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Cut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.





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Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USA

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc.


Virgin Mobile joins prepaid price war

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is set to announce Thursday that it is slashing the price of its unlimited calling plan to $50 from $80 per month, a result of fierce competition and price-cutting among second-tier cellular ...


Briefs: NTL revives Virgin Mobile sale talks

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created Jan 16, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virgin Mobile said Monday it was in preliminary talks on a potential sale to NTL but cautioned that a deal was not guaranteed.


Will NTL up ante for Virgin Mobile?

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created Jan 03, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telecom analysts were waiting Tuesday to see if NTL would indeed up its bid for Virgin Mobile as predicted in a weekend newspaper report.


NTL acquires Virgin Mobile for $1.67B

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created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cable giant NTL Tuesday struck a deal to acquire Virgin Mobile, setting the stage for the delivery of its content to wireless phones in the United Kingdom.


Briefs: Virgin Mobile rejects NTL's $1.4B offer

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created Dec 08, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virgin Mobile Thursday rejected a takeover bid from cable group NTL that proposed to buy out the company for $1.4 billion.


T-Mobile adds 325,000 net subs, mostly prepaid

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, says it added a net 325,000 subscribers in the second quarter, with most of them choosing to prepay rather than sign two-year contracts.


Briefs: NTL's $1.4B bid for Virgin Mobile

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created Dec 05, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NTL said Monday it would pay up to $1.4 billion to acquire British wireless carrier Virgin Mobile.


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France 'delays 3G telecom licence tender'

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

France has delayed a tender for a fourth mobile phone licence to examine the conditions, a top official said Wednesday, as existing operators warned they could go to court if the price were set too low.


USA Today to introduce digital edition, for a fee

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- The new publisher of USA Today plans to introduce an electronic replica of the printed newspaper and charge readers for it.



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