Compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, MVNO net customer additions decreased due to fewer MVNO gross customer additions.
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The firm is the 25th mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) signed by EE.
The sequential decrease in prepaid churn was driven primarily by fewer MVNO deactivations.
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The idea of forming a super MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) was floated for the first time a week ago.
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In a nutshell, the initiative enables its MVNO partners (carriers like Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile) to customize white-label Android phones.
According to a tip we've received, the Shack is gearing up to launch RadioShack Mobile, a no-contract MVNO based on Cricket Wireless.
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Prepaid churn, including MVNO, decreased to 6.8% in the fourth quarter of 2011, from 7.2% in the third quarter of 2011 and 7.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) does not own any infrastructure, but buys airtime, data, and services in bulk from physical networks, and then packages these up for their users.
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But like it or not, the Apple MVNO rumor's back: the Chicago Tribune attributes one American Technology Research analyst as saying he thinks Apple "will have a device and an MVNO, " so there.
The MVNO -- which leans on Sprint's network here in the US -- has just announced plans to sell contract-free Galaxy S IV "for around the full unlocked price" as soon as it can.
The 'nets are abuzz with talk of the Samsung SPH-A523, a handset that passed through the FCC not long ago, is apparently destined for the MVNO, and is said to resemble Samsung's beautiful Ultra Edition 10.9.
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The MVNO has a fairly modest 12-month subscriber target of 100, 000 users -- and while they're being a little coy about whether the service on track for that number, they've reiterated that it's still the number they're shooting for.
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Talks had apparently been going on for a while to start a Blyk-branded Dutch MVNO, but to better align with its revised business strategy, the company is switching up its strategy and working with Vodafone to use its existing infrastructure exclusively.
For more than a year, company execs have been discussing becoming a "mobile virtual network operator, " or MVNO, a model under which a company skips the expensive process of building a national phone network, instead signing on with an existing provider and rebranding its service.
Branded prepaid net customer additions, excluding MVNO customers, were 220, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 34, 000 from third quarter 2011 branded prepaid net customer additions of 254, 000, and improved by 365, 000 from 145, 000 net branded prepaid customer losses in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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The difference between this rumored deal with Sprint and that of a normal MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) would be the possible integration of cellphones with VOIP service, something that the traditional phone companies are scared to death of, but integrates perfectly with the current VOIP ambitions of the cable companies.
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Prepaid net customer additions, including MVNO customers (as defined in Note 1 to the Selected Data, below), were 276, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 312, 000 net prepaid customer additions in the third quarter of 2011, and up from 229, 000 net prepaid customer additions in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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We thought we'd come and gone on the whole Apple-does-an-MVNO rumor thing that was buzzing around just prior to the ROKR E1's launch last September, but with Apple's enigmatic "Mobile Me" trademark filing hitting the the wires today, speculation is already re-cropping up that Apple's still working behind the scenes to pound out their own mobile virtual network operator.
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