Bulgaria’s telecom watchdog to fine M-tel, Globul, Vivacom
Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) chairperson, Vesselin Bozhkov has stated that the regulator will fine the country’s three mobile operators – Mobiltel, Globul and Vivacom – a total US$1.07 million, as the companies broke number portability rules.
The regulator is acting on a number of complaints from customers in the past two weeks.
The mobile operators confirmed that they would most probably appeal against the penalties in the Supreme Administrative Court.
According to Bozhkov, in 2010, Mobiltel, Globul and Vivacom were fined a combined US$1.07 million and the 40 complaints lodged by customers would prompt penal provisions for the same amount.
Poland’s Nordisk contracts Huawei
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Chinese equipment vendor Huawei and Poland’s CDMA-420 network operator Nordisk have signed a contract to expand the operator’s network. Huawei is replacing ZTE as the operator’s usual supplier.
Nordisk was bought by Polish mobile network operator Polkomtel in August last year from its shareholders NFI Midas and Roman Karosik for a price of PLN11.795 million (USD3.55 million). Nordic group Nordisk Mobiltelefon formed a part of the Polish company which went bankrupt earlier last year.
Mobiltel Bulgaria & Real Networks brings out Mobile music
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobiltel Bulgaria’s music service has been transitioned by Real Networks to the Real platform on March 10. ‘all-you-can-eat’ function has also been added to continue its strong momentum across Europe. Subscribers are provided with flexibility and choice for downloading music to their mobile devices due to Mobitel’s migration to RealNetworks’ music platform.
Mobitel subscribers can download and sync music to their mobile phones from the PC by subscribing to the Music Unlimited package for 9.90 Bulgarian Lev (£4.64) per-month. Music can also be downloaded through WAP or web stores, or from native apps residing on their handsets.
According to Karakanovsky, Marketing Data Director for Mobiltel Bulgaria, RealNetworks is a global leader in mobile music and with its strong presence in Eastern Europe, is a perfect fit for MAG and Mobiltel and its subscribers will be more likely to utilize mobile music due to the increased simplicity and elegance of the interface, and dual download capability.
M-Tel launches 50% discount on fixed line offer (Bulgaria)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A special offer has been launched by Telekom Austria’s Bulgarian subsidiary MobilTel (M-Tel) under which the customers will be given fixed landline for just GBN2.45 per month for six months, a 50% discount on the regular price.
50 free minutes across all national fixed networks will also be offered to the users under the VoiceBox Basic offer, depending on the period of the signed contract. Even if the free offer is not activated, calls to fixed networks will cost just BGN0.05 per minute.
One minute of conversation to a mobile network will cost BGN0.32 per minute.
Telekom Austria net profit up 74% in Q2 on Mobiltel takeover
Telekom Austria reported second-quarter net profit up 74.6 percent from a year ago to EUR 130.9 million, driven by the company’s takeover of Bulgarian mobile operator Mobiltel and lower depreciation and amortisation charges. Revenues increased 16 percent to EUR 1.169 billion, with a 33 percent rise in mobile sales to EUR 710.9 million helping to offset a 1.9 percent drop in fixed-line revenues to EUR 519.3 million. EBITDA rose 20 percent to EUR 477.5 million. Telekom Austria expects full-year revenues to grow 5 percent and annual EBITDA up 10 percent, while the company raised its forecast for operating and net profit and now expects annual growth of more than its previous outlook of 20 percent. For the period 2005-9, the company predicts a CAGR of 2 percent for revenues, 2.5 percent for EBITDA and 13 percent for net profit. Telekom Austria also expects a reduction in net debt and higher dividend for the year.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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