Post Office pulls plug on MVNO after a year
The Post Office has swiftly called time on its MVNO ambitions in the UK, claiming mobile didn’t possess enough commercial potential to be sustainable going forward.
The Post Office has swiftly called time on its MVNO ambitions in the UK, claiming mobile didn’t possess enough commercial potential to be sustainable going forward.
As the mobile industry increasingly looks to India for growth, a report by Indian newspaper Economic Times suggests both AT&T and Virgin Media are mulling a return to the country.
UK independent consumer rights organisation, Which, has said TalkTalk, Vodafone and EE fail their customers by continually providing poor customer service, while MVNOs are excelling.
Charity-conscious MVNO The People’s Operator has launched a cut-price 4G tariff, undercutting its MVNO market rivals in the process.
Internet giant Google seems to be happy with its MVNO experiment, so much so that it is removing the need to apply for an invite and offering subsidized smartphones.
Freemium mobile telco FreedomPop has managed to secure $50 million in financing just months after a $30 million round to fund its continued global expansion.
Alternative MVNO FreedomPop has launched a ‘free’ mobile service in the UK, on the Three network, as it expands it market outside the US for the first time.
US devices giant Apple has been trialing an MVNO service in the US and is in talks to launch one in Europe too, according to a report.
The European Commission has finally given the acquisition of Spanish fixed-line player Jazztel by French mobile operator Operator Orange the green light, subject to some concessions from Orange.
UK telco TalkTalk has jumped on the low-cost bandwagon in the wake of BT’s move into the mobile market, offering aggressively low-priced 4G services to go along with its domestic broadband package.
As extensively rumoured Google has finally unveiled its MVNO play, called Project Fi. The name appears to be derived from a heavy emphasis on switching between wifi and mobile depending on which offers the best coverage at a given location.
US search giant Google could launch its long anticipated MVNO as early as today, according to a WSJ report. An additional detail teased in the report is that Google is expected to offer data on a pay-as-you-go basis, with subscribers only paying for the amount of data they use.
Hong Kong-based telco Hutchison Whampoa, parent company of mobile operator Three, has launched a mobile virtual network operator enablement (MVNE) platform, dubbed “Hue”. According to Hutchison, Hue acts as a single point of entry for MVNOs looking for a global footprint and will have access to Hutchison’s networks across Europe and Asia.
Tele2 has announced its Austrian subsidiary will re-enter the country’s mobile market as a business-to-business MVNO over T-Mobile’s network. The Swedish operator said the move will make Tele2 one of Austria’s most diversified telecoms providers with an offer covering broadband, TV, and fixed and mobile telephony.
Google’s SVP of Products, Sundar Pichai, confirmed in his speech at MWC that the OTT giant is in advanced testing of its floating cellular network, consisting of inflatable balloons and lightweight solar-powered planes. Projects “Loon” and “Titan”, respectively, are in the early phases of testing, but Pichai believes the two projects will provide a portable “mesh of floating cell towers”. He also confirmed the long-anticipated rumour that Google is looking to launch an MVNO in the US.
Lycamobile, the international low-cost calling MVNO, said it will soon be releasing a communications app for its growing international customer base. Speaking to telecoms.com, CEO Chris Tooley hinted the app will be in the same vein as global OTT communications services like Whatsapp and Viber.
Pay TV and broadband service provider, Sky, has signed an agreement with Telefónica UK to launch an MVNO on its network in early 2016. The provider is already well established in the triple-play market, providing premium television, film and sport services, along with residential broadband offerings.
Google is reportedly planning to start an MVNO business, which according to unnamed sources quoted by the Information would operate on T-Mobile US (TMUS) or Sprint’s network. The report claimed the project, apparently codenamed Nova and headed by Google Executive Nick Fox, is set to launch this year.
European-based MVNO Lebara has announced the launch of its service in Saudi Arabia over Mobily’s network. The provider, named Lebara Mobile KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), was granted the licence as part of the Saudi regulator’s attempt to shake-up the country’s telecoms market by ordering each of the three operators to host an MVNO.
Sweden-based operator Tele2 has announced it is to launch a 4G-only network in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2015. The move will mark the telco’s transformation from an MVNO to an MNO in the Dutch market.
Ex BT CEO to chair UK government's anti-Huawei taskforce https://t.co/I506cANyeB #5G #Security
23 September 2020 @ 15:16:32 UTC
The sad irony of 3GPP's Rel-17 delay https://t.co/rjX1pSjVsx #5G #5GPP
23 September 2020 @ 14:56:32 UTC
Mobile World Congress 2021 delayed to 28 June https://t.co/y2qwn7YvSk #Events #events
23 September 2020 @ 10:35:03 UTC
Loading ...