3G Sponsored by SPIRENT

 

 

3G Rush for 3 in Italy

6th September, 2004

Europe : Almost 2.8 millions Italians changed their mobile operator since the introduction of the Number Portability.

Inset is Vincenzo Novari, CEO of 3 in Italy who is quoted below.

For the first time, 3 is the number one for the net number of acquired clients which have chosen to keep their phone number: particularly, the Mobile Video Company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, Italian leader in the Umts market, registers a net positive balance between of 21,726 units between the acquired clients and lost ones, even if it started the service after 11 months since the introduction of the MNP. Wind becomes second, while TIM and Vodafone lose a total amount of almost 450,000 clients.

In total, almost 2,800 millions have chosen to change their mobile operator, keeping their number, since the introduction of the Mobile Number Portability in our Country.

3 have once again requested the Authority of Communication for an urgent application for an interoperator price level of activations lower than the current €10.02 , remaining the need of a final zeroing of it. Till today, it has cost 3 almost €2.5 million to allow users to carry over their own numbers. "This is a significant number," states Vincenzo Novari, the CEO of 3, "which is not only taken from new operators but also from the market and the users who have less choice of the most convenient solutions and better services".

3 - Is the commercial brand of H3G, the mobile video company in the Italian market. After having won the UMTS license in Italy in November 2000, with the offer of 3,25 billion euros, 3 launched its service at the beginning of March 2003 and aimed for the leadership of the third generation mobile market. Among its shareholders are prominent leaders in Italy and the world, from the sectors of telecommunications, the Internet and new media, publishing and finance. Hutchison Whampoa Limited is the primary shareholder 88.67% of the authorized capital. The other shareholders include CIR, S. Paolo Imi, BMI, RCS Mediagroup, Gemina and Tiscali.

Home ProZone Subscribe To Newsletter 3G Forum