Although they recorded increased revenues, two tower operators suffered net losses in their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2004 compared with the previous year.For the full year, American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle had better results.In a written note, Raymond James noted...
NEW YORK-The next 18 months are crucial for the increasingly crowded field of mobile virtual network operators, according to consulting firm Global Advertising Strategies. According to a new study from the research firm, MVNOs need to strengthen relationships with their wireless carriers and aggressively...
NEW YORK-The next 18 months are crucial for the increasingly crowded field of mobile virtual network operators, according to consulting firm Global Advertising Strategies. According to a new study from the firm, MVNOs need to strengthen relationships with their wireless carriers and aggressively market...
The mobile virtual network operator market welcomed back one of its early members last week as former Boost Mobile L.L.C. executive Peter Adderton announced plans for Amp'd Mobile Inc., a venture set to launch later this year. Adderton's non-compete clause with Nextel Communications Inc,...
Continued growth in the wireless industry is likely to come from untapped market segments that may not prove as financially rewarding as the saturated early-adopter segments, according to a new report from Compete Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. The report, "Characteristics of...
In addition to strengthening its position as the nation's third-largest wireless operator, Sprint Corp.'s planned merger with Nextel Communications Inc. will bring together the industry's two most aggressive targeters of young subscribers. Sprint, through its Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. mobile virtual network operator partnership...
Although consolidation continues to thin out the carrier crowd, the actual number of companies offering wireless services soon could increase. At least, that's what Matt Johnson is hoping. Johnson is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Visage Mobile, a mobile virtual network enabler....
SAN FRANCISCO-MVNO supplier Visage Mobile announced it scored $22.8 million in its third round of funding. The company said the round brings its total venture capital war chest to around $50 million.Visage sells technology to brands that are looking to become mobile virtual network...
The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
Who is your wireless carrier?A question that used to be answered easily is becoming more complicated as mobile virtual network operators gain traction in today's market. It's good to be an MVNO as Virgin Mobile USA is showing, signing up more than 1 million...
The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia wireless services using a yet-to-be named wireless operator's network. Unlike a number of companies...
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...
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...
The next stop in the evolution of the wireless industry is customization. And it's expected to hit with all the subtlety of a tornado.This is not your father's faceplate. Not only will your ring tone and ring-back tone identify you, so will your preloaded...
In an industry drowning in acronyms and meaningless catch phrases, few labels are as hard to pin down as the European-derived mobile virtual network operator. Separately the words are familiar and seem to have meaning, but when put together to describe a business model...
NEW YORK-Tele2 said it signed a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Connect Austria, allowing it to use Connect's network to provide an alternative mobile service."This MVNO will enable Tele2 to offer an attractively priced package of fixed and mobile services to our...
Nearly six months after United Kingdom-based Virgin Group and Sprint PCS announced they formed Virgin Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless industry continues to wait for the launch of the highly touted mobile virtual network operator venture.But, since the announcement last October, there has been...
ORLANDO, Fla.—The Yankee Group and Sentori Inc. announced an emerging niche within the MVNO wireless market space during a press conference at CTIA Wireless 2002 earlier this week.The new niche players, mainly affinity and specialty channel MVNOs, offer billing and customer care options to...
HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G license holders. The first 3G MVNO services are set to begin at the end...
HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Hong Kong in February. The joint venture between mobile operator Sunday Communications and Shell Hong Kong will introduce an...
HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence Ltd. said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator service in Hong Kong in February. The joint venture between mobile operator Sunday Communications Ltd. and Shell Hong Kong Ltd. will...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Southeast Asian operators are predicted to face unprecedented growth in data traffic during the coming years. Operators in the region have witnessed a surge in data traffic through short message service (SMS) traffic, followed by General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings in recent...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—A new Swedish company announced its formation to vie for the fourth GSM license that Sweden's telecom regulator PTS plans to award by mid-2002. Edge Mobile said it will use GSM, Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) and wireless local area network...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—By the end of February, regulations covering mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) should be approved by the Spanish Minister of Science and Technology. The ministry, which first opened discussion on MVNOs more than 16 months ago, said the final details are being...
