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MVNO News Headines from February 2009
Week Ending 25th February 2009
Slovenian mobile market reaches over 100% penetration - Slovenia
Luxury phone maker Vertu opens 1st store - Japan
Israeli ISP NetVision contemplates joining mobile market - Israel
Mobile customers on the rise - France
Pan-India MVNO license to cost INR 850Mln - India
Red Bull Mobile introduces new mobile tariffs - Austria
Extreme Mobile shelves MVNO plan - UK
Telecom services exposed to number fees - Hong Kong
Zantel opens new flagship store - Tanzania
IMImobile purchases Nokia Siemens’ Music2You service - India
Freenet reports 70% jump in revenues - Germany
GTV looks to enter mobile market - Brazil
Sumitomi invests in Merchantrade - Malaysia
Tele2 Netherlands ditch KPN for T-Mobile - Netherlands
Skyrock aspire to enter mobile market - France
Icasa mulls South Africa's Electronic Communications Act - South Africa
Week Ending 18th February 2009
Altech Autopage Cellular issued licences after legal wrangle – South Africa
Tele2 mulls shifting to T-Mobile – Netherlands
Truphone unveils roaming MVNO offering – UK
BASE and Aspiro to launch new content store – Belgium
Velti and Blyk to launch content portal – UK
Freenet predicts synergies worth USD 273 Mln from Debitel merger – Germany
Mobistar and Telenet agree to prolong partnership – Belgium
Trade Mobile on a growth path – New Zealand
PLDT banks on MVNO service for higher revenues – Philippines
Two Directors from 20:20 Mobile resign – UK
ROK launches suite of services for MVNOs – UK
KPN uses recession to push MVNOs – Spain
blau.de partners with Cellity to offer customers Address Book 2.0 – Germany
TeleCable selects Oberthur for mobile device administration – Spain
Government allows CMC Telecom to provide telecom services – Vietnam
Videotron set to create 500 new jobs – Canada
TracFone Wireless targets low income New Yorkers for affordable services – USA
Week Ending 11th February 2009
CarreFour Mobile to launch M-Payment in December– France
Vistream’s solomo offering 1 cent (EUR 0.01) MMS for Valentine’s Day – Germany
Qwest’s final quarter results beat Wall Street estimates – USA
Virgin Mobile introduces new post-paid plan – UK
Blyk justifies its pricing moves – UK
Effortel selects Amdocs solution for MVNO offerings – Taiwan
IIJ releases data communications card for IIJ Mobile – Japan
Amazon launches upgraded e-Reader ‘Kindle 2’ – USA
Oman to witness first MVNO launch (soon) – Oman
Zon Multimedia registers strong growth in Q408 – Portugal
Rob Gaskin resigns from Lebara Mobile – UK
Pepephone reduces call rates – Spain
Mobyland signs LogicStar for network roll-out – Poland
Week Ending 4th February 2009
BT Mobile lets subscribers call free phone numbers for free – UK
TalkTalk Mobile missing the mobile broadband bubble – UK
Helio are to launch new handset, Ocean 2 – USA
Optus goes slow on expansion plans – Australia
Ortel launches new promotional scheme – Belgium
SoftBank set to partner with eMobile for wireless data services – Japan
Ex-CEOs launch telecom consulting start-up– India
Tesco Mobile going for market share in the pre-pay market – UK
Uno Mobile launches special scheme for loyalty cardholders – Italy
Samart I-Mobile changes MVNO strategy – Thailand
Quore secures deal with Yes Telecom – UK
TrendCall launches ‘FreeRider’ plan – The Netherlands
Boost Mobile to phase out CDMA products – USA
Elephant Talk inks deal with YOUPINIE – Netherlands
Government set to allow MVNOs in the country – Israel
Tracfone blames officials for free phone service for the poor failing – USA
Family Mobile signs up with SecureTrading – UK
ASDA registers huge demand for SIM packs after price cut – UK
Kajeet gets new CMO – USA
EMBARQ Wireless and CenturyTel merger receives shareholder approval – USA
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