InternetIkea Sets Up Mobile Shop in Britain

Retail giant offers pay as you go wireless service.

Source: Reuters British consumers will soon be able to select a mobile package branded and marketed through a new mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO (define). The latest player in the MVNO game isn't a stranger to consumers, however. It should be recognizable to shoppers and home decorators the world over: Ikea. MVNOs don't own a physical cellular network. Rather, they rent and resell spectrum from wireless operators as voice and data services. The giant Swedish housewares and furniture company plans to offer pay-as-you-go mobile service beginning at just under $20 to members of its loyalty program. Some 9,500 Ikea staff in Great Britain will be issued phones with about... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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