Articles tagged with: Qwest Communications and Virgin Mobile

CDMA2000 Operators Enable Wireless' Next Big Opportunity

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has announced that the CDMA2000 industry in the USA is playing a key role in wireless' next big opportunity: the US$10 billion mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market. This type of service provider targets specific demographics rather than traditional, broader categories such as consumers or business users. For example, Virgin Mobile USA caters to the youth market, while Movida Communications is focused on Hispanics. more

Related Tags: ovum, in-stat, qwest, mvno, virgin-mobile-usa, cdma-development-group, yankee-group, cdg, mobile-virtual-network-operator, virgin


Just four networks claim 85% of all subscribers

Following Sprint Corp.'s proposed merger with Nextel Communications Inc., the wireless industry will increasingly look like its wireline cousin, with a few huge operators dominating the wireless market, says Standard & Poor's in its semi-annual survey on the wireless industry. more

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New Players In Wireless Service Target Niche Markets

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- ESPN, which rules over a vast sports empire spanning television, magazines and the Internet, is eyeing an unusual target for its next conquest - wireless service.  more

Related Tags: tesco, ovum, dell, qwest, mvno, openwave-systems, walt-disney, ctia, lawyer, wal-mart, wave, hispanic, denver, titan


Sprint-Nextel Merger Would Narrow Wireless Market Gap

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--When Cingular Wireless recently completed its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services, the U.S. cell-phone business looked increasingly like a clash of two titans, Cingular and Verizon Wireless.  more

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