Virgin Mobile USA is Merging with Helio
Earlier this week, we heard rumors that Virgin Mobile was going to buy Helio. Those rumors have now come to fruition. Sir Richard Branson is getting his way, because Virgin Mobile has just announced that it will be acquiring Helio.
All of the 170,000 customers who are currently subscribed to Helio will be absorbed into the [...]
Virgin Mobile Wants to Buy Helio (and Destroy It)
If you can’t beat them, join them. And then consume them. And then absorb them into your own organization so that they don’t exist anymore. Rumors are flittering around (and they seem to be holding true) that Virgin Mobile is set to fully acquire Helio. Neither service provider has its own network, of course, but [...]
