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Default 17-03-2006, 15:49

Here's the long-awaited confirmation about Lidl's plans to enter the German MVNO market. The translation is located towards the bottom:

Branchenkreise: Lidl muss Handy-Pl?ne vorerst auf Eis legen

Gespr?che mit Netzbetreibern scheitern an Preisvorstellungen 16.03.2006, 12:55


Bei Lidl wird es nach Angaben aus Branchenkreisen vorerst kein eigenes Mobilfunkangebot geben. Die Gespr?che mit den Netzbetreibern seien an den Preisvorstellungen des Discounters gescheitert, verlautete heute aus den Kreisen. Lidl hatte im Dezember Sondierungsgespr?che best?tigt, aber keine weiteren Details genannt. Mit dem Angebot wollte der Discounter das Vordringen des Rivalen Aldi ins das Mobilfunkgesch?ft kontern.

Aldi hatte wie berichtet im Dezember in Kooperation mit Medion und E-Plus ein Handy-Angebot gestartet und seitdem mehrere hunderttausend Kunden eingesammelt. Die Minutenpreise von Aldi Talk liegen deutlich unter dem Marktniveau.

Lidl hatte den Kreisen zufolge von den Netzbetreibern einen weiteren Preisabschlag verlangt, um die Preise von Aldi zu unterbieten. Alle vier Netzeigner h?tten dies aber abgelehnt, hie? es. Der Einzelhandelskonzern mit Sitz in Neckarsulm wollte sich nicht dazu ?u?ern.

Translation:

MVNO Sector insiders report that:

According to branch insiders, Lidl will not enter the German MVNO in the immediate future. The negotiations with the 4 established German providers T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 were broken off due to Lidl's request for an equal price offer to counter ALDI Talk/Medion Mobile's MVNO offer according to branch insiders. In December, Lidl had confirmed that they were negotiating with the 4 German providers but didn't release any additional information. Lidl wanted to counter ALDI's MVNO offer in order to prevent ALDI's subsequent advancement into the German MVNO market.

As teltarif.de reported in December, ALDI entered the MVNO market in cooperation with Medion and E-Plus by offering a cheap prepaid solution. Since then, they have attracted a few hundred thousand customers. The per minute ALDI Talk prices are unique in that they are lower than any of the comparable MVNO offers in Germany.

Insiders reported that T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 had turned Lidl's request to offer an even lower per minute rate that was supposed to counter ALDI's price. All 4 providers refused to even remotely consider going in that direction. Lidl, headquartered in Neckarsulm in Baden-W?rttemberg, refused to make a statement.

Source: http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2006/kw11/s20926.html
   
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