Wow first Verizon and attel, now helio and virgin mobile.

"...Virgin Mobile USA will pay $39 million in stock to buy operator Helio, the company said Friday.

The deal ends more than a month of speculation that the two troubled mobile virtual-network operators would combine forces.

As part of the purchase, Virgin Group, which owns Virgin Mobile USA, and SK Telecom, the South Korean phone giant that holds a majority stake in Helio, will each invest $25 million in the combined company. In exchange for its investment, SK Telecom will be given a 17 percent stake in Virgin Mobile.

Helio, which was created to bring advanced cell phones and services to the U.S. market, will add its 170,000 post-paid customers to Virgin's 5.1 million prepaid customer base..."

FULL STORY:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9978991-7.html

Virgin's numbers are US-only, right?

Well they have service in the virgin islands, and in Canada.

No, I meant do those numbers contain data from other countries? Like the UK, for example?

 this is just american numbers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mobile_USA#cite_note-0

well this is interesting,

btw has Verizon done anything with the Alltel buy out? Like have they started switching over signal towers and changing out stores?

i  doubt it, it probaly takes months just to finaliz the deal never mind start changing stores ect

not yet, its not final until september.

BUMP

holy fuck thats a big cheque