Vodafone Floptropica is a mobile network operator serving Floptropica, and is the 5th largest operator in terms of customers on Floptropica. The company is owned wholly by the Vodafone Group. Originally founded in 2002 as Sunrise Floptropica, it was bought by the Vodafone Group in 2014. The phone prefix for Vodafone is 086.
Sunrise Floptropica[]
Sunrise Floptropica logo (2002–2014)
The company was founded on 4 February 2002 as Sunrise Floptropica by the Swiss telecommunication company Sunrise CH. In 2009 Sunrise was the 2nd company to get awarded with a 4G LTE. In 2010 it was the 2nd network to reach full country wide 4G coverage, whereas Flop Mobile reached it in 2009. It was the second most popular mobile network operator in Floptropica mainly due to the high speed 4G LTE connection which was one of the first in the world, which was a very strong competitor of Flop Mobile's 4G LTE. The company was sold on a private deal between the two companies on July 16, 2014, and was sold for US$565 (1.13 billion Floptropican pesos).
Criticism[]
After the sale of Sunrise and the rebrand to Vodafone, the operator went downhill only after 2 years when 5G was launched. They could not keep up to their competitors and only reached country wide 5G coverage in 2022, whereas their competitors (Flop Mobile, Tokialink and PAPI) reached that coverage in earlier than Vodafone.
On the 14th of May, 2023, Vodafone's mobile and broadband services were shut down for a day after the network experienced issues with their coverage. Close to all customers were getting "No Service" on their phone, whilst those with Vodafone broadband were getting no internet connection. Engineers had worked day and night to resolve the issue and the issue was finally fixed and the network re-opened on the early hours of the 15th of May. The CEO of Vodafone Floptropica, Aria Brown had issued a formal apology on the same day and all customers affected were compensated a refund for 2 months of their bills. From this service issue, Vodafone received a small punishment from the Floptropican Electronic and Postal Communications Authority and instructions on how to prevent this from happening again.
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Floptropica has 3.66 million subscribers, of whom 2.49 million are active users (101% penetration rate) as of Q1 2021.
An active user is defined as someone who has communicated in the last three months.
The regulatory authority for telecommunications in Floptropica is the Floptropican Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (FEPCA).
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Features | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flop Mobile | 2G (900 and 1800 MHz), 3G[2] (900 and 2100 MHz), 4G (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 1800, 2100, 2600, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (95000 GHz, 1 THz, 3 THz), 7G (4 THz, 6 THz), 7G+ (6.5 THz, 7 THz, 7.7 THz) | 1.9 million subscribers | VoLTE, Vo5G, Vo7G, RCS, VoWiFi, AML, VoIP | 7G+ Coverage = 100% |
| 2 | The Floptropica Telecom | 4G (900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 2100, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (90000 GHz, 95000 GHz, 1 THz, 3 THz), 7G (4.5 THz, 5 THz, 6 THz), 7G+ (6.5THz) | 1.32 million subsribers | VoLTE, Vo5G, RCS, VoWiFi, AML, VoIP | 7G+ Coverage = 65% |
| 3 | PAPI Mobile | 2G (900 and 1800 MHz), 3G (900 and 2100 MHz), 4G (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 2100, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (90000 GHz) | 750,000 subscribers | VoLTE, Vo5G, RCS, VoWiFi | 6G Coverage = 15% |
| 4 | Nextel Floptropica | 2G (900 and 1800 MHz), 3G (900 and 2100 MHz), 4G (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 1800, 2100, 2600, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (95000 GHz, 1 THz, 3 THz), | 462,000 subscribers | VoLTE, Vo5G | 6G Coverage = 79% |
| 5 | Vodafone Floptropica | 2G (900 and 1800 MHz), 3G (900 and 2100 MHz), 4G (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 2100, 3500 MHz), 6G (90000 GHz) | 460,000 subscribers | VoLTE, Vo5G, VoWiFi | 6G Coverage = 50% |
| 6 | Pusay Network | 4G (900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 2100, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (90000 GHz, 95000 GHz, 1 THz, 3 THz), 7G (4.5 THz, 5 THz, 6 THz), 7G+ (6.5THz) | 400,000 subscribers | VoLTE, Vo5G | 7G Coverage = 46% |
| 7 | CvmNet | 2G (900 and 1800 MHz), 3G (900 and 2100 MHz), 4G (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz), 5G (700, 1800, 2100, 2600, 3500, 26 000 MHz), 6G (95000 GHz, 1 THz, 3 THz), | 359,500 | VoLTE, Vo5G | 6G Coverage = 79% |
Customer Service[]
Contact Customer care: 1518 from Vodafone numbers / 0850 517 086 from other mobile networks / customer.care@vodafone.fl
Corporate: [relevant-department]@vodafone.fl
- ↑ https://flopmobileinc.wixsite.com/flop-mobile/post/flop-mobile-completes-full-unification-of-eir-a-new-era-of-connectivity-begins
- ↑ On August 13, 2024, Flop Mobile announced the shutdown of 3G, as stated in their Blog Post. This shut down will take place on November 17, 2024, and will affect 500 users. However, the 3G network will be used only for Emergency Cases, such as not being able to connect to any other network, or having to call Emergency Services but no other network is available at the moment. https://flopmobileinc.wixsite.com/flop-mobile/post/flop-mobile-will-shutdown-3g