VimpelCom will pay about $66 million for Millicom’s 78 percent stake in Millicom Lao Co. Ltd. The remaining 22% of Millicom Lao Co., Ltd. is owned by the Government of the Lao PDR.
VimpelCom’s CEO Boris Nemsic describes the deal as, “the next logical step in our international expansion strategy” and one that “fits perfectly into [...]
September 24, 2009
Vimpelcom building a solid South East Asian Cluster – Boris Nemsic, CEO Vimpelcom.
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August 20, 2009
Ukraine adds 354,000 subscribers in July
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Ukraine has reportedly added 354,000 subscribers in July, mostly added by Russia’s OAO Vimpel Communications (VIP) and Turkcell-controlled (TKC) Astelit. Ukraine ended July with 55.2 million active SIM cards, and penetration rose to 119.9% from 119.1% at the end of June.
VimpelCom added 122,000, taking the total base to 2.06 million subscribers. Astelit added 140,00 [...]
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Venezuela’s mobile penetration crosses 100% mark at June’09 end
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Conatel, the Venezuelan regulator, has reportedly unveiled that the country ended June’09 with 27.9 million mobile phone subscriptions. regulator’s figures suggest, total active mobile SIMs increased by 8% year-on-year, taking the mobile penetration above the 100% mark.
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July 30, 2009
China ends H1′09 with mobile penetration of 52.5%
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the statistics revealed by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the mobile penetration in China has reached 52.5% at the end of H1′09. The maximum net additions were reported in West and Central China. By the end of HQ’09, mobile phone penetration rate was 43.2% in central China and 43.8% in west [...]
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July 17, 2009
Mobile subscribers rise1.9 Mn in June (Russia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a report, the number of Russian mobile phone subscriptions grown 1.9 million in June to 196.6 million. Mobile TeleSystems, took 46% of the new subscribers, grabbing most new subscribers for the second consecutive month.
Penetration, or the number of valid SIM cards for each 100 people, rose to 135.4% in June from 134.1% [...]
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May 22, 2009
Brazil ends April with 154.5Mn active mobile lines
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil has added nearly 923,504 new mobile phones in April, taking the total active mobile lines to 154.5 million, up by 0.6 percent versus the year-earlier period. Of the total active lines, 126.1 million (81.60%) were prepaid and 28.43 million were postpaid. According to Anatel, market regulator, the mobile penetration in the country reached [...]
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May 20, 2009
Mobile penetration in Hungary plunges to 119.6% in April
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Hungarian mobile operators Pannon, T-Mobile and Vodafone have in total lost nearly 120,930 subscribers in April, taking the total subscriber base to 11.99 million, NHH reported. Pannon’s market share rose from 34.70% in March to 34.86% in April, while Vodafone’s market share also grew from 21.15% to 21.17%. Whereas T-Mobile’s market share plunged [...]
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May 18, 2009
Bouygues Telecom introduces ‘Ideo’ (France)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bouygues Telecom, French Mobile Opertaor will roll-out its first quad-play subscription service, dubbed as Ideo’, on 25 May. The service entails, up to 20 Mbps internet access, a basic package of over 90 TV channels, unlimited calls to fixed numbers in France and over 100 international destinations, and a mobile plan with between 2 [...]
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Peru mobile penetration stands at 75.8%
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Peru will reach over 22.9 million mobile subscribers mark in June, with a mobile penetration of 79.3 lines per 100 inhabitants. Peru beat the forecast, which said a mobile penetration of 80% in 2011. Presently, the mobile penetration stands at 75.8%, up from 24.6% in 2006. Over the last three years, the number of [...]
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May 15, 2009
Lebanon’s mobile penetration rises by 10% in Q1′09
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Lebanese mobile penetration rose by 10%, as the two operators added a total of 400,000 subscribers during Q1′09. In January, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers had announced its plans of slashing mobile tariff by 40% and calls by 15 percent as part of a drive to increase usage of mobile devices.
MTC Touch posted a [...]
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