Hello sharonshani-ga:
It was a pleasure to answer such an interesting question. As you might
yourself know that there is no specific definition of MVNO's and
experts are still divided over the concise definition. Generally, a
MVNO provides mobile subscriptions without a license. It is estimated
that there are about 50 MVNO's by the end of year 2002. I have located
51 MVNO's but some of them have very limited information on the net so
I just provided their names and website address, if possible. Almost
all of them are located in Western Europe with United Kingdom and
Scandanavia being the largest markets.
Sources: http://web.hhs.se/cic/courses/underthebridge/thesis_MVNO.pdf
http://specials.ft.com/telecoms/may2002/FT39FAC661D.html
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4686/4686.htm
I have tried my best to provide you the list of most MVNO's that are
operational in the world, today. Since, this is a diverse field, even
a large super store can have a mobile service. In fact it sometimes
gets difficult to have a complete financial information on the mobile
services of such a company. Take for example the case of Sainsbury's
in UK that is the second largest retail store. Sainsbury provide
mobile services to its customers through many different companies.
This company doesn't provide its financials of its mobile business but
relates this to 'other businesses' on its financial sheets.
The point is, we can get the data by research that is if the company
is willing to make it public. Also, small or new companies in a
certain business are sometimes reluctant to provide number of
subscribers due to the 'secrecy factors' relating to the competition.
I have divided the list into three categories. The first category
contains the list of MVNO's for which the data was accessable. The
second contains those MVNO's that have a website but either detailed
information is not provided or it was difficult to get. The last
category just provides the names of other well known MVNO's in a
country.
While compiling the information, I came across may websites that had
no English translation which made my work a little difficult. I
translated the contents of the web pages by using two useful services.
I will list those services at the end so that you may also use them.
Addressing your question, I didn't pay attention to the number of
MVNO's (I think they are at least 25 for the first category). More
important to me was to provide you as many MVNO's as possible along
with their websites so it may help you in the future.
For your review, here is the list:
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IST CATEGORY
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Company: Virgin Mobile
Website: http://www.virginmobile.com
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/media_centre/media_directors.jsp
Subscribers OR Size Info:
"Virgin Mobile hit three million customers in August 2003, making it
one of the
fastest growing mobile phone companies in history". (Virgin Mobile)
For more information on size, please refer to:
http://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/media_centre/media_tenthings.jsp
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Company: CarPhone Warehouse
Website: http://www.carphonewarehouse.co.uk
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/about/structure/
Subscribers OR Size Info:
The company operates across 12 markets and employes over 8,000 people.
Its UK
market share is over 22 percent. (CarPhone Warehouse website)
For more information on its revenues, size and extensive company
information,
please refer to:
http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/media/information/
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Company: Sainsbury's
Website: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/about/group_management.cfm
Subscribers or Size Info:
It is difficult to gauge the exact size of MVNO market in this case
because
it is a typical MVNO is a technical sense. The MVNO in this case is
the
second largest supermarket in UK and it operatos its mobile MVNO
business
in connection with many companies. Therefore, it doesn't provide any
statisitcs for the business and relates to such a business in 'other
operations' on its financial sheets. It by no means confirms that the
data
is not availabe but it just means that the company does not make it
public
or the data might only be available on a subscription basis.
Please refer to its online web financial report for more information.
The
report is located at:
http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/ar2003/index.htm
ALSO SEE:
http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/news_view.cfm?article=118
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/978350.stm
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Company: One.Tel
Website: http://www.onetel.co.uk
Key Officers:
Since One.Tel is a Centrica Business and its MVNO is a service of
Centrica
Business Services, the senior officers operate from Centrica
Headquarters at
Windsor, Berkshire. For a list of senior management and bio, please
refer to:
http://www.centrica.co.uk/index.asp?dup=y§ion=Our_company&area=About_us&content=man_Our_management
Alternatively, you may also connect One.Tel management at:
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/contact-mgmt
OR
http://www.centrica.co.uk/index.asp?section=Our_company&area=About_us&content=Our_businesses
Subscribers or Size Info:
"One.Tel is the UK's leading alternative telephone company, providing
960,000
fixed line, mobile and Internet accounts to customers in the UK."
Source: http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/media/pressId,49
"Since its formation in 2002, Centrica Business Services has become
the market
leader in the commercial energy sector with nearly one million
customers and a
turnover of £971 million."
Source: http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/media/pressId,50
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Company: FT. Mobile
Website: http://news.ft.com OR
http://news.ft.com/siteservices/ftmobile/
Key Officers:
Since, FT. Mobile is a service provided by Financial Times Group, the
senior
officers atFT office represent this business.
D. C. M. Bell - Chairman of the Board
A. C. Miller - Director of Finance
A. Gowers - Director
D. H. Munns - Director
S. N. Robinson - Director of Administration
O. H. Fleurot - Managing Director
Source: Thompson Gale Business Resource Center.
For More Information, please visit http://www.ft.com
Subscribers or Size Info:
It is difficult to locate the exact size of the business since most of
the
business is done through a stratagic alliance formed with
Phonewarehouse
see above). Also, FT. Mobile uses BT Cellnet Network that provides FT.
Mobile
subscribers access anywhere in UK. For More Information, please see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1202518.stm
http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/media/press/2001/2001-03-05/
http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/media/press/2001/2001-05-24/
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Company: Kingston Communications
Website: http://www.kcom.com
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.kcom.com/boardmemb.html OR
http://www.kingstoncommunications.co.uk
Subscribers or Size Info:
Kingston Communications provides services to over 185,000 customers in
the
East Yorkshire reigon. Its alliance with O2 guarantees a national
coverage by
providing access to 6000 base stations and 99 percent coverage in the
UK.
For more information, please consult:
http://www.kcom.com/group.html
http://www.kingstoncommunications.co.uk/business/businessphone/businessmobile/32814%20KC%20Mobile%20Bus%204pp.pdf
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Company: British Gas Communications
Website: http://www.talkgas.com
OR consult 'products or services' and sub category 'home and mobile
phone'.
Key Officers:
British Gas Communications is a service of Centrica (also see One.Tel,
above),
more information about its management is availble at:
http://www.centrica.co.uk/index.asp?dup=y§ion=Our_company&area=About_us&content=man_Our_management
Subscribers or Size Info:
Centrica is the parent company (also see One.Tel) therefore more
information may
only be possible by directly contacting the company. Please visit
http://www.centrica.co.uk
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Company: Energis
Website: http://www.energis.com
Key Officers: For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please
consult:
http://www.energis.com/about/management.asp?lid=About_managment
Subscribers or Size Info:
For facts and figures about Energis, please visit:
http://www.energis.com/about/facts.asp
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Company: Tesco
Website: http://www.tesco.com OR http://www.tesco.com/mobile/
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.tesco.com/corporateinfo/
Subscribers or Size Info:
Tesco has just launched its mobile services therefore its too early to
estimate
the size of its operations.
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Company: NTL
Website: http://www.ntl.com
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.ntl.com/locales/gb/en/investors/companyinfo/people.asp
Subscribers or Size Info:
It has a customer base of 2,453,700 and a revenue of over 1 Billion.
For a detailed report on its size of operations, plese consult:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114937/000095012302009039/y64030a2e10vkza.txt
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DENMARK
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Company: Debitel
Website: http://www.debitel.com
Key Officers: For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please
consult:
http://www.debitel.de/unternehmen_de/ueber_debitel/vorstand/index.php
Subscribers or Size Info:
Debitel is operational in Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, france and
Slovenia
with a very high penetration rate, often holding more than 30 percent
of the
market in these reigons. For more information, please consult:
http://www.debitel.de/unternehmen_de/ueber_debitel/ueberblick/international.php
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Company: Euro909 (also known as Euro Trust)
Website: http://www.euro909.com
Key Officers: For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please
consult:
http://www.eurotrust.dk/uk/corporate/index.php?page=management
Subscribers or Size Info:
The overall revenue of the entire company in 2002 was $19,173,000. For
more
information, please consult the SEC filing for 2002:
http://www.eurotrust.dk/uk/investors/index.php?page=secfilings
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Company: Link Telecom
Website: http://tdc.com
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://tdc.com/article.php?dogtag=tdc_o_english_about_profile_ex
Subscribers or Size Info:
Total number of customers and the financials of the Link Telecom
Mobile operations
are listed country by country at:
http://tdc.com/article.php?dogtag=tdc_o_english_about_sub_mobile
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Company: Telmore
Website: http://www.telmore.dk
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
https://sec.telmore.dk/tilmelding-f.html
Subscribers or Size Info:
There are over 400,000 customers of this company. For more info,
please visit:
https://sec.telmore.dk/tilmelding-f.html
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NORWAY
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Company: Tele 2 AB
Website: http://www.tele2.com
Key Officers:
Once you are on the main page, please click on 'About Tele 2'
from the top menu.
Subscribers or Size Info:
Once on tha main page, please scroll down for the reigonal information
from
the 'scroll down' menu on the center of the page.
ALSO SEE
Company: Tele2 (Norway)
Website: http://www.tele2.no
Key Officers:
Please visit the website or click on the link:
http://www.tele2.no/go.cfm?id=3229&type=section&lang=no&path=203i208i296i1355
Subscribers or Size Info:
There are over 5.7 million customers in Europe.
Source: http://www.tele2.no/go.cfm?id=297&type=text&lang=no&path=203i208i296
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Company: Sense
Website: http://www.sense.no OR http://www.sense.com
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.sense.com/corporateInformation.asp?mode=2
Subscribers or Size Info:
There are over 200,000 subscribers for its mobile business with 27,000
in sweden.
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Company: Carrot Communications
Website: http://www.carrot.no (please click on for english version)
Key Officers:
For a list of management, please visit:
http://www.carrot.no/index.php?show=94&expand=13,94
Subscriber or Size Info:
Please visit http://www.carrot.no/index.php?show=96&expand=13,96
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Company: Song
Website: http://www.song.no OR http://www.songnetworks.net (english)
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.songnetworks.net/o.o.i.s/143
OR http://www.songnetworks.net/o.o.i.s/245
Subscribers or Size Info:
The company has 21,826 corporate customers. For more information on
the
company and its financials, please visit:
http://www.songnetworks.net/o.o.i.s/139
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SWEDEN
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Company: Spinbox
Website: http://www.spinbox.se
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.spinbox.se/about/key_management.php
Subscribers or Size Info:
For a company overview, please visit:
http://www.spinbox.se/product/overview.php
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Company: Glocal Net
Website: http://www.glocalnet.se
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.glocalnet.se/omglocalnet/verksamhet/ledning.html
Subscribers or Size Info:
Glocal Net has over 400,000 subscribers in Scandanavia and is the
third
largest telephony service provider in Sweden. For more info, please
consult:
http://www.glocalnet.se/omglocalnet/verksamhet/historik.html
http://www.portal.com/news_events/press_releases/
release_2001/glocalnet.pdf
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FINLAND
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Company: Telia
Website: http://www.teliasonera.com
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.teliasonera.com/bvo/com/ts_page_wide.jsp?OID=ts_en_organisation_board&CID=-536906249
Subscribers or Size Info:
"TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications group in the Nordic and
Baltic regions. Pro forma Net sales
for the first half-year 2003 amounted to SEK 40.6 billion (39.9
billion in 2002). The number of employees
were 27,570." (company website)
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Company: DNA Finland
Website: http://www.dnafinland.fi/english/
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.dnafinland.fi/english/yksityisille/dna-yritykset/dna_finland_oy/organisaatio.shtml
Subscribers or Size Info:
The company has over 700,000 subscribers. Its network covers 97
percent of the
Finish population and can be reached from 60 countries.
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ITALY
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Company: Tiscali
Website: http://www.tiscali.com OR http://www.tiscali.it
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.tiscali.com/about/people/index.html
Subscribers or Size Info:
The company has a subscriber base of 6 million in Europe.
Source:
http://www.tiscali.com/about/milestones/milestones2001.html
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Company: Deutche Telekom
Website: http://www.telekom3.de/en-p/home/cc-startseite.html
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.telekom3.de/en-p/comp/5-bo/home/artikel-board-of-management-ar.html
Subscribers or Size Info:
It is one of Europe's largest telecommunication companies that is
represented in
65 countries. It provides mobile communication to 61 million customers
worldwide and employees 41,000 people. For more information, please
visit:
http://www.telekom3.de/en-p/comp/2-st/2-t-/home/t-mobile-profile-ar.html
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SPAIN
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Company: France Telecom
Website: http://www.francetelecom.com/en/
Key Officers:
For a list of management and their bio, please visit:
http://www.francetelecom.com/en/group/organisation/managment/comex/
Subscribers or Size Info:
France Telecom has 44.4 million people accessing its moblie services.
For more information, please visit
http://www.francetelecom.com/en/solutions/mobile/index.html
Also:
http://www.francetelecom.com/en/group/organisation/figures/financial/
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2ND CATEGORY
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Company: Tesco (UK)
Website: http://www.tesco.com OR http://www.tesco.com/mobile/
Key Officers:
For a list of Key Officers and their bio, please consult:
http://www.tesco.com/corporateinfo/
Subscribers or Size Info:
Tesco has just launched its mobile services therefore its too early to
estimate
the size of its operations.
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Company: Symphony (UK)
Website: http://www.symphony.com
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Company: Safetel (Norway)
Website: http://www.safetel.no
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Company: GTS (Norway)
Website: http://www.ventelo.no
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Company: CliniTrac (Sweden)
Website: http://www.clinitrac.se
Key Officers:
While on the main page, please clcik 'About Clinitrac' from the top
menu to access
information about the top executives.
Subscribers or Size Info:
It is a small and a very new company, therefore information about its
future size
is difficult to estimate.
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Company: Lunar Mobil (Sweden)
Website: http://www.lunarmobil.se
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Company: Finnet Com (Finland)
Website: http://www.finnetcom.fi
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Company: Future Telecom (France)
Website: http://www.futuretelecom.com
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Company: InterCall (France)
Website: http://www.intercall.fr
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Company: Imagine (Ireland)
Website: http://www.imagine.ie
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Company: Telefona (Denmark)
Website: http://telefona.de
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Company: Tele Passport (Denmark)
Website: http://www.telepassport.de
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Company: Smart Club (Norway)
Website: http://www.smartclub.no
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Company: Zalto (Norway)
Website: http://www.zalto.com
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Company: Nextra (Norway)
Website: http://www.telenor.no/business/
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Company: SafeTel (Norway)
Website: http://www.safetel.no
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Company: Enitel (Norway)
Website: http://www.enitel.no
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3RD CATEGORY
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Norwegian Companies:
KanKan
Mobyson
You Communications
EI Tele OST
Chess Communications
Swedish Companies:
Hem EI
ICA
Dial n' Smile
Finish Company:
Jippii
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SOURCES AND REFERENCE
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TRANSLATION SERVICES:
Altavista Babblefish
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Translation Experts
http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran
Number of MVNO's and a detailed report for sale.
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4686/4686.htm
Highly attractive countries for MVNO's
http://www.cellular.co.za/news_2002/012502-germany_and_uk_are_top_euro_mark.htm
MVNO Market in Europe
https://www.omsyc.fr/~omsyc/home/content/Exec_Sum_2003/MVNO.ExecutiveSummary.pdf
Source of the above report
https://www.omsyc.fr/~omsyc/home/report.php#
List of MVNO's in Europe (scroll down)
http://web.hhs.se/cic/courses/underthebridge/thesis_MVNO.pdf
OR html version
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:MKJwpNXTy4cJ:web.hhs.se/cic/courses/underthebridge/thesis_MVNO.pdf+ratings+of+MVNO+in+Europe&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
AND
http://specials.ft.com/telecoms/may2002/FT39FAC661D.html
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I assume, the list is very close to the total number of MVNO's present
in Western Europe. Please clarify, if you are not satisfied. I am
always here to help you. Good luck with your research and thank you
for using Google Answers.
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