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RSS mvnoOrange: New home for ad-funded mobile operator who gave away free credit
News The company launched as a completely ad-funded mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in 2007, reselling Orange's services. The ad-funded mobile virtual network operator Blyk will cease to run its service and instead... [28 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: MVNOs
Cheat Sheet MVNO? MVNOs are sometimes categorised as follows: 'full MVNO', 'thin MVNO' and 'service provider' - with a 'full MVNO' being one which sets up and runs its own... [27 Oct 2008]
ASDA 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... [04 Aug 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... [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... [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... [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,... [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 who still have credit remaining in their account will have it refunded and those who don't close their accounts will be offered... [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... [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... [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... [14 Aug 2006]
Radioactive: Toddler telephony taps parental paranoia
Comment Its MVNO service, which was finally launched in April after being touted for some time, is centred on features for the paranoid parent including tracking and call control. Always on the lookout for new opportunities,... [15 May 2006]
