Saki mobile, the poor man's MVNO

by Paul Miller posted Apr 5th 2006 at 3:44PM

So you want to start an MVNO, but you're not quite ready to buy up a few million minutes and pay for a few branded phones. We understand, and so does Saki mobile, which is offering a set of core MVNO-ish services such as IM, an RSS reader, social networking, and push email that can be purchased on its own, or branded to your company's every whim. They can even develop specific services for your company, such as the movie times and reviews that the Saki-powered Cinemark Wireless offers. Saki isn't really an MVNO at all, since they merely provide Windows Mobile software, and allow you to pick whichever carrier you want, though they do seem to have some dealings with T-Mobile. That means you'll be dealing with everyday carrier woes, stuff that MVNOs like Helio hope to alleviate, but it also means you won't be paying an MVNO markup on your minutes, just the $10 a month fee for the Saki service. If this all sounds good to you, they're currently offering a T-Mobile MDA for $99 with service, after a couple of hefty rebates.

Filed under: Software, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile, MVNOs

Tags: mda, mvno, saki, saki mobile, SakiMobile, t-mobile

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Yuvraj @ Jun 1st 2008 4:46PM

I want to be an MVNO

PlZ help me with a few contacts and the service providers who are looking for the same... and also the business model

Rgds
Yuvraj

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Andre Simpson @ Aug 10th 2007 1:44PM

I would like to talk to someone about the services here.

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