The first virtual operator license issued by Gome

"Science and Technology" December 26 news, the 4G licence after the release of the industry's most concern is about the licensing of virtual operators time. According to industry insiders said, the Ministry of Public sector or will be formally issued this afternoon virtual operator license.

What is a virtual operator? That is to be approved resale enterprises in the pilot period, can be from the basic telecommunications business operators to buy mobile communications services, repackaging service content, with its own brand to carry out the mobile voice service, SMS/MMS business, mobile data services, including mobile communications business, and profit from it. In addition, operators of the resale enterprises will also cancel the network outside the difference pricing restrictions.

At the end of May this year, the Ministry of Industry announced a programme for the resale of mobile communications services. According to the process, the three major telecom operators have to release the relevant resale business issues. According to the current situation announced by three operators, 16 private enterprises have contracted with China Telecom, 14 private enterprises have signed a commercial contract with the Chinese Unicom, and the company has reached 17 companies, but at present it has not released a specific list.

At a news conference this week (December 23), Ministry of Industry Minister Wei said the Ministry of Industry has received 10 formal applications for the pilot of mobile communications, and the first batch of pilot approvals will be issued within the year. Yesterday, industry and Information Technology Department chief engineer Zhang Feng said that the ministry will formally give 10 or so virtual telecom operators to license. But some companies that have signed contracts with operators may not be the first. Analysts believe that the specific reason may be incomplete preparation of materials, or the submission of materials over the specified time. According to the disclosure, Di-shun, bus online, Alibaba and other enterprises are expected to appear in the first list, and two large home appliances chain Gome and Suning or missed the first batch.

Industry and Information Technology chief engineer Zhang Feng recently said that the mobile communications business is the telecommunications sector to private capital to open the core of one of the content, which is the current communications industry development focus, hot spots and fastest growing areas. In the long run, the private capital entering the field of mobile communication will further stimulate the market competition vigor, help to optimize the market competition pattern, enhance the competition level and service level.

The industry analysts believe that the virtual operators themselves do not have their own infrastructure network facilities, mobile communications services equivalent to OEM operations, from the wholesale price and sales price to earn the difference, this model determines the virtual operators in front of the telecom operators limited discourse. and reduce the resale tariff, increase the support for the virtual operator Enterprises, the abolition of the carrier package "unpacking restructuring" restrictions, private capital into the field of telecommunications is really promising.