Mobile virtual network operator

Qwest Communications International Inc.’s new CEO takes the helm of a company that has weathered financial storms, been through a turn-around that included selling off its wireless network and forging …

LG Electronics Co. scored a pair of carrier wins last week spanning the range of wireless offerings. One of the deals was with the industry’s largest player and long-time LG …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. added to its handset vendor list by announcing plans to add LG Electronics Co.’s “Aloha” handset to its lineup later this month. The handset, which is …

Wireless and telecom reseller TelePlus World Corp. reported weaker second quarter results, which the company said were due to switching back-office providers and the backlash from acquiring mobile virtual network …

Qwest Communications International Inc. named Edward Mueller its new chief executive officer. Mueller is a veteran of the telecom industry and former CEO of Williams-Sonoma. Qwest’s current CEO Richard Notebaert, …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Despite the travails of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have had very divergent luck recently in trying to operate in the shadow of their two larger rivals, AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.Sprint …

CLEARWIRE CORP. IS GEARING UP to put pen to paper on a deal that will bring Amp’d Mobile Inc’s. 50-plus member content team on board to lead a new content …

Clearwire Corp. has reportedly reached a deal to bring Amp’d Mobile Inc’s. 50-plus member content team on board to lead a new content offering under the Clearwire brand. The move …

GreatCall Inc. finally found some well-heeled backers for its Jitterbug service.The Del Mar, Calif.-based startup said it pocketed $36.6 million in funding from Charles River Ventures, Nauta Partners and Steelpointe …

Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to show signs of turning around its customer growth challenges, saying it added 400,000 subscribers during the second quarter. While the results pale in comparison to …

Despite the widely recognized success of Amp’d Mobile Inc.’s large portfolio of original content, a source at the company has told RCR Wireless News that less than 1% of the …

Canadian telecom provider Telus Corp. reported Q2revenues were up 4% year-over-year due to growth in wireless and data, but that its earnings for the second quarter were impacted by the …

As a service shut-off deadline looms, Amp’d Mobile Inc. customers now have an out: Prexar Mobile, a small mobile virtual network operator managed by a nationwide CLEC, signed a deal …

WITH VIRGIN MOBILE USA L.L.C. SEEKING A $500 MILLION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING, the company is looking to complete the first IPO of a mobile virtual network operator in the United …

AS AMP’D MOBILE INC. WINDS DOWN its mobile virtual network operator service, questions loom about the health of the MVNO space.Bankrupt Amp’d Mobile has halted customer service and was on …

Yahoo Inc. has tapped Chicago’s Novarra Inc. to provide transcoding technology for its oneSearch offering.Novarra, which powers mobile Internet services for a handful of wireless services providers-including bankrupt mobile virtual …

AT&T Inc. reported a strong quarter and said its mobile division activated 146,000 Apple Inc. iPhone customers in the first day and a half of the device’s release, more than …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said that its users have earned more than 9 million minutes of free airtime since the mobile virtual network operator instituted its Sugar Mama program, which …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s stock spiked for a brief time yesterday in after-hours trading due to a report that Korean operator SK Telecom was going to make a bid for the …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said that its users have earned more than 9 million minutes of free airtime since the mobile virtual network operator instituted its Sugar Mama program, which …

Sprint Nextel Corp. will take a new advertising tack starting July 1, as it launches a campaign with the tagline “Sprint Ahead.” The new campaign is designed to “[reflect] the …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-It’s not the cash cow most in the wireless industry hope it will be, but mobile television is already producing some steady revenue streams and showing signs of …

Peter Adderton, founder and CEO of mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc., has left the company he founded and subsequently guided into bankruptcy.An Amp’d representative confirmed that Adderton and …

The production and delivery of mobile video is becoming a two-way street. Although a majority of programming seems to follow a top-down approach from TV studios’ more successful programs, those …