The Colombian Mobile Market has Three Main Mobile Network Operators(MNO)s and has a total of 3 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) and counting. Based on our research, we have identified that Colombia Movil S.A. aka Tigo has 3 MVNO Company.

View a Brief Overview on the Colombia Telecommunications Market or alternatively View Colombia Mobile Data Report. For further information on Colombia, go-to Comisión de Regulación de Telecomunicaciones, the Colombian Telecommunications Regulator.

Colombia (+57)
Colombia Movil S.A. aka Tigo
Comunicacion Celular SA Comcel SA
Movistar Colombia

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Current Colombian MVNO/MVNE Companies

This is an updated and fairly comprehensive listing for MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in Colombia today. We have listed most known and Active Colombian MVNO/SP & ESP companies (where possible).

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Colombia MVNO Companies

ETB
Tigo in Colombia has partnered with ISPs ETB to offer mobile broadband services to existing contract customers. The service has been conceived more as an add-on service to an existent bundle than as a revenue generator service in itself.
MVNO; Networks: Colombia Movil S.A. aka Tigo; Services: Prepaid; Status: Active

UNE EPM
Tigo in Colombia has partnered with ISPs UNE EPM to offer mobile broadband services to existing contract customers. The service has been conceived more as an add-on service to an existent bundle than as a revenue generator service in itself.
MVNO; Networks: Colombia Movil S.A. aka Tigo; Services: Prepaid; Status: Active

Uff! Movil
The virtual operator is called Uff! is owned by business group Lülle Ardila, who also owns the open TV channel RCN.
MVNO; Networks: Colombia Movil S.A. aka Tigo; Services: Prepaid; Status: Active – New 14-02-11

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Colombia Telecommunications Overview (Brief)

Brief: by BME: (excerpt) Colombia’s telecommunications could offer substantial returns for investors willing to take on emerging market risks. The outlook is promising for the country’s economy, which is forecast to grow by an average of 4.5% yearly during the 2010-20 decade. The Colombian telecom market has been experiencing intensifying competition, increasing convergence, and the emergence of a rapidly growing broadband sector. During 2011, radical transformations are expected both in terms of market consolidation and in the provision of new services, with fixed-line operators ETB and Emcali seeking strategic partners and/or investors, and sister companies Telmex and Comcel combining their fixed and mobile operations. Competition will receive a further boost from number portability, to be implemented in July 2011. This report provides an overview of Colombia’s telecom sector and regulatory environment, accompanied by statistical data, analyses, and outlook.

Colombia’s mobile operators continued to show robust subscriber growth in Q210, putting the memory of 2009 losses behind them. While net additions continue to be much lower than figures posted in 2008, they still represent a firm return to growth, a trend that BMI sees continuing for the foreseeable future.

Positive news has also come with ARPU figures – all three major mobile operators registered low digit growth in Q210. While BMI believes that Colombia’s market will follow regional trends where ARPUs decline in the face of downward pressure on prices and market maturity, the latest data does indicate that operators are managing to steer subscribers towards more lucrative mobile broadband and data services.

Developments in the mobile sector include the news that El Corte Ingles won a reverse auction to administer Colombia’s number portability database. Colombia’s telecoms regulator, CRC, announced that number portability trials are scheduled to begin in April 2011, with the service being made available to all subscribers by H211. BMI believes that the introduction of mobile number portability will increase competition between operators, meaning subscribers will ultimately benefit from lower tariffs.

Une-EPM – already a fixed-line operator in Medellin – gained 50MHz of spectrum in mid-June 2010 and announced its plans to launch mobile broadband services in three or four cities by H211. By focussing on mobile broadband, Une-EPM clearly hopes to tap into the most profitable end of Colombia’s mobile market. First Une-EPM plans to initiate a tender for network infrastructure, and BMI also expects the firm to withdraw from its 25% share of Tigo.

BMI believes that consolidation will be taking place in the fixed-line market, seeing smaller municipal operators merged to form larger entities with the necessary economies of scale to invest heavily in the latest technologies and services. But such deals are only possible if buyers can be found. In October 2010, an auction for a 49% stake in TeleCali – a firm requiring investment to upgrade technologies – was postponed indefinitely, after two failed auction attempts.

Broadband investment will be at the forefront of fixed-line operators’ strategies, driving strategies towards the development of data-based services to create new revenues. Traditional voice services have been heavily impacted by the entrance of mobile services and fixed broadband may yet experience a similar effect from the entrance of mobile operators into the broadband arena. However, fixed operators have the advantage of being able to offer faster speeds, and it is in this area that operators may be able to gain traction over their mobile counterparts. Other areas of growth include Pay-TV. This sector received a boost in Q410 as the National Television Commission (CNTV) announced it would invest US$129mn in the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DDT) services in the country.

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Latin America Telecom Insider / Vol. 2, No 8, November Edition

MVNO Market Offers Solid Growth Prospects for Savvy Operators
As penetration peaks and regulators look for ways to increase competition and to better serve their population, there will be a gradual movement toward the introduction of MVNOs in Latin America. Their introduction won’t drastically change the market’s structure, but it will increase competition, benefiting users and those that understand the pros and cons of MVNOs and who can find ways to incorporate them into their business.

In Europe, North America, Asia and even Africa, many have bought into the MVNO hype. Mature markets have seen a gradual evolution towards MVNO regulation. Latin America is a laggard in MVNO adoption but this lethargy won’t last long, as some countries start implementing MVNO friendly policies. Successful MVNOs in the region will most likely be cost control stories.

Those who can leverage existing assets to control costs while maintaining lower expense levels than their host will increase their likelihood of succeeding.

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