Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a 15-percent improvement on the 1.7 million the carrier added last year and handily trumped the 969,000 direct customers added by...
LOS ANGELES-SK Earthlink Inc. followed through on previous claims that it was looking at a new name for its planned mobile virtual network operator service, unveiling the newly christened Helio Inc. brand that the company plans to use when it launches next spring. The...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it added 1.272 million total customers to its network during the third quarter, which was in line with guidance it provided late last month, but below the 1.697 million pro forma customers added by Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications...
BRISTOL, Conn.-Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy to support the launch of the Mobile ESPN mobile virtual network operator service beginning Nov. 1. Mobile ESPN said consumers in a handful of pre-launch markets-Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Minneapolis; and...
LOS ANGELES-SK Earthlink Inc. followed through on previous claims that it was looking at a new name for its planned mobile virtual network operator service, unveiling the newly christened Helio Inc. brand that the company plans to use when it launches next spring. The...
LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors. Swenson previously served as COO of T-Mobile USA Inc. and before that as president and...
OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it's teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution, and Movida Communications is a mobile virtual network operator that...
Expectations for a strong third quarter got off to a rocky start as early reports from three of the industry's five largest operators have shown customer growth falling short of the previous year and analysts estimates. Reigning heavyweight Cingular Wireless L.L.C. missed reduced expectations...
WASHINGTON-A CTIA-led effort to create a mobile-content ratings system has been dropped-at least for now. The CTIA board recently voted unanimously to recommend that wireless operators implement the Carrier Content Classification and Internet Access Guidelines created by the trade group and its member companies,...
OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it's teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers.Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution, and Movida Communications is a mobile virtual network operator that targets...
Cable & WirelessRick Kimsey joined Cable & Wireless as the company's new chief executive officer for the Caribbean. In addition, Leonardo de Barros, the current chief operating officer for the Caribbean, will consolidate his activities into his roles as chairman of Cable & Wireless...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telecommunications software and services provider Telcordia Technologies Inc. reported that Hawaiian Telecom has selected its Service Delivery suite of products and professional services to complete the company's transition to an independent network in six months. The solution includes Telcordia's Converged Application Server, which...
LAS VEGAS-Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that expects to launch service later this year, chose Card Player Media as its exclusive poker content provider, according to Card Player. The company said it will provide Amp'd Mobile with content from Card Player magazine,...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. and Disney both offered details this week about their upcoming mobile virtual network operator services. Amp'd Mobile said it's on track for a pre-holiday service launch of its MVNO service that will target the increasingly attractive youth/young adult market and rely...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Prepaid mobile virtual network operator XE Mobile L.L.C. has tapped Brightpoint Inc. to distribute its phones, the companies said Friday.XE, which targets college students and other young consumers, sells wireless phones and service out of more than 20,000 retailers nationwide. Brightpoint will handle...
Sprint Nextel Corp. released preliminary third-quarter customer growth results below many analysts' estimates, but noted that its integration efforts are ahead of schedule and raised the net present value of expected merger synergies.Sprint Nextel said it expects to post 1.2 million total net customer...
Facilities-based telecommunications provider IDT Corp. unveiled its TuYo Mobile prepaid wireless service targeting the rapidly growing-and increasingly targeted-Hispanic community. IDT said the TuYo Mobile service will offer a bilingual customer experience, international calling and text messaging, and "culturally relevant" music, ringtones, games and graphics....
MIAMI-Hispanic-focused operator Movida Communications Inc. continues to expand, announcing plans to move into 20 more states later this year. The mobile virtual network operator said it will distribute its prepaid service through Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stores and other outlets in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,...
Ventures-National Inc. said its Oblio Telecom Inc. division will launch its mobile virtual network operator Bravo Cellular prepaid wireless service later this month. Oblio said the service will target first- and second-generation immigrants from African, Asian, European and Latin American countries.Oblio said it reached...
Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier's total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors' apparent interest in the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group will partner with SingleTouch Interactive to offer a music-focused phone with both pre-loaded and downloadable content such as ringtones and wallpapers. The handset, called MoveU Mobile, will include prepaid wireless service provided by SingleTouch on the Sprint PCS network....
Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile signed a mutually exclusive agreement with talent agency William Morris Agency to secure strategic and marketing partnerships, as well as content deals in entertainment, music, sports, lifestyle and literary. To date, WMA has been instrumental in developing...
MIAMI-Movida Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator focused on the Hispanic market, said it has selected Brightstar Corp. to provide product distribution into retail locations in the markets Movida serves. The agreement calls for Brightstar to provide complete supply-chain management services, including product...
LOS ANGELES-Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile signed a mutually exclusive agreement with talent agency William Morris Agency to secure strategic and marketing partnerships, as well as content deals in entertainment, music, sports, lifestyle and literary.To date, WMA has been instrumental in developing...
