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I read the post below and it then occurred to me:

The operator is just a bit-pipe for these MVNOs. And, with MVNOs, the operator is effectively outsourcing service creation and customer acquisition. And the risk is heavily with the MVNO, which mean that they have to work hard to provide value and succeed.

Hmm, that sounds great for everyone. Bring it on!

Link: Mobile Slate: Six Of One, Half Dozen Of Another.

There are roughly 6 MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in the USA before 2006. I thought that would be enough, but in this ever changing landscape 6 more have popped on to the scene for 2006.

Link (via The Kelsey Group): MocoNews.net: mobile content news.

Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive Media, is speaking to a good-size crowd at the Mandalay Convention Center. A lot of table setting to start — how News Corp. reinvigorated its interactive business, spent nearly $2 billion, built audience up to 62 million users, etc.
Some highlights:
— “This is the year MySpace is going to go mobile. You can see them interacting on their computer, now want to extend that to the phone. … We want to empower MySpace screen names to supplant mobile numbers.”

And thanks, Richard, for the original link.

Link: World Tracker turns anyone into a cellphone spy – Engadget.

Forget those piddly wiretaps. The next frontier in warrant-free surveillance is upon us, and it’s open to everyone. A UK service called World Tracker apparently uses cell tower data (or GPS, when available) to track the location of just about any GSM cellphone. Just enter the number you want to track into the service’s handy Google Maps-based interface, and you’ll be able to zoom in on the device’s location, with accuracy somewhere between 50 and 500 meters.

Thanks, Kari, for the link.