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The End of Voce
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 6, 2008
Premium MVNO Voce appears to have died quietly as of February 1st, with no warning to subscribers - and, so far, without any change to the company's Web site.
The LA Times' David Colker reports that Voce users are simply getting a "rejected connection" message on their ha...
Those Amp'd Mobile Phones? Recycle Them.
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 24, 2007
As I predicted earlier , it appears that Amp'd Mobile customers won't be able to use their phones on competing mobile phone networks that use CDMA . Now to be fair, only Verizon and Sprint were called here, but those are the major CDMA carriers in the US. It's possible your regional...
Amp'd Gets A One-Week Reprieve
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 24, 2007
The word on the street is that Amp'd Mobile is still going strong-for another week at least. If you look at the Amp'd Q&A page , you'll see the "potential suspending" date is now 31 July 2007.
For those of you looking for another Carrier and want to keep your n...
Amp’d 将停业，出售其资产
in Wangtam, on 2007-07-24
洛杉矶的移动网络业务商 Amp'd 将于今天停止其业务，很不靠谱的是，根据官方说明，他们将不会提供客户服务的转移 - 这是目前他们的客户最需要的，不过看起来，Amp'd 并不打算负责到底。截止今年四月份，他们还拥有 20 万用户，不过之后，几乎下降了一半。之前他们还曾获收过大约 3.6 亿美元的风险投资，在今天之后，他们将会拍卖其资产，对于用户来说，唯一的希望是接收该公司的下家能够妥善安置他们。更多详细信息可以 参看官方网站上的 QnA 。
Amp'd Mobile Shutting Down?
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 22, 2007
For those of you who used Amp'd Mobile as your service provider, you'd better find someone else. And quick!
The word from PhoneNews.com is that Amp'd Mobile will likely be shutting down on 24 July 2007 . To make matters worse, according to the FAQ on the Amp'd Mobile site, cu...
Amp'd Mobile files for bankruptcy protection
in TJ's Weblog, on July 11, 2007
Not long ago I was stunned all the time seemingly ease that Amp'd raising round after round. Now it turns out even the gigantic cash infusions are already spent :
Los Angeles-based Amp'd, which has so far taken $360 million from a number of high-profile investors, said late Friday it...
Amp'd is Damp'd
in Digital Music - The Future, on June 13, 2007
Wireless network Amp'd Mobile filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Amp'd leases access to the Verizon Wireless mobile network. The company has tried to differentiate itself by providing music, video, and games over its network.
Entering the wireless business is enticing due to the huge mult...
More MVNO Trouble: Amp'd Files for Bankruptcy
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 3, 2007
MocoNews' Rafat Ali reports that Amp'd Mobile has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy -- the company owes about $33 million to its infrastructure provider Verizon Wireless and $16 million to handset provider Motorola, among others. MocoNews has a PDF of the bankruptcy filing availabl...
Manufactured Truth Courtesy of Amp'd Mobile
in The Smart PDA, on April 5, 2007
Here's how a recent press release from Fox Reality begins:
NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES - Fox Reality, the nation's only all-reality, all-the-time network, has entered into its first mobile deal with Amp'd Mobile, the pioneer of integrated mobile entertainment, to bring Amp'd Liv...
Want to Maximize Your Smartphone's Camera? Enroll in This College Course
in The Smart PDA, on December 2, 2006
If you're a student of Boston University , you'll be glad to know that playing around with your camera phone now earns you credit .
Seriously though, the new course being taught by director Jan Egleson--and sponsored by Amp'd Mobile --tries to work around limitations like...
AOL and HBO To Launch Comedy Channel
in The Digital TV Weblog, on November 16, 2006
...e that created comedy programming with TV writers, and co-founded and was COO of cell phone service Ampd Mobile.
(originally reported by Broadcasting & Cable)...
MVNO For Chinese-Americans Launched
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on September 30, 2006
Just as US MVNOs look like they are running into a dead-end with content-brand centered launches ( ESPN ), or age-segmented strategies ( Amp'd) , the hot new trend seems to be operators targeting ethnic groups. Helio probably started it by trying to appeal to Korean-Americans . Now Red Pocke...
Is that a Phone in your pocket or are You just happy to see TV?
in The Digital TV Weblog, on September 19, 2006
A few years ago, a new acronym crept into our lexicon: the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). This beast is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum like Verizon or Cingular, but resells wireless services under their own brand name. But where this comes in contact with vide...
amp'd poised for growth?
in TJ's Weblog, on December 15, 2005
Daniel Primack sums up in his newsletter the story of MVNO Amp'd :
"It's been four months since I first began researching and writing about Amp'd Mobile Inc., the Los Angeles-based virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) targeting teenagers and young adults. My original prom...