Coverage of New MVNO Entrants and Also Critically Reviews of the Existing Resellers and MVNOs

By: Business News

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40687) has announced the addition of US MVNO Competitive Analysis 2006 to their offering.

US Mobile Virtual Network Operators 2006 is simply the only publication that provides complete coverage, competitive analysis, and evaluation of the US MVNO marketplace.

This report provides an in-depth critical analysis of the American MVNO landscape today. The report is aimed at investors, consultants, integrators and analysts in the mobile space, suppliers of MVNO equipment and software, and mobile carriers and other service providers. The Competitive Analysis report examines a telecom sector that has recently experienced a billion-dollar wave of new investments and seen the launch of new service providers such as Amp'd, Helio, Mobile ESPN and Disney Mobile. The report covers not only the , providing a deep-dive into all the players in this market, including key ownership, management team and principals, partners, funding, network operators and underlying technology, MVNE (Mobile Virtual Network Enabler), pricing, target markets, and their strategies for branding, marketing and distribution. The report also examines the future prospects for each MVNO and rates its chances of business success.

Report Coverage

The report provides in depth coverage and analysis of over 50 MVNO's, evaluating quantitative data and providing a qualitative assessment. A proprietary grading system is used to compare each MVNO and rate their performance.

Factors addressed include the following:

-- General Overview

-- Key Ownership

-- Management Team and Principals

-- Funding Overview

-- Underlying Network Provider

-- Network Technology

-- MVNE and Service Providers

-- Hardware (if any)

-- MVNO Type

Prepaid

Ethnic

Convergent

Youth

Unlimited

Family

Charity

MVNWB

-- Official Launch Date

-- Prepaid or Postpaid Offering

-- Pricing Overview and Analysis

-- Plan Overview and Analysis

-- Handset Overview and Analysis

-- Branding

-- MVNO Message

-- Marketing Overview

-- Distribution Partners

-- Target Market

-- MVNO Cannibalization

-- Content, Features and Special Services

-- Strategic Partners

-- Number of Customers

-- Professional Analysis

-- A Comment on the Future

-- Contact Details

-- STAR Awards

The Rating System is a combined measurement of different factors that represent the MVNO including management, distribution, marketing, branding, funding and general & strategic partners and overall chance of business success in the marketplace.

The Companies Mentioned Include:

- STAR Awards

- 9278 Mobile

- Airlink Mobile

- Airvoice Wireless

- Amp'd Mobile

- Apple Mobile

- Beyond Wireless

- Boost Mobile

- Bratz Mobile

- Bravo Cellular

- Cbeyond

- Circle K

- Consumer Cellular

- cool.Prepaid

- Cricket

- DBS Communications

- DEXA Wireless

- Disney Mobile

- Embarq

- Firefly Mobile

- Flying J

- GlobalTalk PCS

- Graffiti Wireless

- GTC Wireless

- HELIO

- JitterBug

- Jump Mobile

- kajeet

- Liberty Wireless

- Locus Telecommunications

- MetroPCS

- Microsoft Media Mobile - Zune

- MobileESPN

- Movida

- Nexus Mobile

- nTelos

- Omni Prepaid

- Page Plus Cellular

- PlatinumTel

- Primus Wireless

- Qwest Wireless

- Revol Wireless

- Speak Out Wireless

- Sprint Nextel Cable JV

- STi Mobile

- Total Call Mobile

- TracFone

- TuYo Mobile

- Virgin Mobile USA

- Voce

- Wal-Mart

- Working Assets Wireless

- XE Mobile

- XERO Mobile

- Xtreme Mobile