Disney to End MVNO Prepaid Phone Service by Year End

The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG),  will cease operations of its U.S.-based mobile virtual network (MVNO) phone service later this year and will instead explore a new business model for its content and services that might include offering its popular...

Zingku Acquired by Google

Social networking service, Zingku that links mobile phones with a personalized website that allows users to zing things back and forth between the web and mobile, is being acquired by Google.  All new subscriptions are frozen for now....

Zooming in on Xohm's Pricing

It is expected that the pricing for Sprint's WiMAX service Xohm will not be like cellular plans but be based on customer needs with lots of different offerings such as by the day, month or a year without a contract...

Vertu's Luxury Ferrari Phone

Vertu (Nokia's luxury brand) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferarri is selling only 60 special edition phones for the price of approximately $25,000 US.  The Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 is made of Titanium and uses the same screws as...