Mobiles reviews - mvno

Virgin Mobile USA to acquire Helio in $39 million deal

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:11:39 +0000

Not completely unexpected, Virgin Mobile USA has today announced that it will indeed be taking over Helio. The MVNO joint-venture between SK Telecom and Earthlink has struggled to find even a modicum of success in a competitive and cut-throat US wireless market. And, it seems that Helio's financial troubles have finally come to a head with [...]

Qwest drops Sprint in MVNO network lease deal, partners with Verizon Wireless

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:57:59 +0000

It looks like Sprint just didn't have what Qwest wireless wanted from an MVNO network lease partner. Making good on previous speculation that Qwest was preparing to drop Sprint and sign up with Verizon Wireless, Qwest has announced that, come this summer, Big Red will be providing wireless airtime to Qwest's wireless subscribers. The move [...]

XE Mobile goes bye-bye - another MVNO goes belly up

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:50:30 +0000

Following in the footsteps of larger MVNOs before it, XE Mobile has just announced that it will be turning off its AT&T-leased network on December 31. XE Mobile offered college students cheap prepaid plans on cheap GSM phones, but apparently didn’t get enough cash-strapped college-students to jump on-board their sinking ship. We can’t say we’re going to miss another MVNO, nor can we say that we didn’t say this wouldn’t happen. But, it looks like the MVNO wave is crashing hard. We hope it was fun while it lastest. Nice to (kind of) know you, XE Mobile. [Via: PhoneScoop ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Tomorrow I'm temporarily saying bye bye to my Nokia N93iMobile secretary coming soon to a phone near youSchool is out and I need to catch up on Nokia; Happy HolidaysMovida gets $40 million in funding - the Hispanic-oriented MVNOGood bye Spain!