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RSS mvnoASDA to kick start mobile pay-as-you-go price war?
News ASDA's mobile phone service is actually run on Vodafone's infrastructure, a trend which sees a company without any allocated radio frequency become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) through a licensed operator. [21 Aug 2008]
Now in Ikea's bargain corner: Cheap mobile PAYG
News The retail giant is partnering with mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Mobile Partners UK for the service, which piggybacks on T-Mobile's UK network. Home furnishing retailer Ikea is hoping to make the humble pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile SIM as... [04 Aug 2008]
Competitive Advantage for MVNOs: A Solutions Framework from Convergys and PwC Consulting
White Paper This paper discusses how Convergys’ MVNO solutions’ offering substantially increases an MVNO’s competitive position in a rapidly expanding marketplace. Convergys is the leading company in the world offering competitive individual solutions for any... [03 Jul 2008]
Martin Dawes Systems and IBM - Delivering Enterprise Management Solutions with DISE
White Paper Martin Dawes Telecommunications (MDT) was seeking a subscriber management and billing solution for its growing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) business. Martin Dawes Systems (MDS) is a specialist business that focuses on providing a leading... [03 Jul 2008]
Kids flocking to Blyk to bag free calls and texts
News Blyk - a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives users 217 free texts and 43 free voice minutes per month in exchange for receiving no more than six targeted ad texts/picture messages per day - has... [25 Apr 2008]
Surfers all looking for a free lunch
News Vodafone has trialled the concept with free games for those who accept ads, while April saw the launch of MVNO Blyk which gives free calls. When it comes to internet content, it looks like everybody is looking for a free lunch - analysts predict... [16 May 2007]
Vodafone planning summer mobile ad push
News Orange announced its intention to offer sponsored content and has partnered with new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Blyk which will give users free calls and texts in return for accepting ads. [18 Apr 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Mobile advertising at work?
Comment Virgin Mobile in the US has introduced one of the more interesting examples of this with its Sugar Mama service, where users are offered free voice minutes or texts in return for accepting advertising messages or doing market research surveys for... [27 Feb 2007]
Virtual mobile operators 'are allies not enemies'
News Despite MVNOs undergoing such "rapid changes" over the next few years, Juniper predicts the global MVNO revenue will increase from $15.4bn in 2006 to $67.2bn by 2012. EasyMobile, Stelios' no-frills MVNO, shut up shop last year and Disney ditched... [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]
Enabling MVNOs at Bell Mobility With Alcatel's Payment Solution
White Paper Alcatel's payment solution enables these high-value services to be creatively bundled by any MVNO to meet the needs of their customers. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) enable carriers to reach a wider subscriber base in a wireless market... [30 Nov 2006]
RIP easyMobile: No frills no longer
News EasyMobile, the no-frills MVNO, has shut up shop after some 18 months in business. Customers who still have credit remaining in their account will have it refunded and those who don't close their accounts will be offered the option of switching to... [14 Nov 2006]
Pipex pays £36m for a Bulldog and a Toucan
News He said: "Inside Toucan there is a mobile virtual network operator [MVNO] so overnight we become a mobile operator. Pipex is aiming to boost its customer base and mobile capability with the acquisitions of Bulldog Broadband and Toucan. [07 Sep 2006]
Mobile telly finally launches in UK
News According to Virgin Mobile's Gow, the MVNO is looking at its telly project as a way to acquire new customers and retain old ones. With a stripped-down line-up and a spokesmodel famous for stripping off, Virgin Mobile has finally unleashed the UK's... [07 Sep 2006]
Disney cancels UK mobile kid-tracking
News Disney has shelved plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the UK, saying the market is in flux. The media giant had been planning to launch its family-friendly MVNO in the course of this year, piggybacking on O2's network. [14 Aug 2006]
