployed its converged billing suite and various value-added services. MTEL, an affiliate of Telekom Srbija, began commercial operations in July 2007, just 75 days after acquiring licences to provide 2G (GSM) and 3G (UMTS) services. MTEL currently claims a 12.8 % market share with around 130,000 subscribers. Beside its wireless licences, MTEL holds a WiMAX concession, which it expects to launch commercially in October 2007.
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Montenegro sees mobile user base rise to 881,500 (Montenegro)The number of mobile telephone users in Montenegro has achieved a new record, surpassing 142 percent of the total population, according to the latest market figures. The previous record in the number of users was achieved last September, when a 127.6 percent penetration rate was registered. Out of the total 881,500 mobile telephony users in Montenegro at end-July, only 17.4 percent were post-paid. On an annual level, the number of subscribers in July grew by more than one quarter. ProMonte is still leader with a 54.7 percent market share, followed by T-Mobile with 40.14 percent and M:tel with 5.16 percent. In July, the users of all three networks sent around 73.4 million SMS messages or 18 percent more than in June. Outgoing traffic totaled 79.4 million minutes, 15 percent more vs the previous month.
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Telekom Srpske customers gain free mobile roaming in Serbia and MontenegroPredrag Culibrk, Telekom Srpske’s newly installed director general, has announced that his company’s mobile customers will enjoy free mobile roaming in Serbia and Montenegro from 1 July 2007. Telekom Srbije, the Serbian fixed line incumbent, acquired a 65% in Telekom Srpske earlier this year.
