Mobile virtual network operator

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has tapped LiveWire Mobile to power a new ringback application that allows subscribers to choose pre-selected content channels rather than individual tracks.Ringback Playlist, as the offering …

Just like Ronald Reagan claimed with his trickle-down economic plan, wireless customers are beginning to see unlimited offerings filter down to cheaper price points and in some cases to offerings …

The question was popped earlier this year and now Qwest Communications International Inc. has sealed the deal. The company has sown all its wild oats and has put its wild, …

Countering media speculation and a sagging stock price, South Korea’s SK Telecom said it was not interested in purchasing ailing U.S. carriers Sprint Nextel Corp. anytime soon. According to media …

According to media reports, Korean telecom giant SK Telecom may again be looking at purchasing beleagured carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. According to reports, SK Telecom and Providence Equity last year …

A couple years ago, starting your very own mobile virtual network operations company was a sizzling hot idea and everybody was trying to cash in. But now, two years and …

Just when municipal Wi-Fi seems all but dead in one place, it crops up full steam ahead in another.Oklahoma City says it just turned on the largest city owned and …

Ever looked at your cellphone menu and wondered what the heck the wrench is for? Or the clipboard? Or any other random icon put there to help, but which sometimes …

Mobile virtual network enabler Visage Mobile announced plans to sell its Subscriber Management business to billing giant Convergys Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Visage was one of a …

THE GROUND CONTINUED TO SHIFT in the tumultuous mobile virtual network operator space this month as one player announced plans to call it quits, another explores a potential merger and …

Another day, another class-action wireless consumer lawsuit. This one is big, though, naming six mobile-phone carriers and a top mobile virtual network operator as defendants in a complaint filed in …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. expanded its Sugar Mama program with a new application for Facebook users.The mobile virtual network operator unveiled “Fund My Phone,” a feature that allows users to …

The Federal Communications Commission today launched a wide-ranging proceeding to revamp D-Block rules, an effort that will not only examine changes to the national public safety/commercial license left stranded in …

Following much speculation, Virgin Mobile USA Inc. confirmed today that it is in “preliminary discussions” with SK Telecom to “explore possible strategic opportunities.” Those opportunities are expected to include a …

EarthLink Inc. announced it will be shutting down its municipal Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia in 30 days, handing yet another black mark to the once-burgeoning market for muni Wi-Fi.After months …

WHAT’S THAT SAYING? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me?After their previous union was aborted last year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. decided last …

Best Buy Co. Inc. is stepping up its European cellphone business to the tune of $2.14 billion.The big-box U.S. retailer said it will acquire a 50% stake in The Carphone …

Qwest Communications International Inc. is jumping wireless ship from its current mobile virtual network operator relationship with Sprint Nextel Corp. to reselling Verizon Wireless services. The move, expected to begin …

LAS VEGAS – Cyren Call Communications Corp. Chairman Morgan O’Brien said that any company the Public Safety Spectrum Trust advisor spoke with prior to the unsuccessful attempt to auction off …

PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM TRUST CORP. Chairman Harlin McEwen has distanced himself from a key element in a Federal Communications Commission inspector general report on the unsettled 700 MHz D Block.The …

America is the proverbial “melting pot,” a nation of immigrants and their neighborhoods. With greater than 80% wireless penetration, everyone needs a mobile phone. Add the complexity of the shifting …

Public Spectrum Safety Trust Corp. Chairman Harlin McEwen appears to have distanced himself from a key element in a new Federal Communications Commission inspector general report, which cleared Cyren Call …

Finally, the rapid collapse of an MVNO gets blamed on venture-capitalist firms placing unrealistic goals on those left managing the day-to-day operations. That’s what happened in the case of recently …

Microsoft Corp. subsidiary TellMe said it added a GPS location feature to its voice portal to give BlackBerry users information about businesses, movies, traffic, weather, maps and driving directions. The …

APC Wireless announced it closed a deal late last week to purchase the recently bankrupt MVNO Movida Communications Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Movida, which targeted the Hispanic market, filed for …