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 ]

InternetMovable Type Moves Toward the Social

Six Apart's blogging platform refreshes with a social bent that looks to create a new breed of niche communities.

InternetU.S. fails to prosecute Internet fraud cases: report (Reuters)

Reuters - While Web users drown in spam and fend off scams aimed at stealing their money, U.S. federal and state law enforcement authorities are doing little to resolve what has become a multi-billion-dollar problem, a think tank said on Monday.