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Mobile virtual network operator Helio scored $171 million in revenue during 2007, way up from the $46 million in revenue the company reported in 2006.However, the company’s net loss also …

IF 2006 WAS THE YEAR OF THE LAUNCH for mobile virtual network operators, then 2007 has so far been the Year of the Crash.The last few months have brought a …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. has received a fresh commitment of funds from South Korean co-parent SK Telecom, to the tune of $270 million. The funding does not include …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Despite the travails of …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s stock spiked for a brief time yesterday in after-hours trading due to a report that Korean operator SK Telecom was going to make a bid for the …

Talk about cold callingA British man has made the world’s highest mobile phone call. Rod Baber summited Mount Everest May 21 and then placed two phone calls on a MOTORIZR …

Japanese wireless carrier KDDI Inc.’s American operation has moved closer to launching a mobile virtual network operator in the United States, targeting Japanese speakers in America.The carrier opened up a …

During the company’s quarterly conference call, Google Inc. executives spoke at length about the future of the mobile search space and highlighted areas where the search giant has made heavy …

RealNetworks Inc. is buying itself a bigger space on the wireless entertainment playground with a $350 million acquisition of South Korean-based developer WiderThan Co. Ltd. The Seattle-based digital media company …

RealNetworks Inc. is buying itself a bigger space on the wireless entertainment playground with a $350 million acquisition of South Korean-based developer WiderThan Co. Ltd. The Seattle-based digital media company …

ATLANTA—Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. cost parent EarthLink Inc. $13.3 million in losses last quarter, according to EarthLink’s second quarter earnings report—and EarthLink said it expects those losses to …

SEOUL—LG Telecom Co. Ltd.’s next move is unclear now that South Korea’s Ministry of Information and Communications has stripped the carrier of its third-generation license after the company chose to …

Given all the recent WiMAX announcements, it seems that the communications infrastructure community has convinced the rest of the world to invest in WiMAX technology, whether for fixed or mobile …

HONG KONG—SK Telecom Co. Ltd. said it plans to buy up to $1 billion in China Unicom Ltd.’s bonds in an effort to tap the world’s largest mobile market. South …

LONDON-Warner Music continued to expand its digital distribution operations, acquiring a minority stake in Japanese mobile broadcasting FrontMedia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Warner Music Japan said it …

LONDON—Warner Music continued to expand its digital distribution operations, acquiring a minority stake in Japanese mobile broadcasting FrontMedia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Warner Music Japan said it …

In early May, KT Freetel Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-largest carrier with 12 million subscribers, announced plans to leave CDMA technology behind in favor of further investment in W-CDMA, which …

Helio L.L.C. made its long-awaited debut in the wireless marketplace last week with two high-end handsets linked to social networking site MySpace.com and plans to have its services available through …

Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile plans to use 2 million free handsets and discounted talk time to jump into the wireless marketplace-the catch being that the freebies are …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. scored another wireless win, inking a deal to deliver search and information services for subscribers of soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. The MVNO, a joint …

EarthLink Inc. has already invested about $121.5 million into its soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator, Helio, according to the company’s recently filed annual report. In addition, EarthLink stated that it …

WASHINGTON—EarthLink Inc. has already invested about $121.5 million into its soon-to-be-launched mobile virtual network operator, Helio, according to the company’s recently filed annual report. In addition, EarthLink stated that it …

Head honchos from soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. have been talking up their MVNO the past few weeks, speaking to groups at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter’s Wireless Forum …

GENEVA-Chip supplier STMicroelectronics said it’s jumping into the WiMAX market with a new offering for WiMAX base stations. The company said it plans to bundle its STW51000 base-station modem system-on-a-chip …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. said they completed a transaction that forms a joint venture between the two companies. The LG-Nortel Co. Ltd. joint venture …