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| Company Snapshot | |
| Founded | December 2003 |
| Area served | Europe, United States, Asia-Pacific, South America |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Organisation Members | Orange, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom and Telia Company |
| Key People | Stephan Fauser(General Manager) Igor Dolfin (Orange) Richard Minciotti (Telecom Italia) Christian Happich(Deutsche Telekom) Karin Lundewall (Telia Company) |
| Website | www.freemove.com |
FreeMove is a mobile telecommunications organisation, designed to provide better service integration for its members' roaming customers. Formed in 2003, FreeMove brings together Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia and TeliaSonera.
FreeMove members are leaders in the business market in Germany, France, Italy and the Nordics and Baltic region, supporting around 2.5 million corporate mobile connections corresponding to 50% MNC market share (of addressable market) managed within FreeMove’s footprint.
Current operations
FreeMove global footprint
FreeMove covers all major Western and Eastern European and also extends across Asia, North and South America.
Partnerships
FreeMove has been co-operating with the Bridge Alliance since 2007. Bridge covers over 430 million customers across eleven markets, ensuring that frequent travellers can use a suite of value-added services for roaming amongst member countries.
FreeMove signed a strategic partnership with the Cosmote group in Greece in August 2011.
FreeMove signed a partnership with leading Russian operator MegaFon in February 2011 to include the Russian market.
With a subscriber base of 57 million, MegaFon is the second largest operator in Russia’s growing telecoms market, both in terms of subscriber numbers and revenue share.
A partnership with T-Mobile US was announced in November 10, 2010.
T-Mobile US, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. The company is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. market with 33.73 million customers and annual revenues of US$21.35 billion.
The partnership between FreeMove and Turkcell was announced in October 2010. The company has 34.1 million subscribers in Turkey as of June 30, 2011.
Products and services
Products and services promoted by FreeMove include voice and data roaming tariffs, central reporting & ordering in 100+ countries.
Service management offer include a centralised contract plus implementation management, Harmonised Service Performance Indicators, as well as dedicated customer support management for fleet managers.
Timeline
December 2003: FreeMove is formed with four leading European operators. Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia and Telefónica,
January 2006: Telefónica leaves FreeMove as a condition of the acquisition of O2.
March 2006: TeliaSonera, the leading Nordic and Baltic operator, joins FreeMove.
September 2006: Spanish operator Amena, part of the France Télécom group, joins FreeMove.
March 2007: FreeMove and Bridge Alliance announce that the two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pave the way for establishing an tight cooperation across their combined global footprint.
October 2010: FreeMove and Turkcell announce their partnership.
November 2010: A key strategic partnership with T-Mobile US is announced to better support multinational corporations operating on both sides of the Atlantic.
February 2011: FreeMove signs a partnership with leading Russian operator MegaFon.
August 2011: FreeMove expands its presence into South East Europe with mobile telecommunications services providers Cosmote (Greece)
September 2013 : Eir, the main Irish operator, joins FreeMove.
January 2017 :Sunrise, one the Swiss leading operators joins the FreeMove.
See also
References
- ^ FreeMove Expands Into South Europe with COSMOTE Greece and NOS in Portugal, FreeMove Press Release, 10 August 2011
- FreeMove and Bridge Mobile Alliance to Establish Alliance-to-Alliance Cooperation, FreeMove Press Release, 27 March 2007
- Bridge Mobile Alliance welcomes Advanced Info Service as its 11th operator member, Bridge Alliance Press Release, June 18, 2007
- "MegaFon becomes partner of International FreeMove Alliance | East-West Digital News". Ewdn.com. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- "T-Mobile USA Joins FreeMove Alliance". Wirelessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- http://www.turkcell.com.tr/site/en/turkcellhakkinda/Sayfalar/genel-bakis/genel.aspx
- http://businessandleadership.com/business/item/42548-eircom-joins-freemove/
- http://www.freemove.com/?news=freemove-enters-partnership-sunrise-communications-ag
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