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BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Gerry Khermouch	Richard Branson: Winning Virgin Territory If anyone can make a prepaid phone plan seem cool, it's Richard Branson. As part of his assault on the fastest-growing segment of the wireless business, the brash chief executive of Virgin Group Ltd. is employing the same full-frontal sales tactics he brought to music, air travel, and vacation resorts.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Jessi Hempel	Prepaid Cell Plans Sound Better Prepaid cell phones have come down to Earth. Lower costs and whizzier features may attract more fans -- especially finicky teens, skeptical seniors.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Your $600 Cell Phone Bill Family cell phone plans have a lot of hang-ups, especially when a teen's on the line. Today, one-third of teens are equipped with mobile phones. Left unattended, it's like handing them a credit card with an antenna. What's a parent to do?
Fast Company April 2000 John R. Quain	Cell Sites Check out the chart below to decide which of the four major cell-phone service providers best suits your needs.
PC World March 2001 Anne Kandra	Consumer Watch: Cell Phones With No Strings Attached Save money on your wireless service plan...
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Dave Mock	Virgin Mobile's Public Display Virtual wireless operator Virgin Mobile USA made its public debut yesterday, pricing its stock at $15 per share, on the low side of the expected $15 to $17 range.
AskMen.com August 3, 2003 Dan Carter	The Real Cost Of Owning A Cellular Phone With so many hidden fees, extra costs and contracts, a monthly cell phone bill could easily become very costly.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2009 Dave Mock	Sprint Nextel Marries Virgin Let's hope this arrangement doesn't end badly.
Bank Technology News July 2003	By the Numbers Beyond cell phones, electronic recharge of stored-value accounts is filtering into transit, retail affinity and payroll cards. Savvy banks hope to exploit myriad options in top-end services for pre-paid products.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Decipher Your Cell-Phone Bill Learn why cell phone users pay more than the low monthly charge they expected.
InternetNews July 28, 2009	Sprint Scoops Up Virgin Mobile On eve of its second-quarter earnings report, Spring acquires Virgin Mobile to beef up its user base.
PC Magazine August 16, 2006 Sascha Segan	Buying Guide: Cell Phones and Services for Kids New phones and services from Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and the brand-new Disney Mobile give parents lots of control over how kids use their phones.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Mickey Goes Mobile Will Disney's new mobile-phone plan play Pied Piper for young callers?
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Dave Mock	Amp'd Blows Out The latest sour news in the pay-as-you-go mobile phone sector comes from Amp'd Mobile, which has announced that it will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure debt.
PC World September 2004 Laurianne McLaughlin	Smart Talk Time for a new cell phone, service plan or both? Use this guide to pick the perfect ones for your needs and budget.
Inc. May 2008 Dalia Fahmy	PAYjr Gets Kids and Teens to Pay With Plastic Can a company providing prepaid debit cards for kids raise $7.5 million? The experts weigh in.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2007 Dave Mock	Virgin Mobile's Privates Going Public The virtual mobile network operator plans a U.S. IPO. With intense competition for wireless customers always a concern, Virgin Mobile's growth prospects are certainly not guaranteed.
PHONE+ July 28, 2009 Kelly M. Teal	What Sprint Sees in Virgin Mobile USA Sprint Nextel Corp. made a surprise move July 28 when it said it will buy prepaid mobile services provider Virgin Mobile USA.
CFO June 1, 2004 Karen Bannan	The $33 Billion Phone Bill Businesses are spending more on cellular services than ever before. Are they getting slammed?
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Manjeet Kripalani	Mobile Telecoms Find Nirvana India has become a red-hot market for cell-phone operators.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Wal-Mart Your New Cellmate? The world's largest retailer wants a chunk of the wireless-carrier game and is introducing low-end cell-phone service nationwide.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Don't Let This Desperate Bank Move Snare You Banks are trying too hard to replace lost profits.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2004 Rich Smith	7-Eleven Talking 24/7 A triumvirate forms to sell cheap mobile communications to the thirsty masses.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 Olga Kharif	Free Cell Phone Service for the Poor Wireless operators like Sprint Nextel are building a big business providing free cellular service to the poor. Washington picks up the tab.
U.S. Banker March 2009 Anthony Malakian	Prepaid Goes Mainstream as Adoption Increases As traditional credit becomes scarcer, even mainstream consumers are starting to use prepaid cards more frequently.
Bank Systems & Technology January 7, 2005 Ivan Schneider	U.S. Bank Offers Mobile Minutes at the ATM Prepaid mobile phone users will now be able to add airtime minutes to their plans through U.S. Bank's ATM network of nearly 4,000 machines.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hit the Road on the Cheap The mobile-hotspot creator hopes to cash in on the prepaid market.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Me, Sam Walton Wal-Mart stocks Skype-friendly products. Don't assume customers will call. But investors should see that it's another step forward toward ubiquity, even if the cash registers aren't initially kind.
Home Theater March 11, 2006 Darryl Wilkinson	What Price TiVo? TiVo officially announced revised, "simplified" pricing plans that will go into effect for new subscribers to the TiVo service beginning the week of March 13.
PC World July 25, 2007 Grace Aquino	Before You Buy a Cell Phone Today's wireless phones? Cool. Shopping for them? Complicated. Here's what you need to know about carriers, plans, data networks, contracts, and more.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Dave Mock	Wireless Smackdown: Comparing Carrier Churn Investors, see just how the big four U.S. carriers stack up. AT&T... Verizon Wireless... Sprint Nextel... T-Mobile USA...
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Dan Caplinger	This Card Company Won't Rip You Off American Express enters the prepaid market with a low-fee card.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Should You Drive Your Teen Into Debit? Lenders want a place in your kid's wallet. Maybe you should let them in.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Cell Phones for the Sandlot Two new cell phone products -- the Firefly from Firefly Mobile, and TicTalk from Enfora -- let parents limit a child's call list and talk time.
CRM September 1, 2005 Darla Thompson	Prepaid Profitability Companies are moving to converged prepaid and postpaid billing systems to support all customer payment preferences. This prepaid consumer activity will ultimately trigger the need for billing and customer care platforms on which customers are supported based on the products and services they use, and not based on how they pay.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Tom Cadorette	Wal-Mart as Wireless Leader? Wal-Mart continues to expand its newly retooled cell-phone sales campaign in 600 or so of its stores throughout the U.S. The discount giant is displacing third-party wireless kiosks in favor of in-house departments with specially trained associates.
InternetNews January 23, 2008	Motorola Forecasts Loss on Struggling Phone Biz Motorola said on Wednesday it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as recovery in its mobile phone business is taking longer than expected.
U.S. Banker August 2010 Glen Fest	Prepay Play Exempt from a proposal to limit interchange fees, reloadable cards could soon gain more luster with banks.
U.S. Banker May 2007 Holly Sraeel	Prepaid Forecast Bodes Well for Financial Players Regulation, the ability to achieve scale and consumer-adoption rates are all factors that must be weighed in banks' prepaid plans. Still, the future of prepaid is clear. So what are banks waiting for?
Bank Systems & Technology August 5, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	Pay Now, Buy Later Card companies look at prepaid as a third category - in addition to credit and debit.
Bank Technology News October 2004 Shane Kite	Electronic Payments: Turning a Cellphone Into a Mobile Wallet A hit overseas, digital-content downloads are becoming hot credit vehicles in the U.S. thanks to firms like Valista and Qpass. Banks should take this threat seriously.
InternetNews January 9, 2006 Tim Gray	Not The First Time For Virgin Virgin Mobile said it would extend its existing relationship to provide Virgin Mobile users with access to music and entertainment programming from both MTV and Comedy Central.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 Dave Mock	Sprint and Nextel: A Done Deal? Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works. Current speculation is that Sprint will consume Nextel shares in exchange for 1.3 shares of its own plus some cash.
PC Magazine March 6, 2007 Sascha Segan	Unlock Your Phone A recent Copyright Office ruling gave the thumbs-up to unlocking cell phones, including the GSM phones that are used by Cingular, T-Mobile, and most of the rest of the world outside the U.S.
U.S. Banker April 2007 Lee Conrad	Landing the Unbanked With Lure Aiming to Build Credit The unbanked market spends about $1 trillion a year, and banks are making a beeline for that business, particularly with prepaid cards. There are only a finite number of people, after all.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Saibal Saha	China Mobile Is Winning the Race In its third-quarter earnings release, China Mobile continued to race far ahead of sole competitor China Unicom, capturing 80% of all new mobile users during the period.
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U.S. Banker June 2010 Glen Fest	Gift Card Gap? New rules governing fees and expiration dates have the industry sweating over higher costs-and potential shortages of the popular prepaid cards during the holidays.
PC World February 2001 Richard Baguley	Portable, Private Internet Access Need a prepaid calling card for the Internet? Try Slingshot, an ISP that provides portability and anonymity...
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