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Ecuador ends October with a mobile subscriber base of 11.2Mn

  • December 15th, 2008
  • 4:18 am

The mobile subscriber base in Ecuador stood at 11.2mn subscribers at the end of October in comparison to 9.7mn at October-end 2007, reports telecoms supervisory body Supertel. Porta leads the charts with 7.82mn subscribers, followed by Movistar Ecuador of Spain’s Telefónica with 2.95mn subscribers, and locally owned Alegro PCS with 391,587 subscribers.
In the month of October, the operators added a total of 92,564 subscribers.
   

Ecuador’s totals subscriber base to 11.3Mn

  • November 14th, 2008
  • 5:43 am

According to a report, Ecuador’s mobile service providers have grown their subscriber base to approximately 11.3 million in comparison to 9.65 million at this time last year.

Operator                     Subscribers (Million)
Porta                            7.67
Movistar Ecuador           2.95
Alegro PCS                   0.7

Three Mobile operators of Ecuador’s mobile market added 154,164 net new subscribers between them during the period of September. There were a total of 10.45 million GSM subscribers at the end of this month, or 92.5% of the country’s total.

Porta leads the market with 7.67mn subscribers at Sept-end (Ecuador)

  • November 11th, 2008
  • 7:18 am

According to the telecom supervisory body, Supertel, the Ecuadorian mobile operators ended the month of September with a total of 11.3mn subscribers compared to 9.65mn at end-September 2007.
Porta, a unit of America Movil, continues to top the charts with 7.67mn subscribers, followed by Movistar Ecuador with 2.95mn and locally owned Alegro PCS with 672,366 subscribers.
In the month of September nearly 154,164 subscribers to the Ecuadorian mobile market.

   

Porta plans to grow 3G network to 16 cities (Ecuador)

  • October 15th, 2008
  • 12:55 pm

Porta, Ecuador, plans to expand it’s 3G services to 16 cities across the nation by year end. Porta’s 3G services at present available only in the capital Quito, Guayaquil, Santo Domingo, Machala, Cuenca and Milagro and Manta. ‘We expect to gradually reach nationwide coverage,’ the spokesperson added.

   

Porta brings 3G in Manta (Ecuador)

  • October 7th, 2008
  • 12:31 pm

According to a media report, Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel (Porta), part of the America Movil group, has expanded its commercial 3G UMTS services to the city of Manta. W-CDMA-based mobile services is provided by Porta in other major urban areas including the capital Quito, Guayaquil, Santo Domingo, Machala, Cuenca and Milagro, with a 3G application range including mobile broadband internet access and videocalling. The company is also planning to launch mobile TV.