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Retail Asia24/10/2022

With over one million subscribers, the country’s three mobile virtual network operators, who piggyback on large telecom companies, have a market share of 1%. iTel, Reddi and Local do not have their own infrastructure or radio frequencies and instead pay to use VinaPhone, Viettel, MobiFone, Vietnamobile, or Gtel’s. iTel, which depends on VinaPhone’s infrastructure and […]

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Retail Asia29/08/2022

M1 has announced ZΩH as its latest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partner. As a telecommunication service offering from enterprise network and ICT provider Lifeway Singapore, ZΩH will leverage M1’s advanced mobile network infrastructure to offer mobile services specifically to enterprise customers. ZΩH provides a diverse range of mobile and data roaming plans to corporate […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2022

Originally known as Project Fi, Google Fi debuted in April 2015 and was offered by invitation to owners of the Nexus 6. A year later, the Pixel and Pixel XL were added and in February 2018, the service was rebranded as Google Fi. Google Fi is an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) which means that while it […]

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Retail Asia16/12/2021

If you’re a new Google Fi subscriber, you’re probably not aware that the MVNO typically offers gifts to its customers at the end of the year. Although this time around the rewards isn’t as exciting as it was in the previous years, you’ll still get something. Also, it’s always the gesture that counts, not the value […]

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Retail Asia02/04/2021

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to release low-cost 5G mobile data plans to raise the competitiveness of the country’s 5G market. The ministry reported that tariffs will be announced, with mobile data rates offered by mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) priced below those offered by the country’s major carriers SK […]

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Retail Asia30/05/2019

For years telco revenues as measured in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) have been on a decline. As consumers and business acquire a taste for broadband and mobile broadband connectivity, operators are pressured to offer bigger and faster pipes and to do so more cheaply lest competition from OTTs and mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) […]

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Retail Asia21/05/2019

The Philippines’ NOW Telecom has introduced a new model aimed at partnering with small and medium sized businesses to deliver wireless broadband services to individual areas. The company’s new NOW Virtual Network Operator (NVNO) model will see the operator partner with SMEs and even individuals to bring NOW’s fixed wireless broadband technology to a particular […]

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Retail Asia14/05/2019

Indochina Telecom has become the first MVNO in Vietnam, operating on the VinaPhone network. The operator is initially introducing services for workers in industrial parks in nine provinces and cities. Indochina Telecom has been attempting for over a decade to launch MVNO services in Vietnam, the report states. The company had initially failed to negotiate an MVNE […]

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Retail Asia15/03/2019

If you are satisfied with your current phone but would prefer to switch carriers, hybrid MVNO Google Fi has a deal for you. First, some explanation. Google Fi uses two million Wi-Fi hot spots to bring you service. When you are out of Wi-Fi range, your phone checks to see which of the three 4G […]

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Retail Asia07/05/2018

Singapore fiber ISP MyRepublic has formed an MVNO agreement with StarHub to support its intention of launching mobile services. The agreement will allow MyRepublic to provide mobile services despite failing to win the auction for Singapore’s fourth telco license. Announcing the agreement, MyRepublic said it was encouraged to continue with its mobile ambitions by the strong response to […]

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Retail Asia29/08/2017

Australian wholesale telecoms operator Symbio Networks has launched an innovative new sub-wholesale MVNO offering allowing the activation of new SIMs within seven seconds of order placement. Through an agreement with Australia’s largest mobile operator Telstra, Symbio Networks will provide a service providing 4G coverage of 95% and combined 4G and 3G coverage of 98.8% of […]

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Retail Asia26/07/2017

Japan’s NTT Communications has launched the nation’s first pilot of embedded SIMs (eSIMs) for connection and remote provisioning for MVNOs. The operator said it has built an environment for remote SIM provisioning on its MVNO platform in Hong Kong supporting both M2M and consumer devices. NTT Com will now launch verification tests in Japan in light of […]

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Retail Asia22/04/2017

HKBN has reported a 66% decline in net profit for the first quarter of 2017 to HK$46 million ($5.9 million), due in part to investments associated with the operator’s entry into the mobile market as an MVNO. But revenue grew 25% to HK$1.53 billion as the company accelerated growth in both its residential and enterprise […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2017

Thailand’s MVNOs will need to implement a new online fingerprint ID registration system for both prepaid and postpaid mobile SIMs by March, after regulator the NBTC declined to exempt them from complying with the new registration regime. The online registration system is being introduced as a requirement for both mobile operators and MVNOs as part […]

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Retail Asia11/11/2016

China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei have jointly deployed the world’s first wideband Massive MIMO site to help improve 4G network spectral efficiency. China Mobile has been focusing on the design of wideband Massive MIMO as part of its research on 5G. The technology been oriented specifically towards large-scale commercial use by the operator. Wideband Massive […]

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Retail Asia12/10/2016

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has published a list of 60 companies applying for an MVNO license in various cities. The companies have between them applied for 70 state, city or sub-district specific licenses across 11 of India’s 22 telecoms circles. The DoT is offering MVNO licenses under a unified license arrangement, with an entry […]

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Retail Asia19/08/2016

Philippine media group ABS-CBN has scaled back its MVNO business in response to a declining subscriber base. The company has cut the annual fees it is paying network provider Globe Telecom in half as part of efforts to curb losses from its ABS-CBN Mobile operations. ABS-CBN CFO Aldrin Cerrado told the publication that the company […]

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Retail Asia20/07/2016

Hong Kong ISP HKBN has secured a license from telecoms regulator OFCA to offer MVNO services in the market. OFCA has granted HKBN an expanded services-based operator license to allow the company to offer mobile services using the infrastructure of established mobile network operators. The company has signed an agreement with China Mobile Hong Kong, […]

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Retail Asia10/05/2016

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A new 4G MVNO is launching in Singapore that aims to give consumers a new way to interact and consume telco services. Digital telco Circles.Life will target the data savvy consumer segment in Singapore. The operator will use M1’s infrastructure under an MVNO model similar to the one Virgin Mobile had with Singtel when the […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2016

Australian MVNO Virgin Mobile has launched a publicity stunt to promote its new data rollover postpaid plans by hosting an auction allowing local consumers to ‘bid’ for items using unused data allocations. The company will auction off 30 items over 30 days, with the top prize being an A$43,000 ($33,000) vacation package to the private […]

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