Bridge Alliance

Founded 2004
Type Privately owned
Industry Telecommunications
Members 35
Headquarters Singapore
Products & Services Mobile services for enterprise and for customers travelling abroad
Website www.bridgealliance.com

The Bridge Alliance (originally the Bridge Mobile Alliance) is a business alliance of 35 major mobile telecommunications companies in Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. The alliance is built on seamless service connectivity and a suite of integrated value-added services for all alliance members' subscribers while roaming on each other's networks. The concept is similar to that of the FreeMove alliance in Europe, with whom the Bridge Alliance has a partnership.[1]

History

Established on 3 November 2004, the alliance originally comprised Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and four companies, namely Bharti Airtel, Globe Telecom, Optus and Telkomsel, as well as Maxis Communications and Taiwan Mobile,[2] enabling it to gain a foothold in the mobile markets of Singapore, India, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan.

The alliance expanded between 2005 and 2015 to also include Hong Kong CSL in Hong Kong, CTM in Macau, SK Telecom in South Korea, Advanced Info Service (AIS) in Thailand, MobiFone in Vietnam, Telkomcel in Timor-Leste, Airtel in Bangladesh, Airtel in Sri Lanka, the African operators of Bharti Airtel in Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, SoftBank Mobile in Japan, Saudi Telecom Company in Saudi Arabia, VIVA in Bahrain, VIVA in Kuwait and Avea in Turkey.

At present, the Bridge Alliance members have over 750 million subscribers in 35 markets.

Milestones

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2007

2006

2005

2004

See Also

References

  1. FreeMove and Bridge Mobile Alliance to establish alliance-to-alliance cooperation, Bridge Mobile Press Release, March 27, 2007
  2. Seven leading Asia Pacific mobile operators to form region’s largest joint venture mobile company, Bridge Alliance Press Release, November 3, 2004
  3. "bridgealliance". www.bridgealliance.com.
  4. "bridgealliance". www.bridgealliance.com.
  5. "STC gets on board with Bridge Alliance".
  6. "SoftBank Mobile Joins Bridge Alliance".
  7. "Bharti Airtel's African Network to Join the Bridge Alliance". Cellular-news. 1 December 2013.
  8. "Airtel Bangladesh Joins Bridge Alliance". Cellular-news. 1 October 2013.
  9. "Telkomcel joins Bridge Alliance". Telecompaper. 9 July 2013.
  10. "12 Short Stories About the Mobile Networks". Cellular-news. 27 December 2012.
  11. "Bridge Alliance teams with Softbank to target multinationals". IT Wire. 10 January 2012.
  12. "Globe Telecom Offers Cost Savings for Customers With Bridge VoiceSMS Roam". ETB News. 14 December 2011.
  13. "Bridge Alliance Expands Fixed Fee Mobile Data Roaming to 11 Countries". Cellular-news. 16 November 2011.
  14. "Bridge Alliance launches one-flat rate, daily unlimited data roaming plan across 11 territories". 1 November 2010.
  15. "Asia Pacific's leading Bridge Alliance launches one-flat data". SingTel. 5 November 2007.
  16. "FreeMove and Bridge Mobile Alliance to establish alliance-to-alliance cooperation". 27 March 2007.
  17. "SK Telecom, expands 3G global alliance". SK Telecom. 9 March 2007.
  18. "Bridge Mobile Alliance welcomes Advanced Info Service as its 11th operator member". SingTel. 18 June 2007.
  19. "Bridge Mobile Alliance welcomes CTM as its newest operator member". 27 November 2006.
  20. "Battle for Asia’s 1st World Cyber Games Mobile champs". 14 September 2005.
  21. "Asia's Bridge Mobile Alliance launches services, adds HK CSL". Total Telecom. 13 June 2005.
  22. "Telcos Form Bridge Mobile Alliance". Wireless Watch Japan. 4 November 2004.

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