http://gigaom.com/2012/05/29/why-would-amazon-become-an-mvno-it-already-is-a-virtual-operator/ Wed, 22 May 2013 16:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/05/29/why-would-amazon-become-an-mvno-it-already-is-a-virtual-operator/#comment-845420 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=526597#comment-845420 It would be extremely prude for Amazon to actually look at how long it took Tracfone to first get ‘rep’, and be trusted as an MVNO (as you hold the examples to be). but..
Hypothetically: Amazon would want to team up with Tracfone, to appease Slim into entering an arrangement with all of America Movil’s communications subsidiaries. MVNO’ing off an MVNO, as you suggested might very well appease a lot of channels, AT&T included (as AT&T have major shares in AMX).
Amazon + mobile convenience = revenue +++
Would love to see it happen.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/05/29/why-would-amazon-become-an-mvno-it-already-is-a-virtual-operator/#comment-845398 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:28:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=526597#comment-845398 Amazon isn’t only a virtual mobile operator (albeit a “lite” one), it’s an Internet operator in a much broader sense. It’s the fourth largest content delivery network provider, and already 1% of Internet traffic goes through Amazon servers. Content and connectivity are mixing. And Amazon is one of the very big players out there.

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