Here in the States, it wouldn’t be a complete day without hearing about another lawsuit in the IP world. The latest patent infringement suit comes from some outfit that calls themselves Intellect Wireless. The suit calls into play a handful of patents, one of which is in regard to Caller ID. Now, we’ve seen this…
Virgin Mobile India launched as a joint venture between Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices
Virgin Mobile opened its virtual doors in India. Virgin Group’s “partner in crime” is Tata Teleservices, which is part of the large India-based Tata Group. The new mobile operator is the “first nation-wide youth focused mobile service” and the “first CDMA service where all customers will be on RUIM (SIM)-based phones.” Now the weird part.…
Update: ‘cell’ is available on all UK networks!
Update: Yesterday you may have read my story about O2 subs being able to access the new ‘cell’ TV series, made exclusively for Mobile. I also told you that it’s looking pretty darn good indeed, with great production quality, and that it’s something you should check out -well now, more of you can! Sean, the…
UK MNO website homepages – part 3…
Over the last two posts (here and here), we looked at the big four OpCos in the UK – O2, Vodafone, Orange, and T-Mobile. But that’s not the complete picture – there are some other players, namely in the shape of Three and Virgin Mobile – that being the case, let’s take a look at…
Virgin UK does games and video with Player X
Player X has been appointed as the offical aggregator of all games and video content for Virgin Mobile in the UK. The deal includes all the portal management, aggregation, QA, and any encoding required. It’s quite unusual that a single company has been appointed to do what is potentially such a large amount (both in…
Virgin Mobile USA sued over shady pre-IPO financial statements
It’s hard to believe that the Virgin Mobile USA has finally been hit with class-action lawsuit related to their shady financial fibbing prior to the IPO. Oh wait, it’s not hard at all to see how this could happen. The Pennsylvania-based Law Offices of Howard G. Smith has filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that Virgin…
Marketing is the name of the game – Virgin Mobile USA and Qualcomm get new CMO’s
When it comes to getting your corporate name out into the mobile-ether, the buck stop with the Chief Marketing Officer. So, it seems that our favorite legal-beagle chipmaker and MVNO are shifting around their corporate hierarchy with new CMO’s. Virgin Mobile USA has announced that its long-time CMO will be stepping down to make room…
Virgin Mobile USA offers over-the-air self-activation – ALL phones should be self-activated
Who doesn’t love waiting? Better yet, who doesn’t love waiting in a cellphone retailer’s store while a team of bumbling sales-reps and customer service advisers work feverishly to get your newly acquired mobile phone activated on a particular network? What’s that you say? You cringe at the thought of waiting for your next cellphone? Well,…
Virgin Mobile IPO earnings shrouded in scandal; sparks lawsuit
So, remember when Virgin Mobile went public and reported incredible earnings on their IPO? You know, the IPO where Virgin Mobile banked $412.5 million. Well, it seems that Virgin Mobile’s IPO performance was based on some slightly fudged information. And, by slightly fudged, we mean they misreported their Q3 earnings – which have been revised…
Virgin Mobile USA adds Kyocera’s Wild Card; Heavy texters rejoice
Virgin Mobile USA is known to target young people who are usually on a budget when it comes to mobile phone purchases. Hence, most of their phones are somewhere in the low-to-mid range. Lately, they’ve added a new device to support heavy SMS users on their network – Kyocera Wireless’ Wild Card. Although we found…