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Yoigo is the fourth mobile phone operator with a network of its own in Spain. They operate a UMTS/3G and 1800 band network, which at their launch in December 2006, Yoigo started with a limited UMTS (3G). Yoigo has now reached 80% national coverage, incorporating 4G technology for their customers since summer 2013. ==History== Originally the carrier was to be called Xfera, a name reflected in its nowadays registered name of Xfera Móviles, SA. It was formed in 2001 as a consortium to compete for a new UMTS license in Spain, which finally won out. At the time, its main shareholders were French company Vivendi, the Spanish building company Grupo ACS and Scandinavian cell phone carrier Sonera (now TeliaSonera). Yet after several technology and market problems in 2001, in line with the general launch delay suffered by UMTS technology all throughout Europe, the company was at a standstill for several years. Its only operations during that time were creating their brand image,〔 (Xataka Móvil post on expected Xfera brand image, April 28 2007 )〕 trying to achieve an agreement with an existing network operator to act as a backup for their fresh born 3G network and setting up some base stations so as to not lose their UMTS license, which required them to have some active service prior to a given date. As of June 2003〔 (Cinco Días, June 06 2003 )〕 most of its owners were complaining about the huge amount of money they had lost in the yet-to-be-launched project, and finally in summer 2003 Vivendi—which faced problems of its own at that time—left the company by selling its shares to the rest of owners at the symbolic price of €1.〔 (Cinco Días, June 30 2003 )〕 In December 2003, with the backing of the remaining shareholders, the Board of Directors decided to make an additional investment of €135 million, and opened negotiations with Amena (now Orange España) and Vodafone Spain, in the hope of using someone else's network as a backup coverage while Xfera's own network was built. Further increasing operating costs, for legal reasons the company was obliged to keep some base stations operating from 2003 on, despite the fact that the company had no actual users. This was due to the terms in the license Xfera had been awarded, and failure to comply with such terms would have put Xfera in a poor position to rebuild a network, or even to keep the license. The remaining shareholders as of May 2005 were some Spanish companies without any previous experience in Telecoms (ACS at 34.8% of shares, Corporación Financiera Alba at 11.7%, Abertis at 8.4%, FCC at 7.5% and Abengoa at 5.4%) with technical support from Sonera (now TeliaSonera, a Scandinavian cell phone carrier) who owned a non-controlling stake of 32.2%. After several years during which the implementation of the Spanish government's recommendations was delayed, the latter threatened to withdraw the license if public actions were not taken.〔 (Cinco Días, May 5 2005 )〕〔 (El País, August 18 2005 )〕 Actual operations started in June 2006, when TeliaSonera, a minority holder until then, acquired up to 76.56% of Xfera's shares and stated that they would restart building its UMTS network and start offering mobile services later in the year.〔 (TeliaSonera to launch mobile operations in Spain )〕〔 (Press release from ACS, June 14 2006 ) announcing TeliaSonera's acquisition of shares up to 76,56%〕〔 (El Mundo news report, June 15 2006 )〕 In October 2006, Xfera announced that it would launch the commercial service in December under its new brand ''Yoigo''.〔 (Xfera lanza Yoigo el 1 de diciembre | elmundo.es )〕 The new name was chosen to reflect the simplicity in rates and ease of use of their services. The logo also bears some resemblance to the style of 3's and Vivo's, which also have no single color set, and change colors between uses. Yoigo Logos 〔 (November 2006 ) Logotipos de Yoigo〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoigo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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