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We’ve already talked about Motorola’s plans to sell its Israeli mobile network – Mirs Communication, and we said Partner Communications is seen as a potential buyer for the business. All the speculations are now definitely over as Motorola has agreed to sell its iDEN-based carrier to the local cable TV operator HOT for $170 million in cash. The transaction has been made by Cool Holding, French businessman Patrick Drahi’s investment vehicle, which holds a 44% stake in HOT.
According to reports, Drahi is interested in combining Mirs and HOT to create a rival to the Israeli fixed-line incumbent – Bezeq.
For the record, Mirst is Israel’s smallest mobile network, with 582,000 connections at the end of the third quarter of 2009. That number gave the company a 6% market share…
[Via: GSMA]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
