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APEK recieves seven more interested parties for UMTS frequencies (Slovenia)

  • October 2nd, 2008
  • 5:15 am

Slovenia’s telecom regulator APEK recieves seven new interest expressions for the additional UMTS 3G mobile frequencies after a public invitation issued in August. The country has four 3G licensees Mobitel, Si.Mobil, Tusmobil and T-2.

   

Telekom Austria Group unveils xDSL, mobile growth (Austria)

  • January 19th, 2008
  • 6:45 am

Telekom Austria Group announces that the number of fixed net access lines fell to 2.4 million at end-2007, from 2.6 million at end-2006, as the fixed-to-mobile migration continued. The Fixed Network division added 28,600 net xDSL customers in Q4 2007, compared to 23,700 customers added in Q4 2006, to reach a total of 750,600 at end-2007, compared to 693,600 at end-2006. The group boosted its mobile customers by 44.6 percent to 14.8 million in 2007, boosted by the contribution of the recently-acquired MDC in Belarus and positive development across all countries. Excluding MDC, group mobile customers reached 11.7 million in 2007, up by 14.7 percent from 2006, with 510,700 net additions in Q4, compared to 454,000 net additions in Q4 2006. Mobilkom Austria added 105,600 net mobile customers in Q4, compared to 101,100 added in Q4 2006, to end with 3.96 million customers, up by 9.1 percent from end-2006. Mobilkom Austria boosted its market share to 40.3 percent at end-2007, from 38.7 percent at end-2006.

Mobiltel in Bulgaria added 284,900 net mobile subscribers in Q4 2007, versus 231,600 net additions in Q4 2006, to end with 5.1 million customers, up 19.5 percent from end-2006. Its market share fell from 52.5 percent in 2006 to 50.3 percent in 2007 in the face of stiff competition. MDC in Belarus had 3.06 million customers at end-2007, up 23 percent from end-2006, for a market share of 43.4 percent. Croatian mobile operator Vipnet ended 2007 with 2.18 million customers, up 14 percent from 2006, adding 102,600 net subscribers in Q4, compared to 106,700 net additions in Q4 2006. Vipnet’s market share was 43 percent at end-2007. Si.mobil in Slovenia had 497,200 mobile customers at end-2007, up 18.2 percent year-on-year, adding 17,400 net customers in Q4, compared to 15,000 net additions in Q4 2006. Its market share was 26.9 percent at end-2007.

   

Si.mobil secures 3G licence

  • September 22nd, 2006
  • 7:30 am

Slovenian mobile operator Si.mobil has acquired nationwide UMTS frequencies for EUR 6.5 million, valid for 15 years. UMTS licences were first offered in Slovenia in 2001, but Si.mobil did not participate in the tender and has been using EDGE instead since late 2003. The announcement was made by Simobil’s parent company, Telekom Austria.

Source- http://www.telecompaper.com

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