Virgin Mobile Attacks Conditions For MVNOs In France

Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, CEO of Virgin Mobile France, has told a regulatory conference organised by French regulator Arcep that conditions for MVNOs in France are very bad. The big issues are long contracts for post-paid customers, relatively slow portability of numbers (less than 10 days is the rule) and France’s three mobile operators offering unlimited tariff plans, while charging MVNOs on a per minute or per SMS, preventing them from competing in that market. The operators counted by pointing to the high amount they paid for 3G licenses and need to constantly upgrade their networks, meaning they need “a certain degree of visibility regarding [their] revenues”.
“2007 is a turning point,” said Jean-Marc Tassetto, director general, marketing and mass market at SFR. “We presented a budget with zero growth. After 15 years of growth, it’s a major factor,” he said, according to Thomson Dialog NewsEdge.

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