5-577: Modu was an Israeli mobile phone company founded in 2007 by Dov Moran . The company invented the Modu, a modular cellular device which could be used in various other devices. Modu held the record for the world's lightest mobile phone , and it was the first modular cellphone . The Modu phone enabled users to personalize their mobile's looks and features by inserting it into a range of unique phone enclosures, known as Modu jackets. The jackets available were keyboard, sporty chassis, camera, and MP3 player. It
10-410: A mobile network provider , mobile network carrier , mobile telco , wireless service provider , wireless carrier , wireless operator , wireless telco , or cellular company , is a telecommunications provider of services that sells, delivers and maintains mobile telephony services to an end user. A key defining characteristic of a mobile network operator is that it must own or control access to
15-421: A radio spectrum license from a regulatory or government entity, and also that it must own or control the elements of the cellular network infrastructure necessary to provide services to subscribers over the licensed radio spectrum . In addition the operator would also contain other elements like the back haul infrastructure and provisioning computer systems. A mobile network operator typically also has
20-404: The necessary provisioning, billing, and customer care computer systems, and the marketing, customer care, and engineering organizations needed to sell, deliver, and bill for services. However, a mobile network operator can outsource any of these systems or functions and still be considered a mobile network operator. In addition to obtaining revenue by offering retail services under its own brand,
25-731: Was launched in Israel in June 2009. The headquartered of Modu was in Kfar Saba and it had over 130 employees. Engadget reported that Modu would cease operations in February 2011 as it attempted to pay back debts and salaries owed to its workers. In mid-May 2011, Google acquired several Modu Mobile patents for $ 4.9 million. In 2013, Google-owned Motorola announced it was developing a modular phone called Project Ara . Mobile phone company A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as
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