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Mobile users want more freedom: Tweakker’s “mobile rights” survey released

SOURCE: Tweaker
“You love your mobile phone, right?”
Last month Tweaker asked this question to all our newsletter subscribers and we asked them to vote on a set of proposed mobile rights.

More than 500 people have voted on the proposed rights and here are the results:

1. Freedom to change mobile phone and provider at any time – 92% in favour
2. Freedom from long subscription contracts – 91% in favour
3. Freedom from difficult to understand subscription plans – 91% in favour
4. Freedom to enjoy unlimited access to a free mobile support toolbox of technologies – 92% in favour
5. Freedom from mobile customer care that involves calling rip-off “premium numbers” or waiting in call-centre queues – 90% in favour
6. Freedom to be treated equally no matter origin or language – 92% in favour
7. Freedom to browse the mobile Internet without connectivity issues – 96% in favour
8. Freedom to choose the right kind of intelligent support to enjoy their phones and all their features – 96% in favour
9. Freedom to easily access a free social mobile support platform where they can chat and help each other – 96% in favour
10. Above all, freedom to enjoy being mobile – 99% in favour

GomoNews reported on the survey results and agreed that a Mobile Rights are needed:
“Mobile users want more freedom: Tweakker’s “mobile rights” survey released”

App of the Day Infographic

As the most active and diverse mobile app ecosystem in existence, Apple’s App Store is a thriving marketplace that gets larger and more powerful each and every day. Mobile app discovery engine “App of the Day” analyzed the numbers to put together an awesome infographic on the “state of the iOS app store.”

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Elephant Talk Communications Signs Agreement With CLUB MOBIEL

Source: Elephant Talk
SCHIPOL, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire) – Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK), an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industry, has signed an agreement with CLUB MOBIEL to provide Dutch soccer fans with mobile ticketing and loyalty programs, club news, social networking and various other services. The partnership will help build the brands of the Dutch Eredivisie (Major Soccer) League Teams, CLUB MOBIEL subscriber base and Elephant Talk while enhancing a sense of community among the fans of the soccer league.

“Elephant Talk welcomes our new partnership with CLUB MOBIEL as an exciting opportunity to gain additional market share in the Netherlands marketplace,” said Mr. Steven van der Velden, CEO of Elephant Talk. “This alliance is a great way to demonstrate the power and versatility of the Elephant Talk platform to virtually serve any business or community in forming a loyal customer base. Our deal with CLUB MOBIEL will help some of the most loyal soccer fans in the world to forge an even stronger bond with their teams. We look forward to expanding our services to the Eredivisie League to other sports fans in the future.”

CLUB MOBIEL, which has served the Eredivisie League since 2007, plans to launch the first Eredivisie soccer clubs on Elephant Talk’s mobile platform later this month and will incorporate the combined Elephant Talk platform and T-Mobile’s radio access network as an enhanced service to fans.

CLUB MOBIEL will deploy the integrated capabilities of the Elephant Talk’s Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) platform to fans of teams such as FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM, PSV EINDHOVEN, NAC BREDA, N.E.C. NIJMEGEN, FC GRONINGEN, VITESSE ARNHEM, FC UTRECHT and others.

Frans Nomden, CEO of CLUB MOBIEL, said, “Our ambition is to deliver real added value for our customers and sport clubs, with features like mobile ticketing and loyalty programs. We believe we can achieve these goals by utilizing the Elephant Talk platform, industry expertise and developmental power. As an added benefit, we needed a supplier that could service us going abroad on very short notice, and Elephant Talk can meet this goal.”

Comarch Introduces a New Product to Its Offer for Telecom Operators ‘ Comarch Bill Shock Prevention

Krakow, Poland –(PR.com)– ‘Bill shock’ is a term describing a situation, in which a subscriber receives a bill significantly higher than usual, typically as a result of using data services when roaming. Mobile users are often not aware of the fact that some applications connect to the Internet automatically upon launching. Furthermore, even if they know that they are using the Internet abroad, the subscriber is often oblivious to the exact charges that apply to certain forms of web activity. This is also a novel and substantial problem for operators, as such situations often lead to user complaints. And although the applied charges are in accordance with the service agreement, subscribers may become distressed, so much so that they decide to switch their mobile operator.

Comarch Bill Shock Prevention is designed to enable mobile operators and MVNOs to prevent the ‘bill shocks’ from occurring. The solution has been designed using Regulation (EC) No 544/2009 of The European Parliament and of the Council of 18th of June, 2009, which regulates, among others, how telecommunication operators should allow users to control their roaming bills.

- “We felt it was important to enhance our telecom portfolio with a solution that would control voice, data and SMS services in real-time, and work for both local and roaming services. This is how we came up with Comarch Bill Shock Prevention” – explains Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, BSS Product Manager, Comarch SA.

The solution enables the operator to set service usage limits, and whole end users can specify whether the limit is expressed in megabytes, minutes or with a monetary value. When 80% of the usage limit is reached, they are informed of this and must confirm that they accept the continuation of the service and charging. In the case of a lack of confirmation received from the user, the service is automatically disconnected and blocked. Depending on the service and business model, the methods for interaction with the end user include SMS and email.

Thai Law, may prevent MVNO’s

NTC Commissioner Sudharm Yoonaidharm said during a panel discussion at the commission’s annual conference that the new law will prevent telecommunications companies from becoming mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs.

“The law has stated that such deals could not be executed,” he said.

Mobile virtual network operators don’t own their spectrum and instead have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use for sale to their own customers.

In Thailand, all the major private telecommunications operators have expressed interest in pursuing MVNO deals that use spectrum held by state-owned TOT PCL after the court’s decision on the third-generation wireless spectrum auction.

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New Regulations in Brazil May Help Open South American Mobile Communications Markets to Elephant Talk

SOURCE: Elephant Talk Communications

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire) – Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK)  anticipates that new regulations from Brazil’s telecom regulator, Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (Anatel), could create opportunities for Elephant Talk and a whole range of businesses that want to position themselves for a role in the mobile cloud. “This is a huge step forward and could propel the Brazilian market into one of the largest virtual network markets of the future,” explains Steven van der Velden, chairman and CEO of Elephant Talk. “It’s a smart step.”

In rules issued in late November, Anatel allowed banks, retailers and other non-telecom businesses to set up their own mobile virtual telecom networks. These companies are expected to create their own virtual networks, supported by companies like Elephant Talk, to reach their customers with m-commerce, mobile banking, loyalty programs, a variety of content, promotions and a whole range of other services. “They are all excited by this new regulatory framework,” says Van der Velden.

GVT wants to enter the Brazilian Mobile market as an authorised MVNO Company

GVT‘s French group, Vivendi is exploring the Brazilian Mobile market, specifically as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).

“We gain knowledge with MVNOs and are evolve to 4G,” said vice president of marketing at GVT, Alcides Troller Pinto, who participated in the Friday MVNO Conference in Brazil, which was held in São Paulo. During the event, the executive said that they are negotiating with several providers.

“This issue was not on the agenda, they were involved with 3G services, competition, mergers and now the Christmas sale,” said Troller. Now that the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has regulated the MVNO service, the executive hopes to strike a deal with this standard.

He justifies this move, because GVT calculates that the average revenue per user (ARPU) should be/is 130 reais, compared with current sales of 7-8 mobile phone[contract or PAY-Go] & fixed line services, which is sold through its retail front, in partnership with operators, and therefore it would be more profitable for the firm to evolve into a MVNO Provider.

Business Model
By regulation, and company wishing to enter into this sector, must apply to Anatel for authorisation and accredited. The 1st model, is that the company buys a Bulk Package of minutes and resells it to its base. This should be the option for banks and retail chains. The 2nd model, allows the MVNO Company to establish its prices for services and conduct appropriate marketing campaigns.

“The model that interests GVT, is we do not want to be dealer. We want to offer flexibility for packaging, pricing, and marketing to create value for the service, “Troller said.

As an MVNO, GVT will be able to serve its customers when they are in the fixed network or in transit, using mobile infrastructure companies; Vivo, Claro, Hi, TIM and Nextel. The plan is to establish a multi Roaming Agreement with the providers, and the service will always be provided by GVT, independent of the network that is using.

Although interested in acting as a MVNO, Troller also stated that this program is not the highest priority for GVT in 2011. Next year, the company’s main targets are; geographic expansion with entry into Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; as well as to grow their market share and launch the TV subscription service.

GVT has stated that they will enter the pay TV segment with a differentiated service offering and offer broadband service. “Our service will have a lot of inter-activity, something which is not possible today,” added Troller.

via GVT wants to enter the MVNO market as authorised (In Portuguese)

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MVNO Regulation Ready for Execution :: News | Mobile-Phone.pk

MVNO regulation is almost ready, as PTA has brought forward the regulation draft and has asked the industry for input.

As per draft, application for MVNO will go though MNO Mobile Network Operator containing details of the Commercial Agreement between the MNO and proposed MVNO.

These details will include:

Quality of service;

• Number Portability support by MVNO;
• Roaming arrangements;
• Revenue Sharing arrangements;
• Customer care arrangements;
• and Dispute resolution mechanism.

Upon satisfactory evaluation of the Commercial Agreement, the Authority shall approve the agreement and will issue MVNO license within 20 working days.

MVNO license will be valid for an initial period of ten years.MVNO license fee is set at USD 5 million, which is quite high as per investors and media reports.

It merits mentioning here that according Mobile Cellular Policy, PTA was due to prepare a detailed guideline and procedures for MVNO before January 28, 2006.Complete draft for MVNO Regulations can be downloaded here.

via MVNO Regulation Ready for Execution | News | Mobile-Phone.pk.

Inea, launches Mobile Broadband

Inea S.A. Poland, is the largest regional telecommunications operator in the region of Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) which so far has delivered digital television, Internet access and fixed services.
The company has now extended its services by a fourth service, Mobile WiMAX Data Services.

The Subscription to the service will cost 9,90 zł and a the modem will cost from 1 zł.  This has enabled INEA to expand on its current portfolio of services for its Internet subscribers; presently connecting via landline, and WiMAX.

This is the second mobile telephony/ mobile service from INEA.
INEA subscription price represents an attractive new service from 9,90 zł for 200 MB of data included in the subscription (Starter Package), and only 29.90 zł for 2 gigabytes of data in the subscription (Standard package) or up to 59.90 zł for 6 GB Data subscription (“Premium”). The contract is for 24 months with no activation fee.
An ICON 505 USB modem is included in the subscription (extra charge of 1 zł) which can connect to the Internet from almost anywhere in Poland.

About INEA
Inea S.A. Poland is the largest regional telecom operator in Wielkopolska, which provides services using state-of-the-art, extensive fibre optic network as well as WiMAX Broadband Wireless Access Technology, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard. INEA offers integrated telecommunications services – quadruple play (4-Play): digital and high definition television, broadband Internet, landline and mobile telephony. INEA provides both Internet and landline telephony services using wireless WiMax technology. The Operator offers its services to residential as well as business Customers.

In the Wielkopolska region there are more than 200 000 households within the cable network. At present 138 000 households use services provided by INEA. With 50% saturation regarding digital services among TV Subscribers, INEA is proud to be the most digitalised cable network. More than 50 percent of its Subscribers also use Internet services. Furthermore, the Operator has a significant number of Subscribers using telephony services.

In Early January, Inea launched its post-paid mobile telephony, to offer the end user the so-called quadruple play. INEA has launched mobile services as MVNO in cooperation with the MVNE Telogic.

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Site Upgrade Notice; 17-21st December 2010

 

THE PrepaidMVNO website will be undergoing a Site Upgrade this weekend, between the 17th-21st of December, 2010.

This may mean that the site http://prepaidmvno.com may not be accessible for a few hours, during migration of DNS to new Servers.

Should this be the Case, please use http://eumvno.wordpress.com [which will be online].

We apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Millennial Media: November Mobile Mix Report Now Available!

Millennial Media’s November 2010 Mobile Mix™ report is now available. This report provides the latest trends for connected devices, mobile manufacturers, operating systems and mobile applications.

This Month’s Highlights include;

Three Connected Devices (non-phone Wi-Fi devices) placed in the Top 30 Mobile Devices for the second consecutive month. The Apple iPod Touch secured the number two position.

Android applications represented 54% of the Application Platform Mix, averaging 10% growth month-over-month for the past four consecutive months.

Samsung held the number two position on our Top 15 Manufacturers list and had the highest number of devices in our Top 30 Mobile Device rankings.

Music & Entertainment applications moved up to the number two position with 22% of the impression share. Television & Movie app impressions more than doubled month-over-month, but Music apps still lead the category.

Automotive applications entered the Top Mobile Application Categories list for the first time. Automotive app impressions more than tripled month-over-month, reflecting the increased use of mobile by consumers as they researched new auto purchases and end-of-year promotions.

Feature Phones and Connected Devices experienced a 1% and 2% increase in impression share month-over-month. Collectively, they represented 42% of impressions in November.

Click here to download:MM-MobileMix-Nov2010 free full report including the Top 15 Manufacturers, Top 30 Mobile Devices and more:

Device Input Mix

Carrier Mix

Smartphone, Feature Phone & Connected Device Share

Smartphone OS Mix

Mobile Developer Trends

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DutchMobile, a new MVNO in the Netherlands to start in April, 2011

A new MVNO is scheduled to launch in The Netherlands, in April 2011 called Dutch-Mobile.

Dutchmobile is a fresh MVNO on the mobile business-to-business market.

Unique in their approach is that at the beginning of each month, you do not really know what you pay. You will know at the end of the month. Because than they have calculated your volume and matched it against the most used KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile subscriptions. And they take the cheapest one for that month and bill you at those rates. So if you called a lot, they select a different subscription than when you happend to call just a little bit.

But that’s not all. Dutchmobile hands you all kinds of tools to control your mobile expenses. By supplying you with easy-to-use software. By being able to put limits or blocks on destinations. And by giving personal advice, as Dutchmobile will setup a wide-spread Dutch franchise network.

Dutch Mobile is using MVNE Provider Teleena.

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German MVNO Retail Offers Price & Package Update

Klarmobil.de cuts call, text price for five data tariffs

German discount MVNO Klarmobil.de cut the cost of calls and texts for new customers of its five data tariffs. New customers selecting the Handysurf Tarif, Handysurf Paket 50, Internet Flat 500, Internet Flat 5000 and Flat Komplett 3G tariffs will enjoy a special rate of €0.09 per minute or text, down from €0.19. Klarmobil said the move was in response to the smartphone boom as it looks to tailor tariffs to the needs of its customers.

Klarmobil
Low-cost pre-paid MVNO offering the choice of mobile numbers online. Both SIM-only and handsets offered. Klarmobil is a division of Freenet which also owns Callmobile & Talkline
MVNO: Networks:O2 ; services: prepaid; status: Active

Expressmobil launches MNP promotion -report

German tabloid Express has launched a promotion for its discount MVNO Expressmobil, offering 1,000 free call minutes to German fixed networks to customers using mobile number portability (MNP), reports inside-handy.de. The promotion offers 100 minutes when the Sim card is activated and 100 minutes per month extra until the 1,000 mark is reached. Expressmobil is prepaid service and offers a minute/SMS for calls to German mobile networks and messaging within Germany. Calls to German fixed networks cost € 0.05 per minute and calling one’s own voicemail is free. The MVNO offers a flatrate called Expressmobil-Flatrate for € 12.99 per month including unlimited on-net calls and calls to German fixed networks during 30 days. Its starter package is available for € 7.99 including € 5 call credit via the website or all participating Express points of sale.

Express Mobile
MVNO: Networks: E-Plus; services: pre+postpaid; status: Active

Simply, Hellomobil launch mobile internet flat promotion

German mobile service provider Drillisch’s discount brands Simply and Hellommobil have launched a promotion for their mobile internet flatrate Handysurf Flatrate 200. Customers ordering the flatrate between 16 December of this year and 4 January 2011 can use the flatrate for three months paying for only one month. The monthly fee is € 7.95 (instead of the usual € 12.95) offering 200 MB at HSPA speeds after which the speeds are downgraded to GPRS levels until a new month begins. Both brands also offer additional free call credit for customers purchasing the starter packages for simply clever or hellomobil, both costing € 9.95. The hellomobil starter package includes € 10 call credit and customer receive EUR 20 additional call credit during the first two months of use. The simply clever starter package includes € 5 call credit plus € 15 per month during the first three months of use.

Hello Mobile
MVNO: Networks: O2 ; services: Prepaid; status: Active

SIMply
MVNO offering SIM-only, low-cost products. SIMply is a brand owned by the Service Provider VictorVox(which is turn is part of Drillisch AG).
MVNO: Networks: T-Mobile (post); MVNO: Networks:O2 ; services: prepaid; status: Active(prepaid) services: Pre+postpaid; status: Active

Mobilcom-debitel unveils mobile internet ‘Try&Buy’ offer

MobilCom
Service provider (T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2) as of Q4 2004. Sold off by France telecom, owned by Mobilcom.
MVNO: Networks: E-Plus & O2 & T-Mobile & Vodafone; services: Pre+postpaid; status: Active

Simyo adds flat-rate mobile internet daily tariff

Simyo
Pre-paid, low cost, SIM-only MVNO launched. Owned 100% by KPN Mobile. Started in Germany and was later rolled-out in Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain
MVNO: Networks: E-Plus; services: prepaid; status: Active

Discotel launches series of year-end promotions

Discotel
Owned by eteleon GmbH
MVNO: Networks: T-Mobile; services: pre + postpaid; status: Active

Solomo launches two new voice flat-rate tariffs

Solomon
MVNO: Networks: E-Plus; MVNE: Vistream; services: prepaid; status:Active

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Plus One Russia

According to Reports at OSP, a new company has been established for the creation and development of MVNO solutions, the company “Plus One” /”Плюс Один” announced its intentions and launched the company to begin working on the Russian market. The Company has all necessary infrastructure (licenses (MVNE), financial and technical resources). The project is funded by a group of private investors. Director-General was Dmitry Shane, formerly of the MTS.

“Plus One” plans to launch a number of MVNO-oriented projects in the community, and for whatever reason do not fit into a mass promotion criteria & technology services that will apply for the largest cellular operator. In the next two months in the Moscow region, Plus One will work with two such operators.”Plus One” portfolio already includes several projects, four of which are scheduled to be commercially operation before the end of 2011. The number of such projects will grow in the future. Virtual Operators by “Plus One”, will use a common technical infrastructure. The company expects that the scope of a niche target audience will be up to 45%

Distimo November Report

Disitimo has released its November Report.

This report covers the Apple App Store for iPad, the Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile (Windows Mobile 6.x) during October 2010 in the United States. Data on Windows Phone 7 Marketplace was collected during the timeframe November 1 – 22 2010 in the United States. The major findings are:

• Games are significantly more popular in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace than they are on Windows Marketplace for Mobile (6.x). This mirrors the way that Microsoft positions Windows Phone 7 as a more consumer-oriented platform.
• The price of applications in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace closely mirrors the prices in other application stores, as opposed to applications in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile (6.x), which are significantly more expensive.
• The prices of the most popular applications in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace are even more in line with the other stores: 57% of the 100 most popular applications are priced below $2.00. For the other stores, this is between 51% and 67%, except for Windows Marketplace for Mobile where only 37% of the 100 most popular applications is priced below $2.00.
• The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace launched on October 21, 2010, and has grown to 2,674 applications as of November 22, 2010. In comparison,Windows Marketplace for Mobile has gathered only 1,350 applications to date since the store launched over a year ago.
• All ten of the most popular paid applications in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace are games, with prices ranging from $2.99 – $6.99.There are only two games among the ten most popular free applications in this store.
• Mirroring the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, a large portion of the ten most popular applications in Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is published by Microsoft (six applications). In the Apple App Store for iPad and BlackBerry App World, four out of the ten most popular applications are published by Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited, respectively.

You can now download the report: Distimo Report – November 2010 .

Anvil forges MVNO relationship with aql to deliver landline services for mobile phones

Source: Anvil Mobile

Anvil Mobile provides multiple geographic numbers on a single SIM
For businesses that rely on mobile communications, new MVNO Anvil Mobile makes it possible to have one or more local or national numbers on a single mobile phone. This is the first in a series of innovative converged business communications services made possible by Anvil’s new generation SIM card and through its collaboration with aql, the leading mobile network enabler and fixed line carrier. aql provides access to one of the UK’s largest broadband infrastructures, as well as the Three mobile network that has the biggest 3G coverage in the UK.

Anvil’s new SIM card can be used with any 3G compatible unlocked mobile phone to support multiple landline numbers covering different geographic areas to the same mobile. For small businesses that operate over a wide area, this greatly improves customer perception and image by enabling local numbers to be promoted on business cards, websites and vehicles or in advertising and directories.

Tru Rates Now Available in Australia

Source: Truphone

Brings an end to high roaming charges between the US, UK and Australia
Tru, the world’s first global mobile network (dba Truphone), has expanded its local rates and local number proposition to Australia. Starting today, both business and pre-pay customers of Tru’s GSM service in the UK and the US will benefit from paying only local rates instead of roaming rates for all calls and texts to and within Australia, as well as local data rates when roaming within the country.

In an industry first, Tru’s network now offers customers the option to have three local mobile numbers for the UK, US and Australia on one SIM card, allowing friends and business contacts based in those countries to reach them wherever they are without paying the cost of an international call.

Australia is the third country to be added to Tru’s network, and the company plans to roll out an additional 20 countries by 2012.

2010: the year that transformed mobile

2010 saw the big five UK MNO’s become four, RIM enter the top five manufacturers, and the data crunch take hold as smartphone sales surged!

Manufacturers
With up to 80% of mobile customers expected to adopt smartphones in the coming months, 2010 really was a year of innovation.

The data Crunch
Data became mainstream this year – largely due to the iPhone – as the so-called ‘data’ crunch’ put the networks under increasing strain.

UK Distribution
The distribution landscape underwent a seismic shift in 2010, partly fuelled by network operators turning their attention to b2b and unified comms as they sought new forms of income in the face of falling revenues.

UK Retail
Operator retail stores continued to flourish in 2010, despite some commentators suggesting they are not worth the investment.

OS becomes the Differentiator
Who would have thought consumers would be walking into stores and choosing a phone based on its operating system?

UK Operators
This year saw the big five operators reduced to four as T-Mobile and Orange officially merged in July.

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Dutch MVNO, Qick to Cease Service in Feb, 2011

Dutch MVNO, Qick prepaid will cease its service and has informed their customers of the termination of the service.

According to Qick’s website, it states that customers can easily switch/port to Simyo Via KPN and that switching & porting will be possible until February 22, 2011.

Ending the service has a number of consequences. As of January 1 it will no longer be possible to upgrade. Qick offers the possibility of temporary credit on the SIM and support up and until the 22nd of February.

See Qick’s website for further details.

Large Brazilian Companies interested in MVNO Model.

On Friday, the 17th of December, 2010 an event has been scheduled for Potential MVNO Companies in Brazil with companies such as  Pão de Açúcar, Ipiranga, Carrefour, Porto Seguro, Bradesco and the Correios (Post Office) all agreeing to meet to discuss and challenges and the oppurtunities that the Brazilian MVNO model will provide.

“This meeting will provide information to an audience eager to know in detail the advantages of a market, which has been estimated to be several billion dollars,” said the chairman of the WWI Group, Marco Versiani.

Raul Aguirre, president of the Brazilian arm of the consulting firm, AT Kearney and Emilia Ribeiro, advisor to the Anatel, will speak, respectively, of the opportunities for the new model to boost sales and retain clients and guidance to act domestically. Baião Nuno dos Santos of Fowardit, and Enrico Ottolini, of Elephant Talk Communications, an MVNE Provider will present the experience in Portugal, Spain and Holland.

The event will also be attended by Arthur Barrionuevo, a former adviser to Cade, an expert on regulation and professor at FGV, and Luciano Costa, a lawyer specialized in telecommunications regulation.

The seminar is an initiative of Dialogia and besides WWI Group, has the institutional support of the Brazilian Regulator; Anatel.

Source: IPNews – POST

No MVNO deals with networks as deadline reached :: Globes

The Communications Ministry is today meeting to discuss measures to take if there is no deal between the MVNOs and the mobile carriers.

Tomorrow is the deadline for companies that received a mobile virtual network operator MVNO license to conclude negotiations with the mobile carriers to lease their networks in order to enter the market.

Six months ago, New Hamashbir Lazarchan Ltd. subsidiary 365 Telecom Ltd. received its MVNO license, and in theory, if it does not notify the Ministry of Communications by tomorrow that it has not reached an agreement with any mobile carrier, the ministry can open an inquiry why this happened and intervene and set use prices. 365 Telecom will apparently make no such announcement tomorrow, because it is in talks with the mobile carriers and it will tell the ministry that the talks are making progress.

The Ministry of Communications is presumably in no hurry to intervene tomorrow, but will want to hear from the MVNOs that the talks are successful, rendering no need for intervention.The Ministry of Communications is today meeting to discuss measures to take if there is no deal between the MVNOs and the mobile carriers. One problem raised is that 365 Telecom has not paid its license fee and is therefore in breach of its license. In practice, tomorrows deadline is irrelevant since it was set for six months from the date the first MVNO license was issued to 365 Telecom.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news – www.globes-online.com – on December 14, 2010

© Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut 1983 Ltd. 2010

via No MVNO deals with networks as deadline reached – Globes.

New Page Added: Israel MVNO Companies

Israel Mobile Operators(+972)
Cellcom Israel Ltd
Mirs
Partner Communications Company Ltd aka ORANGE
Pelephone Telecommunications Co.

Israeli MVNO Companies

The PrepaidMVNO website is pleased to announce that we have added a new Page; Israel MVNO Companies.

It is important to note that, while we have published this list, the Israel MVNO Market has only just been deregulated. The Ministry has (to-date) approved Seven licences due for Service; Dec’10 & Apr-May, 2011.

If we have made any errors, or if you locate any broken links, then please send an email to: mvnolist (at) prepaidmvno (dot) com. and we will validate and make the necessary changes.

View this site’s Category = Israel, by using the following Resource.

PrepaidMVNO would like to thank Oron Afek, Co-Founder/Business & Marketing Director at LoFT for his input and research for helping us put together this resource. Oron, and his investors are planning to launch an Israeli MVNO Program in 2011.

Photo Credit: Oron Afek

Let me be your host: proactive mobile wholesale competition :: analysysmason

Source: Analsys Mason

Mobile operators should capitalise on the MVNO market as an independent revenue stream, to avoid the potential risks / pitfalls associated with regulator-imposed solutions.

The wholesale market for mobile services in the UK is changing: Vodafone UK has recently completed a high-profile roadshow to evangelise about its capabilities in signing on and supporting MVNO businesses. This appears to be the strongest sign yet of a marked shift in emphasis in the UK wholesale market.

Vodafone has much to boast about in this area: it offers its MVNO partners a dedicated management team and flexible technical and commercial approach, but also a dedicated development roadmap based on a separate capex allocation, providing significant flexibility and independence. It is currently host to Lebara Mobile, ASDA Mobile, Talk Mobile, TomTom, BT Mobile, TALK TALK, Truphone and Amazon, in addition to two mobile network aggregators (MVNAs), Cognatel and Teleena, which are able to sign new (smaller) MVNO businesses onto the Vodafone network in their own right. This ethos of a ‘partnership approach’ to help make MVNO partners successful is also proof of Vodafone’s commitment to its aim of capitalising on rising wholesale revenues at the expense of network competitors.

The impact of this strategy is being felt across the market, as Vodafone leads a movement towards much more proactive wholesale competition across the UK mobile market as a whole. This is highlighted by the proliferation of wholesale divisions with separate P&Ls operating independently from their retail counterparts (e.g. 3 UK), and the fact that all four UK operators were present at November’s MVNO Networking Congress in Barcelona.