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How many mobile providers in your Country??? |
iyiinsan
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On 2002-04-24 03:33:00, ionur wrote:
There are 4 in Turkey: Turkcell, Telsim, Aria, and Aycell.
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Down to three; Aria and Aycell are now serving as one operator. Soon the name will also change... |
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alitokmen
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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From: Grenoble, France || Ankara, Tu
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In France we have 3 bi-band (GSM 900-1800) operators: Orange (France Telecom), SFR (Vivendi Universal & Vodafone) and Bouygues.
Orange and SFR are generally on GSM900 and Bouygues generally GSM1800.
France is probably the most "attached to the past" country in Europe, and this unfortunately deeply marks their technological level; in banking and things like that as well as in Telecom.
I think France has been the last country in the EU to have GPRS and the only country with all its neighbours having 3G networks (there's no 3G in France)
If one day you come to France from the UK or Germany for instance, you'll be surprised by seeing such a slow (connecting... connecting... connecting...), weak (even in Paris lots of underground shops are not covered) and busy (oh yes, remember that "network busy" message you see on Christmas... well, get used to it before coming to France) network!!
Voilà. But as I said it should change this summer... We'll see that!!
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Merovingian
Joined: Aug 29, 2003
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From: Norway
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Norway:
Telenor
NetCom
Tele 2
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djoptimum
Joined: May 21, 2004
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upd8 on uk, we have:
5 network providers/service providers
vodafone
o2
orange
t-mobile
3
2 mvno's/service providers
virgin mobile
tesco mobile
2 service providers that arent actually service providers more of just a brand type thing
fresh (cpw)
ft (financial times) though imnot sure if this still exists |
*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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In Manila, Philippines: I only know of '3':
1. Globe/Touch Mobile
2. Smart/Talk & Text
3. Sun Cellular |
sepguy
Joined: Feb 25, 2004
Posts: 26
From: Romania
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In Romania we have 4:
Orange
Connex
Zapp (CDMA)
Cosmorom
But the last one is in bankrupcy! |
xpx
Joined: May 29, 2004
Posts: 79
From: canada
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here on canada we have 4 mobile provider.
rogers/atnt wireless, bellmobility,telus,and fido/microcell.
fido is the best provider.
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*Jojo*
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I wonder if there is already one placed in Iraq and Afghanistan? |
Leks
Joined: Jan 12, 2003
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From: Sweden
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Sweden 4:
Telia
Vodafone
Comviq/Tele2
3
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Geoneil
Joined: Oct 26, 2003
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From: Gateshead
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Speaking of Iraq (I'm not sure where I got this link from, probably this site!)
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=30387
Never mind, it looks as if GSM (and sense) has won out over there.
As for Operators... http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=45302&site=unstrung
"In October the Iraqi Communications Ministry granted two-year licenses to Egypt’s Orascom Telecom; a partnership between Kurdish communications company Asia Cell and Kuwait’s National Mobile Telecommunications (NMT); and a consortium including Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Co. (MTC) and Atheer Tel of Saudi Arabia (see GSM Wins Iraq Battle)."
The odd thing is, they want Iraq to remian one country, yet have split Iraq into 3 seperate regions: Northern, Central and Southern, with each network only operating within their region. So, theoretcially, someone with a phone is Basra is Southern Iraq, can't use their phone in Baghdad without roaming... stupid 
Anyway, the operators in the UK have already been stated:-
Network Operators
Vodafone (GSM 900 with 3G services)
O2 (GSM 900 mostly, formerly BT Cellnet, NOT owned by BT)
Orange (GSM 1800 with 3G services, owned by France Telecom - NOT Hutchison)
T-Mobile (GSM 1800, formerly One 2 One)
3 (WCDMA, owned by Hutchison)
Virtual operators
Virgin (T-Mobile)
Fresh (T-Mobile)
OneTel (Vodafone)
Tesco Mobile (?)
BT Mobile (T-Mobile, though I've heard they've switched to Vodafone, NOTE, they do NOT use O2!!)
3 also have a roaming agreement with O2's GSM and GPRS network, this is because their 3G network coverage isn't quite what they'd like it to be (although it's far batter than Vodafone). Interesting, as all the current 2G operators (including O2) have their own 3G licences, they just haven't launched their services yet.
There may be other Virtual operators, but I don't know.
3 are practically giving handsets away (particularly on prepay) and the other four are ronudabout the same when it comes to price. You can get very good deals on 3 (they're desperate to get more customers) but customer services, network reliability and the lack of open WAP access means that they might not keep them... |
alexnik
Joined: Sep 09, 2003
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From: Greece
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Update for greece, too
Telestet has been renamed into TIM
Vodafone and Cosmote Have remained as they were.
TIM, Q-telecom and Vodafone Are using GSM 800
Cosmote is using DCS 1800
Also Q-Telecom was using Vodafone's network when it opened, but now it has built its own network for the big cities...However it still uses Vodafone's network outside them...
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Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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@Leksandfan
actually we have five providers 
Telia
Tele2
Vodafone
3
Swefour (even though this company only target on GSM solutions for companies they do have their own network) |
b-chill
Joined: Jun 05, 2003
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From: The Land of Confusion
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In Denmark we have five operators:
TDC
TELIA
SONOFON
ORANGE
3 (only 3g, roaming gsm on TDC)
And there are afaik 11 roaming mobile providers:
A+ Telecom
CBB Mobil
debitel
ELRO
LEASY
M1
Minutel
Smart Koncept
Tele2
TELMORE
DLG
and there are probably more... dont know for shure
t10s t29s t39m s868 R380s MC 16 t68i p800 z200 k500i s700 k700 k750 k608 |
larunos
Joined: Oct 11, 2002
Posts: 56
From: jakarta, Indonesia
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In Indonesia:
1. INDOSAT M3 (gsm)
2. Satelindo (gsm)
3. Excelcom (gsm)
4. Telkomsel (gsm)
5. Telkomflexi (cdma)
6. Mobile-8 (cdma)
7. Fren (cdma)
8. Byru (Satellite) |
Bruce Dickinson
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
Posts: 21
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In spain we have:
-Vodafone
-Movistar (Telefonica)
-Amena
-Euskaltel
-Xfera (Only UMTS) |
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Posted: 2004-06-08 17:10
