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Default next country? - 26-12-2006, 01:37

I think we used to have an old thread wondering which country the next global SIM to be found would come from - small countries seemed to be the usual guesses ...
   
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I think we used to have an old thread wondering which country the next global SIM to be found would come from - small countries seemed to be the usual guesses ...
would like to see one come from either 'san marino' or 'andorra', 'Monaco' 'the republic of hull' 'malta' place your bets people, place your bets?


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Arrow 26-12-2006, 13:49

My bets:
  • San Marino on new +378 by STM.sm
  • Malta on new network
  • island of Kish (Iran) for asian market
  • Jersey and/or Guernsey


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My bets:
  • San Marino on new +378 by STM.sm
  • Malta on new network
  • island of Kish (Iran) for asian market
  • Jersey and/or Guernsey
san marino...hardly its just got its first proper network going give it a few years..

malta....dunno vodafone and go-malta have a tiny market already sewn up...

island of kish....nah...dont see iran spending any money on that kind of thing, there to busy making a huge mess in world..

j and g...again to small a market...though how jersey got 2 mobile phone operators is beyond me!

my money is on the 'Republic of Hull' and maybe Andorra!


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Default 27-12-2006, 10:45

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san marino...hardly its just got its first proper network going give it a few years..
Yes, maybe you're right but if they want some revenus they can't live with TMS, the 1st competitor
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malta....dunno vodafone and go-malta have a tiny market already sewn up...
well but not the 3rd one

The Maltese telecomms regulator, MCA, has revealed plans to offer a third GSM mobile phone licence for the island, and to introduce 3G licence [...]

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island of kish....nah...dont see iran spending any money on that kind of thing
it's simply... almost no iranian money on Kish market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Island

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would like to see one come from either 'san marino' or 'andorra', 'Monaco' 'the republic of hull' 'malta' place your bets people, place your bets?
Wake up, Monaco has been "in use" for a few years now (by Hop Mobile)!
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Wake up, Monaco has been "in use" for a few years now (by Hop Mobile)!
really...oh yeah....mind like a sieve!!!


mmm malta 3rd network huh......intresting to see if someone like tmobile/ orange/ o2/ three would go in there....think about it three.mt or 02.mt hehehehe would be cool....


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Wake up, Monaco has been "in use" for a few years now (by Hop Mobile)!
Not exactly. Hop Mobile is using Spacetel Ghana network for its infrastructure, the only thing from Monaco is the mobile prefix (+377.7) that's simply cheaper than an african one


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Not exactly. Hop Mobile is using Spacetel Ghana network for its infrastructure, the only thing from Monaco is the mobile prefix (+377.7) that's simply cheaper than an african one
I remember that. But who really cares about the "underlying" operator ?
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