Mobile virtual network operator

Mobile virtual network operator XE Mobile has worked out a distribution deal with Office Depot stores, aiming to land college-age customers as they shop for school supplies. The company also …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s loss of postpaid iDEN customers accelerated during the fourth quarter, and investors jumped ship late last week after the company announced weak customer metrics. The carrier tried …

Amp’d Mobile has tapped Amdocs’ Qpass digital commerce platform to handle its off-deck content business.The mobile virtual network operator said it will use Amdocs’ centralized digital commerce platform to support …

XE Mobile announced it is introducing Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P.’s Walkman phone for the pay-as-you-go market. The mobile virtual network operator is offering the Sony Ericsson W300 Walkman for …

MTV Networks is partnering with Amp’d Mobile Inc. to produce a made-for-mobile comedy series.The yet-to-be-named program, which is slated to come to market later this year, will be co-produced by …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s trouble in holding onto its postpaid iDEN subscribers continued during the fourth quarter as the company announced weak fourth quarter customer metrics and said that network and …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is continuing to build on its appeal to younger mobile phone users. The mobile virtual network operator has further expanded its mobile entertainment portal through fresh deals …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. continues to tout its success in the mobile virtual network operator space, gaining more than 70,000 customers in the fourth quarter to end 2006 with more than …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is racking up deals to offer its unique content and user interface abroad, and reap the benefits of revenue sharing without the effort and expense of expanding …

Conventional wisdom says, and consumers certainly seem to think, that family wireless plans offered by cellular carriers are a great deal. In exchange for tying other family members into one …

At the close of a year that saw Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. introduce penny texting, hybrid price plans and an ad-time-for-airtime service called SugarMama, the company announced that it now …

Spanish triple-play telecom company Ono plans to begin a mobile virtual network operator business later this year, using the network of wireless carrier Telefonica. Ono said in a recent statement …

Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them if they switch mobile service providers.Canada’s …

For those of you yearning to edit your MySpace page while on the go, supreme happiness has arrived: Cingular Wireless and MySpace.com have struck a deal. Cingular customers can use …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. tapped JumpTap Inc. to power a mobile-specific search engine for users looking for wireless content.The mobile virtual network operator said JumpTap will provide an advertising-supported search …

NEW YORK-XE Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator which aims to serve the under-25 market, has introduced its pay-as-you-go wireless service. According to the XE Mobile Web site, the service …

The mobile virtual network operator space isn’t cooling down, according to the head of mobile virtual network enabler telSpace. However, instead of following the models of Amp’d Mobile Inc. or …

U.S. network operators are losing their grip on subscribers who stroll off their decks to buy ringtones, access adult content or simply surf the wireless Web. When it comes to …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Disney Mobile has added a slim, silver clamshell phone from Pantech Corp. as its third handset choice for subscribers. The Bluetooth-enabled DM-P205 has a VGA camera, color interior …

LOS ANGELES—Forget about “Tokyo Drift,” the latest sequel to “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise. Now there’s the Helio Drift, a souped-up handset from mobile virtual network operator Helio …

DALLAS—Titan Global Holdings Inc. announced it will expand its prepaid calling card business with the addition of an MVNO offering. The company targets the Spanish-speaking market with its products. Titan’s …

LOS ANGELES-Helio L.L.C., the self-proclaimed mobile virtual network operator for the young and hip, will launch additional handsets this year and next, according to Rick Heineman, the company’s head of …

Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a profitable third quarter with net income of $194 million, reversing a $144 million loss the company reported in the same quarter last year. Further, …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Embarq Corp. plans to offer its wireless customers push-to-talk services and parental controls on a Sanyo Corp. 2400 mobile phone. Embarq, which has a mobile virtual network operator …

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a profitable third quarter with net income of $194 million, a reversal of the $144 million loss the company reported in the same quarter last …