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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Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) will begin offering mobile broadband dongles in the UK in the final calendar quarter. Virgin is late to the UK’s booming broadband dongle space but today’s…

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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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CBC/Radio-Canada Mobilize: Canadian national public broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada is launching ad-supported mobile sites which will offer real-time access to news, sports, and entertainment content. The broadcaster has 29 services on…

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”Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) definitely walks to its own, very hip drumbeat,” reports USA Today in a story today about how the pre-paid service provider “treads a quirky path…

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Valhalla Partners, a Vienna, Va.-based venture firm with $440 million under management, announced today that it has hired Saj Cherian, a former executive from Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) and…

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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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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is rolling out an unlimited calling plan for $79.99 a month. The MVNO joins Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:…

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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) is close to becoming the first title sponsor of the Arena Football League’s championship game, which will take place on July 27th in New Orleans…

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Perhaps this is more validation for the mobile advertising space because it shows no stone is being left unturned. Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) announced today that AOL’s (NYSE: TWX)…

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Just when you thought the economic slowdown and parent Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s own troubles may result in more leaner thinking on the company’s part, well: Boost Mobile, the MVNO…

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The latest premium mobile content class action has taken a short-cut by suing 6 operators and an MVNO at once—AT&T (NYSE: T) Mobility, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, Verizon (NYSE: VZ),…

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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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Here’s a new twist on mobile advertising and social networks: Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) is launching a Facebook application today that will give customers, who participate in its Sugar Mama…

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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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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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