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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With all the fuss today about Sprint Nextel’s future, this is a piece of news I’m sure they rather not get out. Qwest announced today that it has signed a…

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Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) released its first quarter earnings today, showing that results were substantially lower compared to the year-ago period, however, they were at the upper end of expectations…

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So we wrote earlier today about the runup in the Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) stock today. Though the company declined to give NYSE any reason for the stock jump,…

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For some unknown reason, Virgin Mobile USA’s (NYSE: VM) stock is trading as much as 34 percent above yesterday’s close today, prompting the New York Stock Exchange to ask the…

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Ad-funded free MVNO Blyk reports that it has 100,000 clients in Britain after being operational for six months—that’s half a year ahead of schedule. Blyk said the ad campaigns “had…

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Hispanic MVNO Movida, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last month, has been bought out of it by mobile services provider APC Wireless. APC bought another local MVNO Liberty…

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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) might slash its roughly 400-person staff by one-fourth as the company seeks to rebound from poor quarterly earnings numbers. But spokeswoman Jayne Wallace also said…

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Reports that Sonopia was shutting down spread like wildfire yesterday, but its founder Juha Christensen, said today it’s not true. The company is still alive, but drastically scaling back its…

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Sonopia, an affinity-based MVNO service founded by Juha Christensen and launched just a year ago, is closing down, reports Tapio Anttila on his blog, who himself was a former exec…

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This should get some more fuel to the Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) naysayers who have hammered the stock in the last month or so after disappointing earnings (though his…

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Movida, the Hispanic-market focused MVNO, which we have covered a few times here before, has befallen the same fate as other MVNOs in the industry: it has now filed for…

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CTIA kicked off this morning with the association’s Chairman Lowell McAdam of Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) addressing the crowd. He talked about how much innovation has taken place over the…

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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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Yesterday we reported on Virgin Mobile USA’s (NYSE: VM) Q4 earning results, and on lower subscribers additions, its stock is being hammered today on NYSE. It fell as much as…

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Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) reported Q4 and 2007 results today, saying it recorded its first full-year of profits. In 2007, it made $4.2 million, turning around from a loss of…

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Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) has launched its mobile service in one of the biggest and most competitive mobile markets in the world: India. It has announced a ‘brand franchise’ agreement…

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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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ROK (LSE: ROK) Entertainment Group said it will not buy Xero Mobile, the MVNO that promised an ad-supported mobile phone service for college students. Rok, which provides streaming TV to…

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Subscriber numbers at BT’s (NYSE: BT) mobile phone business have hit an all time low, calling into question the company’s plans to use mobile services to help shore up revenues.…

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With so much buzz going on this week, it was easy to overlook yet another mobile strategy being unveiled by Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). It said it is launching a…

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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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Yes, the Amp’d story refuses to die: Amp’d Mobile is trying to raise cash, even from its former CEO Peter Adderton, to repay some of its creditors by auctioning off…

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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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