LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. has cut the price of its shares in its pending initial public offering by 20 percent due to "tough market conditions," according to international press reports.Virgin Mobile shares will now be priced between $3.70 and $4 rather than the original $4.35...
TelePlus Enterprises Inc.'s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s network via an agreement with Oregon-based Consumer Cellular Inc., an aggregator of AWS.TelePlus said it will sell TelePlus-branded wireless phones...
TelePlus Enterprises Inc.'s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s network via an agreement with Oregon-based Consumer Cellular Inc., an aggregator of AWS.TelePlus said it will sell TelePlus-branded wireless phones...
In a move expected to bolster its spectrum position and coverage in the western United States, Verizon Wireless reported late last week that it had agreed to acquire Qwest Communications International Inc.'s wireless assets, including spectrum and network infrastructure for $418 million. Analysts noted...
The high-speed wireless data field is filling up with contestants as most of the country's larger operators have announced plans to deploy services that in some cases will open up the door to additional competition from companies that either have resale agreements for wireless...
LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. is planning an initial public offering of about $2 billion in July, according to international press reports. The mobile virtual network operator will list its shares on the London Stock Exchange.The carrier currently has 4.1 million customers and has witnessed strong...
Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition notwithstanding.Now it is a near certainty. A veritable cakewalk. A done deal. The Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission can...
DENVER-Following a slower-than-expected transition of its wireless customers to Sprint PCS' network as part of a mobile virtual network operator agreement announced last year, Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a 17.4-percent year-over-year drop in its wireless customer base from 988,000 customers at the end...
LONDON-Virgin Mobile said it has 4 million U.K. customers, adding 1 million clients since August 2003.The mobile virtual network operator cited its "attractive services, excellent customer care and motivated workforce" for the strong growth. A Financial Times survey this week said Virgin Mobile was...
Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation works, according to a series of surveys from Vocal Laboratories Inc.VocaLabs measures the user friendliness of telephone-based customer service, delivered...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-CDMA 1xEV-DO carrier Monet Mobile Networks Inc. said it will shut down its network April 2. The wireless Internet carrier covers eight cites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota."Due to unfortunate, regrettable circumstances, we're shutting down service to our customers," said...
Few wireless companies have been able to target the often sought-after youth market like Boost Mobile L.L.C. Despite being owned by business-focused Nextel Communications Inc. and being available only in a pair of states, Boost managed to sign up more than 250,000 prepaid customers...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. subsidiary lost its top executive last week as Peter Adderton, former chief executive officer and founder, said he was leaving the venture due to disagreements with Nextel over strategy, direction and the failure of Nextel to keep...
LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. said it received the lowest number of complaints in the latest customer satisfaction report from U.K. telecom regulator Oftel compared with the other five U.K. mobile operators.Virgin Mobile offers a mobile virtual network operator service in the United Kingdom.From April through...
LONDON-Following impressive growth in the U.S. market announced earlier this week, Virgin Mobile said its U.K. subsidiary had its best third-quarter performance, adding 269,381 new customers to push its subscribers base to 3.13 million. The company said its low texting tariff and other "value-focused"...
Becky Welke had a problem. As general manager of the Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire, Wis., Welke wanted to offer her guests high-speed access to the Internet, but the installation and service costs made her think twice.However, knowing that such broadband access...
WARREN, N.J.-Sprint PCS said it will start offering mobile virtual network operator partner Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. prepaid products and services at more than 550 company-owned stores."Virgin Mobile USA and Sprint can offer young mobile customers across the country a familiar, trained and convenient...
More than a year after announcing plans to sell off or find a partner for its wireless division, Qwest Communications International Inc. last week reported a deal with Sprint PCS that calls for Qwest to transition its nearly 1 million wireless subscribers to Sprint...
LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted at families. The carrier will resell wireless service from T-Mobile for the offering.BT also has a mobile virtual network operator...
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc, a fixed-line operator that spun off its mobile division as MmO2, is in its second mobile virtual network operator deal to get back into the mobile arena, according to international press reports.Last year, the company purchased airtime from MmO2 to provide...
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.K.-based Virgin Group Ltd.'s trademark covers its wireless phone service, and the company can seek an order to stop U.S.-based Virgin Wireless from selling phones at mall kiosks and stores.The appeals court ruling overturned a...
NEW YORK-Tele2 AB said it signed a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Radiolinja, the Finnish mobile operator. Tele2 recently purchased 100 percent of Finnish 3G Suomen 3G, its Finnish mobile business, from Finnet Group and said the MVNO agreement will allow it to...
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. launched its latest youth-oriented advertising campaign this week titled "Live Without a Plan."The mobile virtual network operator said the campaign, which debuted during the 2003 MTV Movie Awards Thursday, takes a satirical look at issues that drive dissatisfaction among many...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. reported a partnership with four prepaid wireless phone card distributors, including CellCards, GTS Prepaid, PRE Solutions and InComm, which the mobile virtual network operator said would expand the reach of its Top-Up airtime replenishment cards to more than 25,000...
