Showing posts with label MVNO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MVNO. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

Virgin Mobile signs agreement with Vivo and asks MVNO license in Brazil

In a press release distributed on Thursday, 23/​​01, the VMLA - Virgin Mobile Latin America - in short, announces the launch of its operations in Brazil and Mexico. The company already operates in Chile and Colombia.

In Brazil, the operation, the MVNO (virtual network) model, the service provided will be possible after the network share with Vivo / Telefonica agreement. Virgin Mobile today announces that come with Anatel in order to act as MVNO in the country. There is no official forecast for the start of operations.


It is worth remembering the MVNO business in Brazil bump, exactly, the difficulty for companies interested in close network usage agreements of major operations. First MVNO market in Vivo, this is the third contract sharing operator in the country - the other two were signed with Claro and Nextel for 2G and 3G services.

As a MVNO, Virgin Mobile and Virgin Mobile Mexico Brazil will use local networks Vivo / Telefonica in each country, in addition to controlling the entire customer relationship. Virgin Mobile is the creator of the MVNO model in which the brand currently has more than 18 million customers in 10 countries. Here, the company will face Porto Seguro and Datora Telecom, which already have consolidated MVNO operations.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Virgin Mobile and Telecom Datora close agreement for MVNO in Brazil

To encourage the market for virtual operators, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA)and Telecom will date close agreement to streamline the business in the area. In Brazil, until now, only three companies are authorized to act as MVNOs: Datora, Porto Seguro and French Sisteer. Virgin expects revenue of $ 1 billion by 2016 with mobile content in Latin America.

Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA), a company that is starting up MVNO activitiesin Latin America and plans to invest about $ 300 million in the region, announced analliance with Datora Telecom, a company authorized by Anatel to act on the market and already responsible for the operation of Porto Seguro, to develop its MVNO in Brazil.

The VMLA, who plans to become the leading mobile virtual network operator (MVNO, its acronym in English) of Latin America over the next five years, expects to launch its first operation in Chile in March. It also hopes to launch its second operation in Colombia in the second half of this year, and received regulatory approval in Mexico and Peru. In Brazil, the option was to partner with Telecom Datora.

Porto Seguro Telecom - an association of insurance company Porto Seguro withChiacomm - the Datora Sisteer and France Telecom, which already has a strong presence in Europe MVNE and MVNOs in operation are approved by Anatel. Both use TIM's network for its operations. Bank of Brazil and the Post Office have alsoshown interest in acting as MVNOs in the country, but so far have not formalized theprocess.