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Orange & SFR in talks with WiMAX licensee over a partnership (France)

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange and SFR, the French mobile operators, are reportedly in talks with Bolloré Telecom, the WiMax licence holder, for a possible partnership, a local media report unveils. Bolloré Telecom is keen to profit from its 20 regional WiMAX licences and aligning itself to the mobile operators could be a way for it to do that.
The WiMax licence holder, anticipates to take advantage of the mobile operators’ networks which are overloaded by the explosion of mobile internet in the country.

Bolloré Telecom could either seek to form a joint venture with one of the mobile operators, which would see Bolloré contribute its WiMAX licences in return for access to the operator’s customer base. Alternatively, Bolloré could broker a deal that would see it hand over its frequencies to one of the operators.

SFR launches Samsung Galaxy smartphone (France)

On 08.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SFR, the French mobile operator, is reportedly offering the Samsung Galaxy smartphone, the manufacturer’s first Android handset only available through Bouygues Telecom in France since mid-July. SFR has priced the handset at EUR 99 with an Illimythics plan, including rebate, compared to Bouygues’s starting price of EUR 89. The handset will be available at EUR 409 as a standalone product. The Samsung Galaxy features a 3.5-inch AMOLED touch screen, 5 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Google applications, media player, and 8 GB of memory, expandable to 40 GB. It uses the Android version 1.5 (Cupcake).

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Bouygues to launch Samsung Galaxy i7500 on 16 July for €99 (France)

On 07.09.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bouygues Telecom, the French mobile operator, will introduce the Samsung Galaxy i7500 across the nation on July 16.
Bouygues will thus become the third French operator to offer an Android smartphone, after Orange, selling the HTC Dream and SFR, the HTC Magic.
The handset will be available for €99 ($139) with a 2-yr contract agreement. Apart from the known features of the Samsung Galaxy, Bouygues will customise the handset with access to a Mobile TV portal.

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SFR reports strong 2Q subscriber growth (France)

On 07.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:SFR (incl neuf Cegetel) Chief Executive Frank Esser, has reportedly said that the French group had a ‘strong’ second quarter in terms of subscriber additions for fixed and mobile services, and is ahead of its target for sales of the iPhone 3G. The CEO, further said, ‘We had a good momentum, a very strong second quarter in mobile and in fixed phones. SFR started selling the Apple device in April this year and has currently shipped more than 200,000 units, which is ‘ahead’ of its target despite the global economic downturn. Esser also said that SFR, which acquired fixed line and broadband operator neuf Cegetel last year, has no immediate plans to go full-steam into a quadruple-play offer for the consumer market segment.

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Afone launches mobile phone service for consumer & business market (France)

On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Afone, the French corporate mobile service provider has introduced a mobile phone service under its own brand name whic will target both consumer and business market. Afone Mobile will operate on SFR’s network, which has a coverage of 99% across the nation with GSM/GPRS and 72% of the population with 3G/3G+. The new mobile service will offer contracts with or without tie-in period with either 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours or 3 hours of call time per month. Prices start at EUR 8.90 for 30 minutes of calls and a charge of EUR 0.297/minute after the inclusive call time. Business subscribers will be offered an unlimited data option for EUR 25 per month and unlimited SMS at EUR 12. The Afone Mobile Pro service comes in six plans starting at EUR 25 for 3 hours of calls per month, with subscribers offered a Nokia 1661 phone for EUR 1.

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SFR offers capped subscription plans aimed at adults (France)

On 06.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SFR, the French mobile operator, has introduced a range of capped subscription plans for targeting the adults, so that they can control their budget. These plan are complementary to exiting plans aimed at the youth, Les Series MTV de SFR, the new plans offer only voice and SMS. The “Forfaits Bloques Essentiel” plan is only limited to be used for incoming calls if their call time runs before the end of the month. The four offerings are priced EUR 17.90 for 1 hour of call time, EUR 19.90 for 1 hour plus double call time to three numbers on any network, EUR 23.90 for 1.5 hours plus double call time to three numbers, and EUR 27.90 for 2 hours plus double call time to three numbers. The Essentiel plans are sold withoffered with handsets starting at EUR 1.

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CIC Mobile introduces mobile service for Iberbanco subscribers (France)

On 06.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Credit Mutuel-CIC, the new subsidiary CIC Iberbanco is penetrating the phone market with CIC Mobile, a licence brand of French MVNO NRJ Mobile. CIC Iberbanco has introduced the Ibericall and Soleo services, aiming the Spanish and Portuguese subscribers living in France. The tariffs options for the subscribers of “C le Mobile” contracts who opt for the Ibericall option, can make calls to Spanish and Portuguese fixed and mobile numbers at a price of EUR 0.20 per minute, or the same price as national calls. The Ibericall option begins at EUR 7 per month for 30 minutes of calls, rising to EUR 13 for 1 hour, EUR 25 for 2 hours and EUR 48 for 4 hours. The Soleo option enables visitors in Spain and Portugal to make local calls and to call France, plus free incoming. With the Soleo EUR 15 plan, for example, customers can make 30 minutes of calls from Spain or Portugal and receive 30 minutes of calls. The price rises to EUR 30 for 1 hour, EUR 45 for 1.5 hours and EUR 60 for 2 hours. CIC Mobile and C le Mobile are both brands of NRJ Mobile operational under SFR and Orange networks.

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SFR reduces roaming tariffs, launches “Vodafone Passport Europe”

On 06.12.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SFR, the French mobile operator, has reduced the roaming charges in Europe and overseas French territories with effect from 1 July in order to meet EU regulations. The operator will charge 0.51 per minute to make a call, versus EUR 0.55 at present, and EUR 0.22 per minute to receive a call, versus EUR 0.28 now.
The subscribers will be biller per second after first 30 seconds of a call. The cost of sending an SMS will drop to EUR 0.13 from EUR 0.30 and receiving SMS will be free of charge.
SFR, on 8 July, will also launch a new tariff dubbed as “Vodafone Passport Europe”, a free option allowing subscribers to use their contract call time when they are elsewhere in Europe. Subscribers will also pay EUR 1 when they make a call and EUR 1 when they receive a call up to 20 minutes long.
The operator will introduce new internet tariff options giving iPhone, HTC Magic and other smartphone users travelling in Europe or the US up to 6 MB of data transfer until midnight local time for EUR 5. Extra use will cost EUR 1 per MB.

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SFR, Bouygues & Orange France slash iPhone 16GB price to EUR 129

On 06.09.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The French mobile operators SFR and Bouygues Telecom have slashed the price of the Apple iPhone 3G 16 GB with a subscription contract to EUR 129, down from EUR 199 and EUR 189 respectively. Orange France has also reduced the price to EUR 129 from EUR 199. The reduction is driven by the entry of new range of iPhones which will also include a 32GB handset. The price of the 8 GB version is not reduced and remains at EUR 99 at Orange and SFR and EUR 89 at Bouygues.

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SFR sells 160,000 iPhones until 31 May (France)

On 06.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: SFR, the French mobile operator which had started selling the Apple iPhone after France Telecom’s exclusive deal was suspended, has sold 160,000 iphones as of May 31, the company’s Chief Executive Frank Esser reportedly said. “We are in a very positive dynamic,” Esser said.
SFR had started vending the Apple device on April 8.

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