AT&T, Virgin Media willen MVNO in India worden - ET

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AT&T, Virgin Media willen MVNO in India worden - ET
De Amerikaanse provider AT&T en Liberty Global-onderdeel Virgin Media willen mogelijk als MVNO actief worden in India. Dat schrijft althans de Economic Times (ET) op basis van bronnen die bekend zijn met de plannen. Beide bedrijven zouden volgens deze bronnen grote interesse hebben in de spectrumveiling die voor later dit jaar staat gepland. Daarbij zal in totaal 2000MHz aan spectrum worden geveild. 

Momenteel zouden er al gesprekken lopen met Indiase overheidsfunctionarissen. Zowel AT&T als Liberty Global zijn al eens actief geweest op de Indiase telecommarkt. AT&T stapte in halverwege de jaren '90, maar verliet de markt in 2005. 

Liberty Global kwam India in 2008 binnen via een partnership met de Tata Group, maar gooide na drie jaar de handdoek in de ring. De Indiase overheid bepaalde eind maart van dit jaar dat MVNO's zijn toegestaan in het land. Marktleider in India is Bharti Airtel met een aandeel van 24,2 procent, gevolgd door Vodafone (19,1%) en Idea Cellular (17%). India telt ruim een miljard mobiele abonnees en zo'n 125 miljoen smartphonebezitters. 

Categorieën:

Mobiel

Bedrijven:

Vodafone,  Bharti Airtel,  Liberty Global,  Virgin Media,  Airtel,  Idea Cellular

Landen:

India

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Corporate strategy

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