Alex Kinch

London-based x-Mobility have just announced the launch of their new Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA) service, and at the same time tipped everyone off about a new student Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO).
So here’s the deal. x-Mobility have an agreement with 3, all the backend (BSS/OSS) systems, a customer care service, plus SIM and handset [...]

It’s been an interesting day for advertising-funded MVNO Bylk – with news that their Marketing Director has resigned and they are planning to expand into the Indian mobile market.

Ad-supported mobile network Blyk – launched in 2007 and aimed at the ‘youth’ market – is to axe its consumer offering, according to reports.

Ethnic-targetted MVNO Lebara has announced a 98% increase in revenues in it’s latest report, with chief executive Yoganathan Ratheesan saying they are “bucking the recession trend”.

Prepaid cell phone service provider Page Plus Cellular has recently expanded its coverage area due to a merger of unrelated carriers that was announced in June 2008 and finalized in January of this year. Page Plus, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which uses the nation’s largest network to carry its service, has also eliminated [...]

It’s been an interesting few weeks in the world of travel SIM providers. If rumours are to be believed, United Mobile – one of the biggest (and longest established) providers of travel SIMs is in the throws of death – and already some of it’s competitors are trying to pick at the bones.

Note: before you read this post, make sure you’ve read the introduction plus my posts for day one, day two and day three. Of course you don’t have to – but this entry will make more sense if you have!
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So it’s day four. just to re-cap, I’m currently in Jersey, armed with [...]

So day three of my MAXroam road test (read the introduction, day one and day two if you haven’t already), and having been up first thing to catch a ridiculously early flight from London City Airport and been rushing around for the rest of the day I was now settled into my hotel room in [...]

Rather later than planned, here’s day two of the MAXroam road test. It’s a rather short update as I was rushing around the country that day, but with a trip to Jersey planned for first thing the next morning I wanted to at least try and get things working before I left for the airport.
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Mobile Today reports advertising-funded ‘youth’ MVNO Blyk has reached 200,000 customers in just under a year – double it’s original target.
Aimed at the 16-24 market, Blyk has served over 1,000 ads from more than 100 advertisers to it’s customers – giving them free text messages and voice minutes in exchange for viewing the ads.
Understandably CEO [...]