As part of a complaint filed by Alternative Mobile, an association of ten MVNOs, ARCEP initiated proceedings against Free Mobile.
Stonehenge Telecom a premier provider of next generation telecommunication services and products, announced today they have entered into two (2) definitive agreements under which Stonehenge will acquire Supranetcom of Paris, France and Annecto Telecom of London, England for both cash and stock
French cabler and MVNO Numéricable has launched a promotion offering a free Ultra Mobile subscription until the end of August to new triple-play customers.
French MVNO Virgin Mobile France has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S3, in its 16 GB version, will be available from 25 May at its website and in the Virgin Mobile store network
The number of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) customers decreased by around 90,000 to 7.5 million by the end of March 2012 – equivalent to 11.15% of the market, down from 11.43% three months earlier.
French cable operator and MVNO Numéricable reported a turnover up 1.1 percent to EUR 217 million in the first quarter, compared to EUR 215 million in the year-earlier period.
French MVNO E.Leclerc Mobile has changed its name to Reglo Mobile, but has kept its prices unchanged.
Full-MVNO Virgin Mobile France increased its revenues by 20.7 percent to EUR 125 million in its fiscal fourth quarter to the end of March, compared to EUR 104 million in the year-earlier period, reported co-parent company Carphone Warehouse in a fourth quarter trading update.
Carphone Warehouse Europe added 2.02 million connections in the fourth quarter of 2011/2012 (13 weeks to 31 March), down 19 percent from 2.50 million a year earlier.
French MVNO Afone Mobile has lowered the price of its capped plans with no contract tie-in period.
The first official casualty reports emerged this week in Free Mobile’s price war against Frances’ mobile powers that be. France Telecom’s Orange reported a 615,000 subscriber loss, or 2.3 percent of its total customers.
Interestingly, the total number of MVNO customers hosted on the Orange network barely shifted, dropping from 3,066,000 to 3,062,000.
The effectiveness of its commercial response in France and the solid contribution of its international operations enabled the Group to limit the decline in first-quarter 2012 revenues
French prepaid MVNO Simyo, bought by Bouygues Telecom from KPN last December, has announced new tariffs, starting at EUR 0.99 for Sim-only with 30 minutes of calls included and free postage.
Virgin, France’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), is now broadcasting 47 foreign TV channels targeting the Arabic, African, German, Turkish, Russian, Greek and Comoros Islander communities living in the country.
French MVNO Bazile Telecom has signed a distribution agreement with Austrian niche phonemaker Emporia.
While France’s MNOs have introduced web-only mobile service subscriptions under pressure from Free Mobile, MVNO Zero Forfait has moved in the other direction by signing distribution deals with independent phone stores
French MVNO Mobiho Essentiel has started selling mobile phones designed for seniors, with a la carte top-ups whose credit can be used for up to one year.
News that Virgin Mobile France has become a “full MVNO” with France Telecom (FT) Orange has heightened speculation that this agreement could trigger Orange to make a bid for the MVNO.
Virgin Mobile a division of French mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) group Omea Telecom, has signed a full MVNO contract with FT-Orange.