NTL, the UK based cable operator announced this month to aquire Virgin Mobile UK for $1.68 billion. Virgin Mobile UK is the nation’s largest MVNO (Virgin uses the established T-Mobile network) with a base of 4.3 million customers. Virgin at first declined the sale, however NTL raised their bid earlier this month which led to […]

A Mobile Virtual Network Operator is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum, but resells wireless services under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. The first was Virgin Mobile, launched in the United Kingdom in 1999. Although Virgin Mobile is the first recognized MVNO, a similar […]

Since the inception of Helio last year by a joint venture with Earthlink and SK Telecom Korea - Their plan to introduce new multimedia geared 3G phones to the U.S. market fully capable of impressing all your cell phone mongering friends.
Helio is an MVNO of Sprint Nextel and uses their wireless infrastructure. However they do […]