Nextel Mexico’s 30% stake bought by Televisa

On 02.16.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Stakes in local unit of NII Holdings’, the mobile operator Nextel Mexico, will be bought by pay-TV provider and media group Televisa at a price of USD 1.44 billion cash for an initial 30 percent equity stake in Nextel Mexico. 70 percent stake in Nextel Mexico will be maintained by NII along with the management.

An additional 7.5 percent stake in Nextel Mexico can also be acquired by Televisa from the third or fourth anniversary of the completion of the initial transaction.

The services will be cross sold to each other customers base. The companies have also planned to use the Televisa media and distribution channels to market Nextel services and work on bundling services and developing a quadruple-play offering.

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Nextel’s stake to be acquired by Televisa (Mexico)

On 02.09.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: CFC’s approval has been seeked by Mexican media group Televisa to acquire a stake in the local unit of mobile operator NII Holdings. Both the companies have notified the Federal Competition Commission regarding their intention to undertake this acquisition.

The CFC has 30 days to approve or deny the acquisition.

There are 2.9 million customers and 3.6 percent mobile market share of NII Holdings operating in Latin America under the Nextel brand name, in Mexico at the end of September 2009.

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Vivendi, Televisa join hand for license bid by Cofetel

On 01.13.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A joint bid has been planned by Mexican media group Televisa and French telecommunications and entertainment group Vivendi for a mobile license in Mexico. The partnership agreement is expected to be reached by February 15.

Deployment of mobile network with nationwide coverage is intended by the two parties with an investment of over USD 3 million on the project in 2010. More than 90 companies have acquired the bid documents for the mobile license tender launched by Cofetel on 6 January.

Additional 120 MHz spectrum in the 1.7 and 1.9 GHz frequency bands has been offered as a part of the tender by Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel. Cofetel’s authorization will allow the operators to submit their bids on 25 May and the result is expected to be released by June.

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Bite launches BlackBerry tariff plans (Latvia)

On 06.10.09, In Mobile, By Editor

Bite, the Latvian mobile operator, has launched new BlackBerry rate plans as it starts selling BlackBerry Curve 8900. The new tariffs will include:

  • BlackBerry 100 (LTL 79, 100 minutes to all networks, 1 MB of data transfer per month, for individual use)
  • BlackBerry 250 (LTL 99, 250 minutes and 250 SMS to all networks, 1 MB of data transfer per month, for individual use)
  • BlackBerry 500 (LTL 149, 500 minutes and 500 SMS to all networks, unlimited data transfer per month, for individual use and connection to the company’s email server)
  • BlackBerry 500 PRO (LTL 199, 500 minutes and 500 SMS to all networks, unlimited data transfer locally and 5 Mb abroad per month, for individual use and connection to the company’s email server)
  • BlackBerry Mini service plan priced at LTL 49/month
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