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5513 The final 12 months has 5513 seen a lot of well-known 5513 sub-brands withdraw from the Spanish 5513 cellular market, as telecom giants 5513 like Telefonica and Orange have 5513 sought to streamline their respective 5513 product portfolios.
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5513 Right now we take a 5513 better take a look at 5513 the historical past of those 5513 manufacturers—and their premature demises.
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5513 Amena
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5513 Proprietor: 5513 Orange Espana
5513 Unique Launch: 5513 January 1999
5513 Shutdown Date: 5513 September 13, 2021
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5513 In January 1999, Amena entered 5513 the market, becoming a member 5513 of Telefonica and Airtel (now 5513 Vodafone). The Amena model was 5513 first launched by Retevision Movil, 5513 which then grew to become 5513 the nation’s third cellular operator.
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5513 Amena rapidly discovered its footing 5513 and handed ten million cellular 5513 subscriptions in 2005. The newcomer 5513 attracted the eye of France 5513 Telecom (now often called Orange 5513 Group), which 5513 agreed to pay EUR6.4 billion 5513 for an 80% stake 5513 in July 2005.
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5513 Regardless of the sizeable price 5513 ticket, France Telecom opted to 5513 5513 change the Amena model 5513 with its personal tried 5513 and trusted Orange model in 5513 October 2006.
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5513 Unexpectedly, the Amena model was 5513 resurrected in 2012 as a 5513 sub-brand as Orange sought to 5513 focus on the price range 5513 phase.
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5513 Lower than a decade after 5513 the reintroduction, rumors recommended that 5513 Orange was planning one other 5513 model overhaul, and Amena may 5513 very well be dealing with 5513 the chop as soon as 5513 once more.
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5513 Lower than a decade after 5513 the reintroduction, rumors recommended that 5513 Orange was planning one other 5513 model overhaul, and Amena may 5513 very well be dealing with 5513 the chop as soon as 5513 once more.
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5513 Positive sufficient, Orange duly confirmed 5513 that the Amena sub-brand was 5513 5513 set to be discontinued 5513 on September 13, 2021, 5513 and all subscribers had been 5513 migrated to the primary Orange 5513 model by end-2021.
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5513 The discontinuation of Amena marked 5513 the top of one of 5513 many Spanish telecom sector’s most 5513 enduring manufacturers and heralded the disappearance 5513 of Orange’s second model of 5513 2021—after Republica Movil (see under). 5513
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5513 Republica Movil
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5513 Proprietor: 5513 Orange Espana
5513 Unique Launch: 5513 2013
5513 Shutdown Date: 5513 June 11, 2021
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5513 Republica Movil launched over the 5513 Orange Espana community in 2013. 5513 In November 2018, it was 5513 acquired by its community host, 5513 having amassed 130,000 subscriptions in 5513 5 years.
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5513 Nevertheless, the price range participant 5513 failed to tell apart itself 5513 from Orange’s current price range 5513 unit, Simyo—acquired from Dutch telco 5513 KPN in December 2012. Simyo 5513 reached the a million subscriber 5513 milestone in September 2018 and 5513 continues to develop right now.
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5513 With tentative plans already underway 5513 to remove Amena, there was 5513 a way of inevitability when 5513 Orange confirmed that it was 5513 getting ready to merge the 5513 more and more peripheral Republica 5513 unit into Simyo in the 5513 summertime of 2021.
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5513 The tie-up came about on 5513 June 11, 2021, with Orange 5513 informing Republica subscribers: “Right now 5513 we’re delighted to tell you 5513 of a brand new chapter 5513 within the historical past of 5513 Republica Movil … by which 5513 we are going to proceed 5513 to give you one of 5513 the best service and one 5513 of the best expertise as 5513 we have now performed thus 5513 far.”
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5513 Tuenti
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5513 Proprietor: 5513 Telefonica Espana
5513 Unique Launch: 5513 April 2006 (social community); February 5513 2012 (MVNO)
5513 Shutdown Date: 5513 June 1, 2022
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5513 Tuenti originated as a social 5513 community in April 2006, and 5513 went on to turn out 5513 to be probably the most 5513 used service of its type 5513 in Spain.
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5513 Tuenti 5513 originated as a social 5513 community in April 2006, and 5513 went on to turn out 5513 to be probably the most 5513 used service of its type 5513 in Spain. 5513 In August 2010, Tuenti was 5513 acquired by Telefonica, launching an 5513 MVNO over the community of 5513 its dad or mum firm 5513 in February 2012.
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5513 The Tuenti model was later 5513 prolonged to a lot of 5513 Latin American markets, and nonetheless 5513 exists in Argentina and Ecuador, 5513 though items in Guatemala, Mexico, 5513 and Peru have all been 5513 ditched.
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5513 Tuenti’s preliminary focus was on 5513 the availability of an end-to-end 5513 digital expertise, which emphasised its 5513 over-the-top multi-platform app as a 5513 means of accelerating buyer engagement. 5513 5513 The corporate’s VozDigital service, launched 5513 in 2014, allowed clients to 5513 put free calls from its 5513 app to any GSM or 5513 fastened line quantity nationwide, and 5513 to 40 different worldwide international 5513 locations, by way of Wi-Fi 5513 or 4G. Nevertheless, this service 5513 was discontinued on Might 29, 5513 2019.
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5513 With curiosity in Tuenti waning, 5513 Telefonica finally determined to deactivate 5513 the sub-brand on June 1, 5513 2022.
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5513 Cellular-only subscriptions are being migrated 5513 to Movistar’s “Inicia” tariff. Cellular/fiber 5513 subscriptions are being transferred to 5513 the O2 sub-brand, which launched 5513 in June 2018, mirroring the 5513 well-known model utilized by Telefonica’s 5513 UK subsidiary.
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