Medlemmene, bl.a. Telenor Mobil i Norge, vil gradvis innarbeide Starmap som merkevare og logo i markedet for å gjøre det enkelt for kunder og leverandører å identifisere seg med alliansen. Målet er at tjenester på tvers av allianselandene skal utfylle medlemmenes tilbud i hvert enkelt land.
På bakgrunn av det arbeidet som allerede er gjort i alliansen med å løse tekniske utfordringer og inngå kommersielle avtaler operatørene imellom, nyter kundene nå godt av GPRS- og MMS-roaming. I tillegg får kunder tilgang til kjente tjenester som mobilsvar og kortnummer mens de er på reise i de andre allianselandene. Faste roamingpriser for bedriftskunder er allerede introdusert i flere land. Operatørene vil også støtte en felles kvalitetsstandard for tjenester i bedriftsmarkedet.
I tillegg samarbeider medlemmene om utvikling og definisjon av 3G telefoner. Det er inngått en felles distribusjonsavtale for Xda II Pocket PC på tvers av alliansenettverket. Xda II gir kunder på farten mulighet til å bruke tjenester med video, fargebilder og internettapplikasjoner.
"Mobilalliansen Starmap har introdusert et sømløst miljø for sine kunder, og ønsker å videreutvikle samarbeidet til fordel for de kunder som stadig er på farten. Under den nye felles merkevaren skal vi bygge nye tjenester, skape økt samhandling mellom våre leverandører, samt tilby attraktive tjenester for våre bedrifts- og privatkunder. Målet er å styrke deres "home-away-from-home" opplevelse," sier Joaquin Mollinedo, styreformann i mobilalliansen Starmap.
Mobilalliansen Starmap består i dag av ni medlemmer: Amena (Spania), O2 (Tyskland, Storbritannia og Irland), One (Østerrike), Pannon GSM (Ungarn), sunrise (Sveits), Telenor Mobil (Norge) og Wind (Italia). Det totale antallet abonnenter i alliansen er over 41 millioner. Under ledelse av et styre med representanter fra hver operatør, samarbeider mobilalliansen Starmap om å tilby innovative, attraktive og enkle tjenester. Alliansen gir sine kunder en økt 'home-away-from-home' opplevelse med den brukervennlighet og kvalitet på tjenestene som kundene er vant til i sitt eget land. Mobilalliansen Starmap samarbeider også innen innkjøp, teknologi og salg til større bedriftskunder.
For informasjon om alliansen og høyoppløselig logo, se www.starmapmobile.com
For ytterligere informasjon:
Informasjonssjef Sigurd Sandvin, Telenor Mobil, tlf. +47 905 21 100
Om de enkelte selskapene:
Amena
Amena is the mobile operator of Group Auna, the leading alternative telecom operator in Spain. Amena had a total of 8.161.000 subscribers at the end of 2003 and a market share of 21,8% of the Spanish market. In 2003, Amena added 1.700.000 new customers, 42,8 % market share. In 2003, Amena achieved 183 million euros bottom line being leader in innovation and simpliciy at the time. Amena was the first operator in Spain to launch GPRS, MMS or video messaging and streaming services.
Manuel Bueno Montoya
Press director Auna Group
+34.91.202.50.61
Fernando Castro Izuzquiza
Chief of press of Amena
+34.656.155.213
mmO2
mmO2 has more than 20 million customers and 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three countries - the UK, Germany and Ireland - as well as leading mobile Internet portal business. All of these businesses are branded as O2. Additionally, the company has operations on the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom) and owns O2 Airwave - an advanced, digital emergency communications service.
mmO2 plc
David Nicholas
Director of Communications
t: +44 (0) 771 575 9176
Simon Gordon
Press Relations Manager
t: +44 (0)771 007 0698
mmO2 press office: 01753 628402.
All mmO2 Group news releases can be accessed at our web site: www.mmo2.com
ONE
In October 1998, the communications company ONE (ONE GmbH) launched Austria's only nation-wide GSM-1800 mobile telephony network. At the beginning of January 2004, ONE had about 1,200 employees and about 1.8 million customers (1.48 million mobile, 145,000 fixed line and 150,000 Internet customers). ONE is the only mobile telephony operator in Austria to offer HSCSD (ONE High Speed), GPRS and UMTS. On 1 July 2003, with ONE WLAN the company launched the most dense hotspot network in all of Austria from one provider. ONE places its focus on service, product development and usability, and with ONE SMILE it offers its customers an innovative and easy to use interface. The ONE billing process was certified in October 2003 in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 requirements. ONE has a population coverage of 98%. Turnover in 2002 amounted to approximately € 619.7 million. By the end of 2002, the company had invested a total of € 1.65 billion. ONE is owned by the German E.ON (50.10%), the Norwegian Telenor (17.45%), the French Orange (17.45%) and the Danish TDC (15%).
Cindy Nägeli-du Pont,
t :+43 699-1699 3400,
e-mail: cindy.naegeli-dupont@one.at
t :+43 699-1699 3400,
e-mail: cindy.naegeli-dupont@one.at
Pannon GSM
Pannon GSM, owned 100% by Telenor Mobile Norway, had by the end of 2003 approximately 36% share of the Hungarian mobile market, where the penetration exceeds 78%. Pannon GSM for already 10 years offers wide range of telecommunication services to customers from individual consumers to large size companies as well. Services can be voice or data services (for example HSCSD), based on dual-band GSM (900 and 1800), GPRS and recently EDGE technology. By the end of January 2004, the company had GSM roaming agreements with 271 mobile operators in 111 countries.
Ferenc Dénes
Wholesales Director
fdenes@pgsm.hu
+ 36 20 930 2078
www.pannongsm.hu
sunrise
sunrise is the brand name of TDC Switzerland AG, the company resulting from the merger of the telecommunications companies diAx and sunrise. The TDC Group owns 100% of the share capital of TDC Switzerland AG. sunrise offers its customers state-of-the-art telecommunications services in the areas of mobile phone, fixed network and Internet. The sunrise mobile phone network has the most modern GSM dual band infrastructure in Switzerland and already provides a mobile phone coverage of 98%. sunrise has a high-quality, high-performance fiber optic network with a total length of 7000 kilometers - Swiss-wide. Presently, sunrise has approximately 2500 employees.
sunrise is the brand name of TDC Switzerland AG, the company resulting from the merger of the telecommunications companies diAx and sunrise. The TDC Group owns 100% of the share capital of TDC Switzerland AG. sunrise offers its customers state-of-the-art telecommunications services in the areas of mobile phone, fixed network and Internet. The sunrise mobile phone network has the most modern GSM dual band infrastructure in Switzerland and already provides a mobile phone coverage of 98%. sunrise has a high-quality, high-performance fiber optic network with a total length of 7000 kilometers - Swiss-wide. Presently, sunrise has approximately 2500 employees.
Monika Walser
Executive Director Corporate Communications
media@sunrise.net
+41 (0)1 555 69 33
www.sunrise.net
Media-Hotline 0800 333 000
Executive Director Corporate Communications
media@sunrise.net
+41 (0)1 555 69 33
www.sunrise.net
Media-Hotline 0800 333 000
Telenor Mobil
At the end of 2003, Telenor Mobil had 2.3 million customers, equivalent to 57% of the Norwegian market. The mobile penetration in Norway is approximately 90%. By the end of January 2004, the company had GSM roaming agreements with 224 mobile operators in 134 countries.
www.telenormobil.no
Wind started-up operations early in 1999 as the first European operator of integrated mobile, landline and Internet services for consumer and business clients. Its nationwide DCS/GSM mobile network covers over 98% of population, with strong voice and data capabilities. Wind, a leading company for innovation, is an i-mode(tm) operator since the end of 2003, and it is going to begin UMTS commercial services in 10 major cities in 2004. As of June 30 2003, Wind boasted 30.6 million customers, including 9.2 mobile users.