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	Mobile virtual network operator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first successful MVNO was Virgin Mobile, launched in the United Kingdom in 1999.
		MVNOs are a way to implement a more specific marketing mix, whether alone or with partners and they can help attack specific, targeted segments.
		MVNO models mean lower operational costs for mobile operators (billing, sales, customer service, marketing), help fight churn, grow average revenue per user by providing new applications and tariff plans and also can help with difficult issues like how to deal with fixed-mobile convergence by allowing MVNOs to try out more experimental projects and applications.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MVNO (973 words)

	MobileInfo Hot Topics - MVNO - Mobile Virtual Network Operator - Wireless
		MVNOs are new breed of wireless network operators who may not own the wireless spectrum, or wireless infrastructure (also termed pipe, in colloquial terms) but give a virtual appearance of owning a wireless network.
		MVNOs generally provide both voice and data services to end users through a paid up subscription agreement.
		To become an MVNO, you should cobble together a partnership that consists of a connectivity partner (typically a traditional wireless network provider who owns the infrastructure and spectrum), cash, a customer base, and a sales channel.
	www.mobileinfo.com /Hot_Topics/MVNO.htm (315 words)

	ISP Planet - Fixed Wireless - Business - MVNO Business Tempts ISPs
		The MVNO hype wave features the same cast of telecommunications and media companies that played so prominent a role in the ISP hype of the last decade.
		First, an MVNO should be able to give its customers and partners a web interface to provision their handsets and set up and maintain their plans.
		Second, MVNOs need billing, which includes the ability to charge end users for services rendered and be able to settle charges with wholesale network providers.
	www.isp-planet.com /fixed_wireless/business/2005/mvno.html (938 words)

	GigaOM » A MVNO Train Wreck Coming?
		MVNOs are exactly the same, and are very dependent on the carriers that own the spectrum.
		I put my thoughts about an Apple phone and MVNO here about a year ago so I won’t repeat everything, but the tests remain the same: is their brand strong enough to create a “must-have” situation (yes) and is the market they have influence over big enough to make it profitable (I think so).
		MVNOs are the latest gold-rush in telecoms and in 3-5 years many will have been bought or folded with e.g.
	gigaom.com /2005/07/08/a-mvno-train-wreck-coming (2063 words)

	What is a MVNO? (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Successful MVNO's are those that position their operations so that customers do not distinguish any significant differences in service or network performance yet offer some special affinity to their customers.
		For example, Virgin Atlantic Airlines is a MVNO in the UK that uses its market recognition to position itself for selling directly to its airline customers and others.
		Successful MVNO's will also be those that have ample financial resources and sufficient agreements with existing operators to provide a good service coverage area.
	www.mobilein.com.cob-web.org:8888 /what_is_a_mvno.htm (541 words)

	MVNO Tutorial
		MVNOs are becoming a prevalent force in Europe, and are just beginning to emerge in the United States.
		An example of an MVNO is Virgin Mobile, who has partnered with One 2 One in the UK, CandW Optus in Australia and Sprint PCS in the US to offer wireless e-commerce and communication services.
		In this way, each MVNO and the network operator could focus on their own niche markets and form customized detailed services that would expand their customer reach and brand.
	www.wave-report.com /tutorials/MVNO.htm (392 words)

	Future of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), Spain 2006-12 : Market Research Report
		Besides offering attractive value-added services and content, the MVNO approach has also empowered companies with other marketable commodities, such as content and brand owners, to bring their specific expertise to the wireless market and access new markets which host operators and service providers would not normally have access to.
		MVNOs will not only avoid possible stagnation staring at wireless and mobile service providers by delivering solutions to expand the existing customer reach but will also enhance profitability by generating additional revenue from the use of unused bandwidth, while it drive top-line and bottom-line.
		MVNOs will benefit by their vast expertise which allows them to deliver lifestyle products that are in demand.
	www.marketresearch.com /map/prod/1188685.html (552 words)

	mopocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The MVNO Amp’d Mobile is launching, "Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States" on Amp'd Mobile handsets, Friday Sept. 1 (today).
		In these days of failing MVNO results one MVNO here in the States, Boost Mobile (a lifestyle-based youth brand this is a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation) is trying to give itself a boost while boosting the hope of teenagers (their target consumers) around the country.
		One of the first MVNO's of the MVNO boom, Amp'd Mobile, is also one of the first MVNO's to show the wears and tears and struggles of being a virtual operator.
	www.mopocket.com /mvnos (8084 words)

	MVNO news - MobileTracker
		Low-cost mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) TracFone is not happy with the recent Library Congress official approval of phone unlocking.
		Xero is a pre-launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that wants to give away mobile service in exchange for showing users advertisements.
		Upstart MVNO Amp'd Mobile has inked a distribution deal with Circuit City.
	www.mobiletracker.net /archives/cat_mvno.php (576 words)

	What is a MVNO and vMVNO?
		At the same time, the MVNO is afforded the opportunity to customize its offerings arguably further than an MVNO that is totally reliant on the host mobile network operator.
		In fact, as MVNO’s continue to evolve with the general wireless market, the advent of the pure wireless data MVNO will emerge with voice services becoming highly marginalized and largely unimportant compared to the higher margin, differentiated application, content, and commerce business.
		Stored-value systems enable the MVNO to offer a variety of digital goods and services from one account-based system, allowing the MNVO to dramatically increase both the number of service offerings as well as suppliers and channels for digital goods and services.
	www.vmvno.com (937 words)

	MVNO Overview, Resources
		Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is a GSM phenomenon where an operator or company which does not own a licenced sprectrum and generally with out own networking infrastructure.
		Usually MVNO's do not have their own infrastructure, some providers are actually deploying their own Mobile Switching Centers (MSC) and even Service Control Points (SCP) in some cases.
		Some MVNO's deploy their own mobile Intelligent Network (IN) infrastructure in order to facilitate the means to offer value-added services.
	www.telecomspace.com /latesttrends-mvno.html (687 words)

	What is a MVNO?
		Leading MVNO's deploy their own mobile IN infrastructure in order to facilitate the means to offer value-added services.
		The goal of offering value-added services is to differentiate versus the incumbent mobile operator, allowing for customer acquisition and preventing the MVNO from needing to compete on the basis of price alone.
		With the advent of the MVNO, many incumbent mobile operators will evaluate the opportunity to offer supplementary MVNO services of their own.
	www.mobilein.com /what_is_a_mvno.htm (541 words)

	MVNO and MVNE Telecom Billing Software and Telecom Billing Systems for Mobile Virtual Network Operators
		In development for over five years, the company has used its clients' input to refine its product and create a platform complete with an electronic telecom billing system that provides core functionality that rivals any in its class.
		If you are interested in becoming a wireless program reseller, consider using our MVNO, vMVNO and MVNE solutions.
		As MVNO resellers, our clients don't have to come up with telecom billing software because we created a simple electronic billing platform that will benefit both you and your clients.
	www.telspace.com (339 words)

	MVNO or Reseller: Blurring the Lines - 6/15/2005 - Wireless Week - CA607999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One way that MVNOs can improve their margins is by tapping a market that traditional carriers can't easily reach, such as the youth market or a specific ethnic group.
		Sprint has embraced the MVNO model and is working with many MVNOs, including Virgin Mobile USA, Qwest Wireless and ESPN Mobile.
		Bottoms says the perfect MVNO will have a strong brand, be able to differentiate its offering and have the financial wherewithal to enter the business.
	www.wirelessweek.com /article/CA607999.html?spacedesc=Departments (934 words)

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		The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model has gained in popularity over the past two to three years; more ventures have followed in Virgin’s path (the model’s pioneer), with the MVNO model going through a number of iterations.
		A number of players are also turning the traditional MVNO model on its head, from a predominantly cost-based story to a full-fledged revenue story.
		Included with the report is Pyramid Research’s 2006 MVNO financial model that tracks and allows you to input your own figures to calculate operational and financial performance.
	www.pyr.com /store/rp_mvno_feb.htm?SC=FPMVNO (659 words)

	MVNO Global initiative (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MVNO Global network platform should consist from GSM switcing equipment in each country connected to each other by broadband connections.
		Since the goal of pricing strategy for “MVNO Global” shouldn’t be elimination of competitors and since it is not be considered holding dominant position in none of markets its operates, the predatory pricing issue is not applicable.
		Since the Full MVNO equipment is based on GSM standard, MVNO Global have to be the full member of GSMA in order to conclude roaming agreements with other GSM networks and have access to roaming procedures.
	www.mvno.biz.cob-web.org:8888 /page.php?3 (1714 words)

	Apple to muscle in on MVNO market? \| The Register
		Like the successful UK MVNO of supermarket chain Tesco, the store would have the advantage of a readymade distribution network and would be likely to appeal to relatively low income groups with prepaid services and incentives such as family packages or an integration of mobile bills with the loyalty card schemes.
		This can be a powerful tactic for a major cellco – letting an MVNO use its brand strength to attract a customer base, perhaps in a market that the network owner had failed to penetrate; commanding leasing fees for the network in the meantime; and then acquiring it once the user base has been built.
		Scandinavia, which was a pioneer of the MVNO model, is also a good indicator of trends that will start to affect other territories where the concept is less established.
	www.theregister.com /2005/07/18/apple_mvno (848 words)

	MVNO Directory - 200+ MVNOs, More Than 700 Named Contacts
		Since then many onlookers have tried to launch their own MVNO operation, some with great success and others with dramatic failure before even announcing their existence to the market.
		Blycroft Publishing is pleased to announce ‘The MVNO Directory’, the resource where the telecommunications world can find the world’s MVNO details in one place.
		The primary resources for data gathering are the actual MVNO operations, their parent companies and the carriers and MVNEs used.
	www.mvnodirectory.com /index.html (708 words)

	724 Solutions - Solutions - MVNO Data Bundle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rather, they are aligning themselves with MVNE partners who provide them the ability to utilize continuously evolving network technologies to preserve and extend their "Brand" communities through offering compelling services via the most efficient access medium possible.
		The underlying technology is highly flexible and designed to, as much as possible, allow service creators to invest most of their available resources in to creating those parts of the service that are distinct and add value, rather than creating general infrastructure components.
		The intermediation proxy, based upon 724's proven XMG, provides a means to segment users into groups assigned to a specific MVNO, then manage and control the traffic flow, access lists, and routing for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers on a per MVNO basis.
	www.spyonit.com /solutions/MVNO.asp (555 words)

	Mobilemodo: MVNO Archives
		Even though Sprint has voiced their intention to limit the number of MVNO partnership agreements, the largest cable companies in the US market are ready to launch their own company-branded mobile service on the Sprint Nextel nationwide network.
		Disney Mobile is set to be unleashed in early summer, but you can register now for company updates and the chance to win a free pair of handsets and a 1 year of free service.
		The MVNO market is quickly heating up with pre-launch of another new MVNO by the name of Kajeet soon to hit the mobile phone market.
	www.mobilemodo.com /archives/mvno (3742 words)

	InPhonic MVNO Services
		For more information about our MVNO services, please contact us at: mvno@inphonic.com.
		The InPhonic Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform provides the means for major brands, service bundlers, content providers, and other new entrants to offer a full suite of wireless products without owning the network, wireless systems, or operational infrastructure.
		MVNO Services is a division of InPhonic, Inc., that provides complete "order to cash" solutions to enable Mobile Virtual Network Operators to enter the U.S. wireless market rapidly.
	www.mvno.com (577 words)

	Putting the E in MVNO
		If you know a budding MVNO that doesn't know what a back office is, you might just want to tell them that it's everything happening behind the scenes to keep their brand from being associated with poor customer service.
		The genesis of the partnership was the wireless MVNO project the companies undertook about four years ago for Working Assets, the long-distance resale firm known for generating money for charity through mailings sent out with its bills.
		If an MVNO doesn't want to own a network, the chances are that it will not want to own a 100,000-square-foot device fulfillment center, either.
	telephonyonline.com /wireless/mag/wireless_putting_mvno/index.html (2320 words)

	The Growing Reality of Mobile Virtual Network Operators
		An MVNO is a mobile service provider who does not own the underlying radio access network or the associated license but does issue its own SIM cards.
		To reach its subscribers, an MVNO relies on the radio access network of a host mobile network operator (HMNO).
		By entrusting part of their content delivery to MVNOs, mobile network operators can provide more and better offerings while lowering the level of risk.
	www1.alcatel-lucent.com /lead/mvno.htm (343 words)

	Engadget Mobile
		A microscopic, grayscale image is about all we have to go on right now, but that little sliver of evidence seems to corroborate the claim that Amp'd Mobile is all geared up to take on a variant of Motorola's Q smartphone.
		In the aftermath of VK Mobile's implosion, it stands to reason that Helio might be on the lookout for new (slightly less bankrupt) hardware partners.
		It may not be quite the do-anything-to-get-one gadget it once was (becoming a Monopoly piece has got to be some form of jumping the shark), but the Motorola RAZR still carries its fair share of cachet.
	www.engadgetmobile.com /category/mvnos (2462 words)

	::..mPortal..::..Pushing the Limit..:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Over the last few years, the MVNO market has witnessed explosive growth, emerging as a viable alternative to traditional mobile operators.
		More than one hundred MVNOs are in operation today throughout Europe, Asia, North America, with hundreds more projected over the next few years.
		According to Yankee Group, the MVNO market in the U.S. alone is projected to have more than 29 million subscribers by 2010.
	www.mportal.com /MVNO.HTM (222 words)

	GigaOM » Another Day, Another MVNO
		MVNO’s are no different - they depend on the generosity of wireless carriers.
		MVNOs are driven by niche opportunities and/or brand differentiation, and less by getting cheaper costs on existing business.
		A final note is that MVNOs won’t drive down prices (it’s hard for them to undercut the people they are buying the airtime from), but they will accelerate the introduction of new and different services and rate plans which is also good for customers.
	gigaom.com /2006/02/13/another-day-another-mvno (2235 words)

	MVNO Resources
		The MVNO business model is successful when a company enters the mobile market, and acquires and services specific market segments more cost-effectively and profitably than a mass-market wireless carrier could. To be profitable, MVNOs have to achieve one of the following:
		In practical terms, the MVNO has to improve one or more of the following wireless operating metrics to be profitable: CPGA (cost per gross acquisition), CCPU (cash cost per user), ARPU and churn.
		A New MVNO on the Block with A Focus on Enterprise
	www.pyr.com /dr_mvno_main.htm (247 words)

	Openwave - Mobile Virtual Network Operators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They capitalize on their customers' brand loyalty by creating a personal phone experience that targets their unique customer base, reflects their brand and, over time, strengthens that brand by growing the community.
		Openwave uses both client and server software to help MVNOs differentiate their offering and deliver an optimally managed and perfected mobile data experience.
		Openwave's data collection services analyze usage patterns to help MVNOs tailor their mobile services to their unique customer base or segments.
	www.openwave.com /us/promo/home.htm?rid=194 (597 words)

	telSPACE Signs New Strategic MVNO Client
		Payless Cellular has been an MVNO for Verizon and ATandT Wireless for over 19 years and has acquired a great reputation and high valued subscriber base in Southern California.
		“This MVNO client is particularly exciting for us as they have paid Verizon a great deal of money to manage their own data strategy and Payless Cellular has asked telSPACE to implement and manage that data strategy as well as launch with the telSPACE billing and operating system.
		Sia Hodjatie, Payless Cellular’s CEO states, “We have been in the resale MVNO space for over 19 years and have billed over $225 million in revenue to date.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/4/emw374849.htm (747 words)

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