SAN DIEGO-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. announced it will sell the K10 Royale phone from Kyocera Wireless Corp. The phone features Java application download technology."Kyocera has been a key partner in helping Virgin Mobile deliver a superior mobile experience to the youth market," said Dan...
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,...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile is hoping to drive text-messaging use by touting a Thumb Wrestling Championship next week in Miami.The contest, which kicks off Tuesday, is part of a month-long promotion including free text messaging for Virgin subscribers between 8 p.m. and midnight in March....
Several handset makers and carriers have taken advantage of the spotlight of the CTIA show in New Orleans to release handset-related news this week.Cingular Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America announced the availability of the Samsung p777, the first phone in Samsung's new line of...
Infused with new leadership, Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to expand its offerings with the launch of its Jump by Cricket prepaid service, providing a true pay-as-you-go plan for customers. The new offering, which Leap hinted to late last year when it signed...
Sprint Corp. Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said the company plans to hold some cash in reserve following its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. to help fund additional requirements related to the deal or buy back stock. Lauer, speaking at Reuters Technology Summit,...
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...
SAN FRANCISCO-Sprint Corp. Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said the company plans to hold some cash in reserve following its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. to help fund additional requirements related to the deal or buy back stock. Lauer, speaking at Reuters Technology...
TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada's CDMA network. The service is expected to be similar to Virgin's MVNO launch in the United States using Sprint PCS' network...
TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada's CDMA network. The service is expected to be similar to Virgin's MVNO launch in the United States using Sprint PCS' network...
Movida Communications Inc. reported an agreement with Sprint Corp. and Wal-Mart to provide nationwide prepaid wireless voice and data services to the U.S. Hispanic market using a mobile virtual network operator model. The service will use Sprint's wireless network to offer prepaid domestic and...
The wireless industry's record customer growth during the final three months of 2004 received contributions last week from a regional operator and a pair of affiliates, showing-though proportionally smaller than the numbers posted by the industry's heavyweights-that there is still room for growth regardless...
NEW YORK-At its annual investment community meeting, Sprint Corp., which is in the process of merging with Nextel Communications Inc., said it expects wireless service revenues to grow in the low double-digits this year driven by an increased customer base and continued strong average...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported 15,100 net customer additions during the fourth quarter of last year, which was short of the 22,700 customers the carrier added during the fourth quarter of 2003 and below estimates of around 22,000 net subscriber additions. Contributing...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it has surpassed the 3-million subscriber mark two-and-a-half years after launching its youth-oriented prepaid mobile virtual network operator service using Sprint PCS' wireless network. The MVNO was originally launched in July 2002 as a joint venture between United...
If Van Toffler has his way, the "M" in MTV may soon stand for "mobile." Toffler, who ascended to the presidency of MTV Networks in October, has worked aggressively to move beyond simply selling ringtones and images of the latest hip-hop star. The company's...
Entertainment publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will sell content through RadioShack Corp. outlets in what may be the first major agreement between a brick-and-mortar retail chain and a mobile content provider. The program, which is expected to be launched in the first half...
Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is reportedly edging closer to an initial public offering that is expected to take place before the end of the year.A Reuters report, citing sources familiar with the situation, said the MVNO, which is currently controlled...
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...
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voice mail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
Even as the wireless industry consolidates to four national carriers and as more regional consolidation is predicted, wireless customers are getting more choices-not fewer-as to which companies will provide their services. It's a characteristic that has played out time and time again in wireless....
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said Friday.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voicemail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant's TV, landline phone and Internet services. However, it is unclear whether Time Warner Cable will offer the services under its own brand...
NEW YORK-Several popular music artists received an early Christmas present in the form of wireless content agreements as music continues its expansion into the wireless industry in the midst of declining CD sales. Dwango Wireless, a wireless entertainment and content provider, announced an exclusive...
