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Amp'd Deathwatch: The End is Nigh

July 31, 2007 1:58 PM
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Some interesting tidbits: - Here’s a PDF of what they’re auctioning off as part of their bankruptcy hearings (wia Wired) — Billing and collection: What we initially built the system it worked fine, but when Bill [Stone] and Sue [Swenson] came in and saw that we needed to change it to scale. It takes months to change a billing vendor and we had a team working on that, while at the same time we were loading on the customers at a great rate.

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Amp'd Deathwatch: Start Choosing Pallbearers

July 24, 2007 9:14 AM
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So Amp’d is selling off assets, perhaps to help with that bankruptcy. And while that might unsettle subscribers, here’s the real excitement - **It might shut d Is Amp’d going out of business?Amp’d is potentially suspending US operations on July 24th.How long will customer service be provided to help with issues such as ports or credits?Customer Service will not be available after July 23rd.Will Amp’d be bought by another carrier?Amp’d is currently in discussions with several parties.When I decide on my new wireless service provider - can I take my phone?Yes, if your service provider of choice uses CDMA.

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Amp'd Deathwatch: Brief Stay of Execution

June 21, 2007 3:41 PM
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They are as deep in debt as a teenager who just got a new credit card and spent all their money on a new amp’d phone but can’t pay for it. Judge Brendan Shannon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Monday signed off Amp’d Mobiles’s request to use Verizon’s cash collateral to keep its so-called mobile virtual network up and running through June 25.

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Amp'd Deathwatch: CEO Peter Adderton Ousted

June 13, 2007 8:45 AM
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Amp'd recently declared bankruptcy - they owe Verizon (among others) a ton of money. Money that they don't have because those crazy rotten teenagers that make up the largest portion of their customer base haven't been paying their bills. You kids. The latest bit comes via Engadget, who notes that Amp'd just gave their CEO the boot - he's apparently been replaced by Sue Swenson, who is not listed as the Chief Operating Officer over at the amp'd management bio page. Best of luck to you, Swenson. If you're looking for ways to make those crazy young'uns pay up, I'm told that grounding doesn't really work with teenagers. I'd suggest that you try taking away their cellphone, but that probably isn't a punishment you'd consider, is it?

the rumors that CEO Peter Adderton's days were thusly numbered have finally materialized into reality. mocoNews reports that the ex-chief is still Amp'd's largest single shareholder and maintains a position on the board,

Read: Peter Adderton out as Amp'd CEO - Engadget Mobile

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Amp'd Declares Bankruptcy

June 7, 2007 11:59 AM
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MVNO's have a rough time of it, it seems. I'd thought that amp'd mobile was doing alright, but I clearly thought wrong. Here's the "ouch" part of amp'd's (a lot of apostrophes there) business plan: > *Apparently, those free-spending youths don't care much for paying their cell-phone bills. A court motion filed on June 4 explains that Amp'd "experienced an unprecedented growth of subscribers" between November, 2006, and February after running ads on MTV (VIA) about the wireless phone company's lineup of mobile music and video content.
Collecting payments from these subscribers proved to be a challenge, however. "Approximately 90% of the debtor's customers were on 18-month service contracts," according to the filing. "The debtor began to find a host of credit and collections problems (that) contributed ultimately to a liquidity crisis." By May, the number of nonpaying customers reached 80,000. That's nearly half of Amp'd's current customer base of 175,000 subscribers.* There's rumor that Verizon might snap them up, but then again, there were rumors that Verizon wanted to snap up Alltel. I'd advice against it, Verizon. 50% of amp'd customers aren't paying their bills? The hip and young demographic may seem appealing, but "hip" and "young" apparently also means "poor."

Read: Press Release via Gadgetorama

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MotoQ on Ampd Released

March 22, 2007 1:38 PM
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No surprise here, but it's nice to see it officially: Amp'd (yes, we're sweet on them) now offers the MotoQ. One interesting bit: they've customized the wazoo out of it, including a snazzy interface:

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Get Amp'd in Canada

March 20, 2007 10:03 AM
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amp'd mobile is probably the only MVNO that I respect, they seem to be doing well and offering more features to more folks than anybody else these days. Add "Canadians" to those folks, as amp'd has gotten itself attached to Telus's CDMA/EVDO network up north. *That's* one this MVNO's have going for them -- you can launch services for an *entire country* without having to build all those pesky towers, eh?

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MotoQ coming to Amp'd

March 5, 2007 10:09 AM
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Engadget noticed that Amp’d Mobile, that hippest of the MVNOs, will be getting the Motorola Q (no, not eh Looks like some fool revealed Amp’d’s next phone by leaving a user manual up on their downloads site.

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Moto Q To Get Ampd

November 9, 2006 9:37 AM
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EverythingQ notes another Q is coming - this time for Pay-As-You-Go MVNO amp’d mobile.

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