BROWSING: MVNO

YOKNEAM, Israel-In a move that will expand its U.S. presence, Mind CTI Ltd., a real-time mediation, billing and customer-care solutions provider, reached an agreement to acquire U.S.-based Sentori Inc., which is a customer-care software solutions provider for wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators....

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Mobile virtual network operator ESPN Mobile signed an agreement with Brightpoint North America L.P. for Brightpoint to provide integrated logistics services to ESPN Mobile. Services include inventory management, custom packaging, reverse logistics and fulfillment services.ESPN expects to launch its MVNO service early next...

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Mobile virtual network operator ESPN Mobile signed an agreement with Brightpoint North America L.P. for Brightpoint to provide integrated logistics services to ESPN Mobile.Services include inventory management, custom packaging, reverse logistics and fulfillment services.ESPN expects to launch its MVNO service early next year...

WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. reported a 63-percent jump in revenues during the second quarter from $50.1 million in 2004 to $81.6 million this year. The growth was led by InPhonic's revenues from wireless activations and services, which more...

In a move that will expand its U.S. presence, MIND CTI Ltd., a real-time mediation, billing and customer care solutions provider, reached an agreement to acquire U.S.-based Sentori Inc., which is a customer-care software solutions provider for wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators....

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining InPhonic Inc. more than $819,000 for not registering as a telecommunications carrier and thus not making necessary payments for universal service, regulatory fees and the telecommunications relay service. "In contrast to previous cases in which we have...

Carriers and content providers increasingly are targeting younger users in a scramble to push revenue-generating content and applications into one of the few remaining growth market segments. But marketing to teens, "tweens" and even grade-schoolers can be a perilous endeavor. Last week, a group...

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. unveiled a third payment option for its mobile virtual network operator service that is similar to host network operator Sprint Corp.'s successful Fair & Flexible postpaid offering. Virgin Mobile USA said its new Month2Month plan adjusts to a customer's...

As wireless consumers begin to wholeheartedly embrace data applications, be they ringtones, wallpapers, video apps or games, industry needs to step up its plans to implement parental controls to ensure that end users have the proper experiences. And it's better to come up with...

LONDON-U.K.-based billing supplier Martin Dawes Systems, which has its eye on the mobile virtual network operator market, acquired Boston-based Lavastorm Technologies, which provides next-generation revenue and business assurance software. The value of the deal was not disclosed.The acquisition will provide a U.S. base for...

NEW YORK-ESPN Mobile has tapped Comverse Technology Inc. to handle its wireless data services, the planned mobile virtual network operator said. Comverse will provide and support software and hardware to the MVNO to allow subscribers to download content, access data and browse mobile Web...

The big mouse is finally loose in the wireless house as the Walt Disney Co. announced plans to launch a family-oriented mobile virtual network operator wireless service using Sprint Corp.'s nationwide network. The decision has been expected for some time and follows a similar...

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers expected handset makers to sell around 500 million phones worldwide in 2004. Instead the...

PALO ALTO, Calif.-A strong push by mobile virtual network operators during the next several years backed by an emphasis on wireless data services and customized service offerings could boost the segment's total revenues from $2.48 billion in 2004 to $9.35 billion by 2011, according...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Following months of speculation, the Walt Disney Co. finally announced plans to launch a family-oriented wireless service using Sprint Corp.’s nationwide network.The Walt Disney Internet Group, which will oversee the newly formed Disney Mobile service, said it plans to offer wireless voice...

PALO ALTO, Calif.-A strong push by mobile virtual network operators during the next several years backed by an emphasis on wireless data services and customized service offerings could boost the segment's total revenues from $2.48 billion in 2004 to $9.35 billion by 2011, according...

Verizon Wireless is moving forward with a plan to install a proprietary Verizon-branded user interface across all of its new feature phones-a maneuver that has sparked widespread discontent among the carrier's handset suppliers and could mark the start of a significant shift in power...

The coming surge of mobile virtual network operators will target virtually every demographic, from ethnic groups to sports fans to rural users. But no group of consumers is being courted as much as America's youth. As wireless enters the multimedia era, the market of...

Sprint Corp.'s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the portion of the carrier's Web site aimed at business users included preliminary coverage maps and information on its "high-speed data service" early last week. The maps,...

Sprint Corp.'s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the carrier Monday released preliminary coverage maps on the section of its Web site aimed at business users. The maps, which a Sprint spokeswoman noted Monday were...

WASHINGTON-The government's review of the proposed $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. could be complicated by Sprint wireless affiliate US Unwired Inc. The affiliate made a surprise call for federal regulators either to reject the deal or require divestitures of...

I've just returned from Supercomm and feel a little like Alice in Wonderland. Experiencing a show from a wireline telephony point of view is indeed weird for someone who is enmeshed in industry from the wireless perspective. The news was much the same: IP...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions announced a new mobile virtual network operator bundle based on its X-treme Mobility Suite. The network-independent bundle includes an intermediation proxy, service logic and activity management, and content and VASP management, said the company. The intermediation proxy allows segmentation of...

SAN FRANCISCO-ESPN has tapped Visage Mobile to support ESPN Mobile, the company's mobile virtual network operator service scheduled to launch early next year. Visage and Convergys Corp. formed an exclusive partnership in 2003 to integrate technologies from both companies to create an end-to-end MVNO...