NEWS | Wednesday, 16 July 2008

ONE to launch mobile phone services soon

Charlot Zahra

The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has licensed ONE Productions Limited, operators of One Radio and ONE Television, as a Virtual Mobile Network Operator (MVNO).
On 27 June 2008, the company owned by the Malta Labour Party was notified about the MCA’s decision to award the MVNO licence.
In fact, the MCA has already assigned the 9811- prefix to ONE Mobile, as the MVNO will be known to consumers.
A Mobile Virtual Network Operator uses the infrastructure of another established mobile phone network to provide branded services.
In this case, ONE Productions Limited will be using the Vodafone network infrastructure in order to reach their customers.
A second MVNO operator, Bay Mobile, was granted a license by the MCA on 27 June 2008. Bay Mobile is operated by BayTel Limited, part of the Eden Leisure Group, which owns Bay Radio and The Eden Cinemas, among other things.
Like ONE Mobile, Bay Mobile will be using the Vodafone mobile network infrastructure to provide its services to its customers.
The MCA has already assigned the 9897- prefix to Bay Mobile.