The Industry Standard - Tween wireless MVNO kajeet folds 1Q2009 - Comments

Article on MVNO

David Kuan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:05:14 -0700

Article on MVNO

Affirmation of the doom and

David Kuan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:10:38 -0700

Affirmation of the doom and gloom of MVNO

Hot off the press ....

David Kuan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:16:56 -0700

Hot off the press .... kajeet changes focus and cut workforce

http://rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080623/FREE/118965854/10...
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/helio-troubles-continue-kajeet-chang...

This may happen faster than I thought.

Tween wireless MVNO kajeet folds 1Q2009

David Kuan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:30:54 -0700

The years 2007 and 2008 saw the demise of several known wireless MVNOs - Mobile ESPN, Amp'd, Disney, XE Mobile, Movida and Sonopia, With the current state of economy and the expansion of family plans with umlimited bundles, it is anticipated that the MVNO-space will continue to be challenging.

The prediction is for kajeet, the remaining wireless MVNO startup catering to tween market, to call it quits. Judgement shall be made favorably only if a formal announcement is made prior to the end of 1Q2009. Viable announcement includes:

1) Formal announcement of folding the operation
2) Chapter 11 filling

Update: kajeet.com traffic (http://www.quantcast.com/profile/traffic-compare.jsp?domain0=wd%3Acom.ka...) continues to stall at around 2.5K visits a day. Not a good sign if the strategy changes to an online sale only focus.