What's a MVNO, you ask? MVNO is an acronym for Mobile Virtual Network Operator. For some silly reason, it hasn't entered into every day vernacular. But, everyone in the mobile world seems to think it has. Or maybe they just don't write for others to understand.
Anyways, Myspace has entered
the fray
. Derrick Oien, co-founder of
IntercastingCorp (creators of
Rabble), a leading supplier of services to MVNOs, has
some good pointers and insight:
Of course the big news yesterday was that MySpace is
launching with Helio when they debut sometime later this year. The announcement following repeated announcements of the impending launch of MySpace wasn't necessarily a surprise. To me it is certainly reinforced by what I wrote
here in terms of what the impact will be. Debi did a pretty comprehensive write up
here that fleshes things out a bit. Most of all though I thought what Russ wrote
here, although saying he doesn't see it, shows that he understands it.
More Coverage:
Andrew Teman.
Greg Sterling.