Helio’s exec moves, and MVNO numbers
January 28th, 2008 by Benjamin KuoHelio just announced that Sky Dayton is stepping away from his CEO position to become Chairman of the firm, and at the same time announced some numbers for the firm’s subscriber base.
Helio said it now has “nearly 200,000 subscribers” with an ARPU of over $85 per user; the firm claims it has a $240M run rate for its business. Interestingly enough, I recall an eerily similar release of numbers by Amp’d Mobile back in April of last year–right before the firm’s flameout–where Amp’d said they had reached “200,000 subscribers” with an ARPU of $100 per user. The question is–nonwithstanding ARPU and subscriber numbers–can Helio avoid the same kind of spectacular flameout that Amp’d had last year?
