2degrees, New Zealand mobile services provider, has increased its customer base to over half a million.
According to 2Degrees Chief Executive Eric Hertz, the company has 580,000 subscribers. It launched services in August 2009 and had 206,000 customers in March last year.
Australian pay-TV and telecommunications services provider, AUSTAR has announced the sale of its 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz wireless spectrum concessions to NBN Co, the public-private company set up to oversee the in-development National Broadband Network (NBN).
According to reports, the deal, which is valued at US$119.8 million, will help facilitate NBN Co’s plan to launch wireless broadband services in rural and regional areas of the country.
According to AUSTAR Chief Executive, John Porter, the agreement reached with NBN Co differed from other deals it had inked in the past with the likes of Optus and OPEL, which it noted included a combination of cash and various wholesale arrangements.
Meanwhile, AUSTAR’s group director of corporate development, Deanne Weir, revealed the company would now focus on developing its content platform beyond its current satellite-delivered customer base, noting that they will also look to create relationships with regional Australian homes that they don’t currently service, via high speed broadband and VoIP offerings.
Vodafone Australia has confirmed that its customer database has been compromised by an employee or possibly a dealer, who then shared their access password with outside parties, revealing the personal details of the company’s customer base.
According to the company, it became aware of the security breach when contacted by a local newspaper, and has launched an internal investigation to find out who the culprit is, and how the breach occurred. The company also stated that all internal passwords were being reset to prevent further access to the database.
According to Vodafone Chief Executive, Nigel Dews, it appears to have been a one-off incident, but we are investigating that thoroughly now and they will have a much better picture of that in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner is also investigating the security breach, but even if the company is found to have been negligent, the Commissioner has no powers to issue sanctions against the company.
The security breach comes at a bad time for the company as it deals with increasingly vocal customer complaints about network quality and a possible class-action lawsuit over the issue.
Nearly 40 mobile Virtual Operators (VOs) were active on the Dutch market at the end of March 2006, and increased their customer base by 15.2 percent over the past year to 2.50 million at the end of March 2006, versus 2.17 million at the end of March 2005. This Dutch Virtual Mobile Operators report provides a detailed analysis of the mobile VOs, focusing on target markets, service propositions and the VO’s market performance. Using a qualitative assessment, we rank the players based on the potential for their product in their chosen target market, their service proposition, their progress in the market and the strength, commitment and experience of their backers.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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