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MVNO News Headines from January 2009
Weed Ending 28th January 2009
Compass plans mobile service launch by March 09 – New Zealand
VERTU plans ‘Club VERTU’ launch – Japan
Lebara signs distribution deal with Asda and Dextra – UK
Virgin Mobile unveils new phone – USA
BT mulls mobile phone market entry – UK
Libre Choix advises Government on fourth 3G license – France
Blyk set to launch new offerings – UK
Cyfrowy Polsat frames strategy for 2009 – Poland
Simyo celebrates its first birthday with new promotions – Spain
Lebara Mobile introduces plan for Chinese New Year – UK
Virgin Mobile UK organises Voscars ceremony – UK
Helio might release upgraded Ocean smartphone – USA
Youfone becomes an official partner of the Dutch football league – Netherlands
Lycamobile selects M2M to handle its media account – UK
Universal Mobile France launches two new plans – France
Rakuten plans PHS service – Japan
Third MNO for Bahrain, MVNOs not wanted yet – Bahrain
LogicStar introduces MSSE software for MNOs – UK
Week Ending 21st January 2009
PosteMobile introduces new offer “With my country” – Italy
Government set to announce MVNO policy next month – India
Biedronka launches MVNO service – Poland
MÁSmovil integrates PayPal payment engine – Spain
Lebara Mobile partners with Superdrug for airtime sale – UK
Boost Mobile set to introduce new mobile plan – USA
Tesco Mobile witnesses surge in handset demand before Christmas – UK
Truphone mulls MVNO option – UK
MVNO subscribers reaches 3.5 Mln – Netherlands
Unwired View provides leaked images of a new handset For Net10
Week Ending 14th January 2009
Vibo Telecom partners with Sim2Travel for roaming services – Taiwan
Convergys completes software implementation for Virgin Media – UK
Lycamobile signs PayPoint for mobile Top-Ups – UK
Megasoft sees no major impact of World Bank Ban – India
Virgin Mobile France partners with Playboy – France
MobieTV’s MoVidi success for MOBILKING – Poland
Sprint plans layoffs to cut costs – USA
KPN To launch Simyo brand in France – France
Blyk appoints new CEO – UK
Policy on MVNOs may be delayed – India
MIRS mulling MVNO service instead of WiMAX – Israel
Virgin Mobile USA provides update on Q4 subscriber data – USA
Week Ending 7th January 2009
10/12/08 - 07/01/09
(Normal issues cover 1 week’s worth of MVNO news)
Clearwire launches cheaper WiMAX service – USA
ThuisConnect partners with Elephant Talk for MVNO launch – Netherlands
Hong Kong MVNO subscribers nearing one million – Hong Kong
Pepephone introduces new mobile offer – Spain
Lycatel Ireland faces fine for violating German court’s order – Ireland
MVNOs and MMOs collaborating with MNOs for M2M market – Global
Tele2 Netherlands clarifies its stand on warranty policy – Netherlands
UniverCell mulls handset and MVNO launch – India
Sprint amends agreement with Virgin Mobile – USA
Eroski Movil plans mobile data Service – Spain
Celcom to purchase equity stake in Tune Talk – Malaysia
DoT to announce MVNO policy before 3G auction – India
An Post partners with Vodafone for MVNO launch – Ireland
Lycamobile introduces festive text plan – UK
Sprint announces launch of Dual Mode 3G/4G Modem – USA
012 Smile partners with MIRS for WiMAX service – Israel
‘Office of Electronic Communications’ awards E-GSM spectrum – Poland
Lebara crosses 600,000 customer mark – UK
D3 Mobile launches MVNO service – Kosovo
MasMovil introduces free mobile scheme – Spain
Virgin Media introduces ultra high speed broadband service – UK
Talkster launches new software application for operators – Canada
PosteMobile reaches 670,000 subscribers – Italy
Virgin Mobile introduces a very special service – UK
Blyk launches new youth-targeted research service – UK
Japan Communications partners with i-mate for mobile launch – Japan
O2 Wireless launches new online only offer – USA
Nokia’s MVNO service with NTT DoCoMo named ‘Vertu Club’ – Japan
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