Budget airlines turn to telecoms

***Brian Turner*** · 23-02-2004, 10:49 PM

Budget airlines turn to telecoms

The big guns of Europe's low-cost airline business are planning to enter the mobile phone market in pursuit of continued growth.

Both Ryanair and Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou hope to offer discount mobile calls across Europe.

They aim to cut costs by leasing network time from big-name mobile firms, and selling the SIM cards used to control handsets over the internet. They hope to have their new services up and running later this year.

more:

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3514579.stm

23-02-2004, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,716	Budget airlines turn to telecoms Budget airlines turn to telecoms The big guns of Europe's low-cost airline business are planning to enter the mobile phone market in pursuit of continued growth. Both Ryanair and Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou hope to offer discount mobile calls across Europe. They aim to cut costs by leasing network time from big-name mobile firms, and selling the SIM cards used to control handsets over the internet. They hope to have their new services up and running later this year. more: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3514579.stm __________________ SEO specialist

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