3 Group
3 Group continues to rock the mobile services industry boat with an increasingly aggressive ‘free service’ marketing story, which is causing concern among its European competitors. (2/24/2010)
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Belgacom
Belgacom is firmly entrenched as the country's consumer fixed and mobile market leader and is having solid success with its bundles and IPTV offer, but cable players remain a significant threat in the multiplay space in the north of the country. (11/2/2009)
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Bouygues Telecom
Bouygues Telecom has tackled the consumer market with an integrated service offering encompassing fixed and mobile voice, broadband Internet and IPTV, but the operator will still struggle as a smaller player in a market rife with heavyweights. (7/16/2009)
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BSkyB
BSkyB is the largest pay-TV provider in the UK, has good LLU broadband and fixed telephony capabilities and a large customer base. No mobile operations and competition within broadband and content markets are major handicaps. (11/19/2009)
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BT
BT still leads the UK consumer broadband market, growing its share of DSL net adds and pushing hard with portfolio differentiation, but regulation and consumer advocacy create a competitive environment with no shortage of heavy hitting opponents. (12/7/2009)
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Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom remains Germany’s consumer mobile and broadband market leader, and has a solid presence in Eastern Europe, but fixed line losses, pricing pressure and an overall decline in the domestic business remain major challenges to growth. (11/16/2009)
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France Telecom
France Telecom is the clear consumer market leader in its home country, but operations in both Spain and the UK are under pressure from fierce competition. Continued service innovation and multiplay offers are key to countering competitors. (3/1/2010)
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KPN
KPN is the dominant consumer services provider in its domestic market, and the company's challenger strategy in its foreign mobile markets is innovative and aggressive. Mobile broadband will be KPN's next major competitive battleground abroad. (2/22/2010)
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Lebara Mobile
Lebara Mobile is one of the UK's leading ethnic MVNOs, leveraging a tight focus and targeted marketing to achieve growth. But there is no dearth of competition from like-minded rivals offering near price parity and comparable international reach. (8/20/2009)
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Swisscom
Swisscom remains entrenched as the country’s consumer market leader, but competition will inevitably increase as LLU is implemented, cable players enhance their presence with deployment of EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and Sunrise and Orange move to merge. (12/8/2009)
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TDC
TDC has retrenched to the home market, with a greater Nordic emphasis than ever. New services such as PLAY and its bundled dual and triple play packages are underlining the challenge. (1/19/2010)
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Tele2
Tele2’s no-frills proposition is resounding well in the current economic climate. A new push in the small business segment in the Nordics, and aggressive moves in Russia make for a pragmatic growth strategy. (12/14/2009)
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Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia is Italy's dominant consumer mobile and DSL player leveraging integrated fixed and wireless assets, but domestic revenue is skewed toward declining retail voice sales and competition from alternative operators remains aggressive. (7/14/2009)
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Telefónica
Telefónica is the clear leader in its home consumer market, but fierce competition in Germany and the UK presents an ongoing challenge, particularly in the multiplay arena, where service packages incorporating television are increasingly popular. (2/26/2010)
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Telekom Austria Group
Telekom Austria is the clear leader in its consumer market despite challenges from alternative players. The company is winning back fixed line customers with bundled multiplay offers and growing both its fixed and mobile broadband customer bases. (3/1/2010)
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Telenor
A recent streamlining exercise across its key Nordic markets has left Telenor leaner and meaner. New flat-rate and bundle aggression throughout Q3 and Q4 2009 sees Telenor targeting higher-value customers. (12/10/2009)
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TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera is the leading mobile and broadband provider in Sweden and in the top three in Finland, Norway and Denmark, but the company faces sophisticated and determined competition in the highly evolved and mature Nordic market. (3/5/2010)
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Virgin Media
Virgin Media has a solid multi- and quad-play portfolio offering numerous bundling options. The company's appeal is broadened by the pains it takes to explain issues such as realistic broadband speeds and traffic management simply and clearly. (12/29/2009)
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Vodafone Group
New projects such as Vodafone 360 and a cloud services push are helping define Vodafone’s ‘total communications strategy.’ However, Europe’s third largest DSL provider still needs to establish DSL brand awareness. (11/13/2009)
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Wind
Wind is developing its mobile business with a focus on customer retention, driving up usage and expanding HSDPA coverage. While the company's bundled services continue to perform, Wind needs to maintain momentum with added innovation. (4/21/2009)
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