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MVNO News from August 2009
Week Ending 26th August 2009
FRiENDi Mobile celebrates Ramadan – Oman
FCC approves Sprint buyout of Virgin Mobile – USA
Smartphones on Tesco Mobile in Q409 – United Kingdom
Elephant Talk announced Q209 results – The Netherlands
Lebara half price Ramadan calls – United Kingdom
CREDO Mobile launches activists’ blog – USA
MVNO licence granted – Vietnam
TuneTalk launches – Malaysia
Ay Yildiz launched Ramadan minutes – Germany
Mobile service provide reaches 15th year – South Africa
Week Ending 19th August 2009
Ay Yildiz offers Ramadan promotion – Germany
CallPlus unveils mobile business tariff – New Zealand
Qwest to cease operations – USA
Crazy John’s to offer pink BlackBerry Pearl – Australia
HP launches MVNO – Japan
M2 cuts People Telecom jobs – Australia
Tune Talk poised for launch – Malaysia
Talkmobile alters pay as you go plans – United Kingdom
Zer01 Mobile ends relationship with distributor – USA
South Korea clarifies MVNO policy – South Korea
FRiENDi Mobile launch promotion coming to a close – Oman
X-Mobility and 3 aim for 20 MVNOS by 2010 – United Kingdom
Virgin Mobile USA releases Q2 financial data – USA
NRJ Mobile unveils new Mini plan – France
Week Ending 12th August 2009
HP partners with JCI – Japan
Comcast COO predicts 40 percent WiMAX margin – USA
Page Plus Cellular to offer unlimited for USD 39.95 – USA
Videotron ties in with Syniverse – Canada
Fastweb posts gains – Italy
Virgin pursuing mobile video on demand – United Kingdom
KORE launches international One-Rate GSM Service – USA
Axiata looks to contra with FRiENDi Mobile – Malaysia
Arcep posts MVNO numbers – France
ASDA Mobiles’ changes Buying Manager – United Kingdom
Week Ending 5th August 2009
Callplus launching Slingshot plans – New Zealand
FM Group Mobile signs with Polkomtel – Poland
Qualcomm’s Lifecomm shut down – USA
REDtone Mobile introduces referral scheme – Malaysia
Woolworths launches Everyday Mobile pre-pay offering – Australia
Samart Telecom plans MVNO – Thailand
Virgin Mobile launches unlimited text, voice and Internet – United Kingdom
Tesco Mobile unveils new unlimited tariff – UK
Sprint Nextel set to acquire Virgin Mobile – USA
200,000 Blyk subscribers lose their network – United Kingdom, Netherlands, USA
Consumer Cellular improves AARP plans – USA
PosteMobile launches new promotions – Italy
Embarq cutting off some subscribers – USA
FRiENDi mobile tours labour camps – Oman
Lycamobile reaches 1,000,000 subscribers after 10 months – United Kingdom
Zer01 gets a scathing review all round – USA
Lycamobile launches with Vodafone – The Netherlands
Telenet awards MVNO work to Alcatel Lucent – Belgium
Amazon’s Kindle to cross the Atlantic – United Kingdom, Europe
Primus emerges from Chapter 11 – Global
Sonim’s tough phone available on Tesco Mobile, plus new stores – United Kingdom
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