Serbia

Telekom Srbije plans to invest USD273m in infrastructure (Serbia)

On 03.15.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: An investment of RSD20 billion (USD273 million) will be made by Serbian telecomms company Telekom Srbije in infrastructure development this year.

According to the firm’s commercial director Vladimir Lucic, Telekom Srbije ended 2009 with record profits of RSD15 billion while 2010 started very successful for the company and in January it reached six million mobile users and in fixed line it has three million users. The company’s plan is to have 6.2 million mobile users by the end of the year and the reason why it need to invest more, and it has planned to invest RSD20 billion in infrastructures.

Telekom Srbije is also contemplating to increase the number of internet users to 700,000.

Telekom sell off to be reviewed by IMF (Serbia)

On 02.26.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The business plans of Serbia’s ten largest public companies that may be sold; including Telekom Srbije will be reviewed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to Bogdan Lissovolik, the IMF’s top official in Serbia, the market is not strong for privatizations, but case-by-case studies may need to be done for the times when conditions improve.

EUR3 billion (USD4.1 billion) was received by Serbia from IMF for bailout and after agreeing to overhaul pensions, health care and public administration while keeping retirement pay and wages frozen in 2010, it received USD1.6 billion.

The deadline for cutting state jobs and pledge to start them in April has already been missed by the government.

Tagged with: Europe • International Monetary Fund • Serbia • Telekom Srbije

MTEL stake eyed by Telekom Srpske

On 01.18.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Amsterdam-based holding company Ogalar and Bosnian telco Telekom Srpske are in negotiation with each other regarding the purchase of a 49% stake in Montenegrin cellco MTEL.

The remaining 50 percent of MTEL is owned by Telekom Srbija whose 80 percent is owned by the Serbian government and 20% by Greece’s OTE. Meanwhile, 65 percent of Telekom Srpske is owned by Telekom Srbija and 25% owned by three funds based in Republika Srpska (10% by a privatization fund, 10% by the company’s Pension and Life Assurance Fund and 5% by its Restitution Fund).

10 percent of the company is owned by public.

Tagged with: Amsterdam • Europe • Greece • MTEL • Serbia • Telekom Srbija • Telekom Srpske

Telenor to be the only telco to bid for Serbia’s second fixed-line license

On 01.14.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to Serbia’s telecommunications agency Ratel, the only company to present a bid for the country’s second fixed-line operator licence was Telenor. Mobile operator VIP, Cyprus-based Kerseyco Trading and Serbian-American Konsing Group are the other three companies who had qualified for the bidding.

However, all the necessary documents to participate in the bidding were provided only by Telenor. Company’s financial bid for the second landline operator license granted for a period of ten years will be opened by 18 January.

Tagged with: America • Cyprus • Essar • Europe • Fixed-line Operator • North America • operator • Serbia • Telenor

Nar Mobile enters into further GPRS roaming agreements (Azerbaijan)

On 08.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In July, 2009 Nar Mobile has entered into GPRS roaming agreements with numerous countries worldwide.
The last roaming agreements have been entered into between Nar Mobile and mobile operators Tele 2 (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Viva (Kuwait), Eagle Mobile (Albania), Wataniya Telecom (Maldives), Globe Telecom (Philippines).
Nar Mobile now has GPRS roaming agreements with 95 mobile operators in 60 countries worldwide.
These roaming agreements have been signed in order to fully meet the costumers’ needs of the mobile operator while being overseas.

Tagged with: Apple • Central America • Copaco • EBIDTA • EM-ONE • Ericsson AB • Hondutel • iPhone • Megacom • Nextel Mexico and Iusacell. • Philippines • SEOUL • Serbia • UTStarcom • Vice Chairman • Zain Malawi

Globe Telecom reports net profit of USD67.7 million in Q2 (Philippines)

On 08.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WireGlobe Telecom has reported net profit of PHP3.25 billion (USD67.7 million) in the April-June 2009 period, in comparison to PHP2.79 billion in the corresponding period of 2008, attributed to strong subscriber growth and lower corporate income tax. According to a media report, Globe’s second-quarter revenue also mounted to PHP15.73 billion from PHP15.58 billion over the same period, helping boost the group’s first-half profit to PHP7.2 billion from PHP6.2 billion in 1H 2008 as cellular subscribers increased from 22.7 million to 25 million at the end of June. The operator did point out however that the latest subscriber figure is below the 25.6 million it recorded at the end of March this year.

‘While acquisition remains an important part of our wireless strategy, we believe that our focus should increasingly move towards promoting retention and stimulating usage, particularly in the face of a maturing market,’ said Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu. ‘We want to break the cycle of acquiring and reacquiring marginal subscribers, and are recalibrating our sales drives to deliver profitable growth and acquire better quality subscribers,’ he added.

Tagged with: Cables • Charges • Philippines • Serbia • Te

SingTel continues to evaluate investment opportunities in China, says CEO

On 07.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SingTel, the Singapore based mobile operator’s chief executive, Chua Sock Koong, said that the company continues to evaluate investment opportunities in China.
SingTel currently holds significant stakes in six foreign mobile operators: India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd., Indonesia’s PT Telkomsel, Thailand’s Advanced Info Service PCL, Pakistan’s Warid Telecom, the Philippines’ Globe Telecom Inc. and Pacific Bangladesh Telecom.

Tagged with: China • DNA Mainio • Enforta • Free Airtime • Hutchison Telecom • India • Indonesia • Leap Wireless • Pakistan • Philippines • Serbia • Shanghai Telecom • Singapore • Telekom Malaysia • Thailand • Widescreen

Globe requests NTC to delay proposed per-second billing (Philippines)

On 07.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Globe Telecom has requested the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), to delay the proposed introduction of per-second billing for mobile calls to give it more time to recalibrate and recalculate its tariffs. Globe’s Head for regulatory affairs Ma. Caridad Gonzalez reportedly said, ‘To this extent, Globe requests the NTC to hold the issuance of the subject draft guidelines until fair and reasonable per-pulse rate can be determined.’

Tagged with: Blaze • Calling • Digitel Philippines • Philippines • Serbia

HTC ties up with Smart & Globe, expects double sales & market share (Philippines)

On 06.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: HTC, the Taiwanese mobile handset manufacturer, is in partnership with various leading mobile operators to strengthen its presence in the Philippines, expecting double sales and market share in 2009.

HTC Philippines country manager Mark Dewey Sergio, reportedly said partnerships with Smart Communications, Inc. and Globe Telecom, Inc. have been formalized.
“Currently, our smartphone units are available in Smart’s postpaid data plans and we will launch it commercially this month,” Mr. Sergio said.

HTC mobile handsets which aim at the tech savvy youth. describer filipinos as “dynamic consumers” especially of mobile phones, he said he expects a good reception for HTC products that include smartphones, touch phones, PDA phones, and mobile computers.
“We have been in the enterprise segment in the last couple of years and we are now aiming to capture the consumer market,” Mr. Sergio said.

HTC mobile phones were introduced to the Philippine market last year. “We can’t give a particular share of the market that HTC has now, but I can say that we are on track with our target,” Mr. Sergio said.

The company is expecting more than 100% growth in sales and market share this year, he added.

Tagged with: 32GB • Colombia Movil • Compal Communications • Contract-Free Price • mixtART • Philippines • Radiocom • Serbia • Wataniya Palestine

Globe introduces postpaid offer, costs PHP 399p/m (Philippines)

On 06.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Globe Telecom, mobile operator of Philippines has introduced a postpaid offer that offers unlimited calls to and from any landline number as well as unlimited call to and from any Duo postpaid mobile. The service is priced at PHP 399 per month, on top of another Globe plan. In addition to their existing mobile number, the subscriber will receive a Duo landline number. The calls made to landlines nos. are free, calls from any landline to a Duo subscriber, and on-net mobile calls. The subscriber calling to other number will be charged according to its plan. The service is only available in Manila and Cebu for now.

Tagged with: bill payments • Central Bank of Uganda • Charges • Digitel Philippines • Latvia • Niqatak Programme • Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich • RIMM BlackBerry • Serbia

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