TeliaSonera reorganises into 4 divisions
TeliaSonera plans to reorganise the company into four divisions, effective from 1 January 2007. The move is expected to better address the market shift to mobile and data services as well as enterprise managed services and the high growth in the operator’s Eurasian markets. As part of the change in focus, TeliaSonera set a target of SEK 100 billion in sales within two years.The four divisions include mobility services, headed by Kenneth Karlberg, currently president of TeliaSonera Norway, Denmark, the Baltic countries and Spain. Mobility will handle mobile voice and data services for consumers and businesses in the countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Spain. In total the business area has 13 million customers, sales of approximately SEK 40 billion and 7,000 employees.
The business area broadband services will focus on mass market communications services for connecting homes and offices, including triple-play offers. The division, headed by TeliaSonera Sweden chief Anders Bruse, comprises operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and the international carrier operations as well as the associated company in Latvia. The division has 10 million customers, sales of approximately SEK 39 billion and 16,000 employees.
The integrated enterprise services division will cover managed IT and telecom services for businesses in the Nordic and Baltic regions. In an attempt to become market leader for the region, TeliaSonera plans acquisitions in this area to increase its scale and boost growth. It currently has hundreds of managed services customers, sales of approximately SEK 9 billion and 2,000 employees. Juho Lipsanen, currently President of TeliaSonera Finland, will head the division.
Finally the operator’s activities in Eurasia will be grouped into one division. This includes the Fintur (74%) operations in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova. The business area also is responsible for developing TeliaSonera’s holdings in Russian MegaFon (44%) and Turkish Turkcell (37%). In total these operations have 70 million customers with sales of SEK 8 billion. Erdal Durukan will remain president of the Eurasian operations.
Source- telecompaper Wireless Mobile Telecom
Moldova searching for third mobile phone market operator
CHISINAU. Oct 6 (Interfax) - The Moldovan National Regulatory
Agency in Telecommunications and Informatics (ANRTI) plans to announce
an international tender in the next two months to choose a third GSM
standard cellular operator for the Moldovan market, Information
Development Minister Vladimir Molojen told Interfax.
“A third operator in the country would not be too much,” he said.
“There are reserves and the appearance of a new player on the
market will contribute to its development, bring in new investment and
balance out the tariffs on mobile phone services,” he said.
The cost of a license for a new mobile operator would be $8
million. The winner of the tender must submit $4 million within a month
after the tender and the rest of that amount within two years.
The two existing mobile operators in Moldova, Voxtel and Moldcell,
feel that it would be senseless for a new player to enter the market
since their services cover practically the entire country.
the Moldovan market since 1998. Its shareholders are France Telecom
Mobiles with 51%, Moldavian Mobile Telephone Bis with 30%, MoldTelecom
with 10%, the International Finance Corporation with 5%, and Orange
Romania with 4%.
Moldcell has been working on the Moldovan communications market
since 2000.
Voxtel has a 60.5% share of the GSM standard communications market
in Moldova, while Moldcell has a 39.5% share.
Source- http://www.interfax.com
