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0 Palm hires Sidekick, Helio smartphone designer [Hires]

Has Palm run out of Apple engineers to poach? Or has Steve Jobs's intimidation campaign proven effective? Whatever the reason, Palm's latest hire...

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3 Why Helio Didn't Connect

The flashy cell-phone company is in a very tough business.

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0 Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets — a site which we suspect you'll enjoy reading even if you often find gadgets tire- and irksome (so do we!) — we spotted...

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0 Virgin Mobile Buys Helio For $39M

Virgin Mobile said Friday morning that it has signed an agreement to acquire Helio, the Los Angeles-based MVNO that is a joint venture of Earthlink...

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0 Helio Hangs it Up

Virgin Mobile purchased Helio today for $39 million in equity. Helio is a small MVNO that made its name by selling powerful and high-end telephones...

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0 Virgin Mobile Buys Troubled Helio

Virgin Mobile agreed to acquire Helio, a struggling cellphone venture owned by SK Telecom and EarthLink, for about $39 million in stock.

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  • Date: Jun 27, 2008
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0 Virgin Mobile Officially Buys Helio For $39 Million

Helio has approximately 170,000 subscribers on one-year or two-year contracts who will be absorbed into Virgin Mobile's existing 5.1 million prepaid...

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0 Virgin Mobile bails out Helio [Helio]

Virgin Mobile will acquire failed mobile virtual network operator Helio for $39 million in equity and, if the last two years are a trend, much more in...

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0 Virgin Mobile buys (once) high-flying Helio for $50M, as mobile consolidation begins

Virgin Mobile USA has agreed to acquire Helio mobile phone division from SK Telecom and Earthlink for an investment that totals $50 million.
The deal...

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1 Live Broadcast of Helio/Virgin Mobile Merger

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Listen in live as Virgin and Helio describe their new partnership. Virgin Mobile just bought Helio for $39 million and...

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0 Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39 million

NEW YORK - Virgin Mobile USA is buying Helio, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones...

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0 Can We Close The Book On MVNOs Now?

Back in 2002, there was suddenly a lot of buzz about how MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) were going to be the next big thing. The idea was...

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0 Helio's Hard Times

Helio offered the feature-packed Cadillac of the mobile Web, but it couldn't make money.

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0 Roundup: Virgin Mobile acquires Helio, Starbucks to stop music sales and more

Here’s the latest action:
New partnership brings Helio to Virgin Mobile — Virgin Mobile USA will acquire the U.S. arm — namely, a mobile operator...

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9 Virgin Mobile Reportedly Ready To Buy Helio

The $50 million deal would bring Helio users under the Virgin Mobile brand.

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7 SK Telecom Looks To Sell Helio Stake

SK Telecom, the South Korean mobile phone firm behind Santa Monica-based MVNO Helio, and Virgin Mobile USA said Wednesday that the firms are talking...

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7 Virgin Mobile, Helio Discuss Merger

Virgin Mobile and Helio are in advanced merger talks as the wireless carriers face slowing growth in the market.

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  • Date: May 9, 2008
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0 Virgin Mobile USA and Korea's SK in talks: source

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile USA Inc and South Korea's SK Telecom Co, which controls U.S. mobile service Helio, are in early...

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0 Roundup: Tidbits on Jangl’s demise, Virgin considers Helio hookup, VCs looking overseas, and more

The back-story on Jangl’s slow death — Yesterday, we reported on Jangl’s asset sale process. A tipster tells us that Seattle-based WhitePages had...

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2 Fandango, Tellme Link For Movie Information

Los Angeles-based Fandango and Tellme, Microsoft's voice directory subsidiary, said late Wednesday that the firm have launched a new service to...

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