Slovenia

Telemach & UPC Ljubljanski kabel to complete merger

On 02.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The merger of Slovenia’s leading cable network operator Telemach with its largest remaining regional subsidiary is set to complete. The takeover of the remaining stake in the Ljubljana-based operator was announced in mid-2009 and later squeezed out one tenth of minority shareholders.

EUR642,000 (USD877,000) for around 9.5% of the company had been set aside by Telemach which generated EUR7.6 million in net sale revenue and around EUR2.5 million in net profit in 2008.

EUR9.4 million was with UPC Ljubljanski kabel as assets at the end of 2008, a year which Telemach concluded with EUR107 million in assets and 80% in financial obligations towards associated companies.

Telekom Slovenije’s deal to be reviewed by minister

On 02.05.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to clarify ‘suspected irregularities’ in the recent share purchases of Macedonia’s Cosmofon and Kosovo’s Ipko by Telekom Slovenije, Slovenian economy minister Matej Lahovnik has proposed to review the merger.

According to Matej, if the incumbent telco’s supervisory board members did not launch a review, the state in its capacity as a majority shareholder would propose an inquiry into the matter at a meeting of Telekom’s shareholders.

He also feels that it is important check the legitimacy of the acquisition of shares of individual minority shareholders,

Tagged with: Cosmofon • Europe • Macedonia • merger • Slovenia • Telekom Slovenije

No bankruptcy for T-2 (Slovenia)

On 02.02.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Slovenian alternative telco T-2’s bankruptcy has been terminated by the District Court in Maribor after the withdrawal of the proposal for the start of bankruptcy proceedings.

The decision was taken even after incumbent telco Telekom Slovenije and Lokainvest announced to participate in the proceedings as the proposal was automatically withdrawn by these two creditors.

Tagged with: Bankruptcy • Central Europe • Maribor • Slovenia • T-2 • Telekom Slovenije

Alfa organises public auction for 25 new platinum mobile numbers (Lebanon)

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Alfa, the mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom, will be organizing its second public auction on 25 new platinum mobile numbers on Thursday 3rd of September, 2009. The auction will be held under the high patronage of Telecommunications’ Minister, Engineer Gebran Bassil, and upon his request, and will take place in “Dubai Hall” at the Metropolitan Hotel, at 9 pm.

To participate in the auction, one has to visit Alfa’s headquarters at Furn El Chebbak, Beirut in order to submit the 100 USD registration fees (VAT included) starting the 27th of August 2009, up until the 3rd of September 2009, from 8 am until 2 pm and on the 3rd of September at Metropolitan Hotel from 8 am until 9 pm just right before the bidding operation starts. (more…)

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Pakistan ends July’09 with 95.55Mn mobile subscribers

On 08.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pakistan’s mobile market according to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has reported a penetration level of 58.5% at the end of July. The mobile segment, in July added 1 million mobile suscribers taking the total mobile subscriber base to 95.55 million.
Of the total base, Mobilink led the market with 29.5 million (31%) subscribers while Telenor stood second with 21.3 million (22%) followed by Ufone with 21% market share.
The highest monthly additions were achieved by Mobilink with 414,000 new subscribers followed by Telenor and Warid with 406,000 and 255,000 new subscribers respectively.

Tagged with: Al Shamil subscribers • Charges • Embratel • Middle East Broadcasting Corporation • Pakistan • Slovenia • Wataniya Palestine

Pakistan adds 6.322Mn subscribers in 2008-09

On 07.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the country’s mobile operators added 6.322 million subscribers on their network in 2008-09. As per latest statistics released by the telecom regulator, the total mobile subscriber base across the nation reached 94.342 million on the network of five operators. Accordingly, the subscribers’ base widened by 7.1% with teledensity touching 58.20.
Telenor ruled the market as it added the maximum subscribers of 2.767 million taking the total base to 20.893 million base, PTA data said. Zong has remained dominant in the market by capturing 2.435 million subscribers in the overall addition of subscribers. Its network has increased to 6.386 million by the end of 2008-09 followed by Warid, which attracted 2.39 million subscribers in the same period with the overall base stood at 17.886 million.
The PTA data says by June 2009, Mobilink was leading the market share with 29.136 million subscribers. Ufone’s base stood at 20 million in the same fiscal year.
The report unveils that the Pakistani mobile market has reached a saturation point so the operators have shifted their focus on to VAS to earn greater revenues.

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Mobilink & Citi ink M-Commerce agreement (Pakistan)

On 07.02.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobilink and Citibank Pakistan have inked an agreement to promote and facilitate the growth of mobile commerce in Pakistan. Under the agreement, Citi will utilize Mobilink’s extensive retail infrastructure to extend the reach of financial services to the previously un-reached masses starting initially at select pilot locations followed by nation-wide launch in line with State Bank of Pakistan’s guidelines.
Rashid Khan, President and CEO, Mobilink said, “89 percent of the people in Pakistan continue to remain un-served by traditional banking channels due to various limitations.”.

Tagged with: BlackBerry Storm 9500 • Free Airtime • Minick • Pakistan • Promotional Campaign • Slovenia • State

Mobile density grows to 57.90 % in May (Pakistan)

On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pakistan mobile subscriber base has reached 93.138 million in May, from 91.978 million in April, as per the figures from PTA. Mobilink leads the market with a subscriber base of 28.812 million from 28.381 million in April. Telenor Pakistan has extended its second place position to 20.481 million customers, from 20.107 million. Ufone secures third place with 19.853 million subscribers, up from 19.712 million in April. Followed to this Warid with 17.651 million customers and Zong had 6.263 million at the end of May. The subscribers of Istaphone dropped to 75,662 in May from 137,568 in April. Mobile density is reportedly 57.90 %, up from 57.10% in April.

Tagged with: Comstar United Telesystems • credit cards • Gain • Hantro • Mobixell • Pakistan • Slovenia • US ITC • UTV Radio

Alfa expands 231pre-based stations (Lebanon)

On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Alfa, the mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon in order to enhance the quality of transmission, improve the network coverage and increase its capacity to support the subscribers’ traffic and growth.

Thus, 99 Stations have been installed progressively in the different regions since the first of February 2009, and several update operations have been implemented in addition to the expansion of 231 pre-based Stations.

It’s worth mentioning that Alfa has been managed by “Orascom Telecom Holding” (OTH) since the 1st of February 2009. Orascom Telecom is the leading mobile operator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Orascom Telecom counts over 80 million subscribers.

In compliance with this strategy, the company announced that it is constantly executing operations of enhancement and development for the network’s quality in order to offer the best services to its subscribers and to provide them regularly with the best quality of transmission.

Furthermore, Alfa’s network capacity can cater for a million subscribers with its services, and it is working now on the expansion of the network to be able to serve 1.2 million subscribers, in addition to the execution of the plans aiming to develop and enhance the network.

About Alfa
Alfa is the brand name of one of the two Lebanese mobile networks owned by the Republic of Lebanon. Alfa is managed by Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) since February 1, 2009.

Alfa capitalizes on its expertise in the telecom field in order to deliver a global and professional solution for the GSM sector in Lebanon. Its main target is to reach one million subscribers by end of 2009.

About Orascom Telecom
Orascom Telecom is a leading international telecommunications company operating GSM networks in high growth markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, having a total population under license of approximately 498 million with an average mobile telephony penetration of approximately 48% as of March 31st, 2009. Orascom Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria (“OTA”), Pakistan (“Mobilink”), Egypt (“Mobinil”), Tunisia (“Tunisiana”), Bangladesh (“banglalink”), and North Korea (“Koryolink”). OTH has an indirect equity ownership in Globalive Wireless which has been granted a spectrum license in Canada. OTH was also awarded the management contract of one of the two Lebanese mobile telecommunications operators from the government of the Republic of Lebanon. Through its subsidiary Telecel Globe, OTH also operates in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Orascom Telecom had over 80 million subscribers as of March 31st, 2009.

Orascom Telecom is traded on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange under the symbol (ORTE.CA, ORAT EY), and on the London Stock Exchange its GDR is traded under the symbol (ORTEq.L, OTLD LI).

For more information, please visit www.orascomtelecom.com

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