So it starts: Helio brand has been integrated within Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), after the acquisition earlier this year. At CTIA, the company announced its new branding, at least…

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-- Opera Joins Symbian Group: Browser developer Opera is now part of Symbian Foundation, a Nokia-led consortium that was set up in June to turn the Symbian mobile operating system…

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In 2013, more than 140 million subscribers will be part of a mobile social network, and that they will generate $410 million from subscriptions alone, which doesn’t include revenues from…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) said today it received all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Helio. With the deal completed, Virgin Mobile will be able to expand its services…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) reported its second-quarter earnings today saying its performance was affected by changes in consumer spending and a poor economy. During the quarter, profit fell 50…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), the prepaid wireless carrier which agreed to buy Helio from Earthlink (NSDQ: ELNK) and SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), announced second-quarter results today, saying its weak…

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Sky Dayton, the founder of EarthLink, Boingo and most recently Helio (which was sold for a mere $39 million to Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) in June), has retired from…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) today announced that they will be acquiring Los Angeles-based Helio, a competitor backed by SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) and EarthLink, for $39 million. The deal…

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Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) hosted a conference call this morning to explain the acquisition of Helio, which will cost them $39 million, and will gain them a fresh $50 million…

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As we have been reporting since the start of these talks, Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has finally announced the acquisition of troubled MVNO Helio. We originally broke the news…

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So reports FT this evening, citing sources. We first broke the news on the deal talks last month, and after hiccups in valuation and other issues, the deal has been…

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A slew of rumors about Helio and Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) are emerging this afternoon ... none of these seem to be vetted for truthfulness, but that hasn’t stopped a…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), which is in prelim talks to be bought by SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) (Helio’s parent), as we reported first here, has filed its quarterly report…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) confirmed this morning that it is having preliminary discussions with SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) to explore possible strategic opportunities. We were first last week to…

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Rafat reported last week that Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is in merger talks with the much smaller and troubled MVNO Helio, and this week the rumors have the MVNO…

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Rafat broke the news Thursday that MVNO’s Virgin Mobile and Helio were considering a merger, and despite the WSJ verifying the tie-up with their own sources, SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM)…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), the MVNO which just reported its Q1 earnings earlier this week, is in talks with the much smaller and troubled MVNO Helio, we have learned,…

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—AOL (NYSE: TWX) Offers WAP Games: AOL plans to announce today that it is offering free WAP-based mobile games to wireless subscribers, so they don’t have to download anything to…

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-- Orange UK Launches Ad-Funded Music Trial: Mobile operator Orange is launching a three-month long ad-sponsored content trial on its mobile internet platform Orange World. The trial will be offered…

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EarthLink on Thursday shed some light on how well Helio—one of the last remaining MVNOs in the U.S.—is doing, and it doesn’t look too bright. EarthLink reported that in 2007…

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Helio said this afternoon that it is eliminating some executives as their roles and responsibilities are consolidated into other departments. The departures are part of a larger realignment of functions…

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During today’s EarthLink call discussing Q4 and full year results, CEO Rolla Huff said it was a hard decision to stop investing in Helio, which is performing quite strongly: “We…

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Updated: Presenting the move as routine, MNVO Helio just announced that Sky Dayton has moved to non-executive chairman of the board, leaving the post of CEO for Wohnee Sull, who…

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MVNO Helio has sold the trademark “Buddy Beacon”—the name of its mobile friend-finder service—to uLocate, the company that runs the service, for an undisclosed sum. uLocate will continue to operate…

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Will Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its push for open networks put more pressure on the struggling MVNO sector? Red Herring has a rather muddled story on how MVNO’s will fare…

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