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Virtual mobile operators 'are allies not enemies'
News EasyMobile, Stelios' no-frills MVNO, shut up shop last year and Disney ditched plans to launch an MVNO in the UK. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and incumbent operators need to work together to beef up their... [09 Feb 2007]
Virtual mobile companies: It's all about the voice
News The biggest and best known, Virgin Mobile, was bought by NTL:Telewest for £962m last year; Stelios' no-frills MVNO easyMobile shut up shop in November; and Disney shelved its plans for a kid-targeting operator. [17 Jan 2007]
RIP easyMobile: No frills no longer
News EasyMobile, the no-frills MVNO, has shut up shop after some 18 months in business. Customers of the operator were informed by email that easyMobile will be shutting its doors next month, with customers... [14 Nov 2006]
easyGroup IP under new leadership
News Among the brands licensed by easyGroup are budget airline easyJet, car rental company easyCar and mobile phone operator easyMobile. easyGroup IP, the company which owns and licenses the 15 'easy' brands has appointed a... [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: Web brands take the battle to the high street
Leader And now you can walk into a high street shop and buy an easymobile.com SIM card. PayPal is one of a number of companies that is looking to extend its reach from the internet into bricks and mortar. A few years ago it was... [21 Mar 2006]
Orange and easyMobile court case to start in November
News Orange and easyMobile will face each other in the courts this year to settle their spat over colour. The pair are getting litigious over the use of the colour orange - Orange alleges easyMobile's... [02 Mar 2006]
State of the (digital) nation revealed by Ofcom
News Other trends saw users signing up with mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) such as easyMobile, Tesco and Virgin. The UK is becoming an increasingly switched on nation, with more people than ever logging on to the... [28 Feb 2006]
2006: A mobile odyssey
News As well as new competition in the form of these MVNOs, such as easyMobile, traditional mobile companies may find themselves competing with more fixed line providers such as BT supplying converged fixed-to-mobile... [24 Nov 2005]
easyMobile: Help us poke fun at Orange
News No-frills mobile provider easyMobile is asking the public for fresh ideas to help it take a pop at rival Orange. The pair are currently at loggerheads over easyMobile's use of the colour orange in... [15 Nov 2005]
Virgin and Carphone plan French kiss
News Fellow MVNO easyMobile is also spreading its brand within Europe, announcing the launch of a Dutch operation. Carphone Warehouse and Virgin are to cross the Channel for a joint telephony venture. The pair have confirmed... [25 Oct 2005]
easyMobile takes brand to Germany
News easyMobile, the no-frills operator owned by easyGroup boss Stelios Haji-Iannou, is off to pastures new with the opening of a German arm, the company announced today. Germany marks the third territory for... [19 Sep 2005]
easyMobile wins easiermobile.com domain
News easyMobile has wrested the domain name easiermobile.com from Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse, which also runs the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Fresh Mobile, had registered the domain name on the same day... [14 Jul 2005]
Vodafone does Extreme deal
News Analysts Ovum said in a research note today that it was "surprised that Vodafone emerged as its host network" but that there are precedents around the world for the success of such a move, which isn't a no-frills offering along the lines... [13 Jun 2005]
easyMobile rages over Orange ads on easymobile
News easyMobile - the mobile company owned by Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Iannou - is threatening easymobile - the mobile phone company owned by Welsh reseller David Evans - with legal action... [17 May 2005]
easyMobile moves into the Netherlands
News Low-cost mobile operator easyMobile is set to launch in the Netherlands this summer after announcing a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Dutch mobile operator Telfort. This is the second market for... [08 Apr 2005]