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RSS stelios in newsVirtual 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 mobile entertainment offerings... [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 The decision to close easyMobile's UK operations was taken by TDC, a Danish operator which licensed the brand from Stelios Haji-Iannou's easyGroup. January 2004: Stelios considers mobile venture August 2004: Stelios announces soft launch [14 Nov 2006]
easyGroup wins easy.com fight with Easynet
News Among the companies that have had calls from Stelios' lawyers are Easyart, Easybroker, EasyPizza and EIBS, which owns the Easysite content management system. URL-hungry easyGroup has won the right to trademark its easy.com domain name after a legal... [19 Jul 2006]
Orange and easyMobile court case to start in November
News EasyMobile boss Stelios Haji-Iannou said the company is looking forward to its day in court. 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... [02 Mar 2006]
easyMobile: Help us poke fun at Orange
News The photo can be found here.easyMobile was not so charitable about sharing the use of colour last year, when it demanded an Orange reseller, whose company also went by the name of easymobile, stop using the easymobile name, although owner David... [15 Nov 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 easyMobile, which opened its virtual doors... [19 Sep 2005]
easyMobile wins easiermobile.com domain
News Carphone Warehouse responded that easyGroup had no trademark or common law rights to the name and that the brand, easyMobile, was composed of two generic words that the public wouldn't necessarily associate with the Stelios-owned MVNO. [14 Jul 2005]
3G will mean more Virgins
News The sector has already seen some activity of late, with easyGroup boss Stelios Haji-Iannou launching his own no-frills offering to compete with similar offerings from Tesco and Virgin. With 3G now available from most of Europe's heavy-hitting... [08 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 unless it renames the business. [17 May 2005]
easyMobile moves into the Netherlands
News This is the second market for easyMobile, having launched in the UK last month as the latest addition to Stelios Haji-Iannou's 'easy' empire. I am sure that France and Germany are on the agenda of Stelios and his team. [08 Apr 2005]
Stelios launches no-frills mobile contender
News The venture is the latest addition to cheapo airline pioneer Stelios Haji-Iannou's empire and is concentrating on selling airtime and SMS without any bundling or handset subsidies. The newest UK operator will be run in partnership with Danish... [10 Mar 2005]
5 years ago: Virgin Mobile goes down under
News This year will also see the operator fighting it out with the newest mobile virtual network operator in town, easyMobile - another company from the Stelios stable. Branson and Stelios have already had a public slanging match, with the Virgin head... [22 Feb 2005]
Orange and easyMobile go to war over colour
News That, according to its rival, is an attempt by the Stelios-owned company to 'pass itself off' as Orange and therefore a trademark infringement. Stelios went as far as to say that he was sure an amicable solution could be reached. [21 Feb 2005]
3GSM: Quotes of the week
News Serial 'easy' entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou addresses the world's foremost mobile industry conference. Without easyJet I wouldn't be standing in front of you… I was in the right place, at the right time, with the right father to finance my... [18 Feb 2005]
