Virtual operator licence or only the last five seats

Horse Spring Festival, the industry has a lot of events: Microsoft for handsome, Beijing-east IPO, Macaulay was acquired ... There is also the Ministry of Business issued a second batch of virtual operator license plate, Suning, Gome has been willing to pay. Currently, there are 19 companies that have licensed virtual operators. The IT Times reporter learned from industry-related sources that after the issuance of the second batch of licences, the third licences would be issued before April, but the number would be reduced to around 5, and the ministry might not issue new licences until the end of the 2015 pilot period. "19 pilot enterprises a little more" last December, the Ministry of Industry issued the first batch of virtual operator licences, Jingdong, Di-Shun and other 11 enterprises were licensed. January 29 This year, Suning, Gome and other 5 companies to obtain the second batch of licences. But the first two batch of enterprises are Chinese telecom and China Unicom Partners, China Mobile to the virtual operator's attitude appears somewhat negative, has not announced the list of cooperation. "But the third batch of licensed companies will have China Mobile's partner," said a person who studies the business of virtual operators at the Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications research. Virtual Operator Development Research Center Secretary General Shong also believes that the third group is basically China Mobile partner, he also said: "Virtual operators will be officially released this April, the third license will certainly be issued before this." However, Shong that the number of licences in the third batch would not be as much as in the first two instalments, about 5. "In fact, the number of virtual operators of the pilot has reached 19. After the issuance of the third batch of licences, no further licences should be issued during the trial period. "Shong said. According to the Ministry of Industry, the pilot period for mobile resale business is two years, ending by the end of 2015. "During the pilot period, it is impossible to explore the development model of domestic virtual operators and establish corresponding norms." For example, if the virtual operators to run the money to do, now are groping. "Shong said. After the end of the two-year pilot period, the approval system will be adopted, and the licence will be obtained as long as the qualification and conditions of the applicant are met. Internet giant difficult "backdoor" take licensing two batches of licences issued, in addition to Jingdong, Ali, other large-scale internet enterprises have not been licensed (Tencent (565,16.50,3.01%, real-time quotes) is an exception, has already declared that it will not apply. Instead of ignoring the market for mobile resale, the Internet giants value it because it is an important position for them to compete for a mobile internet portal. In Shong's view, the mobile Internet currently has two portals: Software portals and terminal entrances. In the software application portal, Internet companies have done a good job, micro-letter is representative, for their own to bring a large number of users and traffic. And in the terminal entrance, has been in the hands of the basic operators, now with the emergence of virtual operators, so that the Internet enterprises to discover the "opportunity." "There will be a lot of stories going on in the first half of this year, and internet companies will be buying, injecting, or strategically cooperating with virtual operators," Shong said. Another person toldV. Reporter, there are now internet companies in the fun language, di-letter, audio, sharing online and other licensed enterprises began to contact. One thing is for sure, these internet companies will not fully acquire virtual operators because of policy constraints. The Ministry of Industry issued in May last year, "Mobile Communications Resale Business pilot Program" To apply for resale qualifications of the enterprises to set the conditions: its private capital of the proportion of the company's capital is not less than 50%, and the single largest shareholder is private capital of the company (excluding foreign investors and Taiwan and Macao Enterprises) "If there is a major change in the corporate representative and ownership structure of the licensed enterprises, they need to be submitted for approval to the competent authorities, and the competent authorities shall have the right to recover the licences, as appropriate," the ministry said. This makes Internet enterprises fully acquire the risk of virtual operators, can not directly "backdoor". Limited influence of "magic spell" according to media reports, in the issuance of licences, the Ministry of Industry and Industry to put on the magic spell, the virtual operator "without access to domestic communications Facilities Services business license, no investment in the construction of wireless network, core network, transmission network, such as mobile communication network infrastructure." In fact, it is not the first time that the Ministry has made such a request. The reporter consulted the Ministry of Industry last May issued the "Mobile Communications Resale Business pilot Program", which requires "mobile communications resale enterprises must not build wireless network, core network, transmission network, such as mobile communication network infrastructure," the Ministry of Industry reiterated that the provisions may be the first batch of licensed enterprises bus online. After the bus received the card, it told the outside world that it would invest 1 billion in building a bus Wi-Fi network, covering 33 provincial capitals and 150,000 bus vehicles in the listed cities in 2014. "So a lot of virtual operators are talking about whether they can build their own networks," Shong said, "and then the department met to discuss it and make it clear that they shouldn't build their own networks." "In his view, the Self-built network is in the repetitive construction, the basic operators to build the network has been very perfect, the virtual operator's way out should be to do business Smart pipeline, focus on customer service layer." Then will the bus online 1 billion yuan to build the bus Wi-Fi program is due to the Ministry of the "Ban" and stop it? The reporter called the Bus online responsible for the virtual operator's business deputy Shambo's phone, but the other side has not answered. The reporter then sent an interview outline to the bus online, but there was no response. However, the Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications Institute related to reporters that the virtual operator Wi-Fi construction should not be affected, "the Ministry of Technology requires virtual operators must not build wireless network, but the wireless network here refers to wireless cellular network, Wi-Fi is just a means of access." He believes that the "ban" of the Ministry of Business will not have much impact on the virtual operators, because the virtual operators are not doing so, the future is unlikely to invest heavily in their own infrastructure network.