Industry sources report that US youth MVNOs Virgin and Helio may merge. With analysts citing the reseller market in the US as a “disaster”, not much investor goodwill is left on the table for these two MVNO’s long term prospects.
Both companies have experienced their share of problems. Last week, Virgin Mobile said it had added [...]

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CEO of Mobile Economy, Jan Michael Hess, writes:
“…When it comes to optimising Ad ARPU, Blyk has set out to leapfrog the competition with a smart strategy…”
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Many people in our beloved mobile economy are excited about the new startup company called Blyk because it is the first ad-funded MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network [...]

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Quite a moniker of acceptance when you outrank Boo.com by 19 places!
Inside CRM lists the worst VC failures of all time (well internet time at least) and ranks the MVNO proudly at number 1.
Key reason cited as the source of their failure to return on the $360 million invested?
It has been reported that 80,000 of [...]

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