Mobi (company)

Mobi, Inc. is a wireless services provider founded in 2004 and based in Honolulu. The company provides service on each of the major islands of Hawaiʻi.[3]

Mobi, Inc.
private
Industrywireless
PredecessorsMobiPCS LLC
Coral Wireless LLC
FoundedJune 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Headquarters
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
,
United States
Key people
Justen Burdette, CEO[1]
Number of employees
120[2]
Websitemobi.com

History

The company was assigned wireless spectrum in the PCS band in 2004[4] and launched service[5] in Hawaii in 2005. The company, then doing business as Mobi PCS, along with Metro PCS, was backed by venture capital firm M/C Partners.[6] By 2008, Mobi had opened 11 retail and 70 dealer locations in Hawaii.[7] In 2014 / 2015, Mobi sold its wireless network and spectrum to Verizon and became a Mobile virtual network operator.[8]

References
  1. Hill, Tiffany (Jan 25, 2019), "Entrepreneurs & Investors Convene at Annual East Meets West Conference", Hawaii Business, Honolulu, Hawaii, retrieved Feb 13, 2019
  2. "Mobi to expand cell service to neighbor isles". archives.starbulletin.com.
  3. "Mobi PCS adds cell sites throughout Hawaii". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  4. "Pacific Communications LLC and Coral Wireless, LLC". Federal Communications Commission. December 24, 2015.
  5. "New Hawaii cell phone company selects Honolulu data center". archives.starbulletin.com.
  6. "Investors are betting $50 million that Mobi PCS can use a customer-friendly business model to grab a big share of Hawaii's wireless-phone market". archives.starbulletin.com.
  7. "Sprint launches competitor to Mobi PCS | starbulletin.com | Business | /2008/02/21/". archives.starbulletin.com.
  8. "About – Mobi". Mobi. Retrieved 2019-06-17.


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