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Reasons to Purchase the MVNO Directory 2009
Companies purchase The MVNO Directory mainly to enable the expansion of their business. The world of MNOs consists of just over 700 operators with many of these operations owned and operated by a select club; namely Vodafone, France Telecom, Telefonica, Zain and so forth. The MVNO market on the other hand is much more fragmented, which is to the benefit of many. Each operation typically operates in just one country or across a specific region, such as the Benelux countries or Germany and Austria. |
The focuses of the operations are normally precisely targeted at a definite group within society and parent companies are often seeking to expand and develop upon established client bases from other sectors. This can easily mean that the management of these smaller operations are keener to hear of methods, practices and products which will assist them to do business better; more so than established MNOs with massive research and development departments made up of teams of in house developers and experts.
MNOs themselves also utilise the MVNO Directory to help guide their MVNO strategy and in some cases MNOs have entered markets as MVNOs rather than purchasing spectrum and building out additional networks. Within the solutions sector companies have used The MVNO Directory as the decision maker as to whether or not to target their products at MVNOs.
Other key reasons we have identified for purchasing The MVNO Directory are as follows:
- Valid list of operators
If you had the time you could compile a list of operations; you would certainly find Virgin Mobile, Tesco Mobile and many other big names with relative ease. But there are over 50 operations in the USA, nearly 30 in the UK, 40 in the Netherlands and 366 companies globally all profiled in The MVNO Directory 2009. This is the 3rd edition of The MVNO Directory and our research started back in 2006.
- Expertise
The same people who research The MVNO Directory also work on the MVNO News service. These people deal with MVNOs and mobile service providers routinely and have now authored the 3rd edition of The MVNO Directory. As a publisher we also author The MNO Directory, Africa & Middle East Telecom Week and Eastern Europe Telecom Week.
- Time taken to research
The MVNO Directory 2009 takes advantage of ongoing in-house research services and initially called upon a year’s worth of these resources to update the list of companies to include. This list then had to be validated and cross referenced with external resources. Having compiled the list during December 2008 the research process then began, which took the month of January 2009 to complete. The researched list was then mailed and proofed.
Work for the directory is performed by experienced researchers. Their experience means they are quicker and more adept than most people at finding this information and consequently they also have far higher chance of finding hard to reach but relevant data.
- 3 years of improvement
This is the 3rd edition of The MVNO Directory. Each edition sees an improvement in coverage as the researchers discover more of the hidden operators. The researchers are also able to fill in further data points each year which were not captured in previous editions.
- Supported by ‘The MVNO News’ service
Blycroft, publisher of The MVNO Directory 2009, also publishes a weekly news service about the MVNO market place. This service keeps track of the market all year round and ensures new launches, changes in the market and services being withdrawn are included in the directory.
Who Buys the MVNO Directory?
- OSS / BSS companies
- Mobile content developers
- MAPOS companies
- Mobile network operators
- Mobile virtual network enablers
- MVNO start-ups
- Financial and telecommunication analysts
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About the MVNO Directory
Failed, Merged and Never Happened Operations
Brands Acting as MVNOs
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