By Editor on January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Shares of Telecom Italia may be acquired by Telefonica at a premium of up to 30%. According to a local newspaper of Italy, Telefonica may be preparing an all-share bid for Telecom Italia, and setting up a holding company to conduct the takeover.
Meanwhile, the remaining shares in subsidiary Ortel Mobile have been acquired by Dutch operator KPN for an undisclosed sum. 65% of Ortel, which operates prepaid services in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, in March 2008, has been taken over and the remaining shares will be acquired by Ortel’s founders.
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Tagged with Belgium, Europe, Germany, Italy, KPN, LG, Netherland, Netherlands, operator, Ortel Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefonica
By Editor on January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Two contracts to build HSPA networks for European telecoms operator KPN of the Netherlands has been won by ZTE, a Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer.
Under the agreement, HSPA platforms will be supplied by ZTE for the upgradation of Dutch telco’s German and Belgian subsidiaries, E-Plus Mobilfunk’s and KPN Belgium’s (Mobistar) 3G networks.
A wireless data services with a maximum download speed of 21.6Mbps will be offered after the completion of the two high speed networks
By Editor on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Free SMS weekend offered by Vodafone in Netherlands on 17 and 18 November emerged as an instant hit with the customers. The offer was given until Sunday noon after the speech network was hit by a nationwide breakdown.
9.00-11.00 am on Sunday, the SMS traffic was 2.3 times more than normal with most of the SMS sent by the prepaid customers. On Saturday night, between 10.00-11.00 pm, the traffic increased by almost 50 percent as the subscribed customers sent maximum number of texts.
Between 6.00-9.00 pm, during Sinterklaas evening, the traffic rose by 21 percent than normal.
By admin on October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
T-mobile along with Vectone intends to capture a large chunk of the increasing migration of international calling minutes on to the mobile.
Vectone is already established across Europe and has over one million customers across Denmark, Norway, Austria, The
Netherlands and
Switzerland.
T-mobile claims to have over 50% of the wholesale market already (virgin’s MVNO operation rides on t-mobile).
The Ethnic focussed, low-cost prepay service is estimated to target ten million potential
subscribers in the UK generating more than seven billion calls per year.
T-Mobile,
managing director Richard Moat said: ‘We are delighted to be supporting Vectone’s ambitious expansion plans for the UK market. The deal with Vectone signals our intent to become a major player in the ethnic MVNO arena.
‘With international calling card minutes rapidly migrating to mobile, this is an excellent time to be forging new partnerships in a segment which is showing signs of bucking the recession with strong projected growth rates.
‘Vectone builds on our eight existing MVNO partnerships and underlines our ambitions to target new growth areas in the wholesale market.’
T-mobile along with Vectone intends to capture a large chunk of the potential 7 billion calls per year of international calling from the ethnic community within the UK.
Vectone is already established across Europe and has over one million customers across Denmark, Norway, Austria, The Netherlands and Switzerland.
T-mobile claims to have over 50% of the wholesale market already (virgin’s MVNO operation rides on t-mobile) and with its ninth major
partnership, there may be more to cheer about.
The Ethnic focussed, low-cost prepay service is estimated to target ten million potential subscribers in the UK.
T-Mobile, managing director Richard Moat said: ‘We are delighted to be supporting Vectone’s ambitious expansion plans for the UK market. The deal with Vectone signals our intent to become a major player in the ethnic MVNO arena.
‘With international calling card minutes rapidly migrating to mobile, this is an excellent time to be forging new partnerships in a segment which is showing signs of bucking the recession with strong projected growth rates.
‘Vectone builds on our eight existing MVNO partnerships and underlines our ambitions to target new growth areas in the wholesale market.’
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Tagged with Denmark, Austria, Calling Card, Calling Minutes, Community, ethnic community, Ethnic MVNO, Europe, Expansion Plan, Expansion plans, International Call, International Calling, international calling card, Lebara Mobile, Managing Director, Minutes, MVNO, Netherland, Netherlands, Norway, OSS, Partnership, Prepay Service, Subscribers, Switzerland, T-Mobile, The Netherlands, UK, Vectone, Virgin, wholesale market
By Editor on August 1, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Following T-Mobile’s recent announcement, market leader KPN has also decided to cut the commissions it pays to retailers for selling mobile services in The Netherlands. From September, KPN will gradually reduce handset subsidies and sales commissions. The handset subsidies and excessive sales commissions have been a thorn in the side of operators in recent years amid an increasingly saturated Dutch mobile market. The handset subsidies and sales commission contribute to very high churn rates, reaching 30 percent, but do not add to service revenue growth, putting pressure on profit margins. A reduction was inevitable, but the question was which operator dared to take the first step and risk giving the competition an advantage? The first move by T-Mobile and the recent success of E-Plus in Germany may have helped KPN take the decision to pull the plug on handset subsidies in The Netherlands.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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Tagged with Advantage, Churn, CHURN Rate, Commission, Competition, Dutch, Dutch mobile, Dutch Mobile Market, E-Plus, First, Germany, Growth, Handset Subsidies, Margins, Mobile market, Netherland, Netherlands, Rates, Reduce, Reduction, Retailers, Revenue Growth, September, Service Revenue, Subsidies, The Netherlands
