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Spain ports 338,361 mobile phone numbers in October

  • December 8th, 2008
  • 12:00 pm

Spain, at October end, has totalled the number of mobile phone lines to 50.59 million, adding 249,913 new mobile lines in October, up by 4.6% sunce 2007. According to a monthly report by Spanish telecoms regulator CMT, Vodafone has acquired 29.2% of the total net addition in October, whereas Orange grabbed 25.5%, then came Yoigo which accounted for 19.2% and Movistar accounted for 14.3% and MVNOs grabbed the remaining 1.9%. Mobile penetration reached 111.9 lines per 100 inhabitants in comparison to 107.0 in October 2007.
Spain added 181,034 postpaid subscribers and around 61,879 prepaid subscribers in October. Some 338,361 mobile phone numbers were ported in October, up by 5.9% versus since 2007. Yoigo saw a positive result by seeing a portability of 7,459 subscribers whereas Vodafone, Movistar and Orange registered a negative result.
   

Movistar instigates 3G services in Panama

  • December 8th, 2008
  • 7:06 am

The Spanish incumbent Movistar launches 3G services on Panama. The network infrastructure was provided by Nokia Seimens Networks to Movistar. The initial coverage will be limited to Tocumen, located northeast of Panama City, and will then reach to the capital. The company will offer to postpaid subscribers broadband plans ranging from US$29.95/month with a 1Gb download limit to US$49.95 with a 5Gb download limit. 3G for prepaid Movistar subscribers will be launched in next few week.

   

Virgin Mobile raises data and SMS tariffs (South Africa)

  • November 25th, 2008
  • 6:47 am

Virgin Mobile South Africa, raises its data and SMS tariffs for both its prepaid and post-paid subscribers, eliminating off-peak rates. The rise in tariffs mean that Virgin’s peak-time tariffs are quiet lower than its competitors. On the other hand, it also means that users will not benefit from low off-peak rates. Virgin Mobile’s all-day rate is now 60c/SMS. MMSs are charged at a flat rate of 75c each and its per-MB data rate is set at 60c in contrast with Vodacom’s 4U charging 80c/SMS in peak times and 35c in off-peak times and Pay-as-you-go MTN subscribers are charged 75c/peak-time SMS while off-peak SMSs cost 35c. For data users, Vodacom and MTN charge around R2/MB for out-of-bundle data usage, their in-bundle rates for 2 GB or more drop to R0.19/MB. This is in comparison with Virgin Mobile’s flat rate of R0.60 per megabyte.

   

Personal totals subscriber base to 13.75Mn in Q3′08, VAS leads to rising ARPU (Argentina)

  • November 10th, 2008
  • 7:15 am

Personal, the Argentina based mobile operator, posted net profits of US$51.4million in Q3′08, a rise of 31% in comparison to $39.58 Million last year.
Personal’s revenues in Q3′08 counted to $0.55 Billion, up 23% from $0.45 billion a year earlier. The operator’s subscriber base totalled to 13.75 million in Argentina and Paraguay at the end of September, up by 18%.
According to COO, Telecom Argentina, Personal’s parent company, Personal has the highest market mix of prepaid and postpaid subscribers as well as the highest participation of value added services (VAS) for service revenues, leading to greater ARPU.
The Paraguay unit, which operates under the Núcleo brand, had a subscriber base of 1.81mn at the end of Q3, a rise of 21%. The Argentine operation totaled the subscriber base to 11.94mn at Q3′08 end, up by 18%. Nearly 66% of Argentine subscribers are prepaid.

   

Sprint Nextel losses 1.1Mn postpaid subscribers in Q3′08 (USA)

  • November 10th, 2008
  • 6:39 am

Sprint Nextel, USA, reports a quaterly loss and lowered revenues driven by CHURN to rival operators. It posted a net loss of $326 million in comparison to profit of $64 million last year and a downfall in revenue to $8.81 billion, from $10.04 billion a year ago.
The telco lost nearly 1.1 million postpaid subscribers the one’s who paid monthly bills. Including postpaid and prepaid subscribers, who pay for calls in advance and do not commit to monthly contracts, Sprint lost 1.3 million subscribers in Q3′08.