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It’s a looming recession in Spain and it’s no surprise that more and more people are ditching their (secondary?) mobile phones. In fact, during the month of October, some 486,000 phones were cut off, representing a 3.8% year-on-year drop in mobile phone numbers.
The leading operator, Telefonica-owned Movistar lost 284,000 lines, with its market share shrinking from 40 to 37 percent year-over-year. Meanwhile, the second largest carrier, Vodafone, was also suffering, seeing some 278,000 customers leaving the network and its share dipping from 28 to 27 percent.
However, Yoigo and virtual mobile operators are gaining clients but they cannot compensate for the losses at Movistar, Vodafone and Orange. According to the country’s regulator CMT, 475,000 people switched to a rival operator in October.
It’s important to add that there are still more mobile phones than people in Spain so I guess this was kinda expected (with the economy not doing its best)…
[Via: Reuters]
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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.
